' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Gone Fishing

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Gone Fishing

The Craft Barn had a Fishing theme last week so when the challenge came round (Masculine Pastimes) I stuck with the fishing theme, coz by then I'd had the vision.
It sounds more dramatic than it is, but, as is the case so often, a series of serendipitous things came together and I couldn't wait to bring my vision to life.

First a fellow blogger explored a technique on this post and I followed a link to a video by Andy Skinner. Then I saw him play with Stampendous Mixed Media stamps and creating faux rust then... well I can't remember but all these inspirations gelled into this:



The base of the tag is Kraft coloured and I applied several layers of paints and several layers of stamping. Only the top layer is really recognisable (Grunge by Stampendous) but I also used one of Prima latest texture stamp.
The wooden sign has been stamped with a Prima cling stamp (Trust the Magic by Finnabair).
The fisherman and his catch are a partial impression of a Paper Artsy stamp on tissue paper.

I hope you get the rust, distressed wood and general grunge of the piece. I'm quite happy with it except for the shine on the stamped image. I did use Matt Mod Podge but obviously it isn't that matt.

Should have I used matt gel medium instead?




        Also entering A Sprinkle of Imagination, Artful Times and That's Crafty challenges

11 comments:

  1. Your should invest in some DecoArt Matte Varnish from the Media Range it is wonderful but if you want something a little more lush then the DecoArt Soft Touch Varnish from the same range is for you! A link for you to see what's available from DecoArt. http://decoart.com/mixedmedia/varnishes

    I bought the soft touch as soon as i saw it demonstrated last year, it feels like velvet after 3 coats...

    I LOVE your Tag, so glad you got enthused and had a play with one of Andy's techniques. He has some other wonderful videos which i am sure you will watch when you have the time. Your hard work has paid off brilliantly and you have achieved the distressed grungy feel to your Tag, i really love it!

    Thank you for the link to my post, it is much appreciated, i really enjoyed making all those papers... :-) xxx

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  2. Gorgeous tag Christine and yes I do get the grunge and tactile elements from your photo, I bey it even better irl.

    B x

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  3. Terrific work on this and you have created wonderful textures


    Love Chrissie xx

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  4. This reminded me of an old metal tin. It's gorgeous. Great job and FISH!! Hugz

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  5. Love your tag, it looks just like rusty metal. Great tag, and thank you for joining us on Artful Times.

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  6. Fabulous piece, love the attention to detail. I find matt Mod Podge has a sheen to it too, so I mainly use the Ranger matt gel medium.

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  7. Lots of techniques Christine which all add up to a very delicious looking grungy tag.

    Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
    ShirlsCards.

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  8. A fabulous project!! Thank you for joining in The Craft Barn Challenge.
    Jane x

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  9. Fabulous tag. The background is amazing. I'm off to view Andy Skinners faux rust video.

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  10. Oh c'est magnifique!!!!! J'aimerais bien explorer cette technique moi aussi.. Merci pour le lien, je le garde sous le coude. Bisous

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  11. What an interesting tag. Thank you for joining in with our challenge at ASOI this time.

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