Altered Mirror

Good Morning Crafters

Where has January gone?  

I can't believe that it will be February on Sunday.

Today we have a beautiful altered mirror tutorial by Amy.
Amy will now talk through her tutorial with you.

Materials used:

Wood framed mirror - IKEA £1.50

Imagination Crafts Panel Stencil Meadow Flower

Embossing/texture paste

White gesso

Turquoise acrylic paint

Heat tool

Imagination Crafts Inkadinks - brights set, gooseberry fool & blueberry ice

Sepia ink pad

Black soot distress ink

Gold gilding wax

As soon as I saw this panel stencil, I knew it would fit perfectly on the IKEA mirror I'd bought ages ago sat waiting in my craft stash to be altered.

First I gave the mirror a coat of white gesso. 

Once dry I placed the meadow flower panel stencil on the frame & spread silver texture paste through it. It doesn't matter what colour texture paste you use as it will be painted over 

I reversed the stencil & repeated the technique on the opposite side panel of the frame. I continued to do this until the design was all over the mirror, masking & allowing drying time in between.

Next I added a coat of gesso followed by 2 coats of turquoise acrylic  paint. 

I squeezed a small amount of both gooseberry fool & blueberry ice inkadinks onto my craft mat & added a bit of water then applied it as a wash all over the mirror with a brush. 

I carefully heated the embossed areas with my heat tool to allow the paste to bubble slightly to add a bit of texture & also to dry the inkadinks.

I blended brown ink & black soot distress ink in random areas on the mirror frame & then replaced the stencil & applied black soot to the embossed flowers & leaves. 

Finally, I applied gold gilding wax, lightly at first with my finger, & then I  concentrated the wax on the flowers, leaves & edges of the mirror.

That's it, ready to hang on the wall!.

Doesn't this look fabulous!

Thanks for stopping by Today!