Wednesday 30 May 2018

Altered Palette Tutorial by DT Vidhi

Hello friends,

How are you all? I am enjoying my little summer vacation!!! It's too hot here in India. But I am still enjoying my break. I am back with another Tutorial post for Rainbow Craftykari blog.

This time, I've created an Old Vintage Shadow Box from a used artist palette. I love old and a vintage look on projects and that's why this was fun to create it.



So here is how I made this Shadow box.
Enjoy a video flip through and step by step instructions below  

Step 1 :  First step is to prime the base.

It is always good to prime the base with gesso, so it holds any further mediums and colours.


I gave it a coat of Black Gesso and covered the entire surface. The palette is made out of plastic and this gesso primes it well for further textures and mediums. 


Step 2 :  Adding textures. Apply white Crackle texture paste on the pallet randomly as shown in the image.


For fine cracks, let it dry naturally. Once you let it dry for a few hours, you'll see the cracks appear. Next, I applied a thin layer of rust paste watered down, onto the texture. This enhances the cracks.



Step 3 :  Roughly placing elements on the pallet.
I picked different things from my treasure, to go with my vintage shadow box.
After picking it out the elements, I roughly placed them on the palette and played with the arrangement. 



Step 4 :  Add colours and textures to the elements.
I selected different types of materials of elements. Some are plastic, metal, fibers etc.  Before placing them, it is important to colour them to match the vintage look. I used the same rust pastes and painted the elements.




Step 5 :  Gluing and Priming the elements. 
One by one I placed all the elements in the colour pallet  and added some used fabric pieces, threads, beads and mini/mega stones to give more depth to the project.





Step 6 :  Time to add the coffee splash.
In the end, I splashed some coffee stains on the entire project to enhance the vintage look. 






Step 7: Final touches.

For more depth, I sprinkled Lindy's magical shakers at a few places and added Tim Holtz Word Sticker to give it more meaning. 



And with that my Vintage shadow box is ready !!!



Supplies Used :
  • Black Gesso
  • Finnabair Rust Paste set
  • White Crackle texture paste
  • Glue - Heavy body gel
  • Tim Holtz sticker set
  • Lindy's magical shakers
  • Coffee powder
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Hope you guys liked it. Looking forward to seeing your variation of this one!

Happy Crafting,










10 comments:

  1. Fantastic project and tutorial Vidhi!- Maninder & Aditi

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    1. Thank you so much dear Maninder and Aditi 💕

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  2. Wow...lovely vintage look

    Hugs
    Rituparna

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  3. Fab creations, love the details in each slot ! :)

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  4. Amazing project Vidhi. Seeing this, I am eager to give a makeover to my ice-tray :P

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    1. Thank you so much Rupali !!! Yeah please do share your creation with us 😊

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  5. What a transformation, incredible! You have a touch of magic in your hands Vidhi.

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    1. Thank you so much Anagha !!! I am glad you love it dear 😍 thank you 😊

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