I told a fib. I didn’t mean to. But I did.

I told you I was finished with the memory frames… but they’re back.  They are really cool so maybe you won’t be too bothered by me. I hope.  🙂

Above is the list of  paint colors I used for this project as well as:

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Temporary Adhesive

Paint brushes and a sponge. A stencil of your choice (I’ve used a rose stencil), a palette knife and scissors.

Apply the temporary adhesive to the back of the stencil. Wave it around for a few seconds to let it get nice and tacky. Lay the stencil on the frame and lightly rub over the stencil to adhere it to the frame. Fill in the open areas of the stencil with modeling paste using a palette knife. Don’t put it on too thick.  Just a thinnish coat.

CAREFULLY remove the stencil from the frame after you’ve filled in the areas you want.  Cut the stencil and arrange it on the frame so that you can add to the decoration without overlapping what you’ve already done. You can also wait until one portion is dry before moving on to the next.

If you get a tiny bit of modeling paste into an area you don’t want filled you can scrape it away with the point of the palette knife.  Let dry throughly.

After the modeling paste is dry sand it with a sanding pad in any areas that are a little rough.

Base coat the whole frame with Country Twill. Let dry.

Sponge on Vintage White with a nearly dry sponge. (Dab the sponge into the paint and then dab it on a paper towel to remove most of the paint) Not all over.  Just a little here and there.

With nearly dry brushes brush Ballet Pink and Baby Pink onto the roses.  If the brushes are nearly dry it’s actually hard to get paint where you DON’T want it.  Brush the darkest color from the very edges of the raised areas toward the centers.  That way the edges are a tad darker than the middle.  Then with the lighter pink dry brush a bit near the centers.

Do the same with Fresh Foliage and Early Spring Green on the leaves.

Dry Brush Metallic Antique Gold over the whole frame with the wide brush.  Let dry.  The Metallic Antique Gold just gives the whole thing a little shimmer.

Anyway, I hope you don’t mind my little fib.  Because actually, I have another very similar one for you tomorrow.

Grape Frame with Modeling Paste