Hello friends...Hope all are crafting great !!
Sharing today my Desin Team post for Itsy Bitsy. It is also my inspirational post for their current month's Blog Challenge, where you can make -'Anything with the brand's newly launched Metallic Waxes'. I completely enjoyed using them and have crafted a coordinated set of tissue box and cutlery stand. This table decor involves both mixed media and decoupage techniques, giving it a dual look. Do read till the end to see different, interesting views of the creation.
About metallic waxes- The metallic waxes, available in awesome colours are used for adding shine and rich, metallic finish to various surfaces like wood, paper, clay, glass, fabric etc. They work great when you need to highlight textures. You can add a touch of colour with them as well, using a soft brush. They create a water resistant surface after drying.
Using waxes obviously meant creating textures. Itsy Bisty has a wide range of mixed media supplies. So many choices to create amazing textures and this is overwhelming. Finally I decided to work with another wonderful product....a product that is not explored much - Fabric Stiffener. I love this product from the store and have used it in the past, in my decoupage projects as well. This time, have used it to create texture and add dimension to the plain wooden bases. To know how follow the link here.
Closer view of the texture created with the fabric stiffener
The mix media side of tissue box -
The decoupage side with grooved effect-
The decoupaged and the mix media sides compliment each other perfectly.
The teal and antique gold is a rich and elegant combination.
The fall of fabric from one side to another, creating a beautiful texture.
It's school holidays here and my daughter also got excited to use the waxes, observing me. So decided to make a coordinated cutlery holder with the tissue box. Both would make a great table decor and the idea brought in so much happiness to my daughter.
The procedure for the cutlery holder is same as the tissue box. Have given it a dual look as well with mix media and decoupage. Here it is -
The mix media side- my daughter enjoyed working with waxes. She coloured most of this !!!
The decoupage side-
Grooved decoupage with design continuity-
And this is how the coordinated set looks together-
They enhance the table space and am so happy to have created utility products, that I always intend to.
Hope you like my creations with dual look and techniques and of course the metallic waxes.
Happy Crafting,
Create, Express, Enjoy !!!
Vaishali Khandwala.
