The craft countdown now stands at 12 days - and my obsession continues

The obsession with this altered art malarkey has really taken hold - had to do another one today...just had to.  But, before I started I had to tweak yesterdays piece, as I wasn't completely happy with it.  The heart and the little bird needed bringing out a little, so I added red to my heart, with a touch of glaze, and the bird I edged with black paint, and added a dot of black paint in the eye, much happier with it:

And now for this evenings creation.  I started in the same way, just sticking stuff on.  I don't really plan, just see when it looks like - rip stuff off if I feel it doesn't work, and add other things on where necessary.  I love seeing how different it all looks as soon as you have coated it with white gesso

I've added a piece of embossed card first, and then a piece of punched card in blue, a crochet ribbon and a grosgrain piece of ribbon.  Different ribbons will give me different textures.  I've popped plain card, but I've textured the edges.  I've added wobbly lines of cosmic shimmer PVA - this dries raised, so will give me texture.  I added MDF tag and hearts, a butterfly and bits of circle card, with PVA dots on the top.  I also added some string.  Finally I stuck on two large paper flowers.  Leave it to dry fully

When all the elements were dry, I coated the piece with white gesso.  I popped an acrylic flower in the centre of the paper flower, and then a cool Love die cut, which I found knocking about.  I love that, even after it has been covered with gesso, there is still a hint of blue and pink. I then used a brush to dust on distress ink - I think I used Scattered straw (not sure though!!).  I didn't add to much, it was just to highlight the textures created.

The base card already had paint on from an earlier craft creation, so I added a little distress ink on the top and bottom, to bring the colour at the side in. I also added a little Pebeo Gilding wax.  That stuff is lethal - it's just to good!!  I did manage to stop and walk away from the wax

I took a few photo's, and then decided I didn't like the acrylic flower.  I had a little rummage, and managed to find a beautiful large acrylic flower.  I coated this in gesso, and then added to my piece.  

So happy with this, in fact, this is definitely my favourite.  I would actually pop this in a frame and hang it - which I don't normally say about my finished pieces.  I can see me making a few of these every week :)