Hello Everyone, This is Archana Sehgal here today with a simple and easy mixed media project for you all. I have a video tutorial for this project but before that let’s take a look at the process and the technique I used for creating this project. Step by step Process: 1. To start with, I have applied Little Birdie Stone Texture Paste with a palette knife all over the canvas. also have glued down Little Birdie’s primed chipboards – wooden gear, wings and a resin angel as a focal point. 2. Read more…
Tag: Black Gesso
Beautiful Mixed Media Canvas
Hello Everyone, Priya Mishra here today with a beautiful Mixed Media canvas tutorial for you. I have a step by step photo as well as video tutorial for you so let’s begin… Here is the Video Tutorial And the step by step tutorial is here. Step 1: Take a canvas and cover it with white Gesso. Gesso acts as a primer and prepares the base for any mixed media project. Step 2: Apply a thick coat of crackle paste. Remember to apply a thick coat if you want bigger cracks and try applying Read more…
Customized Mirror with an Altered Carrom Board
Hi Folks! Vini here! Hope you all had a wonderful Diwali. This is the era of recycling, reusing and reducing waste! I was wondering what to do with an old worn out carrom board. It was not in a condition to be donated or used by someone else. I decided to convert it into a mirror frame and the new multi-surface archival paints came to my rescue! Look what I did in this easy and attractive project. I first painted the borders with 2 coats of black gesso as the borders were made of a paper Read more…
Vintage lantern
Hello creative friends, DT member Jyotirmoy Barman here today with a vintage lantern using Little Birdie archival multi-surface paints and metal lantern. The multi-surface paints are suitable for indoor and outdoor usage and can be used on various surfaces including paper, clay, glass, metal, plastic, terracotta, ceramic etc. Now let’s see how I created my project. Step -1 I took a white washed Alterable photo frame and a metal lantern. Step- 2 Then I applied Littlebirdie Multisurface Read more…
Ethnic Pen Holder
Hello creative friends, DT member Jyotirmoy Barman on the blog today with another inspirational project. You all know that the ongoing blog challenge #30 is all about ‘Anything goes with Filament Decoupage Papers’. So today I am using the amazing filament decoupage paper design “Ethnic Paisley” to make a beautiful pen holder. So let’s begin the tutorial. At first, I took a brown paper cylinder and cut it into desired sizes and applied white gesso. Then I applied black gesso on the round Read more…
Ganesha Wall Decor Set
Hello creatives… Roopashree here with you today! With the festive season on, lets do some creative decor to revamp/redecorate our homes. Here’s a Ganesha wall hanging decor set which I made from my old Ganesha hangings. I had this set of Ganesha from a long time & they were made of different colors & materials. Thought of giving them a face lift and making them into new and colourful decorative pieces. For this I used minimal products & easy techniques. step 1: To Read more…
Horseshoe Wall Decor with Glitter Fabric Feathers
Hi Creative people, Sumedha here, Hope you all are doing great and are motivated enough to try out new things each week inspired by the projects created by the Itsy Bitsy DT team. Today I will show you how you can make your own glitter fabric feathers and use them as embellishments for your boho decor or dream catchers. Here I have used them to embellish a horseshoe that was lying in my stash. Lets begin. I had an old linen pant which I was not using any more. I cut the shape Read more…
Altered Old Souvenir Boxes to Gift Boxes
Hi Creative Peeps, Sumedha here! Today I am sharing 2 altered projects. I had these old souvenir boxes which I thought of transforming into beautiful gift boxes. You can gift chocolates, gift cards, or any other small gifts to your loved ones in these boxes. Let’s begin to see how I have altered two boxes with different looks and techniques. Project- 1 This was a souvenir box I had with me for a long time and wanted to up-cycle. I started by putting 2 layers of Gesso Read more…
Lord Ganapati Wall Decor in Dhokra Style
Hello crafters, DT Jyotirmoy here today! I am back to our favorite Itsy Bitsy blog with another quick tutorial of a wall decor. Today I am going to make a wall decor item in Dhokra (or Dokra) style using my favorite Little Birdie Shape It. (air hardening clay) Dhokra is a non–ferrous metal casting using the ‘lost-wax casting’ technique. It has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still in use. The name ‘Dhokra’ comes from the Dhokra Damar tribes, traditional metal Read more…
Antique Door in a Fairy Garden
Hi Creatives, Ashwini here! I am fascinated with fairy gardens and antique creations is my craze. I have mixed both my favourites to create this beautiful concept. Will be showing you the procedure of creating an antique door in a fairy garden in a step by step process. Let’s get started. Step 1: I have taken a MDF board measuring 10″ by 10″. i have cut down the chipboard in a door pattern in the form of strips and stuck them on the MDF board. Read more…