Hi Sweet Pea friends out there. I was working on something special the last few weeks. And finally today I can show you. I wanted for once making a bigger project than a card had the idea to decorate one of those simple mirrors available at the big Swedish furniture mart. I saw this a while ago when I visited friends. They have such a mirror in their apartment, with a painting on it. I loved it and knew I have to create something like this as well. So here it is:
I painted the wide wooden frame with acrylic pain, a mix of purple, blue and green.
To decorate the mirror I chose two of the amazing images from the ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. The first one is Nocturnal Spirit.
And Dryad Bride
Both are on the same plate # 124, but are available as single stamps as well. I coloured them with Distress Inks on heavy watercolour paper and glued them to the frame.
Then I added some more effects to the frame; I punched some stars out and layed them to the frame. I painted some white fabric paint over them, let it dry and surrounded them with stickles for a lovely shine. I added more fabric paint to the images and added some flowers and beads as well. To finish off I glued some cord around the inside of the mirror and as a hanger.
The saying with the lovely celtic border is a cut out from a sheet of paper from the 'once upon a time' stack by DCWV... love it!
Well, I hope you like what I made and perhaps you feel inspired to make your own mirror. If so let me know, I would LOVE to see.
Thank you so much for your visit. Always so much appreciated.
Hugs, Karina
Karina, wow! I cannot stop looking at this. It is so amazing. Your coloring is over the top. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is just stunning. Totally love it xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! This is beautiful Katarina. I love it!!
ReplyDeleteConnie
WOW Karina, this is absolutely gorgeous. I love it. I love that it's something which will display your awesome coloring and these gorgeous images year round.... wonderful.
ReplyDeleteStunning Karina! I love the images you chose and your amazing coloring on them. This would be a wonderful gift for anyone.
ReplyDeleteWow ! This is a beautiful creation, so lovely !
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Absolutely stunning Karina!! Your colouring always blows me away...truly gorgeous project!
ReplyDeleteI have some picture frames that look just like this little mirror and I thought of creating one with a Sweet Pea image, but I have had the hardest time trying to pick an image to use, so I painted the frame and them I have set it aside for the past 2 months. I was hoping an image would call out to me to use but still nothing. Oh well one day I will finish it.
ReplyDeleteKarina, yours is gorgeous and I love the colors you used and all the details you added. Your water-coloring is gorgeous as always. They look so soft and magical.
Hugs:)
Angela
this is GORGEOUS! I am so glad you shared this with us!! It will be absolutely beautiful hanging on your wall.
ReplyDeletegorgeous work! love the idea, it will look wonderful on a wall.
ReplyDeletewhat an awesome idea! it's extremely well made & I luv the colors :)
ReplyDeleteyou did a wonderful job with this amazing project... what an inspirational craft...you did AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW, I just love this whimsical look of your mirror. What a wonderful way to look at yourself every day. Thanks for the inspiration!
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