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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Old Window Phase Two

Here we go! The fun part of designing and painting the insert. I decided I would put my family name and the year we were "established". I wanted to add a little texture and dimension, so I used a stencil that I purchased from Tracy Moreau . It is the Corner Motif. 
I measured where I wanted put the stencil and then used Deco Art Texture Crackle. I put a thin coat on, just thick enough to cover the stencil. When it dries, it leaves a beautiful cracked, raised motif.



After letting the texture crackle dry, I started painting. I did a slip slap of Bleached Sand, Medium Hauser Green and Dark Forest Green.
Then I measured out where I wanted to put "CARR" and "Est. 1998". I painted that with two light coats of Bleached Sand and I added a drop shadow of Dark Forest Green.

I decided it needed a little more depth, so I added more Dark Forest Green around the edges and brought it up into the middle. 
So, here is the final product. I painted the frame in Bleached Sand to help it work better with the insert. It was so much fun and I am really happy with the out come. It is going to hang in my kitchen.





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