Ciao Bella Majestic Dream Mixed Media Home Decor Tutorial: Wild Card Wonderful Wednesday
Hello, Friends! It’s a Wild Card Wonderful Wednesday with a Ciao Bella Majestic Dream Mixed Media Home Decor Tutorial on the menu! If you’re like me, and you like to get inky, try new techniques and create beautiful, inexpensive home decor, then this project is going to be right up your alley.
Even if you don’t like to create home decor items, there are lots of tips and techniques in today’s project that can be applied to card making, mini album embellishments or scrapbooking.
What are we making?
Have you ever found a fairly ugly home decor piece in the mark down cart at the craft store? I’m always tickled when I manage to score one of these diamonds in the rough, because I know I can use the basic “bones” in an altered art piece.
That’s the back story on this 7 1/2″ x 11 3/4″ x 1″ wooden sign. The original artwork (which you will see in the tutorial) was less than inspiring. But the piece itself was great. Here’s how I gave it a whole new life:
- First, trace the sign onto a piece of canvas cloth. When you cut it out, cut slightly larger than the outline. This way you can fringe the edges.
- Next, gather a whole pile of pretty paper scraps and stitch them onto the canvas. Glue this “paper quilt” onto the wooden sign base.
- Now, dig through your stash of embellishments and dress it up. This is so much fun!
I’ll show you how to create the background piece and lay out the embellishments in todays’ video tutorial.
A Closer Look at the Details
Y’all already know I ‘m a huge fan of Reneabouquets Beautiful Board. You can alter it in so many different ways! Ink it, heat emboss it, paint it, spatter it…or do all three as I have on this April in Paris doily. Cut out a paper clock for the center, add a butterfly and you’ve got a mighty pretty page embellishment.
Add some stenciled shapes to your paper collage to create even more texture and visual interest. Of course, fibers and flowers are always a good idea!
TIP: When you fringe the canvas background, save the strings! They make a great backdrop for some “rusty” wooden keys and beads.
Ciao Bella Majestic Dream Mixed Media Home Decor Tutorial on YouTube
Would you like to see how to create this altered art piece? Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy this video tutorial on my YouTube channel.
This was inky good fun from beginning to end! I hope you enjoyed seeing it come together, too.
Next Wednesday is the first Wednesday in May, so we’ll be sharing out Tag of the Month featuring Ciao Bella Timeless Moments. You can take a video tour of this paper collection HERE.
As always, you can find a linked supply list below this post.
Thanks for stopping by, friends!
Cheerio,
kathy
SUPPLY LIST
- Ciao Bella Majestic Dream
- 12×12 Patterns (out of stock…we used scraps)
- 6×6 Fussy Cuts
- A4 Creative Pad
- 12×12 Paper Collection
- Tim Holtz Baseboard Frames
- Distress Grit Paste
- Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil
- Palette Knife
- Gathered Twigs Re-inker
- Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide Ink Pad
- Salvaged Patina Distress Ink Pad
- Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Spray
- Distress Embossing Glaze: Speckled Egg
- WOW! Vintage Champagne Embossing Powder
- Seth Apter Chunky Rust Baked Texture Embossing Powder
- Reneabouquets
- Bits and Bobs from my stash
Ooh you did have fun with this project! So many layers, touchable texture and the scene was set with the pretty butterflies bringing it all together. The fraying of the edges is a lovely touch too, adding to the vintage vibe.
You have such a great eye for design and possibilities. I’m amazed.
Thank you for sharing the techniques you used for the master board and the Tim Holtz frame. Love what you did repurposing the board! I certainly enjoyed the mixed media and am looking forward to next Wednesdays Tag of the Month!