Metal Heart Wall Decoration

 Hello Friends!

I am super excited to show you a metal heart that I decorated. At my work there were two metal hearts that were donated and my friend at work said we should have each make one and have a contest. Now my friend has mad skillz and paints like for real paints lol. I just do what I do. So I said ok. And then there was a little stress because I wanted to make an awesome. So here's mine:

I have some pictures of the process. Before I get into that I want to take care of business. I am entering this heart into the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog: Valentines.

So the heart started like this-plain and shiny.

So the question with a metal heart--do I let the metal shine through? Do I cover it with paper? It didn't seem right to cover it all up. Also, I wasn't sure how things would stick to the metal so I covered it in clear gesso.

The gesso dulled the metal, but the metal was still there.

I used a finnabair stencil and some matte paste.  I love this script.

Then I used a Simon Says Stamp heart stencil with crackle paste.  Oh the crackles!

I have 4 different color pink paints. I was going for an antique look with pink and beiges. But sometimes the piece talks to you and the idea changes. So I used this pink paint sparingly and added water.

Here it is finished. It's also tough not knowing how I was going to cover the center. But I loved how the stenciled parts and paint turned out.

The window is a Etcetra window which means it's laser cut out of a thick material. I painted crackle paint over it. I cut a piece of watercolor paper to size and sprayed it with a distress oxide and one of the Christmas mica sprays.  The shimmer is so pretty!

Here's the middle. I used foam and hot glue to adhere the window. I knew I was going to tuck things under the window so I needed some depth.  Some of the flowers are from Hobby Lobby and some are those little flowers used in weddings. I believe the silhouette of the lady and the frame are Kaisercraft and I painted them with a pink sparks paint form finnabair and a black sparks on the frame. Then I used some finnabair wax to tone it down.

I cut some flowers and greens from Tim Holtz Sizzix Garden Greens and Funky Floral #1. The silver glitter leaves are cut from a table runner I bought at the Dollar (25) Tree in the party section. I had the ideology arrow and word coin. For the coin I used the picket fence crayon to make the word love pop. I used a wire to add the coin to the arrow. I glued flowers and added some micro beads on the bottom. 

There is some lace under the window and then the flowers and greens. The flowers look like little circle but I think they are supposed to be Lantana or something. LOL. And then the rest of the leaves layer up from there.

Here's another picture of the heart. I also added a clay bird sprayed with the mica spray winterberry-but very light. 

So that's my heart-but I know if I was reading this post I would wonder what did the other heart look like?

Here is the my friend's heart:

So she put a song Jack sings-like the sheet music in the background and burned the edges to reveal the metal heart. She painted Jack and Sally (I told you she had mad skillz). And she made the jar of Deadly Night Shade out of clay. So beautiful! 

Thank you for stopping by!