Winged Child by Tina Walker

Hi…Happy Thursday!  Tina Walker here today with my very first PaperWhimsy Design Team project!

I am SO excited to be creating with y’all!  I have been a long time fan of PaperWhimsy Amazing Alterables, so this is a dream come true!

Assemblage Art is one of my favorite types of mediums today, and I love combining the new with the old.  Today, I created ‘Winged Child’ using several of my favorite Paper Whimsy products!

 

All of my Amazing Alterable pieces started with a quick spray of Gesso!  You can also use brush-on Gesso.

 

I wanted a piece with lots of bumpy texture, so I heat embossed each of the structure pieces.  You can achieve a similar effect using texture paint or texture gel then paint or smudge with Inka Gold.

 

To create that worn, aged look, I added a spritz (or two) of some of my favorite sprays, to each embossed piece.  Love how the spray settles into the bumpy surface.  I let it dry thoroughly.

 

Now to the wings.  Using Sticky Embossing Powder (or your favorite glitter glue), I added glitter and Opal flakes.  Great texture and iridescence.

 

I added more embossing, this time in gold, to my hands, then layers of watercolor paints.

My Winged Child needed a face, so using this adorable face from PaperWhimsy’s downloadable Collage images, I aged her up a bit with Distress Ink.

Here’s some close-ups of the completed piece!  Love her to bits!

 

Paper Whimsy:  Winged Gothic Arch, Heart from Fancy Angels 01 Trio, Hands from Curious Angel 03, and Girl Face from Beautiful Faces, Sheet 155.

Other Bits:  Shimmerz Paints, Gesso Spray, Embossing Powder, Embossing Ink, Glitter, Inka Gold, vintage findings, molded resin filigree, Tim Holtz findings, Distress Ink, wire, beaded ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!