Vintage Assemblage Shrine

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I decided to use a mini cabinet card from my collection in a small shrine to make a Vintage Assemblage.

Brass always seems to show up better when used with turquoise, and so that's the color scheme that I used.

I like to lay things out and get some idea of the project. The flower at the top is trimmed with shears removing 2 sections.

I painted several Mechanicals with Heavy White Gesso so they will take paints and inks.

My main pieces were painted and put together with 3 tiny brads. I sanded the plate to reveal the word CREATE.

This laser-cut shrine comes flat, so I added vintage German-English dictionary pages to the inside sections with Soft Matte Gel. Then I sponged on archival inks to age even more and sealed with Gel.

The outsides were painted with acrylic paints using either a sponge dabber or foam square. 

The Messy text clear stamp is used with black archival ink. Now I can glue the shrine together and get ready to add elements to the outside. Once it was dry, I added Clear Crackle Texture Paste to various areas. It really added an "aged" look to the piece.

This wooden candlestick is base-coated with Heavy White Gesso first and then a layer of White Crackle Paste is slathered on. When it's dry, add archival inks in orange and sepia. 

The Vintage Lady is cut out and layered onto 2 Mechanicals and a wooden block. I highlighted the leaves and button with more patina waxes, as well as the candlestick base. 

The finishing touches were to add some Gloss Gel with a brush to different places and sprinkle Copper, Silver and Black Micro Beads as filler. I also added some Gold Mica Flakes.

The Flower was sprayed with several colors of ink, and beads, plus some Luminous Gold Glitter was added. A bit of Charcoal Art Sugar and black Micro Beads are layered around the candlestick rims.

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Products Used:

Art Basics - Heavy White Gesso

Art Basics - Soft Glass Gel

Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel

Art Basics - 3D Matte Gel

Art Extravagance - Clear Crackle Texture Paste

Art Extravagance - White Crackle Texture Paste

Art Ingredients - Micro Beads-Copper, Silver and Black

Art Ingredients - Glitter Set Luminous

Art Ingredients - Art Sugar Charcoal

Art Ingredients - Mica Flakes Gold

Prima Clear Stamps - Messy

Prima Mechanicals - Plated Labels

Prima Mechanicals - Leaves 2

Prima Mechanicals - Washers 1

Prima Mechanicals - Flowers x10

Prima-Junkyard Findings-Jean Buttons

Viva Decor-Inka Gold - Turquoise

Viva Decor-Inka Gold - Copper

Ranger-Archival Inks - Jet Black, Orange Blossom, and Coffee

Other Products Used:

Mini Ornate Shrine Kit from Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Collections Vintage Mini Cabinet Card

Guilders Paste-Patina

Detail Sanding Block from Vintaj