Did you see it?
Tonic Studios media die launch.
I was curious to how well these would work but
to be honest I should have known that they would be just as fabulous as their
other dies.
At the same time they launched the Media Dies
they also launched the Expanding Mousse.
As soon as they arrived I got to play.
I started my journey cutting out the
Traditional Timepiece and the Steam Cogs and Widgets from the Tonic Grey board
and as soon as I had them cut out in front of me I knew I was going to build a
3D vintage clock.
Using black foam board a began cutting out
several pieces to create the clock face gluing one on top of another until I
had the depth that I wanted, then using black gesso I painted the inside to
hide the foam.
I then started to add the Expanding Mousse in
Tuscan Gold all over the outside of the clock face, I used a heat gun over the
mousse and watched it expand and bubble until it looked distressed and vintage.
Now to decide what to do with the cogs, I
wanted them to shine unlike the clock face housing.
Tonic gilding flakes are wonderful, you get
quite big flakes in a large pot and the Nuvo glue pens work beautifully with
it.
Just look how gorgeous they are.
Next to use another colour of the Expanding
Mousse for the clock face this time I used Old Linen.
Adding the cogs inside the clock face housing
building them up in layers. Adding the pointer hands onto the clock face.
For
the base I had an MDF plaque that my husband kindly made for me and paired with
the black gesso then I cut out some of the Media Frame dies and joined them
together before rubbing in the Tuscan Gold Expanding Mousse
Now
putting it all together.
I
used a couple of different sized dowels to sit the clock housing onto the
plaque.
I’m
thrilled at how this turned out.
Tick tock. tick tock.
As you can see it has a very rustic look to it.
It just needed a place to sit....
