Flying Heart..

Hello!
I've been having a play with one of my most favourite things to create on...a large wooden heart!

I get my wooden hearts from all over the place, (Dunelm Mill has lots right now) , but these particular ones are Artemio hearts (THESE ones). I've obviously cut the dangly ones from the large one, and only used one small heart in this project though!
I coloured the large wooden heart with turquoise and white paint, then once it was dry added the first bit of stamping. The rough and uneven surface of the wood means that getting nice detail and crisp lines from a stamped image isn't easy. In fact it's near enough impossible! The text and flourish on my heart were stamped onto tissue paper, then the tissue was adhered to the wood with Mod Podge. Once the Mod Podge dries, it turns the tissue transparent so you are left with a crisp and clear image that looks like you stamped it directly to the surface!

The other good thing about using tissue is that you have now covered parts of the rough surface, enabling you to stamp successfully on top! Remember though, you are in effect stamping onto dried glue (plastic!) so use something that will work. I used paint to stamp my blue dots and white gridlines....

The smaller heart was painted red, then covered with crackle paint. Once the crackle was dry, I sponged on more paint. I wanted the crackle, but not the shine!

I added a little word to the red heart, this is a rub on that I've put onto white card first.
The wings are very simply stamped onto card and glued to the back of the heart!

I made some loops with wire, then attached then to the back of the heart...

added some chain, then joined the chain to the hanger....

The hanger is simply a driftwood stick, painted and stamped to match the heart. More wire loops!
I'm linking up today with the current challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
The team are asking us to stamp on anything but plain paper, so I think tissue, wood and dried glue should count for that!
Have a great day!
Trish xxxxx