Peace Mixed Media Tag

Hi friends, I hope you are well. I have a mixed media tag to share today. 

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I felt a need to do a project relating to the recent terrible events in the Ukraine. My son can't understand how a war like that can even take place, he thinks that adults should know better, which is so true. Since I didn't have a dove stamp or die, I decided to let a humble blue tit carry my message and a peace branch instead. 

The tag was first coated with gesso and I pulled the palette knife up and down to create texture. When dry, paint with Distress Paint and mist with water so that the paints blend.

When the paint was dry, I applied white paint through the Simon Says Stamp Polka Hearts stencil, aiming for a soft effect, looking almost like clouds.

War destroys life and leads to fear and suffering, there are no winners, which is why I added cracks in that beautiful blue sky. I started with blue cracks, but felt that they were too soft, and added some in black too.

The bird was die cut from watercolor paper.

I smeared Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, misted with water and pressed the bird pieces into the ink. The eye part was painted. Later I also added some Distress Oxide Ink, for more texture.

Assemble the bird and then add details with a white gel pen and a black eye with a black pen.

For the sentiment, I stamped the ticket from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels with Marine ink and 'peace' with Royal ink.

The branch was die cut with the the small Simon Says Stamp Fine Textured Leaf and colored it with green shades of Distress Ink.

The bird got a little home made of cheese cloth dyed with Distress Ink.

Here you can see the details of the added Distress Oxide dots and the white gel pen work.

And hopefully a brighter day will soon dawn, because no one should have to experience war, particularly not children.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by here today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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