Heart Tag with Texture Paste by Hannah Oxberry

It's Texture Paste week here on the Tando Creative blog! I love to use texture pastes within my mixed media work, the ways it can be applied - along with the looks you can create, are so varied.

For today's project, I thought I would share this tag where I have incorporated a few different texture techniques.

The base of the tag is made up of a few different layers; paints and washes form the backdrop. Stamped images add detail and aid the theme, while papers add texture and further emphasise the theme. I have also coloured modeling paste with paints and drawn this through a stencil of the word "Paris".

For the central heart motif, I roughly applied texture paste across the surface using a palette knife. By using washes, followed by dry brushing - I can really highlight and draw out the texture created by the paste.

I applied this same technique to the number 2, as well as dry brushing the whole of the tag to add a vintage feel.

For a full step by step guide please visit my blog.

List of products used;

Size 8 Tag





Mega Heart Pack

Industrial Elements Bolts/ Washers Sheet

Andy Skinner French Elements Stencil

22GA Rusty Wire

DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish Lace
DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish Rustic
DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish Inheritance
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Metallic Silver
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Paynes Grey
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Yellow Oxide
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Gold
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Magenta
DecoArt Media White Gesso
DecoArt Media Modeling Paste
DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste