Fly free Hexagon Wall Hanging

 

Fly Free Hexagon Wall Hanging

Materials

Set of Tando Hexagons

Pack of Tando 12 x 12 chipboard sheets x 5

Embossing folders, swirly and honeycomb

Copper Sheet

Wallpaper

Distress oxide spray in Burlap and speckled egg

Creative Expressions metallic gilding polish in gun metal & copper or metallic Lustre's

Foam pads

Black ink pad

Decorative image, Peacock

Strong Glue

Gel medium

Gesso

Metal embossing tools

Tando Mini Hearts

Vintage 12 x 12 scrapbook paper

 

Instructions

 

I began by adding Gesso to a selection of hexagons. I set aside over night to dry.

Once dry I split the hexagons into 4 piles as I had 4 techniques to do on them

 

Technique 1

I used a strong glue and stuck my hexagons to a sheet of copper metal. Once dry o carefully cut them out with a craft knife. I gently ran a paper stump around the edge to remove any sharp bits.

Next I put each hexagon into a embossing folder and put it thru my bigshot machine. I rubbed metallic gilding paste over the embossed part to take the shine of it and give it a aged look. I also took a metal embossing tool and ran it around the edge to give a border pattern.

Technique 2

Next, I covered a selection of hexagons in a lovely art deco wallpaper that was spare from my living room. I doodled around the edges and inked in black

Technique 3

I again covered some hexagons in wallpaper but this time I painted them with Gesso. Once dry I used gun metal gilding paste to give it a metallic feel. I rubbed copper gilding paste over the embossed pattern on the wallpaper to highlight it.

Technique 4

For the last technique I sprayed hexagons and frames with distress oxides. I layered the colours up and sprayed with water to give a variety of colours and speckled look.

Once I had all my hex’s decorated I added top frames that had been sprayed or covered in copper.

 

I also added frames underneath to give height to some of the hex’s

Next I cover a 12 x 12 board in patterned paper

I added a peacock image to the corner to match my living room theme. I ran copper gilding paste around the edges

 

Next I took a selection of Hexagons and started to add them to the base board. I played around with them, seeing what looked good next to what etc. Once happy with the layout, do take a picture as you will never remember what goes where, talking from experience here! I glued them on with a strong glue. I also used foam pads to add more depth and layers.

 

I added tiny painted hexagons and hearts into any gaps that looked bare

And there you go, a lovely bright hexagon themed wall hanging

 

Thanks for looking

 

Sarah