House of Hearts by Bernadette

 

House of Hearts by Bernadette

Good Morning Everyone.

As we move closer to Valentine's Day I am making the most of using hearts and creating heart themed makes.  For this project, I have used a house shaped printer tray https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/MPTHOUSE.html some mini hearts https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TMHEARTS.html a mini clock https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/MNTGSCLCKS.html and a key https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/KEYSSET5.html

I started by choosing a background paper and glued it to the solid back of the house.  I painted the front frame with bundled sage distress ink and added some vintage photo distress ink around the edges with a blending tool.  

I then painted some Tando hearts and some die cut hearts with bundled sage and tattered rose distress paints. I painted the key with antique bronze distress paint then added some black soot distress ink around the edges.

I then started to choose ephemera and papers to add to the frame and glued them to the back of the frame

I glued the frame to the back piece of the house, then chose plenty of bits and pieces I liked.  I played around a few times putting different elements into different compartments until I decided what I wanted to stick down.  I kept putting pieces in, then changed them around a few times.  Each time, I took a photo before making my final decision.  The 3 photos below are the ones I took before I glued things down.

The photos below are the final piece with everything I chose.