Down by the Sea and Pentart Crackle with Rhonda

Gift Idea: Artists Tray with Rhonda

Greetings and welcome to Sunday Funday on the blog! I have a project featuring the Down By The Sea collection and the Pentart Cracking Paint System. We recently took a vacation to Florida and spent a bit of time at the ocean. This collection was perfect for my photos!

I found this artist tray at my local craft store on clearance and thought it would be perfect to showcase this collection and my photos. This is also such a perfect gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day. I prepared the tray by painting my Cracking Paint System 1, let dry and then applied the Cracking Paint System 2 in White on top and set aside to dry and crack.

While the tray was drying, I measured the compartments and started trimming a variety of the papers, then I selected the photos that I wanted to print. I started with a 4x6 that I could cut in half for the focal center of the tray, then I printed smaller 2x3 photos to use in the opposite corners.

I cut several pretty die cut elements out from our new dies, used them in a few of the compartments. I also used bits from the fabulous Noteworthy package and of course, embellished with some Chipboard, Layered Chipboard and Double Dot Jewels.

Once I had the tray completed, I decided to accent the plain white crackle, so I mixed some Glimmer Spray in Frost and Mint to make a pretty aqua color to coordinate with the collection. I lightly brushed it on with a medium flat paintbrush.

I love how the Pentart Cracking Paint is so versatile and it took the color of the Glimmer Spray so nicely, I could control the depth of color easily.

BoBunny Products:

Patterned Paper: Seahorse, Down By The Sea, Mermaids, Mystical, Paradise, Ripples, Tide and Wonder  / Down By The Sea

Noteworthy: Down By The Sea

Chipboard: 6x12, Layered Chipboard / Down By The Sea

Double Dot Jewels: Aqua and True Blue

Jewel Flourishes: Glaze Jewels

Double Dot Brads: Aqua

Dies: Darling Doily, Sweetheart, Congratulation Card and Mandala

Glimmer Spray: Frost and Mint



Pentart Products:

Pentart Cracking Paint System 1

Pentart Cracking Paint System 2 - White