Hi everyone. My name is Yatie. A few months back, I altered a jigsaw puzzle set and a lot of people have asked me how I made the background. So I was thinking, I might as well make a tutorial on the how over here. Ok let us start.
You will need:
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| Jigsaw puzzle set Gesso 2 contrasting colors of acrylic paints 1 paint brush 2 foam brushes Distress ink Rock Candy crackle paint Foam adhesive Wet glue (not in picture) |
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| First, apply gesso all over the jigsaw pieces and don't forget the sides of the frame too. |
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| Squeeze out the acrylic colors and using the foam brushes, dip them in the colors respectively. |
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| Dab the brushes up and down alternately on the jigsaw pieces (make sure the gesso is completely dry), mixing the colors in some areas. |
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| Once the paint is completely dry, ink the edges of each jigsaw piece with distress ink. |
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| Adhere the jigsaw pieces back onto the frame. |
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| Leave at least 2 jigsaw pieces off. You can fill in the empty spaces with black marker if you like or just leave them as they are. |
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| Using foam adhesive, adhere the 2 pieces down, twisting them to the sides a little. |
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| Lastly, apply Rock Candy crackle paint to the sides of the jigsaw set. |
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| Once the crackle paint dris, cracks will appear giving the jigsaw set a unique look. |
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| You can now decorate the puzzle set. Here I've made it into a mini layout. |
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| A close up view of the altered background. |
Take care, everyone and happy altering!!
Yatie
xx
7 comments:
Looks great Yatie!
This is brilliant Yatie. Admire how you painstakingly added each process/layer onto the jigsaw. Thanks for sharing.
This is fabulous!!!!
Yatie, this is so wonderful!
Oh wow, I seriously love this - I want to try it :) Thanks for the step-by-steps :)
This is such a great idea..and I love the way that look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing work!!
kisses and huges from Brazil
Cynthia
This is a great idea, if only i thought of this before i gave all my kids old puzzles to charity, lol
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