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Sunday 26 March 2017

How to create weathered coffins


Hello Crafty Friends
While i am getting some new craft projects ready i thought i would share a few of my older ones. These are a pair of weathered coffins i created using DecoArt products. There is a short tutorial below if you want to learn  how to recreate that ancient exhumed wood look.





I used the large rosette die by Tim Holtz and added a little mdf spider on top.


I used a skull bead and added flowers






This one was stained with red DecoArt Media Mister and spritzed with water which i let drip down the lid. Looks like blood doesn't it.



To create this weathered wood look, I first coated the coffins in Black Gesso and then once dried i added Weathered Wood Crackle Medium. 


Next add a thick layer of White Crackle paste and leave to dry. Once dry you get a deep crackle that will flake off if it isn't sealed.


To get the faded mahogany look, i used DecoArt Antiquing cream and painted on the English Red Oxide around the edges. I then used a wet brush and spritzed water onto the cream to turn it into a wash and just painted it over the whole coffin. I repeated this step with Raw Umber to get a dirty brown color.


I lined the coffins with red material so it looks like a Vampire Coffin.

Thank you for visiting

12 comments:

  1. These are fabulous Katie, love them! Thanks for sharing xx

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  2. Congrats on the new blog, Katie! Love your coffins and fab tutorial. xxD

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  3. These coffins are brilliant Katie. The techniques you've used are fabulous xx

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  4. Fabulous Katie...love this type of stuff x

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  5. Oh my gosh, these are so cool! We have a Halloween party at our house every year and my guests would just love one of these each to take home. The attention to detail is fabulous. Creative Blessings, Tracyx

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