Vintage Easter 3D Collage - Part II

O.k... picking up our Recycled Reese's Egg Vintage Easter collage (part 1) where we left off yesterday...  If you recall we had painted the plastic egg form with a bit of gesso then applied bits of a dictionary page to the inside, added weight in the form of some large washers and set it off to the side to dry overnight.

Today I started off by sanding off all the rough edges.

I then mixed up a bit of French Blue acrylic paint with Golden Glazing Medium and painted the upper portion of the inside of the egg. 

While the glaze was still wet I dabbed the medium with a tissue. By doing so it creates a soft texture you just can't get with a paint brush or sponge.

I repeated the process on the bottom half  using a moss green acrylic paint.

And here is what it looks like at this point....

Now you know we've got to add a little shimmer to this project so I smeared some glue around and sprinkled it with glitter flakes and micro glitter.   Ahhhh, doesn't that feel good ;)

While the inside is drying it's time to fix up the back of the egg.

I used Pink Sherbet Alcohol Ink and a felt.

Next I applied some double sided sticky tape on the back of the small rim that I left around the egg shape.

Peel off the liner and affix some vintage off white lace.

Now it's time to get to work on the inside.

I this stuff in my stash left over from my wreath making days ~ it's a natural shredded wood "moss".  I figured out that it takes inks like a charm!  So I pulled off a few bits and pounced on some Peeled Paint Distress Stain and let it dry.  It doesn't take long because the wood is very absorbant.

Pull out your hot glue gun!!!

I started off by gluing some of the moss to the very back of the egg then started layering in the images and more moss.

until I was satisfied with how it looked...

To finish off the collage I added some bits of Dresden Trim (the gold stuff - a.k.a. German Scrap), a few tiny flowers then I added an old brooch at the top.

And here it is....

My recycled Reese's Easter Egg Vintage Easter Collage....

Makes you want to go hunt some Easter eggs huh?

Have a super day!!