Creating a Stunning French Provence Cover with Shimmering Acrylics and Polishing Plasters: A Step-By-Step Guide

Hello everyone! Myry here again, and today we're gonna make the covers from a french provence journal using Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics  and Polishing Plasters!

French Provence cover mixing Acrylics and Plasters

You'll see that it's easy peasy! And you'll need a few supplies:

• Sangria 

• Honey gold 

• Dove's wing

• Jack frost

• Stencil, sponge and spatula

Lets get started on our backgrounds using Polishing Plaster and Shimmering Matte Acrylics

Mix Sangria with Dove's wing. The tone is softened, very Provencal I think.

mixing Sangria Shimmering matte acrylics with Dove's wing polishing plaster

Put the stencil in position and distribute the mixture with the sponge. Really I'll should only cover the flowers but I want to see how the leaves would look with a mixture of two colors.

Using a stencil add the sangria/polishing plaster to your background

Do this on both covers.

finished covers with polishing plaster and sangria

And now spread Jack frost with the spatula over the leaves, trying not to cover the flowers.

adding Jack Frost polishing plaster to our journal

Jack Frost polishing plaster through a stencil

Hey! Those green leaves with that purple shadow look great!

Finished jack frost green leaves onto our journal page

Once dry it's time to decorate the covers.

decorating our journal page

I'm using these chipboards from Scrapholics with Honey gold.

Painting our chipboard with honey gold shimmering matte acrylic paints

Tip: Always clean the edges, just in case. Use primer if you want to intensify the paint color. Or, on the contrary, paint over the original color using very little product to give it an "aged" look. Don't forget the edges!

painting the chipboard using honey gold shimmering matte acrylic paints

Before finishing, make splashes with the golden tone. I use the tube from a dispenser when the paint is very thick, like this one. I don't recommend using a spray for this.

splashing honey gold onto our finished journal pages

What do you think? Easy peasy, right?!

I really like this relief that  Polishing Plasters gives it, and that they can be mixed with Shimmering Matte Acrylics  is even better. It's also interesting to see how the result changes depending on whether you use sponge or spatula. It's true that the relief is lost with the sponge, but I love the "blurring" that can be done, very nice to me for a background.

French Provence cover mixing Acrylics and Plasters

I hope you enjoyed this mini tutorial.

See you next time!

Myry