Key To My Heart

Key To My Heart

I had closed the door upon my heart

And wouldn't let anyone in,

I had trusted and loved only to be hurt

But, that would never happen again.

I had locked the door and tossed the key

As hard, and as far as I could,

Love would never enter there again, 

My heart was closed for good.

Then you came into my life

And made me change my mind,

Just when I thought that tiny key

was impossible to find.

That's when you held out your hand

And provided to me I was wrong,

Inside your palm was the key to my heart

You had it all along.

- Marsha Hoyt -

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I've always loved this poem.

I was looking for a quote and found it again.

It inspired this new art piece.

I took a 6x6 stretched canvas and painted it black front, back, and sides.

While the canvas was drying I painted the heart silver.

It was red.

I used the Rock Wall stencil (TCW573) from The Crafter's Workshop and DecoArt's Crackle Paint and added it all over the canvas, front, sides and back.

I also added the DecoArt Crackle Paint to the inside of the canvas.

When it dries it gives an amazing crackle finish.

While the crackle paint was drying, I painted the key silver and added glitter.

The key hole was brown so I painted it white and added glitter.

The crackle dried I added a alpha stamp with archival ink.

I added DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in Ultramarine Blue and Primary Cyan to the canvas.

I painted the heart with Primary Cyan and added glitter.

When it dried, I hung it from the eyelet and glued the key to the front.

It's great when inspiration strikes and it turns out perfect!

Thanks so much for stopping by!