Cant believe I have made it through to week 4. This week was all about canvas, stencil or masking, misting and/or painting. I did a canvas of my wedding. I have been meaning to do something with my wedding photos but never found the right thing or time. 10 years later I have created this canvas.
I started with misting colours – I used smooch spritz
frosted grape, ice rink, gingerale and a mist that I had previously made but no
idea what was in it! Whilst still damp I
blotted with a paper towel and sprayed some more. Whilst damp I then applied my first stencil
with gesso – the hearts. In hindsight I probably
should have used some thicker paste. I used gesso to attach a paper doilee at the side. I
then really wanted to use the bead gel but I didn’t have any so I mixed some
beads with Liquitex Gloss Gel and made my own.
I then set this aside to dry overnight.
I then set about making my embellishments. I used some blossoms cake decorating flowers
which I coloured with distress ink – dusty concor. I also coloured some Green Tara flowers with
milled lavender and dusty concord distress markers and sprayed perfect pearls
on. The swirly bits are from Samantha
Walker die cut – Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents which I coloured with Shabby
Shutters, Peeled Paint and Dusty Concord distress inks then embossed with
sparkling embossing powder. I did this
also to the tag. The ribbon was also soaked in distress stain and dried. The pins in the ribbon I made myself using
beads and Floral greening pins cut in half.
The brown wire behind the flowers, which is difficult to see, is also
from the florist department – cloth covered wire.
With my canvas dry I added some more paint – I painted the
rises on the stencil with smooch paint – snickerdoodle and the edges of the
canvas with Viva Precious Metal Colour Gold and Mother of Pearl. I also applied these paints randomly on the
canvas. I also added a little more green
misting. The bling is from Prima – say it
in crystals. I put it altogether with a
hot glue gun and I don’t want bits falling off over time when it is hanging on
the wall. I have added some close up photos for you
No comments :
Post a Comment