Canvas part two

You may remember a canvas I started quite a while back for my son's new home.  Since I took this picture I have layered some Ferro through a brickwork stencil in two of the corners, and added a small square canvas with an owl embellishment which Jen made in the Melt Pot.

I keep intending to finish this and take it to the house, but I never seem to get round to actually doing it!  This week I decided to knuckle down and make another piece which continues the owl theme.  This is what I came up with.

I took a 7x5 canvas board, painted it with cream acrylic and edged it with black paint and silver gilt wax.  The owl is a topper from a Hunkydory set and the sentiment is from the same sheet I used for my tag a few days ago.

Once these were adhered to the board I dry brushed some red and silver metallic paints over the top to pick out some of the colours in the owl image.  To finish off I added some Frantage glitter and paint chips.  These take some careful handling otherwise the heat gun blows them straight off of the board.

I'm pleased with the result and will decide where to place it on the main canvas once I have decided what else to add.  Jen is also making something to add on but I'm sure she will share that herself.

TTFN Jude xx

A little gift...

...for a lovely lady.

Good morning, hope you are all well and not getting too wet! It's been pouring down here since yesterday and doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon. But never mind if it wasn't the weather we would always find something else to moan about lol.

 

Anyway the reason for today's title, is that I have made a little something for Mum to hang in her bedroom. A 5x7 wall plaque using the same sort of techniques from one I made at a dabble day a few months ago.

 

Every time she sees something that we make for us or other people she always comments on how nice they are, so this time I thought I would make one just for her. Using colours to match their bedroom, which is why I went for the lilac and purples.

 

I started by paper blocking the base using 3 different papers from the same pad, and a couple of strips of deeper purple Washi Tape. Once these were glued down I went over it all with a coat of Matte Medium. After this dried I edged all of the paper pieces with a thick graphite pencil and then washed over everything with a light covering of sand coloured acrylic. Then I finished the bottom layer with a coat of crackling cream.

 

 I used a Stazon ink to stamp the heart designs, these are a Joanna Sheen stamp, and then used the same ink to stamp the mum word on to a piece of paper. This stamp is a Papermania one. I then spritzed the paper with Victorian Rose Cosmic Shimmer Spray and dried it with the heat gun.

 

I made a flower using different layers of ready made petals, but cut some of them up to add to the centre etc. and then gave this a good spritz with the cosmic shimmer spray too. I dried it a bit with the heat gun and then added some Shabby Pink Frantage and set this with the heat gun.

 

I layered the mum word on to a piece of white straw paper and then added this to the top of the plaque. Then I used some Graphite Ferro through a stencil to add a couple of leaves half way down.

 

I added the flower to the bottom, some pink ribbon and silver eyelets to the top and then finished the piece with three charms. A butterfly, a leaf and a watering can.
 

 

Hope you like it.

 

Thanks for stopping by again.

 

See you soon.

 

xxx

Art panel

Good morning all and happy Friday. Hope you are all having a good week. It's been pretty quiet around here with Jude being away ;o) but she will be back later today from her travels and by the sound of it she has had a great few days. 

While she has been away I have been getting a bit inky and painty in the craft room and making a lot of mess lol. But I have enjoyed it. And today's piece is the result of some of the playing! 

 

 

I have made this piece for my daughter as she is redecorating her house at the min and wanted some bits with green on for her hallway. 

 

 

I have used a canvas board and a few different colours of acrylic paint for the background. Followed by black paint for the dots stencil. 

Once all that was dry I rubbed it over with some crackle cream and heat set that with my heat gun.

 

 

I used another stencil for the flowers but this time with Reisen Ferro and then a rub over with Silver Gilt Cream.

 

 

The rose was plain cream, so I inked it with a few different colours of Cosmic Shimmer sprays and then added some Shabby White Frantage. I cut the butterfly from heat proof acetate and then used the Frantage on this too. I think it makes it look quite delicate.

 

 

I finished it with a small silver frame and added Family using sticky letters. I aged this with Distress Ink and then finished it with some more of the lovely Shabby White Frantage.

 

 

Hope you like it.

 

See you soon.

 

xxx

 

Canvas part one

Morning all. Sorry we're a bit late today - life has a habit of getting in the way!  I'm waiting for news from the funding panel for Joe's care package when he moves into his bungalow. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

As a moving in present I am making a large canvas for the hallway. I took a standard prestretched canvas and painted it black. 

I then took pieces from the Docrafts Chronology 6x6 paper pad and cut different sized pieces to cover the whole canvas. 

The nest step was to paint a thin layer of antique white acrylic lightly over the papers. I then took a soft black pencil and outlined the edges of the papers. 

A top coat of matte medium seals the papers ready for the next stages. But like any good saga that's where I will leave it for today lol. 

I'm off shopping for my dads birthday tea this evening, so probably won't get anymore done on my canvas today. I'll catch you all soon. 

TTFN Jude xx