Wednesday 21 September 2016

Mixed Media Canvas

Hello & welcome here today!
Today I am at the Itsy Bitsy blog with this mixed media canvas share. For details hop over to the blog here. 

This is the pictorial - 

After a base coat of gesso on a 8x10 canvas I started working on creating the background. 


I used teal blast metallic paint. These colors are very creamy & rich, give very good coverage & the metallic sheen is simply amazing. Pearlized paints are available in an array of colors -



Also I have used these on a variety of media in this project as you will see soon -  canvas, paper, MDF, chipboard, fabric, handmade paper, metal.

To even out the color I used a baby wipe.



Next I wanted to add some silver to the background & this is where I brought in the dimensional paint. Once again with the baby wipe blended it in the background. Mont Marte Dimension acrylic is a high viscosity fine art paint. 


After this I wanted some stencilling to add texture to the background using IMPASTO. 
 Impasto is a technique of using very thick paint, usually thick enough so that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. When dry, impasto provides texture & thats how I experimented with it using a stencil. Mont Marte Impasto is a heavy bodied paint that is colorless. When mixed with the color it does not change color. 
As you can see in the picture I mixed both the colors with impasto & it formed a rich creamy blend. 




Carefully I used the irregular dot stencil, using both pastes randomly.



While it was drying I brought out some embellishments from my Itsy Bitsy stash! 


For some more texture I glued some doillies on the canvas & also some gesso splatters all over the canvas.


Once I decided on the layout I glued all the embellishments using silicon glue


I brushed gesso on all & later painted them with the teal color. The chipboard frames, pearl strings & metal charms I chose to paint silver. At this point I also added some silver stencilled script to the background,



Here is the final look at the canvas & some close ups! Love how the sheen is captured by the camera!
All the embellishments transformed so easily to a teal color!







I had a lot of fun experimenting with the paints & impasto & hope you will try these too!
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Saturday 10 September 2016

Best Teacher!

Hello & welcome back!
Sharing the last set of Teacher Appreciation cards today!
These cards use pattern papers from DCWV & PTI & Clearly Besotted stamps.




A bit of masking & copic coloring in this card - 


Linking this to - 








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Wednesday 7 September 2016

For a Special Teacher

Hello Friends!
Another set of Teacher's Day cards today!
Loved the layout of these cards in which I have used pattern papers, die cuts & stamping........all here!
The papers are from DCWV, die & stamp set from Paper Trey Ink (Wonderful words - Teacher) & also Spellbinders (Page Maps - Office Supplies).



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Sharing this at the following challenges - 
Tuesday Throwdown#310 - 12.9 - WINNER

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Monday 5 September 2016

For a Special Teacher

Hello Friends!
Another Teacher's Day Card share today.
In this card I have used Paper Trey Ink stamps & dies - Wonderful Words - Teacher Mini Stamp Set & Tag Die#3. 


Sharing this at the following challenges - 

Tag You're it Challenge#55 - 13.9 - The floral pattern & the sentiment hanging of the tag inspired me in the card design
Happy Little Stampers Challenge - 29.9 (The die cut tag is the focal element as in Asa's card & also the bold sentiment)



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Sunday 4 September 2016

Thanks dear Teacher

Good Afternoon!
September 5th, is celebrated as Teacher's Day in India & I love making cards for teachers. I have been sharing these over the last few days. If you have missed them please go to the posts here, here & here
In today's post I share two cards with the same layout with minor changes. 
I have used DCWV pattern papers & die cuts in both. In the first card the copic colored crayons are from the Lawn Fawn stampe & die set - You color my world.



For the second card I replaced the crayons with a fun test tube die cut, which I'm sure any science teacher will love!


Over the last few years I made post it notes & cards for teachers which are in the links herehere & here.

Playing along the following challenges with this card - 



Casology#213 - 5.9



MMM#29 - 10.9

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Saturday 3 September 2016

For a Fantastic Teacher


Hello Friends!
Back with another Teachers Day card! No pattern papers here, distress ink resist & copic coloring on the die cuts are the highlights here! And don't miss the versatile washi tape on the left.
The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Stamps - Teachers pet & the crayons - Lawn Fawn - You color my World.


Linking this to the following challenges - 


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Friday 2 September 2016

Thanks for all you do!


Hello Friends! 
Another quick post today & again its a card share. I love making cards for teachers & the amazing paper stacks from DCWV always make it so much fun! For this card I have incorporated many school elements - black board, crayons, alphabets, clipboard & such!



This card fits into the following challenges - 





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Thank you Teacher!

Hello Crafty Friends!
A quick share of a teacher appreciation card I recently made.
The foil feather stickers here really pop up against the wood grain background, in this simple yet effective card.


Sharing this at - 
NBUS Challenge#7 - 5.9 - NBUS foil stickers

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Shaker - Chipboard album

Good Morning!

I am at the ITSY BITSY blog with a fun chipboard shaker mini album. For details visit the blogpost here.

In my DT kit was a chipboard album the cover of which was a delicate moroccan laser cut pattern. 


I loved this & wanted to keep the cover simple & just highlight the pattern. Colored the cover with black acrylic paint & added a glitter glue , but this seemed to plain. To add some interest I made this into a shaker! Fun isn't it! 


 

The album comes with six chipboard sheets for the inner pages all bound together with ring binders.
I have edged all the pages with black paint & used the Maggie Holmes paper stack to decorate the pages. Heat embossed some inspiring words & sentiments from various stamp sets & used these to embellish the photo mats.

















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