Hello, and welcome to the blog party for the re-launch of Clare Curd Crafts DT I know there is a lot of really inspirational stuff to be shared with you today so don't forget to check out the blog and those of our DT members as the day goes on.
I did wonder what to share for my first DT piece and more importantly I wanted it to be something great with it being the blog party and shop re-launch. I love mixed media and anything that involves me getting messy with paint and inks and so that gave me the starting point for my small canvas hanging.
I did wonder what to share for my first DT piece and more importantly I wanted it to be something great with it being the blog party and shop re-launch. I love mixed media and anything that involves me getting messy with paint and inks and so that gave me the starting point for my small canvas hanging.
~ For the first layer of colour, I used black and white
acrylic paint and dry brushed them on, blending a little as I did.
~ Then I took Dylusions White Linen Ink Spray and added it in a couple of areas,
allowing it to drip, and in others just a light spray.
~ Now select
a whole bunch of stamps and just get some texture on your background, make sure
you use a permanent ink. A great set of stamps for texture is this Tim Holtz Stamp Set
~Now we
want some definition in the background, I used the stars from the Crafty
Expressions EXPLORE set.
~Next step is getting some raised texture onto our piece. I
mixed some texture paste with black acrylic paint and applied it around the
edges of my canvas but you could use UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) if you
prefer.
~ Now we need to get some colour onto the piece. I used a
very wet solution of red acrylic paint and dripped it in the position I wanted
then blew the paint to get it to spread across the canvas.
~Next step is to get more interest onto the canvas. I added
more stamps, splats of red paint, sprinkled on and melted some silver UTEE, and some white rub ons
(from my stash)
~ Now onto the embellishment. I used a chipboard star I had
in my stash, coated it in UTEE and while it was still hot I stamped into the
UTEE. I then rubbed over it with a permanent black ink pad to age it. I then
backed the star with some paper
from the Well
Travelled 6x6 paper pad.
~Next I altered some chipboard letters from my stash,
printed out my chosen phrase and after deciding on the placement attached everything to the canvas.
This is fabulous, love the design and the step by step of how yu put it together.
ReplyDeleteSylv xx
Oooo...this is great. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFantastic project, Debs and a fabulous step by step account xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous! Love the stamps you have used.
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Linda xxx
Wow fab canvas & a great tutorial xxx
ReplyDeleteSo full of lovely texture an I like the way the letters are slightly off the canvas.
ReplyDeletePenny
What a fabulous project and so many different techniques, thanks for sharing
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