Original Gentleman

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a single layout on a canvas created for Penelope Dee using the 

masculine "Artisan" collection, perfect for the men in your life.

I used a photograph of my dad taken in 1945.  I love this photo of him ... 

so dashing, even at such a young age.

For this layout, I tore some of the paper diagonally and placed it on the left side of the canvas.

I then stenciled across the edge of the paper with Prima Marketing Finnabair plaster paste with the co-ordinating stencil and then, using the spatula, ran the plaster paste roughly down the right side of the canvas, creating grooves to look like old plaster on a wall.

Allow this to dry completely.

I then added some Finnabair liquid acrylic paints in Burnt Sienna and Tiger Orange, 

spraying them with water so that they ran down the grooves of the plaster paste.

Once they were dry, I added some "Storm cloud" Nuvo Shimmer Powder here and then, 

spraying it with water and moving it with a paintbrush until I was happy with the effect.

Some of the chipboard elements were painted with Finnabair Rust Pastes in 

brown, red and gold rust pastes.

The words were heat embossed with Ranger "Watering Can" embossing powder.

Once all my embellishments were added to the layout, I added some of the brown rust paste 

onto them with a paintbrush and then sprayed it with water, 

allowing the paste to run down the page.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💛