Love life in full bloom

Hi everyone.

With lockdown, it has been such a while since have I posted a project as 

Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee.

And what a beautiful collection this new one is ...the papers and 

embellishments are gorgeous!

I prepared the background of this layout by tearing papers from the collection and 

adding them to the top of the layout.

I then added Distress Oxide by blending outwards from the centre so that the Oxide is 

visible around the area where my composition would be.

I then added the Oxide to the back of the stencil,

lightly sprayed it with water and then pressed the stencil onto my layout 

to create a reversed effect.

I added stamping around my composition with black archival ink.

The chipboard elements were heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💜

Unforgettable

Hi everyone.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms today.  May your day be a special one 

with those that you love.

Today I am sharing a mini canvas as a tribute to my beautiful mom

using paper and embellishments from the "Unforgettable" range from 13 Arts.

I tore pieces of the papers and secured them to the canvas before stenciling with modeling paste.

Some 13 Arts Color Glow was added in some places and sprayed with water 

so that the colour moves.

I also lightly stamped in places with a script stamp.

The chipboard pieces were painted with black gesso, rubbed with wax and then 

lighly brushed with white gesso.

The wings were painted with black gesso, brushed with wax and then lightly painted 

with 13 Arts Color Glow.

I painted the rose with Color Glow and then brushed it with wax.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Until next time!

💓

Hello!

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a single layout created using inspiration from the 13 Arts mood board challenge

for May, being inspired by the colours or elements in the board.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/05/wyzwanie-challenge-90.html

I love the soft, delicate colours used in this mood board and the vintage feel of the elements 

so I decided to use a doily which I had made with a mould and resin 

as well as a really old photograph (which I love!) of my husband as a young boy.

I prepared the background of this layout by tearing and combining papers from the 

"Rose Fields" collection.

I stenciled some leaves onto the background, in the area that my main composition would go, 

using white gesso mixed with "Woodbine" chalk mist to make the pink as well as white gesso mixed with a little black gesso to make the grey.

I painted the resin pieces on my layout (doily, bee and clock) as well as the 

chipboard pieces (leaves and title) with the grey gesso.

The title, clock and bee were lightly brushed with gold.

I hope that you like this layout.

Why not join the challenge and create a layout of your own.

Until next time!

💗

Lovely

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a pretty pastel canvas using the beautiful 

Four Seasons "Spring" papers from P13.

As we prepare for winter, the colours of this range held me back in warm sunny days 

for just a little bit longer ... days of being outdoors in nature, enjoying the sunshine.

 I prepared the background for this canvas by cutting paper to fit and then 

covering it with clear gesso.  I then stenciled onto the background using crackle paste 

as well as painting the paste here and there to create texture.

Once the paste was dry, I lightly painted onto the crackles with soft watercolours.

The resin leaves were painted in green and then lightly dry brushed with white gesso.

The chipboard title was heat embossed in white.

The cutout of the two ladies was coloured with alcohol inks.

The picket fence was painted with white gesso, lightly painted in a lemon yellow and then dry brushed with white gesso again.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Until next time!

💛

Explore

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a travel canvas created using the beautiful 

"Travel the World" papers from 13 Arts.

I love the teals and mustards in this range which complement the black and white 

photograph of a trip to South America many years ago perfectly.

I prepared the background by tearing some of the papers and adhering 

near the top of the canvas, before covering with clear gesso.

I then diluted some Andalusite Color Glow and painted it onto the parts of the canvas 

where there was no paper.

I then stenciled onto the canvas using 13 Arts modeling paste mixed with the same Color Glow.

The chipboard compass and boots were painted with the same Color Glow.

The star in the centre of the compass as well as the title were painted with 13 Arts Turquoise Ink.

A cut a piece of the co-ordinating transparent foil and secured this to the right side of the canvas.

I hope that you like this canvas.

I am looking forward to the day when we can get in our cars or on an aeroplane again 

and go travel the country and the world.

Until next time!

✈

Take your time

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a steampunk canvas which I recently created.

I am actually calling this my "25 days of lockdown" canvas as it has been over three weeks since we were instructed to stay at home, only venturing out for essentials.

These are indeed very strange, sometimes stressful, times that we are living in 

and who would have thought that we would see something like this in our generation, 

especially seeing how far medicine has come since our grandparents 

endured something similar to this.  Hopefully it won't be long until this is all over 

and life can get back to "normal".  One thing that I am so very thankful for 

is modern technology and that we can keep in touch with family and friends 

on a daily basis, no matter where they are in the world.

I prepared this canvas by first stenciling onto it and then, once dry, 

covering everything with white gesso.

I then adhered all of my elements (cogs, gears, clock faces, wings, stones, etc) onto the canvas, 

using a very strong glue, and then, once dry and solid on the canvas, 

painted everything with white gesso.

Once the gesso was dry, I add some acrylic paints in browns and black, 

spraying with water to allow the colour to move on the canvas.

Once I was happy with the paint effect, I painted the tops of the embellishments 

with matte and metallic waxes to bring out the details.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Stay strong until next time!

💛

You're my sunshine

Hi everyone.

This is a layout I created using inspiration from the 13 Arts mood board challenge 

for April, being inspired by a walk in nature.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-challenge-wyzwanie-kwietniowe-89.html

I love nature and, at one stage of my life, spent many hours and day hiking in the mountains

 and enjoying the gifts that God has given us.

I used a lot of browns and greens for this nature layout.  

I first stamped onto the background using an embossing ink pad and then 

embossed the stamped images with white embossing powder.

I used flowers, leaves, twigs and moss to create the nature look.

I stenciled onto the layout using a 13Arts glitter ink.

The title was painted with 13Arts Colour Glow paint powder.

Once I had adhered everything to my layout, I painted some 

13Arts Colour Glow metallic and watercolour paint powder around the composition 

to create depth and to accentuate certain elements.

I hope that you like this layout.

Why not let this moodboard inspire you too.

Until next time!

💚

Do everything in love

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a mixed media heart canvas with you all using the beautiful new Blue Belle

papers from Penelope Dee.

I prepared the canvas with white gesso and then traced half of the heart onto patterned paper, 

securing this paper to the one side of the heart.

Stenciling was then done onto the centre are of the heart before adding

"Faded Jeans" Distress Oxide onto the left side of the heart, spraying it with water 

and allowing it to move through the stenciling.

The chipboard leaves were heat embossed in blue before adding silver wax.

The word "Life| and the heart were heat embossed in silver.

Lots of cutouts from the paper collection and the heart was complete.

I hope that you liked this project.

Until next time!

💓