Mixed media canvas by Carol T

Hi everyone. Carol, here today, sharing a mixed media canvas that I made using the orange color in this month's mood board challenge.

"Shine Brightly"

For the background, I spread texture paste over a stencil and painted the whole canvas with black acrylic paint. Then stamp randomly with swirl stamp and white inkpad. Also dabbed some gold shimmer ink and orange paint over the textured hearts.

For the chipboard circle, I painted with orange paints and dabbed with grey paint. Also added some gauze as texture.

Diecut the 2 heart shapes with Sizzix dies. Added flowers and flower cutouts.

Pop up the title with foam tape and added some crystals on top and bottom of canvas.

Hope you like my project sharing. Do join us in our monthly challenge. Have fun.

Thanks for dropping by.

Canvas art with Rosemary

Making Canvas Art

I enjoyed making my Canvas Art for the February Moodboard so I thought I would share how I did it!

The photo is of Direction Island, one of the Cocos Keeling Islands way out in the Indian Ocean. Fabulous place for a holiday if you like the beach and snorkelling!

My inspiration to use the thongs was because the beaches on the ocean side of the lagoon were littered with flotsam and jetsam including many many abandoned thongs!!

All about the islands there were pretty cool art creations using this junk!

I came home with a hankering to do something similar and am really pleased with the result!

I used a 14 x 14 inch canvas which had been triple primed so my first step was to apply texture paste through a stencil.

I used Golden Gel Medium Light Moulding Paste over a Tim Holtz Layering Mini Stencil( the brick pattern coming from the moodboard).

I usually leave my projects with moulding paste overnight to dry however one can use a heat tool if one has the patience!!

Once dry I painted strips with Jane Davenport Acrylic Paints

It was at this time that I thought maybe a coat of white gesso on the canvas before I started might have been a good idea as it took a few coats of paint to give the colour that I was happy with.

My next step was to lightly coat my chipboard and title with white Gesso.

 I also coated the outer sides of my photo mat.

 I cut some cheesecloth

and distressed the edges with my fingers

I chose blue for the outer edges of my photo mat

I played around  with where I wanted to place my photo and other features and once I was happy with the placement I took a photo, so I could reference back to it later.

 I don't know if other people work this way but I find it helpful.

I thought the white made a good contrast so I embossed my chipboard and title with Versamark Ink and Altenew Crisp Embossing Powder - Pure White.

The chipboard was Blue Fern studios Chipboard  - Seaside Shells

the title, Kaszazz Chipboard word - Timeless

 Once this was all  done it was time to lay it all down!!

 I glued the thongs down with a hot glue gun.

I  layered the base of my photo with strips of cardboard so that the photo would sit flat across the canvas between the two thongs!

I encountered the same issue with the Kaisercraft Paper Blooms- Sea Breeze but I just layered up the double sided foam mount

                           The chipboard and title I attached with Prima Art Basics 3d Matt Gel

                   I also used the gel too, with a fine paintbrush to stick down the sequins( Dress My Sequins - Sea Breeze).

Voila!!

This canvas now hangs in my home, a lovely reminder of the fab holiday we had in 2014!!!

I had  great fun making this canvas!

 I would really encourage you to give a go!

 Worst comes to worst and you don't like where it is going  you can just cover it all with a layer or

 two of gesso and start again!!

Thanks for visiting.

Rosemary.

Dreamer, Fly Away - canvas tutorial with video by Carol

Hi, everyone. Carol Theng here today sharing a video tutorial of a mixed media canvas. It's been a long while since I did a video tutorial. I hope you like it.

"Dreamer, Fly Away"

Enjoy the video tutorial. Pardon me if its fast or shaky. Below are photos of more details of my canvas.

Do join us for this month's moodboard challenge. I absolutely love it. Black and white with one color of your choice.

I hope you are inspired by my project. Thanks for watching my video and thanks for dropping by. Have fun crafting.

Canvas tutorial video with Juili

Hello crafty friends,

I hope you all are enjoying and learning new techniques from our OTR design team tutorials!

Our life is a bouquet of colors. We always learn new things on every step of our life and get inspired towards positivity. Making this canvas was a challenging task for me in the beginning. But as I started playing with different colors, backgrounds, flowers, design papers it inspired me and I started to believe in myself. I hope that you all will love this tutorial and will get inspired!!

YouTube Tutorial

Thanks for stopping by!!

Juili

Recycled Canvas "Fly Girl" with Luciana

Hello my friends!

Today is my turn to be with you.

Our mood board this month is beautiful !!! Very feminine and with glamor!

I recycled a mini canvas and was inspired by this moment of my life!

  1 - Separate an old canvas, can be used from another project.

 2 - Apply a layer of white gesso.

 3 - Apply a layer of acrylic paint pink or the color of your preference.

 4 - Separate a small image, I used Sandra Everston's "Archival Cast" set.

Apply one coat of pink or other acrylic paint.

 5 - Choose chipboard butterflies and emboss it. I used it with pink glitter.

 6 - Inside the canvas, apply 3D Gel and glass glitter.

 7 - Put a phrase or title and stamp!

 8 - Stamp detail! Finish with the butterfly patch and the image.

I hope you have enjoyed it and are inspired to participate in our challenge!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2018 to all!!

Mixed Media Canvas tutorial with Tania ... and farewell :(

Hi there!

Tania joining you today with a last share as part of the Off the Rails Scrapbooking Design Team.....  I have had a fabulous time over the past two years on this team so I a huge thank you to Amanda and the team!

So to finish off I thought I would share one of my favourite techniques with you Creating Mixed Media Canvas's!  If you like getting messy you will love this!!

"Finished Mixed Media Canvas"

I start by raiding my craft room for lots of embellishments, it can be anything from chipboard, flowers, buttons, metal trinkets, beads the list is endless!  

First up I used a scrapmatts triangle stencil with texture paste to add texture paste to the background.  Next was the fun bit adding your embellishments to your canvas, there is no right or wrong way, just pop them on and stick them down :)  I must admit I did position mine on this canvas more than I usually would as I wanted them to flow across the page..  As you can see they are all different colours, that doesn't matter...... why??

Now you are going to give them a thick coat of gesso, until they are all covered>

Next is the best bit, it's all good but this is so much fun adding all your colour....  I kept to the yellow/gold tones on this canvas as it was made for my daughter and yes she is yellow mad :) :)  I just kept adding colour until I was happy, but remember to dry each layer of colour with your heat gun, so you don't end up with a muddy mess especially if using several different colours......

This is my canvas before adding a photo!

Some close ups........

These are just a few others that I have created over the last year!!

Well that's all from me today, I hope I inspired you all to raid your craft room and get a little messy it's so much fun.  Thanks so much for visiting me on the blog over the last two years and all the lovely comments........

Happy crafting Tania xx

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We are sad to see Tania moving along but it's been wonderful to have her on the team and we would welcome her back any time.

Please leave Tania some love for her last share at Off the Rails Scrapbooking.

Louise xo