For this project, I took a circle canvas included in the Creativity add on from the Scraps of Elegance February kit, Lisa's Love Letters. I saw a tutorial by Lizzy Wurman where she covered a canvas in some Tim Holtz tissue paper. Interestingly enough, I had already started covering this canvas with almost the exact same tissue paper when I saw the video. (Good thinking, Lizzie!) I loved this picture of Susan, her husband, and their sweet little boy. I knew I wanted to use some of the soft colored papers from Blue Fern Studios from the kit, but I also wanted to include some blue (to remind everyone that the sweet little kiddo is a boy) so I used some blue embossing powder on a piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard then randomly swabbed some gesso over it for a more distressed look. I layered several pieces of paper behind the Prima frame (which I also added some pink paint to) before adding my picture and the frame!
After I covered the canvas, I used a variety of spray mists and paints, but couldn't get the rose pink color I was going for, so I toned the color down with a layer of gesso. Then I used a Tim Holtz stencil with a doily pattern and covered the canvas randomly with the pinkish modeling paste that came in the creativity kit as well.
In the picture below you can see where I used some of the gelatoes from the kit to add some additional color to the canvas:
Below are some close ups of the flowers, chipboard, and a piece of Prima "Epiphany" paper that I fussy cut the butterflies and dragonflies from:
Thanks for looking! (And if you know Susan, don't tell her about this post until I give her the gift)!!!
Love,
Mel
Absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAww this is so sweet and delicate.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful take on our sketch challenge.
Thank you so much for playing along with us at Blue Fern Studios.