Dream & Inspire Canvass

I haven't made a canvass for quite a while and I fancied a change from cards, so here it is.

 This one measures 24 x 29 cm, and I started by just adding any random bits and bobs.  That's what I love about doing these, you can add anything at all.  And I love looking at other peoples picking out what they've used. I also added some texture paste through a stencil.  Once that part was finished, I gave it all a coat of black Gesso.  For the colour I used Pebeo Dyna Acrylic paints, just added with a paintbrush.  The colours remind me of the colours you see in oily puddles.... lol.

And here's some close ups of the bits I used.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Love Never Dies

I've not done any of this inky stuff for quite a while.  I started this heart a while ago, and it never got finished.  So this week I got it back out and finally finished it off.  I love looking at mixed media pieces, there's always so much to look at and it's interesting to see what people have used.

It started of as just a plain mdf heart.  I gave it a coat of Gesso, then added all the bits and pieces, there's bits of everything, washers, screws, paper clips, buttons beads, a bottle top, flowers, dominos and of course a coin.  I always add at least one coin when I do this kind of thing.  Once I'd finished adding the bits  I added texture paste through a stencil.  Once it was all dry, out came the ink sprays and I just went for it..... lol.  Lastly I added some Pebeo Dyna paint with a sponge very randomly and finished off with some silver Gilding Wax.  I heat embossed the skull and sentiments with silver and coloured the flowers on the skull with the same Pebeo Dyna paint. (stamps by Sheena Douglass) Now I need to find somewhere in my craft room to hang it!

Thanks for looking.

xx

Getting Inky

I went to a workshop back in October which was hosted by the fab Ania Dabrowska (Finnabair).  I had a photo left over from that workshop so thought I'd use it on this canvas.

This is my dearly loved and missed Mam and Dad on their wedding day on 25th March 1950.  I've kept this quite feminine, so plenty of flowers.  The roses started out Orange and the little Calla Lilies were gold which I made a long time ago with Fimo.  Mam carried Calla's in her bouquet, so thought it nice to use them for this project.

Thanks for looking xx