Mixed Media Canvas

Mixed Media Canvas-I am sharing an olde but a goodie....enjoy!

I got to have some creative play this week with a friend and knew I wanted to create a mixed media canvas for someone special. That is why there is no title on this art piece yet (I will post after I have mailed this art piece out)! This was a lot of fun to create...

It all started with a plan 6x6 canvas, I glued down some wrinkled natural tissue paper.

I forgot to snap a photo of me trying out my new find which was Martha Stewart Stucco Paint where I used Crafters Workshop stencils with Splash of Color Primary Elements: Majestic Blue-Costa Rica and Dragon Wing powders those are so cool to mixed with molding paste or stucco like I used.

I used my favorite Tim Holtz Sizzix die: Tattered Floral which I cut with Coraline fabric with some of my favorite Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I just love how the Coraline will hold it's shape while being dried. I also used some Petaloo flowers that came in white.

I used some Dusty Attic chipboard pieces, which I cut apart and gesso them with spraying glimmer mist to give a weathered look.

These are Tim Holtz Sizzix die: Gears gesso-glimmer misted!!!

I just love how they came out.

Here is a close up of the handmade flowers with a Prima flower.

The next sets of photos show case the textures of adding layers of:

gesso, stucco, glimmer mist and stamping.

the fibers are cheese cloth covered in glimmer mists....

oops-I was being lazy and used my hand to clean my stamp...lol

and whoola my finished canvas (only needs a title) and will be complete and I hope my friend that someone special will enjoy it.

Don't be afraid of mixed media grab a few supplies and just start playing, it's all about the layers...enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping in today, remember to leave a comment!!

Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Splash of Color: Primary Elements

Martha Stewart: Stucco paint

Gesso

Ranger: Archival Black ink, stamps and Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium Matte

and Perfect Pearl Mist: Heirloom Gold, Blue Patina and Sunflower Sparkle and handmade distressed mixture of vintage photo and brushed corduroy.

and Tim Holtz Alternations Dies: Gears and Tattered Florals

Prima: flower

Petaloo: white flowers

Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist

Turqouise Blue

Graphite

Aquamarine

Coffee shop

Melissa Frances: resin lock

Coraline

gems, cheese clothe

Dusty Attic: chipboard pieces

Altered Book~Marion Smith Designs "Nirvana"

Last week Marion asked us the Design Team to challenge us to create an Altered Book!!! You can see the blog post here...

http://marionsmithdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-post_28.html#comment-form

Here is my take on the Altered Book Challenge...

I used (Nirvana) Marion's new paper collection....

Here are some pics of the altered  book...hope you enjoy...

I first started painting the book with gesso..

glued tissue paper (wrinkled) down on the whole book.

Then started dripping Distress re-inker Pumice Stone all over the cover...

using a very wet paint brush helps the ink to run.

Once dried I started using some of my fav glimmer mist

 by Tattered Angels...in Graphite and Raven.

sealing with Claudine Hellmuth Studio

Multi-medium matte gel.

don't forget to aged the book pages as well...

Altered Cover

I took a few papers of the Nirvana collection and ran them through

an embossing folder.

Tore some pieces and inked the edges...glue them down.

Took some stucco/gesso mixture added some texture

with a Prima mask-damask.

splatted with more glimmer mist.

Went into my stash and found bits and pieces...

Petaloo flowers, Tim Holtz metal flowers and gear die cuts,

 Dusty Attics chipboard.

Cut out piece of the Nirvana papers to use as

 handmade chipboard embellishments.

Tim Holtz grungeboard letters...colored with glimmer mist..

white paint..

more close ups...

Art Journal...you will see more pages soon to come....

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop over to the MSD-DT Blog!!! to see more

amazing talent..hugs,

Peggy Lee

Supplies

Marion Smith Designs-Nirvana

Tattered Angels-Graphite, Raven glimmer mist

Ranger-Tim Holtz-Re-inkers in walnut stain, pumsice stone, handmade brushed corduroy mist

and Mixed media stamps, Gear Die Cuts, Distress Stain in Brushed pewter

and metal flowers.

7gypies-stamp

Dusty Attic-decorative gate

Petaloo-wild blosoom soft grey

Prima-say it in crystals, damask mask and Romance novel metals

Claudine Hellmuth Studo-multi-medium matte

stucco/gesso

tissue paper