Monday 16 December 2013

MIXED MEDIA TUTORIAL FOR BELLA CANVAS. inspired by Finnabair.

 
Hello Ladies, and welcome to my tutorial......
I wanted to create a canvas that I could give as a gift to my mother.
so I set about choosing the photo and getting my supplies together.
I have to say this is inspired by finnabair, her work is awesome and
inspires me everyday.....


 
So here are the supplies I used! 


Lindys Stamp gang - Industrial chic!


Finnabairs 9th wave, Stencil and Canvas sheet from Prima.
 


 
bits and pieces listed below.....
 
 
I used:
 12x12  canvas***
Gesso***
Helmars 450 glue & double sided tape.
papers from the 9th Wave collection by Finnabair***
 denim, burlap*** and lace***
metal embellies***
Stencils by finnabair***
Modelling paste***
twine, glass baubles, flowers***, vintage book pages.
Lindys stamp gang set - Industrial Chic***
Studio 490 Gold embossing paste***
misc bits and bobs from my stash.
 
Here we go:
 
I took the canvas, and pasted a vintage page to the centre of the canvas
so I could keep an eye on my design. I gesso'd over it, its just visible.
I then used the stencil by Finnabair and added modelling paste
for texture and design.
 
Then I took my photo and laid it over this canvas, and started to build underneath the photos the many layers of paper, denim, burlap, book pages and diecuts you see.


 
Then Once I was happy with the layers, and the setup of the photo and its surrounds, I moved on to spritzing my background..
 


 
After I spritzed my Lindys onto the canvas, I let it dry naturally then replaced the
stencil on the design, and went over my raised areas again with the studio 490
gold embossing paste.
 

 
this gave it a splash of gold that I wanted, but not to much, I wanted
the industrial chic colours and the splotching to be the focus!
 
Now all I had to do was glue down my photo and its layers that I had pre glued
earlier, and add a title.   Bella!

 
I hope you enjoyed watching me get my hands dirty....I love mixed media and its so
much fun and the possibilities are endless!!!!!
 
And dont forget, this doesnt have to be a canvas, you  can put this into a layout, just swap out the canvas board for a sheet of 12x12 White textured cardstock.....or you can do this in your art journal,
so ladies, be creative and get scrapping!
Have a great weekend!
 
 
 
 


Saturday 14 December 2013

MIXED MEDIA CANVAS

 

Hello Scrappers,
Welcome to my post today, I have been been tempted for so long to have ago at
a Finnabair style layout and finally I have.......
I Love her work and admire her greatly, and had a blast making this mixed media canvas
using Luminarte Primary pigment elements, and Finnabair mechanicals from Prima and
bits and pieces.
The photo is my family, and Im the baby in the piccie......
The camera cant catch the glimmer in the pigment sprays.....but they are glorious.......
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday 7 December 2013

Orange is..........

Hello Ladies, Mish AKA Bubbachooka here to share a couple of my latest projects.....
I have been busy using my Art Journal......
This I love, I have discovered that you can express yourself however you want!!!!!

Today I want to show you pages I have creted with
Pan Pastels. These are easy to use and make very little mess!
The first page, I have used my stamps, a twilddly bitz chippy tree and my Orange and Purple pan pastels.


This second page, I also used Orange and Purple pan pastels, but I added a few stencils using Versa Inks and dylusions sprays. I topped it pff with 3 black velvet flowers.....I havent added a saying or title, this will come later....maybe.
 
 
 
The last item Id like to share with you today, is a canvas that I have made using the gorgeous
lace you can find in the FUL store.......so exotic and gorgeous, I couldnt wait to use it!
I added some Prima mechanicals, Prima flowers and used Lindy stamp gang colours, I also used the gorgeous lush Studio 490 Gold embossing paste with my stencils.....There is even some drywall tape, or gauze and you can find ALL of these in the FUL store!!!!!!!
 
 
I hope I have inspired you to get our your journals and try these easy peasy pages.....its so much fun.
Love, laugh and do something crazy everyday!
Mish