Fall Thank You Cards

 Hello Everybody!

Tonight I finished two thank you cards that are fairly familiar.  I am trying to get better at making more while I have the supplies out.

Most of this is from Tim Holtz. The leaf die cuts and the foil cardstock-Tim. And the foil cardstock is just amazing! I used it for the gold background behind the inked panel. And then I cut the leaves from the metallic jewels paper pad.   I used 4 leaves for each card-which normally I am an odd number person but 3 wasn't enough but 4 was. 

I used black paint to give some definition to the edge of the gold part of the card. And the embossing folder is Anna Griffin I think.  I used a Stampers Anonymous stamp for the sentiment. This stamp set is one of my favorite sentiment sets. I love the handwriting. 

Here is the second card. However, I actually created this card first.   I tied some embossing floss around the leaves to bind them and then glue them onto the embossed panel  with collage medium.

I used distress inks and distress oxides on cardstock. Then I spritzed water on it. Then I ran it through my embossing machine. I felt that the pattern got lost in the distress ink. So I used a brayer and some gold paint and brayered gold onto the raised areas. I think I worked nicely.

I am entering these two cards into the challenge at the Funkie Junkie Boutique: Fall Gratitude.

Thank you for stopping by today!  :)

Summer Time Mixed Media Canvas

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I love summertime! So to kick it off a little early I made this 4 x 4 (inches) canvas.

The trees are paper clay and a Finnabair mold. I painted them with golden paints and used a finnabair vintage gold was to highlight. 

On the canvas is finnabair patina paste/paint. I glue shells and a sand dollar and painted them with different finnabair sparks paint. It is so pretty! It's translucent so you don't loose the shell like with an opaque paint. I filled in the spaces with silver micro beads. On the island I used a sand and glue product from a company called muddpuddles. And some word stickers from Tim Holtz-upon a shore. 

I am entering this into the following challenge:

Crafter's Castle: May 2021 Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Love Canvas

 Hello Friends!

This is day 2 of my 14 days of Valentine Craftiness. And today I have a 3 inch canvas to show you :)

I have had these little chipboard things forever! I still have some from the pack. They are from Maya Road. For mailing cards the little chipboard pieces can be a little bulky but for a canvas they are perfect.  

Here's a close up. I used sprays and silver paint. I also used a puff paint for the middle of the heart.

Here is the canvas before it was painted. I used modeling paste through a stencil and then glued on these two chipboard pieces.

Then I gessoed the whole thing. And then I sprayed and painted it.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope to see you tomorrow! :)

Pencils

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I have had these little nubby pencils floating around my desk for sometime.  When I saw them I thought they would be cute on a little canvas.  So that's what I did today.  

I painted the square canvas magnet with Golden Paints- diarylide yellow, Naphthol Red Light and Burnt Umber Light (brown lol).  The red and yellow I tried to mix on the canvas but I felt the pencils got lost.  So I lightly painted brown over it and wiped some of it off with a towel.  Once the paint was dry I hot glued these little pencils on the canvas.

So why these little pencils? These are my son's pencils from school a few years ago.  I just thought they were super cute.  They were used by him to do school work. He totally could have thrown them away.  We have plenty of pencils so he didn't have to use the all the way to the end.  But he did :) My hand hurts just thinking about writing with them.  LOL.

Is there something you turned into art that wouldn't really be otherwise?  Let me know! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends!

Fabulous Little Canvas

Hello Friends!

I made this cool little canvas. 

It's a 3 X 3 canvas.  I love these small little canvases.  Less pressure LOL  

Here's a list of what I used:

Metallic grape and light purple gelatos.  Then I used a paintbrush and water to even them out.

Simon Says Stencil-Hey Love with a baby wipe over the canvas and removed the gelato.

Finnabair mold with paper clay.  Painted her with sparks Iris Potion. But she was too bright-so I toned her down with Finnabair old white matte wax. 

Tim Holtz-snarky small talk.

Here's the before on the face.  I love iris potion.  It's so shiny LOL.  But too shiny.  The wax really helped to tone it down for this project.

I am entering this fabulous little canvas into the following challenges:

Not Just Cards: Anything Goes

ARTplorations Stencils Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends stay Fabulous and Healthy! :)