ColourArte Design Team Call

Good morning and I hope your Month of March was not total madness.Welcome to my blog.
Teri Sproul  with ColourArte sent me .
I made a small canvas today. I have a friend with a birthday and shipping to Europe is expensive so I kept it small.
This is a 5x7 canvas. I used gesso and then a stencil and paste. Once it was dry the coloring began.

There are many colors I began layering with.

LuminArte "Passion"
                  "Irish Mist"
                   "Deep Coral"
                   "Sunburst"
                    "Moss Agate"
                    "Snap Dragon"
                    "Majestic Blue"
and
                    "True Blue"

I added more beautiful sparkling H20 water colors ...The Sparkling h20's were perfect for this project.
Mustard green,Copper penny,Cranberry,Blue flame,Irish Mist,CranberryTeal Zircon,Fern and Sweet thistle.
 Each layer I would let dry and go over lightly with gold dust and let that dry.
It took about four layers for the colors to come through boldly.

When it was dry I used my fingers and rubbed a light coat of gesso over the middle section

I added a script stencil across the area I had used the gesso and covered it with paste.

I covered lightly when it was dry with this beautiful red "spicy Tomato" from the silks collection.

Then I began adding Key Lime "Silks" around the red flower

This is the effect after it dried.

I added some twine
and then some sea shells and I left it this way as finished. I love the simplicity.

Thank you for stopping in. I hope you have a fabulous week end and make it full of ColourArte .

 

Colourarte Design Team Call

Welcome to my blog today. I am making a piece for the Design Team Entry at ColourArte.Terri Sproul sent me....:)

I have been a devoted patron to ColourArte for at least nine years now, which , I know to many may not seem so long..and I have many of their wonderful products but never, never enough. No never.
I used a Canvas Corp Brands  https://shop.canvascorpbrands.com/collections "Junque Book".
 I wanted to make a colorful front for this little book. I love stencil Girl products also and I chose a simple stencil from them for this project.

 I covered the front with gesso and then a soft layer of LuminArte "Sweet Thistle."

I used a Stencil Girl stencil again and #682 Duo-Green Yellow by Jacquard oroducts for this.

I love the colors that are beginning to form.

This is another stencil from stencil Girl but so perfect  for this project.

I used #661 Antique Copper from Jacquard Products and Ranger Multi Medium Matte to fill in the stencil.

So I want to show you  a beautiful thing about this product..when you bend it after it drys it does NOT crack.

Isn't that awesome! no cracking when it dries.

Mod Podge works well with the Lumiere products.

This is Lumiers 662 met olive green
mixed with mod podge. you can see I used tacky glue to attach a piece of canvas to the cover.

I began adding sea shells and more canvas.

This is called Canvas Fringe from Canvas Corp Brands. I cut a small piece to create a binding look for the Junque book.
At this point I just wanted to add a lot of beautiful color.

I added color to the twine and even the sea shells. I like this so far. Hope you do to.

I added two paper flowers and altered their color.

I added some little beads and colored them.

I added more shells and more canvas and colored them.

I needed a color to make the purple pop so to speak and I used Silks Key Lime.

This is the result.

This is the finale of the front of this Junque Book.
I think I will leave it empty on the inside and put it in my Etsy store.
Thank you for stopping in. Have a Blessed month.
Susan S.

Canvas Corp 2x2 Canvas a touch of the Sea

Happy Sunday. Spring is here in West Texas and my Wisteria survived the last touch of winter. I smiled.
Today I am sharing a 2x2 Canvas from Canvas Corp Brands.
I mixed the supplies on this one a bit.

 I covered in gesso white from Ranger Dina Wakley. Then I let it dry. I wanted to try my LuminArte' Majestic Blue and mixed that with a bit of Tattered Angels "Glimmer Mist" #50450 Key Lime Pie.

I added a flower I had previously dyed in tattered angels Glimmer mist on another project...and when I saw the beautiful colors I reached for my sea shells. I would leave for the beach today if I lived in Florida again lol...
I added a string from a canvas and a stamped word for the  positive.

 This is a very easy project and a good crafty fun project for children.
Happy Sunday.
Susan S

March..the feel of Spring and Canvas Corp Brands new Paper "Mermaids"

I for one am so ready for winter to retreat into it's cave and rest for a while! I am thinking Spring! One thing I am known to love is mermaids.Maybe it is because my Mother shared a passionate love and admiration for the ocean with me  when I was a young girl.Then, later in life living the experience in Florida for a few years I would say changed me for ever.
Canvas Corp Brands released a new line of papers.They are called Mixed Media Origins Printed Mixed media papers 

I am starting with the mermaid. I colored her with Prisma Pencils.

and I painted with a brush beautiful Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist #02312 Pantina on the out side crackled looking paper background.The Glimmer Mist are also from the incredible store Canvas Corp Brands.
The 12 x 12 Canvas comes from Canvas Corp Brands also.
I covered it in gesso first

 I love this thick rich canvas. It is a mixed media artist dream!
I began to spray the glimmer mist by Tattered Angels .

This color is #21366 Golden Orange 

 #50450 kEY lIME pIE

 I also added #15730Marmalade

 After everything was covered I added some stencil work with gesso

and then attached the colored mermaid paper.

I then put two coats of Ranger Multi Medium Matte over it and let dry.

The flowers made of burlap were perfect for the canvas. I sprayed them with the Tattered Angels Glimmer mist the same as I did the canvas.
The rope pieces are from a beautiful scrap pack Christine sent to me and Thank you so much.I also sprayed each piece with the different colors of Glimmer Mist.
The additional flowers are from Prima on Ebay.
I plan on making several of these. I have a friend getting married in June lovely idea for a gift.

Blessings
Susan S.