Good morning, crafty
readers, Martina here with a breakdown of how I created one of the
canvasses for the Imagination Crafts' show from Ally Pally. All the
items sold out so quickly that I don’t think more than a handful of samples ever had
the chance to be shown!
Taking one of the
larger canvasses, I coated the whole thing in Baltic Blue MDF paint.
Once I decided on a
rough position for my ‘torn’ section, I was able to start building up my canvas
and forming the picture. Taking script Art Stamp, I used Dark Orchid Starlight Wax directly onto the stamp and
dotted it randomly around the whole area.
Knowing that my butterflies were going to ‘escape’ from
the bottom left corner, I took the
Light Purple Mixed Media Ink Spray and spritzed
from that corner diagonally up the canvas.
Whilst that was all
drying, I wanted to create some flying butterflies for the canvas. This time I
applied Blackcurrant and Lavender Sparkle Medium through the stencil onto
strong acetate.
At this point I
turned back to my torn corner. I used some strong mount board, tore it in the
middle and folded the edges back to look as if they were peeling away. To keep
the edges in place, I secured the card with strong glue. To make it all look
more like an old box or fabric, I applied liberal amounts of Blanc Rusty Patina
all over it. The texture of the Patina is amazing and gives such a rugged effect!
As I had used so much product on this section, I put it all aside and left to
dry for several hours.
I wanted to add a
sentiment to my canvas, but I didn’t have anything in my stash that was the right
size and feel. In the end, I decided to use my old trick of typing a sentiment
in a word processor, changing the font and position to suit and then printing
onto thin tissue paper (the best way to do this is to tape some tissue onto
some copy paper before running through your printer). I tore around the
sentiment and then placed into position on my canvas before applying a generous
coat of
Magi-Bond Decoupage Glue all over.
Turning back to my
corner section, I painted the whole thing with White Gold Starlight Paint. Once
dry, I used my finger to apply Dark Orchid Wax over the whole area and reveal
all that lovely texture! I glued the corner into place and then to tie it all
in I used White Gold and Dark Orchid Wax all around the edges of the canvas.
Happy crafting and I
will see you again soon!
Love,
Martina
xx