CARD# HPJ-2017-27: Best Wishes

Hello! This will be my last post for the day. It's another box card and it's for Donna. I made a mistake on the focal point for the belly band, but I just sticked with it. Anyhow, I've used the same techniques as the previous ones. I hope you like it.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Best of Studio Calico 12" x 12" Sampler, American Crafts 6" x 6" paper pad Amy Tangerine Stitched, Bevania Splendorgel Board Paper White, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Boho Dreams, Rosie's Studio Clear Stamps Flourish, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Dusty Concord, Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough

CANVAS# HPJ-2016-04: Explore

Hi there! Here is the canvas that I worked on a couple of weeks ago. Gad. I don't know what happened. It was supposed to be in tones of purple, but it turned out like this. I think I've messed it up. The photos don't quite reflect what it looks like in reality, but oh well. At least you will have an idea.

 I covered the canvas with distress ink (Dusty Concord).  I then stenciled with light molding paste and stamped around the stenciled brocade. I splattered glimmer mist onto the top of the canvas and let the ink flow down to the bottom of the canvas. I think this has started making the canvas go awry. When the ink dried, it looked ghastly. So, I took out my bronze and copper acrylic paints and dabbed some of them here and there. I stamped some more. Gah. The metallic paint made it even weirder. Well, there was no turning back so I did what I could. I even thought of throwing it out, but at some point it looked quite nice. It depends on which way you look at it. I  might as well just keep it. 

After everything dried, I adhered the pin button at the middle of the stenciled brocade and added the wooden wings. There reallys is something amiss to this canvas. Hmf. 

 

So that was that. This canvas is the weirdest yet. I wish you could see the actual project so you would have a better understanding of what I am saying. It really was not captured in the photos. 

What do you think of it?



MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Conda 12"x12" Canvas, Pebeo Gesso, Ranger Distress Ink Mini Dusty Concord, Peacock Feather and Black Soot, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Tile Texture and Mini Brocade, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, StazOn Midi Ink Gothic Purple, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Bahama Blue, Reeves Acrylic Pain Bronze and Copper, Eno Greeting Wooden Embellishments, Papemelroti Pin Button, Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue, Stanley Glue Gun

CANVAS# HPJ-2016-01: Happiness

Hello! I am so sorry I am bombarding my blog with late posts. Heh. Now is the right time to post them since my internet connection had been steady for two hours now. Woohoo! I am just so frustrated every time I try to update my SNS. It takes forever to upload anything. Ugh.

So, how are you? I haven't made anything much for the past few weeks and I don't feel good about it. I need to get my artsy fartsy groove back on and work on something, a canvas, before I get mad thinking of layouts and color schemes and what not but not actually applying them in real life. Ach. 

Two weeks ago, I couldn't let go of this thought, of using purple and blue and green for a mixed media project. I still have one canvas left but I wanted something rectangular, not a square. I went to Deovir to buy two 8"x10" canvases and a purple acrylic paint. I started on the canvas in the wee hours of the morning. Since I don't have any photos of myself or of recent group shots printed, I used one of the post cards that I bought at Landmark in one of my shopping sprees ages ago. It might not have turned out to be what I originally pictured out, but I'm happy with it just the same. I want to work on the other canvas soon. Without further ado, here is what it looks like.

 I employed the techniques I learned from Elena Morgun. The process is similar with my Remember canvas from last August. 

I coated the canvas with gesso first (even though it is already primed). I mixed a part of Liquid Pearls (Peacock) with gesso and applied the mixture on the canvas. I did the same with the purple metallic acrylic paint.  I then sponged some distress ink all over the canvas and inked the edges with Black Soot. I did some stenciling with molding paste for the bricks.

I adhered the post card into the canvas and added the embellishments one after the other. I stamped on the canvas and brushed micro pearls in some areas. I glazed the paper flowers with acrylic paint and affixed the crystals for the final touch.

I wanted to add bigger metal charms, but realized that I was only able to buy small ones from my last trip to Villalobos St. [Sigh.] I wish I went to the other shops and looked for them. Well, next time I'll definitely get a horde of them!

 The picture on the post card included several delicious colors. Aside from purple, blue and green, I also made use of orange and pink elements to make the canvas more interesting.

So how did you find this project? I hope you liked it as much as I do. It screams 'HAPPINESS', like when I craft and make pretty little things. I always lose myself into my work. The fulfillment I get during the process and after is just overwhelming. I just want to soar up high and share what I have made. I wish to make more soon. Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Conda Stretched Canvas 8"x10", Postcard, Rosie's Studio Sticker Quotes, Eno Greeting Wooden and Resin Embellishments, paper flowers, metal charms, self-adhesive crystals, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity, Heidi Swapp Mixed Media Clear Stamps Script, Ranger Archival Ink, The Crafter's Workshop Stencil Mini Bricks, Golden Molding Paste, Pebeo Gesso, FolkArt Metallic Paint Amthyst, Pearl White and Blue Topaz, Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot and Bundled Sage, Ranger Liquid Pearls Peacock, Mod Podge Matte, micro pearls