Fabulous Life - Mixed Media Canvas - FabScraps Pink Lemonade

Hello Everyone

I have a mixed media canvas to share with you..

FABulous life, uisng FABulicious FABScraps! LOL

I did loads of fussy cutting for this project. I definitely wanted to use all the gorgeous blooms and leaves on the patterned papers.

I had a lot of fun with the background too, using various mediums, paints etc.

I did a step by step tutorial for this canvas, to show you how I created it..

For This Project You Will Need:

·         FabScraps Pink Lemonade Collection paper range: C108 005

·         FabScraps Stencil: DS096

·         FabScraps Chipboard: DC78 008

·         Tim Holt Stencil: Crocodile THS022

·         Canvas Board 21cmx25cm

·         Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink: Peacock Feather, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick

·         Tim Holtz Distress Stain: Bundled Sage, Pine Needles, Pumice Stone, Broken China

·         Dina Wakeley Media Acrylic Paint: Evergreen

·         Paperartsy Infusions – Golden Sands

·         Wild Plum Dimensional Pearls

·         White Gesso

·         Pentart 3D Powder

·         Small pink and purple flowers

·         Nuvo Mousse Cornflower Blue

·         Nuvo Purple Organza Glitter

Instructions:

1.       Using the Nuvo mousse and spatula and FabScraps stencil, stencil 4 leaves from the bottom of the canvas upwards and outwards. Allow this to dry.

2.       Using the gesso and a spatula and the Tim Holtz stencil, stencil the crocodile patterning, in and around the nuvo mousse stencilling. Before this dries, sprinkle Pentart 3D powder over the stencilling.  Allow it all to dry.

3.       Spritz the canvas with water and add the various distress stains and green acrylic paint randomly over the stencilling. Add some Golden Sands Infusions on the edges too. Keep spritzing water to get the colours to run and mix. Once dry, add a few watered-down splatters of the wild plum dimensional pearls.

4.       Colour the Fabscraps elephant ear chipboard pieces with the green acrylic paint.  Once dry, add some white gesso highlights.

5.       Fussy cut lots of leafy bits, small flowers and birds from the patterned paper and ink all the edges.

6.       Fussy cut the title from the patterned paper and ink the edge with Peacock Feathers.

7.       Create and layer the central focal point cluster with the chipboard leaves, fussy cut leaves and flowers, pink and purple flowers and birds, as per the photo.

8.       Add some purple organza glitter to the purple flower centres.

9.       Use a paintbrush and water down some gesso.  Use the paintbrush to gently add some white splatters all over the canvas.

10.    Lastly layer and add the title.

11.    All Done!