Hi all!  I am excited to share with you a type of grungy art that I used to make on a regular basis but haven’t done in a few years.  I do use a photo on the canvas and so I thought it would be fun for scrapbookers to learn. 

I used a picture from Christmas and created this for my ex step mom’s b day.   She has always loved Christmas and my art projects.  I grabbed a bunch of my old metal findings from various companies like Tim Holtz, Prima, and Moments, but you can use anything in your garage or junk drawer.  In my process video I explain other canvases I have made and what I used.

All you have to do is glue down your metal in an eye pleasing way on the canvas.  Make sure a little hangs off here and there.  You can it to look dimensional.  I also added a couple of glass pieces as you can see above.  This tiny bottle worked perfect.  The canvas is about 6 inches square.

After gluing down all of my metal I pulled out my Super Heavy Gesso and painted over all of the metal pieces, leaving the photo and the glass unpainted.

This glass piece is something I made years ago with transfer tape and an image that I rubbed on to metal and attached to a flat piece of glass.  It looks so vintage!

Make sure you dry your gesso with a heat gun and get fairly close so it will warp and bubble, making it look aged and textured.   Once completely dry, cover your photo to protect then pull out your favorite water colors or inks and start playing with adding color.  Make sure each color dries thoroughly before adding more color.  If you don’t like the color, gesso over it and start again.  It’s so easy!

I think the dimension is beautiful on a wall.  I have done many of these canvases and no two come out alike.  Some of the large canvases I have made have needed to be made from wood with canvas stretched over and nailed or stapled into place so keep that in mind.

I really like the final product and I hope you do too.  If you would like to see the process of how I made this you can find it on the Crafty Maven Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-hlWb4O64&feature=youtu.be

Maybe you can make your own canvas and share it in our FB Group.  I would love to see!

XOXO
Tuesdae

Hi all!  It’s Tuesdae here with another Stash It layout for you that combines the old with the somewhat new….lol!  I decided to dig in a little bit to my older stash and found this lovely set of papers and pull aparts by Crate Paper called “Pretty Paper”.  I believe it is from 2011.  Now that’s a throw back!

I love the buttery and soft vintage feel of this collection.  It’s not often you get to make a layout for a grown man’s birthday using a vintage line that appears to have been made for little girls, but I managed to pull it off.

As you can see, I did add a ton of ephemera around the photo using a mix of products from Dear Lizzy Saturday, that Crate Paper Pretty Party line, some Paige Evans Turn the Page and some stickers from Vicki Boutins original collection.  Most of these items where in my “Empty Box” that I have been working on for several months now.  I just know I can get to the end of it by the end of March.   ***fingers crossed****

Here is the final product!  I just love how this turned out.  It was quick, simple, and used a lot of goodies from my stash!  If you would like to see the process video, it’s available on February 12, 2019 on the Crafty Maven Channel.  You can find it here

I hope you enjoy and find inspiration in using your stash!  Happy Scrapping!

Tuesdae

Hello, Jenn here with an Art Party layout today.  I have been struggling a bit with my mojo lately, so this layout actually began as me just taking some time to play and be creative.  I had an old piece of cardstock that I had started a mixed media background on but I ended up not using for the project I was working on, so I kept it just in case.  I thought it would be helpful to pull out some of my supplies and just get messy for and this background was the perfect way for the me start off the process.  I added some whipped spackle through a stencil, some gold modeling cream, watercolours, and even some stamping.  I really enjoyed the entire process, but the paper was definitely a hot mess in the end.  There were a few places where the watercolours looked really pretty with the stamp on top so I thought I would punch those sections out with a hexagon punch and keep them as embellishments for a future project, but the more I punched, the more I enjoyed each piece that came out, so I just kept going until the entire page was punched out.

I liked the little hexagons so much that I decided to make a layout with them right away.  I used the negative space of the paper for the top of layout and then scattered the little punched hexagons down the bottom of the page.  I tried this on both black and white cardstock and definitely like the way the black cardstock really popped the colours and picked up on the black stamping.

I kept up with the inspiration by choosing a picture of my daughter accepting an award last year for her solo, which was such an amazing and inspiring moment for her.  I know how much hard work she put towards her solo and it really paid off.  The photo was a great reminder that even when you hit a rut, it’s important to work a little everyday to pull yourself back out and not let it get you down.  I added a doily behind the photo to give it a little separation from the background, but I kept everything else very simple to let the mixed media shine.  A few little words and phrases scattered on the hexagons and some enamel dots with them were all the embellishment the layout needed.

I added the title ‘Look what happens when you believe’ using various letter stickers, then used my white pen to draw some sketchy border lines and do a little bit of journalling.  I finished the layout with a sprinkle of gold modeling cream that I watered down so it would splatter with a paint brush.  This was a really fun layout to put together, and it definitely gave me the inspiration I needed to get creative again.  Thanks so much for stopping by and until next time, Happy Scrapping 🙂

Jenn

Hi all!  I am happy to share with you a layout that I scraplifted from Natasha Valkevskaya from the Hip Kit Club.  My layout turned out completely different so even though there is inspiration everywhere you can always make the layout in your style.  What I liked about Natasha’s layout was the vertical embellishment going down the center of the page and I do replicate that, to a degree.

I started with a background paper from the Whimsical collection from Paige Evans in a lovely yellow ombre.  I also grabbed a vellum sheet from Websters Pages Happy Camper line and a couple of 6×6 blue papers from my stash and started a foundation for my layout.  I did not layer my photo as I normally do, instead, I place the photo right on top of the foundation that I created as you can see below.

I did manage to use half of an entire package of ephemera from the Hello Sunshine line from Fancy Pants on this page.  I love to embellish and ephemera is my favorite of all scrapbook supplies.  What I didn’t use from the ephemera pack, I fussy cut out from the Crate Paper Good Vibes paper to build the cluster of houses in the bottom right.   Sorry the picture is upside down, but, then again, you are dealing with me….lol!  Sometimes my life is just a little off center.  I will have to say, I am never bored.

As you can see in these pictures I did heavily embellish the page, but I think it turned out just fun and colorful and that was the “feel” I was going for.  Honestly, who doesn’t love embellishing?  You can see that I made multiple clusters with a little bit of messy thread and some sequins to add a touch of sparkle.

I finished with some small flicks of white acrylic paint around the clusters and love the final result.  I hope you can find some inpiration from my layout like I did with Natasha’s.  You can find the process video on YouTube here:  https://youtu.be/SEYtxlVxBK0

XOXO
Tues