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Collage Canvas

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Articles and tagged with: canvas, Crystal Effects, Diamond Glaze, distressing, Glimmer Mist, home decor, ink, stamping

Hi there Hybrid Chickies! It’s Sharon here with a bit of a rundown on how I made a collage canvas, and it even includes a picture of me from back in the late 80′s (yikes)!

I am by no means a Donna Downey or an Emily Falconbridge, so this was just a run-by-the-seat-of-my-pants project where I just did a bit of this and a bit of that. I still don’t know if I like the finished project, but I’m like that with all my scrapbooking projects and eventually it will grow on me!

So let’s see how I created this masterpiece (LOL)!

I have a large stash of cheap paint canvases that are about half an inch deep – the canvas is stretched around a wooden frame and this one is roughly letter sized. I primed it roughly with Gesso first.

image1I recently bought myself some Tattered Angels Glimmermist and Glimmer Screens so have been itching to try them out. So I used one of my ‘Blossom’ screens and ‘Garden Fairy’ Glimmermist to come up with this on the base of my canvas. I love the subtle mask it gives you and I love how it all bled slightly into the canvas. It’s oh-so shimmery too.

You might also notice that there are some brown images on my canvas. I ‘attempted’ to stamp a couple of images onto the canvas and the ink ran when I used the Glimmermist but that’s just added to the effect for me! Note to self – stamps do not really work on a soft canvas, thus the whole image does not appear and need to use waterproof ink (not water-based ink) if spraying any liquid onto them! But there are no mistakes in scrapbooking, just creating art, and I continued on!

image2(By the way, you can click on any of these images if you want to see them in more detail.)

Next, I started to gather up and lay out some of the bits and pieces that I pulled together for this project. I printed off a paper from Gypsy Couture’s ENCHANTED AFTERNOON kit which is due for release on Thursday.

I scrunched it up a little, scratched it, distressed the edges and cut it to size. I then tore out my photo to fit – and yep, I’m only a spring chicken in this photo – maybe 16 or 17!

image3I adhered some white tulle to the left of the paper and some pink fibre across the bottom of the paper. I also had a go at making some embellishments out of tulle.

I cut out a number of rough circles with green and white tulle, layered them, stitched on a button with some fibre underneath and stuck a couple of digi leaves in behind the button.

I also ruffled up some ribbon and hand-sewed it to the canvas with some clear beads scattered along it.

Next, I stamped a couple of butterfly images with black Stazon ink, which is waterproof, then used some H20 Twinklings luminescent paints to colour the images. After I cut out the images, I stacked the butterflies with 3D foam tape to give it a more realistic look.

You’ll notice that I have added some pink glitter around the bottom of my tulle flower and onto the green paper – I added some drops of Crystal Effects and tipped the glitter onto them. On the paper, I also tipped some heart confetti onto the Crystal Effects. There is also some hand stitching around the paper to hold it to the canvas.

Using some metallic rubons, I worked some colour into the corners of my canvas with my fingers and you’ll see that it highlights the texture of the canvas too.

I have added the word ‘beautiful’ to the bottom left hand corner of my canvas with a Basic Grey rubon. I just adore how versatile rubons are and they adhere to just about any surface. There’s a couple more flourishes rubbed onto the bottom left corner of my photo which you may see in the images below.

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And here’s some pics of the final canvas which I could have kept adding to. It’s fun to just get your goodies out and have a play around and see what you can create!

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Supply List:

  • Paper from ENCHANTED AFTERNOON by Gypsy Couture
  • Gingham leaves from COTTAGE GARDEN MINI by Kaye Winiecki
  • Letter-sized paint canvas (from a Dollar Store)
  • Gesso
  • Glimmer Mist – Garden Fairy
  • Glimmer Screens – Blossom
  • Tulle
  • Basic Grey button and rubons
  • Thread
  • Fibre
  • Ribbon
  • Beads
  • Butterfly stamp from Lucy’s Stamps
  • Crystal Effects from Stampin’ Up (a/k/a Diamond Glaze)
  • H20 Twinklings by Luminarte
  • Glitter
  • Heart confetti
  • Assorted stamps used on canvas
  • Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Vintage Photo

Other Articles by skyezak:

  • Stamps + Digital = So Much Versatility! - October 4th, 2009
  • Personalised baby's name gift - September 28th, 2009
  • Recording memories of your little ones - August 19th, 2009
  • Time to start those Christmas cards! - July 22nd, 2009
  • Win a gift card to Sugarplum Paperie's store! - June 25th, 2009
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5 Responses to "Collage Canvas"

  1. LuAnn says:
    May 20, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    This turned out fabulously!!! AWESOME project!!

  2. Cristina says:
    May 20, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Sharon, this is truly fantastic!! A real piece of art! I’m in awe.. ;)
    It’s totally true that there’s no mistakes in hybrid! You usually end up with something different from what you started out doing, but it turns out to be even better than you could have anticipated!

  3. charlie says:
    May 20, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Oh Shaz thats a cool collage and pic!

  4. Pri Rocha says:
    May 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Great collage!! =]

  5. Kristie says:
    May 31, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    WOW! Sharon, this is just fabulous…I love it ♥

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