Well, let this be an overwhelming beginning... for my friends and family whom aren't familiar, every Wednesday for the next year, I will be posting projects as part of an Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop. Each of the ten designers will post projects and you are invited to hop along to each blog. The projects are based on a box of product that we are sooo lucky to play with each month.
Did ya get that?
How lucky are we?
For me, I have lots of projects that I'd like to do but don't always have time... First up, is a special gift that I am giving a special bride and groom. This is a twist on a traditional "guest book". Guests will sign the canvas with gold markers and it will then be something that can be hung up and cherished by the lovely couple!!
I bet you are wondering what's going on... Here's a close up:
Here's some quick steps on how you can achieve your own... note these are QUICK!
1. Purchase a canvas of any size. Be careful and make sure that its already 'primed'. If not, do an application of gesso before you go.
2.
Decide what to use for your background. I went with
Quadrefancy Speciality DSP. Using your paint brush, apply a coat of matte medium or Mod Podge on the canvas. Stick your paper on. Try to start from the centre to avoid air pockets from forming. Don't be afraid to use LOTS of matte medium. Apply another layer on top. That's not moving anywhere.
3.
Layer, Layer, Layer. Keep applying layers as you see fit. I wanted to create a heart. Therefore by hand I cut out a heart from the
Modern Medley paper. Since I wanted a pop of color, I added SU real red ink to gesso. Then I quickly painted the heart.
(See pic)
4. Ink it up!! Be careful, in the Stampin' Up! arena, your Classic Inks are not archival - they are water based. Therefore, they will react with other mediums and water. Lots of time, I want to see reactions!! But if you DON'T, use an archival ink like Staz On. In this case I did not want any reaction for my Morning Post numbers showing the date of the wedding day.
5.
Apply background stamps and give it "your style" - I only wanted a little bit of "art". I used my background stamps from the April My Paper Pumpkin, as well as
Everything Eleanor. Like me, many people like to doodle on their pages. I used the Basic Black journaling pen - I used the marker side and then used my finger to blend around the heart. Be wary of my conversation of archival vs distress pens vs water based pens.
6. Embellish as you see fit!! I needed to be basic because there will be signatures on top of this so I stuck to the ruffle ribbon only.
The End. Easy Peezy.
Uh Oh.
I mixed up WAY WAY WAY too much gesso and real red refill ink.. so I took a 12x12 piece of white cardstock and applied it using a paint brush. I then went on to create a scrapbook page. Did I mention that I love white and a pop of color?
Yeah. That's still true.
Click any of these photos to enlarge.
Umm... yeah... still more left... so, I used the
burlap ribbon,
Sketch Alphabet and created this cake topper. To make the red heart, I punch out a small heart out of cardstock and used it as a mask. Using my paint brush and leftover paint I created the red heart. Note that I simply used Staz On to create the 'L,V,E'
This post is unusually long. Don't get used to it! SORRY... I just couldn't waste my paint!
But.... did you love em'?
Check out the fabulously talented Cindy by clicking NEXT!
