Good morning..
Today I am bringing you something a little different for me..a mixed media canvas.
Just recently, although I've always been intimidated by them before, I have been getting more and more excited and interested in the Finnabair style by Prima. I have seen some wonderful examples on FB and on Pinterest, so I thought I'd have a go!
Now..I know I have a long way to go and a lot to learn..but here are my very first attempts...please bear with me while I'm on my learning process. Of course, because I'd watched a few tutorials on You Tube..I decided I just 'had' to get some more products! So off I went with my credit card (!) and bought some Prima Translucent Gel, Prima Gloss Gel and some new texture paste(my old stuff had gone off quite hard but there wasn't a lot left so I didn't mind too much) I haven't thrown it away yet..so if anyone knows of a way to instill new life into uber thick paste..do let me know. I had quite a bit if stash anyway but I found myself ordering some glass beads and Cosmic Shimmer sparkly texture paste too!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-8Z96l6Mvp21K6vxlgue0CdHd9wy8ES4ADFIdw9jhUeE4r9RBPShYyMUAvjgJ8fX3htzuc1-5SczryQISPG06GXrb8vNC2CYKLsksV-nqOVdnVJFA3nbMpNgBbnNQ0J5ffJ6FfFQarg/s320/FullSizeRender+%252811%2529.jpg)
It ended up as a really rather sparkly affair! First I covered it with extra strong tin foil sticking it with PVA glue, ensuring I wrinkled it as I was sticking it down. I then used four different Adirondack alcohol inks and daubed them all over the background. Once dried I adhered the title made from some Teresa Collins mini alphas. Which left me with the spaces that I needed to embellish.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmous6mVfzx1PZqjk4msufOM-IynVW4o0PgECAhE1Bpu7vfrdQuLemP63Sg5Z85k4X0nC17FCsENjrGGR61_8bWzLnz2y9kS8AH0hhSrFkQNJIkGmPtqSAoJ2pmvz6dG1O0p9-OQh9B4I/s200/FullSizeRender+%252810%2529.jpg)
At this point I was happy enough with the composition but I wasn't happy with the way the title was sitting proud of the canvas. So this is where I got out the Sparkly Texture Paste... And I literally splodged it all around the title along the edges filling in all the gaps. It looked much better! Then I got a bit carried away! I added more and then..as if it wasn't sparkly enough.. I added some silver glass glitter that I had bought last year at a retreat I attended. I bought it from the on site shop supplied by Crafts for Eternity.
It covered a lot of the sparkly texture paste with the glass glitter and I then shook off the excess.
In the end I was quite pleased with it for my first attempt...any suggestions what I could do differently are always appreciated.
Well that's it...but come back soon as I have another, in my opinion, better canvas for you to see.
Elaine
x
No comments:
Post a Comment