This week's Mix-Ability challenge is to use stencils and modeling paste on our projects... I don't have modeling paste but I've had good results using household acrylic caulking. I decided to do a mini Christmas canvas - this is a 4" canvas panel from Blick. I started off with a blank canvas and used a stencil from the Crafter's Workshop to add my caulking in the corners, using an old library card to scrape the caulking through the openings. After the caulking was dry, I added some gold acrylic paint, spritzed with water, spread it with my fingers, then daubed some of the paint off with a tissue. To highlight the raised areas, I used Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks. The branches and ornament with its hanger were cut from book pages using Impression Obsession dies. The stamps I used are from I.O. too. The whole canvas is covered with a couple of coats of matte varnish. You can find more details, closeups and links on my blog here.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105089
Fri, Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:30 AM
Congratulations on being our new Artist in Residence!! How well deserved!
Your card is wonderful....great texture and colors!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131572
Fri, Dec 20, 2013 @ 10:17 AM
Dina, this is just beautiful!! Into my favourites so I can come back and read the detail again when I have more time to take it in. And I'm off to see if I can suss which stencil you used - love the look it's given.
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Fri, Dec 20, 2013 @ 9:08 PM
Big sigh... So very beautiful! And great big congratulations, too! Looking so forward to your tutorials!
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563