Springtime mixed media canvas by Karen

The starting point for this project is a large A3 size art panel and an A4 printed tissue paper to which is added lots of ColourCraft goodness. I divided the tissue paper up by painting water lines where I wanted it to tear: This makes rough lines that disappear more easily in to the background. I used Collage Gel to adhere these pieces to the panel. When it was dry, I stenciled over this with White Relief paste.

I also added transparent Design-It Relief Paste over the bee wings and mixed in some Yellow Brusho Crystals to the paste to colour the lower body while giving it some gloss and 3D relief. I did the same on a stamped bee to add later.

Once the paste was dry, I sprayed the panel with Brusho Acrylic Mist Spray in Sea Green and Turquoise, plus Gold Acrylic Shimmer Spray over the stenciled flower heads.

A little close up of how the bee came out with the Relief Paste resisting the colour spray:

As the tissue paper soaked up more colour, I softened the difference between the paper and the canvas art panel by stamping some flowers and background stamps across these and filling in gaps. I stamped some text on to white paper and then sponged some Gold Brusho Shimmer Spray on to it so it wasn't quite so stark against the background and added these with 3D foam.

Finally I added my third bee on some more 3D foam:

The text encourages us to take time, time to laugh, to cry, to love, to dream and simply to live.

Thank you for spending time here today.
Karen
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Soft Form Relief Paste	Brusho Mist sprays	Brusho Shimmer Sprays	Gel Medium	Plastic Painting Knives
15g brusho

Get Organised for Spring - Tyvek Planner Clips by Teresa

I like to stay organised, and making lists is the way I keep on top of things. These pretty planner clips will help brighten your day - even if you have a 'to do' list a mile long!!

I began by die cutting some circles from Tyvek:

Next I spritzed on various colours of Brusho Acrylic Mist Spray:

Once dry, I layered the circles and added a giant brad to the centre:

I crinkled the edges by carefully heating with a heat gun:

Then I used hot glue to attach a giant paperclip to the back, and added a word sticker to the brads:

Tyvek paper

Brusho Mist sprays

Heat Gun

Zen Canvas with Suzi

Good Day All, It's my first post of the New Year, So first of all I want to wish you all a Very Healthy and Happy New Year.  So do you have any New Year Resolutions? I don't, after all I never stick to them!  What I do like to do is choose a Word of the Year, something to focus my mind for the forthcoming year.  This Year I wanted a word that would encapsulate getting Healthier, Physically and Mentally and adopting a Positive Outlook, so after a lot of thought I've settled on the word 'Zen', which I think works perfectly.  So It only seemed right that my first project of the year should be a canvas featuring my Word of the Year.

Here's my canvas;

Here's how I created it;

First of all I took a 6 x 6 inch canvas and added a couple of coats of Eco Acrylic Paint, a mix of Leaf Green and Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue.

I then took a stencil from my stash and applied a couple of coats of Metallic Eco Acrylic Paint in Gold.

I wanted to add some flowers to my canvas, so using a floral stencil I applied a coat of Shimmering Pink DesignIt Paste.

I then had a rummage in my craft stash for some letters for my word.  I found some puffy plastic letters the right size, but the wrong colour; so I painted them in Black Eco Acrylic Paint and added them to my canvas.

Once the DesignIt Paste was dry I decided to add more colour to my canvas with some Brusho Acrylic Spray in Sea Green and Turquoise.  I unscrewed the spray mechanism and used the plastic straw like part of it to add the colour where I wanted it.

I added two layers of the Brusho Acrylic Sprays, along with a little water until I was happy with the depth of colour.

Layer one;

Layer Two; 

Once the sprays had dried I decided to add some more of the Shimmering Pink DesignIT Paste to the flowers, this time I used a rubber colour shaper to add the paste exactly where I wanted it.

I then decided to add some details to the centre of the flowers, so I took some sequins and filled the centre part of each flower with them.

To finish the flowers I added a little stack of beads to the centre of each flower.  Once the glue had I dried I decided that I wanted to make the word match the beads a little better, so I added some Metallic Acrylic Paint in Blue to the word, I also added some to areas of the background to tie it all together a little better.

Here's a picture from a different angle, so you can see the lovely shimmer and sparkle a little better;

I adore the finished canvas, and will find somewhere to keep it where I can see it throughout the year to help me keep my focus and Zen.  I really enjoyed creating this Canvas, I love the contrast between the matte colour of the Acrylic Paint & Sprays in the background with the Shimmer of the Metallic Acrylic Paint and DesignIt Paste.  I love how the sequins and beads add shimmer and texture.  I hope you enjoyed seeing how I created this canvas.

That's all from me for today, Thank You for visiting with us.

Bye for now

Suzi

xxx

Brotherly Love, Sisterly Love by Teresa

Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! My project today consists of two tags using some of the wonderful paints and sprays from Colourcraft:

I began by spraying Scarlet mist and Gold shimmer spray onto two tags and then set aside to dry.

Next I applied some black eco-acrylic through a stencil.

Then I added some gold metallic paint through a different stencil.

Once dry, I edged the tags with black ink.

Then I added some word stickers, die cut figures and a wooden star to each.

Here's a closer look:

Brusho Shimmer Sprays

Brusho Mist sprays

Eco Acrylic Paint

Mettalic fabric paints