Butterfly Tag Canvas with Imagination Crafts

Hi Everyone

We have a lovely day here in South Wales.  I hope you are enjoying the same.

Today's project has been created using Imagination Crafts fabulous Rusty Patina paints to give both texture and colour.  I hope you like it.  So let's get started!

 What I Did

• First step is to get a small canvas, a chipboard tag and some cardboard.  You could you use the cardboard to cut the tag from also

• Take the tag together with the  Wood Grain stencil and smooth the structure paste through the design.  Dry.  Clean stencil.

• Using the Weathered Wash stencil add design to the canvas background edges.  Dry.  Clean stencil.

• Tear some random strips from the cardboard exposing the ridges and glue to canvas.  Also glue a larger piece of cardboard to the rear of the tag to add depth.  Glue tag in to position.  Dry.

• For the next stage I added some glue drips to the tag and canvas and covered them with Artsy Stones.  I also glued on some flat backed glass stones.  Dry.

• Use the Rusty Patinas in Café Crème and Verdigris and mix tog3ethr to form a mid shade of pale green.  Paint over the entire piece.  Dry.

• Now use the Verdigris and dry brush over some areas to begin building the layers of colour.

• Next add the Rustique colour to your chosen areas.

• It's time to start adding the highlights with the Café Crème colour using a foam sponge/cut an use foam.  Dry.

• Using a sponge or a brush add some Starlight Wax in White Gold to add top highlights an to finish around the canvas edges.

• The final step is to use the rice paper butterflies.  Cut out roughly and glue to some white card.  Cut out and add to the centre tag to finish.

• Voila.  C'est fini! 

What I Used


Imagination Crafts Stencils - Weathered Wash and Wood Grain
Imagination Crafts Structure Paste
Imagination Crafts Rusty Patinas - Rustique, Verdigris and Café Crème
Imagination Crafts Starlight Wax - White gold
Imagination Crafts Artsy Stones - Small
Imagination Crafts Rice Paper and Fabric Decoupage glue
Imagination Crafts Magibond Glue




I hope you like this project and have been inspired.




Thanks
for
Popping By


MJ
xx

Pearl Lady Hoop with Imagination Crafts

Hi Everyone

It's been an extremely busy few weeks preparing for recent shows on Hochanda for the Imagination Crafts!  It was a fabulous weekend working with Sue Baker :)  So I haven't had a chance to post any projects for you, so today is the day.

I have a version of this project for you that I made for shows using the Imagination Crafts gorgeous products.  So let's get started :)

What I did

• First step is to paint the background of the fabric using the Sky Blue Starlight Textile paint leaving the centre a little paler where the lady figure will sit.  Dry.

• Tape off areas of the 'Pearl Lady' stencil leaving you with just the lady.  Mix a small amount of black and white gesso together to make a pale grey colour.  With stencil brush stipple through the design.  Dry.

• Next paint the body areas with a base of white gesso and dry.  Then take some white gesso on to the mat and mix a very small amount of Rustique Rusty Patina into it and mix.  This will give you your skin tone.  Paint over the body areas adding some shadows using a little more of the rusty patina whilst the paint is still wet.  Dry.

• Paint in the hair detail using the red Starlight Textile paint and the Copper Textile Sparkle Medium.  You can also paint in the dress at this stage using the red paint and black starlight to add shadowing (sorry missed out a photo of this part!).

• Tape off the stencil so that only the outer detail circle is all that is used.  Stipple through with black gesso.  Dry.

• Place the stencil back into position over the black circle and slightly move it across and down to get a small shadow and tape down.  Take the gold texture paste and carefully using a palette knife, spread across stencil.  Dry.  Note:  Please remember to wash the stencil asap to remove any remaining paste.

• Once the texture paste has dried you can then add the floral details you want using the Starlight Textile Paints - red, green and black.  Dry.  Add the black Just Pearls to add finishing touches.  Dry.

• Once the pearls are dry use the embroidery hoop.  Place fabric over the inner part of hoop centrally and slip the larger outer hoop part over and push down.  When happy tighten the screw to fix fabric in position.  You can paint the hoop before adding fabric with the Starlight Paints to give a beautiful finish.

What I Used

Imagination Crafts A4 Stencil - Pearl Lady

Imagination Crafts Black and White Gesso

Imagination Crafts Rusty Patina - Rustique

Imagination Crafts Textile Sparkle Medium - Copper

Imagination Crafts Starlight Textile Paint - Red, Black, Green and Sky Blue

Imagination Crafts Texture Paste - Antique Gold

Imagination Just Pearls - Black

Imagination Crafts domed Stencil Brushes

Wooden Embroidery Hoop 

Crafters Companion - Calico Fabric 1M - ES008GQC

 

I hope you like this project and have been inspired. :)

Thanks

for

Popping By

MJ

xx