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Hi everybody!! Today I present to you a canvas a little grunge, trash! I found this skull in a store, my husband cut the back of it so that I could glue it flat on a canvas! Once glued, I added recycled embellishments, and others like Prima flowers, metal embellishments, chipboards, art stones ... Then, I delicately applied gesso everywhere except on my canvas! The task is not easy, you have to be careful !! (Some embellishments are painted before being pasted) I then spent "old silver" wax everywhere! Then I diluted the liquid acrylic paint "Carmine" with water to give a rusty and bloody effect !! I only put it in a few places, and added a little "fire ruby" wax, then I added paste effect rust to these same places, to make a worn and aged effect ... As the rust turns green in time, I applied a few drops of "Emerald" liquid acrylic paint! Finally, I diluted a little "White" liquid acrylic paint in water to make small white spots! XOXO Nirvana Mixed Media Place supplies:

Welcome mixed media friends! I was inspired to create a mixed media canvas in natural style. I thought on the beginning of spring, where nature awakens. In these difficult times one is grateful if one can still take a walk through the forest. Thatswhy I work with a closed door and a shy eye behind the bushes. I worked with some silicone moulds, dryed leaves and blooms and some natural elements. are best suited for this purpose wedge frame wooden wedges some close up's 13arts April challenge #89 I was inspired from the delicate colour scheme and the dryed natural elements I worked with Dark Brown Chalk Mist Chalk mist - Chalk Sap Green Stay safe everyone and take care of yourselves and your loved ones… Thanks for your visit! Kerstin

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For this second mixed media assemblage canvas I decided to go with warmer colours. I really had autumn in mind whilst creating this. I picked up some long canvases at the works recently and I wanted to use them. They really do a great job of drawing someones eye from top to bottom. Especially if you add some leading lines. Here it is all finished. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I have already been tinkering with my next one. Again, any questions just ask! Always, Kass

Monochromatic mixed media canvas - Itsy Bitsy & Mont Marte products

Hi All! I'm thrilled to bring to you today a new VIDEO TUTORIAL using a unique elongated canvas and some really fun Dusty Attic Chipboard and Shimmerz Paints products! I've always wanted to try doing one of these long canvas's and I found myself one in a nice manageable size for my first try, this is a 4x12 inch Artist Loft Canvas that I found at my local Michaels Craft store. Here are some of the Dusty Attic products I used to create this canvas design: ~-Decorative Frame #1 ~ Nuts & Bolts, Hinges ~ Pen Nibs ~ Cogs #1 ~ Mini Cogs ~ Mini View Finders ~ Chains, Corner Flourish #3 ~ Decorative Keyhole ~ Dusty In Color Cranberry (on heart) ~ Dusty in Bloom Mini Roses I was going for a metalic/verdigris look for this one so I chose these colors and products for this project: ~ Mandarin Mai Tai Coloringz ~ Olive Branch Spritz ~ A Shade of Grey Coloringz ~ Chocolate Brownie Coloringz ~ Before the Dawn Coloringz ~ Ride the Tide Creameez ~ Miner Miner 49er Inklingz ~ Giddy about Green Inklingz I will take you through the whole process of creating this project, from making the heart centerpiece embellishment to layering on all these lovely paint products. So grab yourself a cup of coffee/or tea, relax and enjoy!.... I hope you enjoyed watching my step by step on creating this canvas! Here are a few close-ups of my page ..... Close-up of the air dry clay heart I made as centerpiece for this project as well as some of the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces I used to make up the canvas design. I added some textures with molding paste and some stencils and used the Shimmerz NEW 'Ride the Tide' Creameez and 'Giddy About Green' Inklingz with 'Miner Miner 49er' Inklingz to get the verdigris (aged metal) look. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! You can order your paint products at the Shimmerz Paint Store HERE. Remember if you would like to have a FREE/Bonus Shimmerz product in the color of your choice, just put my name 'Gabrielle' in the 'Instructions to Merchant/Seller' part of your next order! xo Dusty Attic products can be ordered directly from their website (Australia) HERE, or another source in North America is at The Scrapbook Diaries HERE, Janene (owner of The Scrapbook Diaries) has recently added loads of new Dusty Attic product to her shop! xo

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I've been doing a little feathering of the nest here and there. It's been slow going, but I've managed to work my way into the dining room... where I have a wall of frames... that really looked incomplete. So I took a page out of Gina's book and was inspired to finish this project. I know! It's been well over a year! But I did it! And it works so well in there, as I have a whole bird and nest thing happening in that room. I have to admit, that when I tucked it away after Paper Cowgirl last year, I really didn't like it. But I'm happy with it now. Thanks for the inspiration, Gina!

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How to make a mixed media canvas with easy techniques and a combination of a few materials lie paint, stencils and 3D objects

Today I am teaching my local art group how to make a bird themed canvas shadow box. I thought it would be fun to share the tutorial with you and if you are having a lazy Saturday, maybe you can join in and make your own. If so, leave me a comment and I would love to share it here. I am the worlds worst at remembering to do a step out, but actually remembered to get photos between the stages for you this time. I ruined a beautiful canvas I had made and ripped it apart to reuse for this project, hence the random design on image one. If you have any questions, let me know. 1. Use stencil paste to create some texture or glue paper to canvas front and sides. 2. Tie knots around two brads and insert in cardboard cut slightly smaller than your canvas. 3. Cover cardboard backing with sticky back canvas or scrapbook paper. 4. Using sharp scissors cut your canvas. 5. Test your sections to make sure they roll back nicely. 6. Stamp text behind each section, use a scrap paper to mask each section, rotating the direction as you go (see 7). 8. Spray or paint your canvas as desired. 9. Stamp patterns onto canvas if desired. 10. Using a paintbrush handle, roll sections and add hot glue under very carefully. 11. Tear thin strips of text and adhere to the wood inside of your canvas. 12. Attach wire inside canvas with hot glue. Use rolled text paper to fill in any gaps for support. Finally use hot glue to adhere your elements as desired. My daughter found this egg in our yard and gave it to me. So sweet, she knows her mama well! I thought it would be a great accent to my DIY Nest. I used an old stash of feathers I found at our first place in Texas and some Prima flowers for embellishment. This particular bird is from The Graphics Fairy. I printed her onto cardstock, then adhered her to thin greyboard with Mod Podge and carefully cut her out. This way I won't have to worry about her getting bent easily. The bundle of flowers is discretely glued inside of one of the rolls. Here you can see how the rolled pages blend in with the stamped canvas. I rather like the combo and it was very helpful with attaching the wire. I carefully glued the strings in place so they will stay curved. Here you can see the partial stamping and texture paste detail. In the end I am happy with my sample project, but of course have thought of many other ideas for this type of project. Next time I will glue a canvas wrapped board to the back instead of adhering canvas to cardboard. I think the price will be the same and will make it much easier. I hope you are inspired to give this project a go. I'm sharing with these amazing challenges: Simon Says Stamp: Summer Garden Creative Artiste: Anything Goes A Vintage Journey: Texture or Embossing Paste Rhedd's Creative Spirit: Anything Goes Mixed Media Monthly Challenge: 2nd Anniversary (I chose challenge #23, Dimension) You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter