Happy New Year everyone!
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with family & friends....and now on with 2016 which I hope brings lots of great things your way!!
For my inspirational piece this month, I wanted to use a canvas board, so chose a square 8x8 board and got out all my flowery Clarity stencils. I also wanted to use the fab clear texture paste & glass beads that Barbara introduced us to last year. I used these on a card and I can highly recommend them if you're looking for something to enhance your artwork, they're beautiful when they glisten.
So here's my step-by-step:
Ingredients (most can be found on the Claritystamp website and I've added some links to make life a little easier for you at the end of this blog):8x8 canvas board
Flowers Stencil & low tack masking tape
Clarity Brushes & make-up sponges
Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough, Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar & Weathered Wood
Adirondack Inks: Peach Bellini, Salmon
Pebeo Patinating Wax (Gold)Cosmic Shimmer Clear Texture Paste & Spreader
Clear Glass Micro Beads
Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Ink Spray Mist - Arctic Blue & Evergreen
Perfect Pearls Shimmer - Pearl White
Attach the stencil so that the corners are mid way along each edge (it measure approximately 7.5 cms from board corner to mid-point where the stencil edge is).
Next brush & sponge the pastel colours onto the flowers
Then fill in the gaps with the Weathered Wood Distress Ink - gently dab to keep the pastel feel to the artwork. Then sponge a very small amount of the Pebeo Patinating Wax around the frame within the Flower Stencil - I find it easier to squeeze a small amount of the wax onto the craft mat and gently dab the sponge into it to get the required amount.
Now drag the clear texture paste through the stencil.
Remove the stencil straight away, and carefully place the canvas with the wet paste into something with a rim to catch all the wayward teeny glass beads as you sprinkle them on.....WARNING - they roll everywhere! Then patiently wait for your work to dry...............
Once dry, tap the back of the canvas over the lid with the beads in as there will be some lose ones once the paste has dried.
Here's a close-up.....
(If I'm honest, I think the flowers would have looked better outlined or Zentangled before the clear paste was applied. I really wanted it to look like a stained glass window, but have run out of time to re-do it as I need to pack to go on holiday! I will re-do another canvas with a bit of outline & tangle when I'm back,and add photo's to my blog later in the month - Watch this space for a revised version!).
Finally, cover the window in the middle, and spritz the white canvas corners with Perfect Pearls and Vintage Ink Spray Mists. Once dry, turn over and attach some string to hang the artwork.
That's it for now - Please do pop back towards the end of January and I'll have another version of this piece of artwork posted for your perusal.
I look forward to seeing all your interpretations of this month's theme using any of the Clarity products. (Please check the Claritystamp website for the competition rules).
Why not tell your friends too - they may want to have a go at bagging themselves a £50 Clarity Voucher! Everyone's in with a chance as it's a random selection process and everyone's welcome to enter, beginners & experts alike!
Do pop along to the other Design Team Members Blogs as well for more inspirational ideas and Good Luck in the first Challenge of 2016!
Again, Happy New Year one and all - Have a fun year ahead with lots of laughter & happiness...and of course crafting!
Thank you for visiting today and I'll see you back here soon,
Love & hugs, Carole xxx
And here's Version 2 - with the line-art
Useful links:
http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Stencils/14657-/Flowers-Stencil-7-x-7-Inchhttp://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Stencils/13450-/Clarity-Stencil-Brushes-Set-Of-4
http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Miscellaneous-Goodies/19078-/Cosmic-Shimmer-Texture-Paste-Clear
http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Information/Search/15984-/Spreading-Tool
http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Miscellaneous-Goodies/19079-/Clear-Glass-Micro-Beads
Hi Carole,
ReplyDeleteA great idea for a canvas and it could be adapted to fit so many looks. Keep meaning to try the paste and beads as have had both in my stash for ages but have my tub of texture paste with glass beads to finish first. Thanks for the step by step, too. ;~}
This is fab Carole and a great tutorial xx
ReplyDeleteThis is fab Carole and a great tutorial xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful canvas Carole. I know what you mean about the beads, they go everywhere if you're not careful. Briliant blog too. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Shelagh, Linda & Amanda for visiting my blog. I selected to auto-post this at 8 a.m. on 1st January, but I'm not so sure it did as it was still showing as "draft" when I came back from holiday....oops :-) Have a great day ladies xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is fab Carole. I really love this effect with the micro beads. I'm sure it looks even more amazing in real life; its very hard to capture all the shimmer and sparkle in a photo. Xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara - yes, photos definitely "dull-down" the artwork....just as well we all have a good imagination :-) xxx
DeleteHi Carole. A very lovely card. I know what you mean about the tangling. I do like the 2nd version as you say your flowers stand out better. And yes those beads go everywhere Hugs xx
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Emma. Even though I had the artwork in a plastic lid when I put the beads on, a few still came off when it was dry and I can still feel them underfoot, even though I've hovered several times since! lol Have a lovely afternoon xxx
DeleteHi Carole, just popping in to see what you are up too. Love this art work. I tried using those "beads" yesterday on a Clarity stencil and you are right the beads get everywhere. I do like the 2nd version better, like the line art work.
ReplyDeleteStill working on my entry for this months challenge.
Crafty hugs Pen x
They're fun to use though aren't they Pen :-)
DeleteLook forward to seeing your entry - you still have time to finish your creation! Take care, Carole xxx
Very lovely artwork. Very very lovely Carole xx
ReplyDeleteThank you :-) X
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