Curious Monday

Good Morning Bloggers,

It is Terri here, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  I spent mine trying to get a few projects finished up around the house and nowhere near enough creative playtime. 

Today I am going to share with you a canvas I made using some of the products from our store.  I used the Authentique Curiosity Paper Line as well as Pan Pastels, Seam Binding, Prima flowers, Tim Holtz Distress Inks and a gorgeous 12x12 Canvas from Canvas Corp (these will be in store in the not too distant future as I ordered them at CHA)

I firstly coloured the background of the canvas with Pan Pastels in Paynes Grey, then the edges in a Turquoise Tint.  Once I had prayed the entire canvas with a workable fixative (I use Krylon at present)  I then set about fiddling with background papers.  I inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Inks Spring Collection as well as my favourite Vintage Photo. I layered the placement and then went about sticking things down with my glue.

The seam binding I wet with my spray bottle and scrunched it up so it was suitably wrinkled then blasted it dry with my heat gun.  The Vintage Bike I also inked with the same inks as the papers and adhered it with my trusty hot glue gun.  The clustering on the corner took me a little more time then usual as I was not entirely happy with it so I walked away and came back with fresh eyes.  All the flowers came from my stash and I inked them  to pull the colours all together.  The word is out of a Prima package. 

I took a step back and was still not entirely happy with the end result...then I  glanced across my desk and saw some stencils that were new to my studio and the light bulb went off...I grabbed the Pan Pastels again and set about adding the numbers across the top.  I covered the photo and sprayed a layer of sealant across the Pan Pastels..and VOILA!

 I love the end result, my daughter is horrified that I scrapped this picture of her in the 3rd Grade back in Australia..but I LOVE it.  I hope you liked the canvas and remember these gorgeous canvases will be in store as soon as the CHA order arrives (along with lots of other goodies!!)...I can hardly wait!!!

Have a wonderful week.