I love playing around with mixed media techniques and incorporating them into my card making, but this time I have created pages in an actual art journal. She has been making cards since 2004, and has recently been exploring the world of mixed media. Cheiron works in the financial district by day, and spends her nights relaxing at the craft table. Kicking things off for us this week we have a special guest- Cheiron! She is a designer for Simon's Wednesday challenge blog, and she creates some beautiful projects.
What to choose? From frogs to leaves, olive to kelly - we look forward to seeing all things green this week. I love combining mint green with navy blue, I also (of course) adore my Mowed Lawn distress products. Whether you want to use something that would otherwise be garbage on a project and be inspired to be environmentally friendly, or if you want to play with the color we hope you’ll join us. įrom upcycling to playing with your favorite green ink pad, this week we’re all about how good it is to be green. Thanks for joining me today! If you'd like to see the detailed step-by-step instructions for my ferns canvas board you can find them today over on my blog. A fewĮxamples are metal foil, nuts and bolts, screws and nails, buttons, the Experiment with texture and adding a variety of recycledĮlements, they work fabulously when covered with a coat of paint.Painting over a dimensional canvas with black Gesso and rubbing over with wax gives an alternative finish and gives a dramatic finish.Otherwise stamping onto tissue and then applying to a canvas is also another option. If you use a canvas board rather than a traditional canvas, stamping directly onto the canvas board is much simplified and you will achieve a crisp clear image.Always remember if you are not happy with the finished result, you can always paint over it again with Gesso and begin again.If you want to add texture to your canvas without using Embossing Paste try crumpled tissue paper adhered with PVA glue and then painted over with paint, looks fantastic.Using a white pen to highlight areas also adds dramatic results.If you add charcoal around stamped images or around a focal image this really lifts the focal point from the backdrop.To blend the corrugated card into the background I always find a good tip is to add texture paste around the edges of the raised areas and then paint over.It is important to remove any excess paint from the brush, your brush should be virtually dry when dry brushing. To dry brush, simply use a tiny amount of paint and lightly paint over the raised areas. On my canvas I dry brushed with a gold paint to highlight all the raised areas. Highlighting texture really lifts the canvas, using white or gold or a contrasting colour works beautifully.