What a Hoppy Day with Canvas Corp.

Easter is in a few days and I always love creating a few decorations for the holidays. Here is a 12 x12 canvas I created using Canvas Corp. supplies! The designs and color are a fun and funky twist on the holiday and give it a more graphic feel.

I used Canvas Corp. 12 x 12 stretched canvas, Canvas Corp.(CC) Patterned papers, CC twine, CC Kraft shredded paper, and 7 Gypsies Medal medallion. I added a Prima flower to the center of the medallion and altered it with the same mist I used on the background.

Look at how you could use this paper line with a slight grunged look. I will show you how I created the fun background. 

Here are what you need to complete this technique.

_Unprimed Canvas. Canvas Corp. Carries a who line of unfinished, stretched canvases. 

_Gel Medium

_Palette knife or paint brush

_Patterned paper

_Brayer

_Glimmer Mist (color used Valencia Chalkboard mist)

1. you will cover your canvas with a generous layer of Gel media. I add it in spots and not the entire page. I think it gives a better weathered look. 

2. Place your pattered paper face side up on your working surface then place your canvas on top. You can even lay a collage of papers down to add a fun design.

3.Next use your brayer and run it along the back side of the canvas. Make sure to use heavy pressure to the canvas. This will help fuse the paper and canvas together. Turn the canvas over and run the brayer over your edges. Pressure is key.

4. Allow the gel medium to dry completely before you move on to this step. If you can. It's best to allow it to set over night. Then pull the patterned paper off of the canvas. Only what was adhered by the gel medium will stick to the canvas. 

5. Spray the left over paper with water. Get it moist enough to roll the paper backing off of the canvas with you fingers. You can see on the right hand side where I have removed the paper backing to leave only the colored design of the paper. I suggest doing some let it dry rewet and finishing it. This will assure your paper design does not become to wet and come completely off.

Next spray your canvas with your choice of mist. Do a light layer over the entire piece. When I mean light I mean an even coat of color. Not spritz of color lol ;) I know some of you lol
Then in only areas spray heavily to add contrast between the layers of mist. I find the chalkboard mist works best for this. Now your canvas background is ready to decorate. Enjoy :D


Hugs
Jamie

Lucky Charm with Canvas Corp.

It's St. Patty's Day this weekend. And I thought what better way to show a little bit of Irish spirit than create a little something crafty. I created this layout using different Canvas Corp, 7 Gypsies, and Tattered Angels products. Little Q looks so cute playing with his lucky toy. Well it use to, he since has grown out of it a bit, but none the less the pic is one of my faves. I used Canvas Corps Clover paper along with their printed Kraft paper to build the page. I used the round tags to help add layers. I also used some of Canvas Corps. Textured paper as well. I love!!! the dimensional papers.

I used Tim Holtz distress stain in Peeled Paint along with Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist in inchworm to alter the background. The white print on the Kraft paper creates a nice resist. To add little touches of detail I added some of 7Gypsies antique Brass corners and swirled hangers to break up the page a bit.

I hope you have a fun and safe St. Patty's Day Weekend!!

Hugs
Jamie D.

A Little Christmas Cheer

Hello :)

I wanted to share with you my last Live With Prima class. I created a fun little Christmas wreath and below you will find the video with all of the how to's. You can alter this project to any size and create small present toppers or party favors, or you can even expand it and make a giant wreath for your door :) I hope you enjoy.

Also attached it the template I used to create the star on the front. This file is a PNG and can be altered to fit your needs. 

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and I will have my altered book tutorial up later today or tomorrow :) Thank you for stopping by my blog.

Hugs
Jamie D.

Prima Tattered Angels Blog Hop!!!!

HELLO! HELLO! How about this blog hop!! What could be better than Prima And Tattered Angels? Hmmm not much in my book. Look at this awesome giveaway!! Just make sure you check in at Prima's Blog for a chance to win!!



Included are:

Prima Innoscense alterable flowers-3 packs
Prima Winter Roses
Prima Royal Verbena Silver Flowers
Prima Miss Sophie Lace Flowers
Prima Sugar Plum Roses-Banana
3 styles of alterable Prima lace
TA Glimmer Mist-Sunflower, Blackberry Cordial, Bronze and Timberline
TA Glam-Nightfall & Dirty Martini
TA Chalkboard-Cherry Cola & Monolith


Here is a LO I created using Prima and tattered Angels. I wanted to share a couple of techniques I used on this page :)


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When I was making the background. I started with Plain Watercolor paper. I used Prima's Brick wall Mask/Stencil and used Candy Apple Red glimmer Mist to spray the design onto the page. It was a little hard looking so I used Iridescent Gold glimmer mist over the top to soften it and make look like watercolors. The blue on my background is Grand Tetons Glimmer Glam. I simply poured the glam onto the paper and heat set it. I love the grunge artistic look to it.

Now another fun project I did was I took plain canvas and altered it with a white Sharpie paint pen. Drawing on the dots and spraying over the top of it with Candy Apple Red glimmer Mist. The Sharpie pen works awesome as a resist. :)




Prima Products used were:
843298- North Country- Snow Fall PP
843304- north Country -Maine Meadow PP
553838- North Country- Mulberry Paper 6x6
553432- Holiday- Carmine
550004- Brick mask
550172- 12 x12 alphas- Pixie Glen
550080- Alphabets- Londonerry
551353- Say It In Crystals
552114- Meredith- Dove
552053- Elysa- Wheat
545031- Clear stamps

Tattered ANgels Colors Used:
Candy Apple Red
Iridescent Gold
Grand Tetons Glimmer Glam


Now head to one of the next totally Amazing Women!!!

Janine Koczwara

Nathalie Kalbach

Cari Fennell

Birgit Koopsen

Jamie Dougherty (Hey That's Me!!!)

Marion Smith

Sharon Laakkonen

Prima DT

Ania Lexander

Trina McClune

Hege Lundquist

Anna-Maria Wolniak

Trudi Harrison

Maiko Kosugi

Stacey Young

Leslie Ashe

Karola Witczak

Steph Devlin

Emeline Seet

Marie-Nicolas Alliot

Finnibair (Anna Dabrowska)



Happy Hopping!!!! Don't forget to signup at Prima's Blog for a chance to win!!!!!


Hugs To all

Jamie

New Tattered Angels :)

Happy Monday everyone! I know Monday and happy really don't belong together, but maybe we can't make it a trend or something. LOL

I wanted to share a few projects with you that I did for Tattered Angels this month.


First is this fun little wood box by Walnut Hollow I first painted Glimmer Glam on the box and then sprayed it with Chalkboard Mist. FOR COLORS AND PAINTS USED CHECK OUT THE TATTERED ANGELS BLOG FOR INFO AND LINKS TO THE PRODUCT :)



I used Prima's Mist.A.Bles canvas and cut out the flower shapes. I then folded them in half and layered them on top of each other. I took the three smaller flowers and over lapped them by thirds. and glued them together. I then took the three larger flowers and did the same. I then adhered them with Beacon adhesives together.


I made this LO using Prima canvas sheet and embellishments. Look at how the silkscreened image stands out against the Glimmer Mist! And how deep and colorful the custom colored flowers are.



Hope this gives you a couple of new ideas on using your mists and paints. :)

Also I wanted to share that I am having a Giveaway on my book blog!!! :) So if you would like check it out.

Hugs
Jamie D.

New from Tattered Angels!!!

Don't forget to join us every Tuesday at 10:00 am (MDT) for Tattered Tuesday Techniques. This is a LIVE Webisode with ten minutes of techniques, tips, tricks, and sneak peaks on new paints. Tune in to make suggestions on what you would like to see Tattered Angels invent next! Tattered Tuesday Techniques 10 @ 10 begins on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 10:00 am (MDT). This is must see "TV"!

A Few Projects to Share and A WINNER!!

First of the ADHESIVES WINNER for some Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L is Chris Aiton!!!!! Chris email me you mailing info and I will send out your goodies :)

Wow it's been a while. So this might be a big one LOL. I got some happy news to share. My most favorite project was featured in Scrapbook Trends, For The Home idea book. :) I was so honored when they asked to use my project. and it turned out amazing!



I have been working on A LOT of projects these last few weeks. I wanted to share a few here. This one makes me happy :) The bright colors and softness, want me to have another wedding ;) Don't tell my husband that. Maybe just renew our vows? Yeah he would still flip. But at least I got to create pretties non the less. I used Prima Paper flowers and altered them with glimmer mist. Alaskan Salmon chalkboard mist and Turquoise Blue Glimmer Mist go so well together. :) It just might be my favorite color combo for Spring.


I used Vintage Trim and altered it with the Turquoise Blue Glimmer Mist to match it with the bouquet. The small teal flowers I found at Michaels, I sprayed those as well. Why not custom match your colors to everything. Create floral pieces you can cherish for a life time.

He he I couldn't help myself, I always wanted the ring in the bouquet pic so I did one myself.


This next piece was a fave with my friend Desi(Model) that I am going to make her one to match her own wedding coming up in July :) Isn't she going to make a beautiful bride!



Here are a couple of projects I created for Vintage Street Market! I love their Vintage kits and their paper lines. You MUST check them out!!

A couple country themed projects fir the Farmer's Market Kit perfectly. Living in a somewhat small town is one of the greatest blessings I could ask for. Having our kids grow up in a community still tied to roots and tradition is amazing.


Well there ya Go!!! Just a couple projects and I will try and post a few more this week.
Have a great rest of the week and get creative :)

Jamie

It's official!!

I can now share with EVERYONE :) That I was honored to be asked to join this new company Basically Bare Please make sure to check out their site and their wonderful projects. Here is just one that I have created using one of their cupcake sets.



I took the cardboard cupcake bottom and dipped it in UTEE Giving it a deep glossy look, the top was altered with Tattered Angels Chalkboard spray and then also dipped in UTEE to protect the color. I added sprinkles with Ranger Inc. White enamel and the cherry is also Basically Bare. Altered with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze, thread and a little cherry added. A perfectly little piece of trendy jewelry.


I hope everyone has a great Sunday.

Jamie

Creative Space

We all have that one place where we make messes, create art, or just sit in front of the computer in a zombie like daze, staring off into the world of Pintrest. Here is a look at my Creative/Zombie space. Note:I cleaned it just for the pictures and it has in a half a day returned to it's comforting messy self :D

Make sure to check the Tattered Angels Blog this month for more Creative Spaces.



Since I can't paint my walls I decorate with lots of color. Can you tell? lol



I love my desk. IKEA of course. I have a tempered piece of glass on top. I can use my heat gun with it and it will withstand the heat and I can use it as my paint palette and wipe it right off when I'm finished.

My shelf and riser are also form IKEA. I can store (Most) of my paints on my desk but still have the extra room on my desk.




I have to than Chez for this one. These are also from IKEA and they fit AC thickers perfectly!! And I love how I can see what is in each drawer.

And in the closet is where I store most of my tools and extra supplies.


Hope you enjoyed the tour of my crazy driven room :)

Jamie

Mixed Media Canvas

Burlap Love All!!! Take a look over at Funky Junk Interiors for SNS fun!!

I have been in a canvas sort of mood lately. And this first one is featured on Canvas Corp. Today!!! I have been waiting days to show you all :)

Wind in my hair and the sun on my face.


I used a 10 x10 raw stretched canvas and turned it around to create a more dimensional effect. The background started with two Fabric appliqué butterflies, that I adhered to the canvas with Gel medium. I took the gel medium and sporadically painted in other places on the canvas. I then sprayed the background with Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist. The Gel Medium acted as a resist, not allowing the mist to fully absorb. Then I used Golden Liquid Acrylic paint to create the swirls and accents on the background....

The girls hair is layers of course Molding Paste by Golden and Liquid Acrylics. Her dress was made out of a burlap tag by Canvas Corp. The flowers were made from a Canvas piece and altered with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist. To make them I cut out a circle then cut a slit half way into the circle, then coned the circle slightly and secured the two cut ends overlapping together. The centers are Push pen by Canvas Corp. altered with paint. I took the loose canvas around the frame and painted it with Paprika Glimmer Glam and pulled and formed it back to cover the staples, holding the canvas in place.


This next canvas I made a few weeks ago. On this canvas I started with a gessoed canvas. The background it Glimmer Mist and Glimmer Glam heat set. The girl is painted with Liquid acrylics and her hair is Clear Tar Gel and Liquid Acrylics by Golden.(Raw Umber and Titan Buff) I added a little more dimension with stamps by Prima Donna Downey and Studio Calico. Her dress was made from an old dress pattern and scrap leather.


The hearts are textured felt that were dipped in Beeswax. I also used the beeswax around the frame to add more texture. Prima flowers altered with Glimmer Mist add the perfect pops of color to the page.


And the finishing touch is a resin Flower I made from my mold and painted it with Flirty Glimmer Glaze.


A small way I can express myself. :) Wishing you a creative day.


Jamie

Prima Spring Mini Album

Spring is here so let's "Go Green". More than just the color green. Let's think more about the planet and use a little "Green" in our projects. I created this Mini album with scraps and packaging from Prima.

The cover and back are pieces from a clear acrylic Prima album that I have been hanging onto for a couple of years now. Never knowing what to do with them and my mentality of "I better keep this, just in case I need it" I just couldn't get rid of them lol. So I finally found a purpose for them. I used Prima's Paintables clear stamps and stamped the edges with Staz-On black Ink. Then sporadically painted Glimmer Glam on the cover. (Organic Garden). Once it dried I sprayed the cover with Chalkboard glimmer mist(Inch Worm) and heat dried it. The white frame is from the $1 bin at Michaels. The banner is made from a scrap piece of canvas I had in my stash.


Maya Road's envelopes worked awesome as filler pages in this little album. I embellished them with Prima clear stamps and Hydrangia flowers, on the edge.


Here I distressed and altered two pieces of Prima packaging and sewed them together with a scrap piece of lace between the two. It made the perfect base for a background.


On this envelope, I took the scrap edge of a Prima Journaling card to embellish the opening. I used scrap paper to make the large envelope for the next page.


Here is more Prima packaging, sewn and used as a tag to display pictures of my kiddos.


I often cut apart my Say It In Crystals. and have ends and bits left over. I took a few of my left overs and used them on this page.


In a package of flowers there are always those flowers that end up in the bottom of your stash. I took a couple of my white flowers and altered them to match my project.


I hope you can look through your stash and scraps for new inspiration. Hugs and have a wonderful, inspiring week.


Jamie