Hi there,
Today I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try something new. I have recently been playing around a bit with Gelatos, so decided to have a go at making a little canvas creation.
First I took a blank 5" x 7" canvas and scribbled Yellow, Orange and Red Gelatos over it. I took a baby wipe and using a circular motion I blended the gelatos into one another to create a "sunset" hue.
I dried this with my heat tool, before proceeding. Then I took a stencil (TCW Mini Meadow) and stencil brush and began to create a meadow with grass, stems, butterflies and flowers, using different colors of Gelatos:
I kept going until I had an entire meadow. Then it was time to add my chickens, from the Chicken Run Set 761, using Versamark and Black Detail embossing powder:
So now it needed some dimensional elements and I did want to include a sentiment from the set, which was stamped on white cardstock in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail. The chickens stamped out like they were made of burlap, because of the canvas backing, so I decided to make a burlap frame to be in-keeping with the chickens:
I cut a piece of burlap ribbon in half and attached it around the sentiment using 1/2" Tear-ific Tape, this was then colored with Yellow and Red Gelatos and dabbed with the wipe again to tie it in with the background.
I repeated the Gelatos and wipe technique with three Prima flowers, whose centers were made by "blinging" a brad with Tequila Sunrise embossing powder after applying Versamark to the brad. Then a Sakura Glue pen was used to add Sparkling Snow glitter to the petals to give them some sparkle.
The frame and the flowers were attached to the canvas with dimensional foam. I added dots to the butterflies and flowers with a white Signo pen, for some highlights.
... and I added some gold Prills with Dimensional Glue at the chickens feet for seed.
I think I might be doing some more of these. Kind of liked having a play date in my craft room today! Hope I've inspired you to get those Gelatos out and start playing!
Enjoy your day!
Shona
Love your experiment with canvas, Shona! I especially like the texture in the embossed chickens! Looks almost like chicken wire, doesn't it? Your gelatos are GREAT - very sun-shiny and happy - just like you. It's a beautiful project! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteThose chickens look fantastic on canvas. I got the set and so love all the ideas on how to use it. Just not had time to try anything though yet.
ReplyDeleteStepping out has you made a real life artist on canvas. LOVE everything about this! Displayed perfectly with those pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteI had a few Gelatos free with a magazine, - you've shown how they should be used, now I should see if I can find them!!!!!
Gorgeous creation. Love the way you have created the entire scene.
ReplyDeleteMag-NIF-Icent! I absolutely LOVE this! The gelato background is splendid, and loved the stenciled meadow with the gelatos(and I have that stencil I think). Have never tried canvas though. The chickens looked like xstitch at first..great dimension with that. The SS glitter looks grand on the flowers (I just used it for snowy trees, worked fabulously). The center brads look so nice with the EP bling to match the flowers. Oh this is just wonderful, and thanks for the step-by-step. That really helps me a lot to see the visual, and I know it takes extra time for you to do it. The burlap frame was just more icing on the cake, but it did look great with the texture of the chicks. TFS & Hugs
ReplyDeleteThis is really cute, Shona. The colors are fabulous and I like how the chicken scene just pops off the canvas. Such great details.
ReplyDeleteI do not use my Gelatos enough but seeing this project makes me want to bring them out again. :)
Great art work, great background,great colours, great family of chicken, super canvas!!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Maria