A Vintage Journey - Canvas

Welcome to a new challenge for A Vintage Journey. Our host this month is the lovely Nikki and our challenge is Canvas.

Here is what Nikki had to say about the challenge:

"Let's work with canvas this month in our vintage; shabby; mixed media; art journaling, industrial, timeworn or steampunk style. It doesn't matter how as long as some canvas is a dominant feature of your project.  Perhaps you may use a canvas in the traditional way or use the reverse to create a shadow box? Canvas boards are fabulous to work on or perhaps you have some canvas sheets which can be cut and adhered to another surface"

I decided to decorate a canvas for Nikki's challenge using Tim Holtz products.

I began with circles created from an old lid and Cracked Pistachio Distress Paint.

I painted each of the circles with Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers Distress Paint, applying the paint with my finger.

I added a touch of shading around the circles using Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink spritzed with water and then painted with a water brush.

A touch more shading with Peacock Feathers Distress Crayon.

Smudge the Crayon with your finger to add shading and shadows around the circles.

Continue to add more layers with the Distress Crayon until you are happy with the depth and definition.

Apply Texture Paste over the Linen Layering Stencil to add yet a further layer of interest and texture to the design.

I die cut the Layered Leaf from mountboard and then coloured with Distress Oxides. I added cotton threads for added texture.

I also included some Remnant Rubs and some random stamping using the background stamp from the On The Farm Stamp Set.

I added a quote chip and some random scratchy lines with Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint.

I also added touches of the Ripe Persimmon Distress Paint to the background of the canvas, applying the paint to a scrap piece of white card and then dabbing the card lightly onto the background.

Index Clips have also been added and some random splatters of paint. I then added Cracked Pistachio Distress Crayon around the edges of the canvas.

Our sponsor this month is Shimmerz Paints who will be offering one randomly drawn winner a $25 voucher.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x