CREATE ART

This week DT member Anna-Karin chalenges us to be transparent. Will you use vellum? perhaps share all the details of your project leaving no secrets unseen: Add a layer of frost film or use mediums that are not opaque? However you choose to interpret our challenge Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge would love to see the results.

I decided to decorate a canvas which I brayered with Mocha Mousse and touches of Beach Hut Fresco Finish Paint. I love to brayer the colour which leaves some of the white areas of the canvas exposed. I then cut the branch using the Garden Greens Die, cut from brown card.

My transparent element is the dimensional bloom I have created from Clear Clearly For Art, cut using the Tattered Floral Die. I added a touch of colour to the edge of the petals using Aquamarine Reinker. I also added a small wooden bird, painted with Beach Hut paint. For further interest I also included some Remnant Rubs Words.

CREATE ART has been added to the canvas using Alpha Parts, painted with Fresco Finish Paint adding touches of Olive Bronze Treasure Gold Wax to each letter.

Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms have been added for further interest and dimension, cut from teal card, adding Olive Bronze wax to the edges of the petals. The key was a kind gift from a blogging friend Tony (thanks Tony) which fitted perfectly nestled below the flowers along with a further wooden bird.  I also added metal corners to my canvas (another kind gift from Tony).

I added touches of Olive Bronze Treasure Gold Wax to the edges of my canvas, to the branch and wooden embellishments.

I have also included a Media Mixage Bird Metal Blank and House Blank which I have used as a birdhouse nestled within the branch and Bitty Blossoms which I coloured with Vintaj Patina's Marine and Aged Bronze.

For more great ideas please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog and take a look at my fellow team members artwork, they have created some inspirational projects. Remember there is also the chance to win a $50 prize from Simon Says Stamp.  I always look forward to seeing your creations each week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, much appreciated. Tracy x x

Products Used:

Wendy Vecchi Clear Clearly For Art
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Mocha Mousse, Beach Hut
PaperArtsy Treasure Gold Olive Bronze
Tim Holtz Garden Greens Die
Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Remnant Rubs Words, Alpha Parts Signmaker, Corners,
Aquamarine Reinker
Studio Calico Bird Wood Veneers
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms
Spellbinders Media Mixage Birds 1 Metal Blanks
Vintaj Patinas - Victorian Gable, Ancient Coin