'Escape' canvas *with video

Hello scrappy friends!

I feel very honored to be a guest designer at More Than Words challenge blog!

Thank you so much for the invitation, I really appreciate it!

I created a canvas inspired by the lovely April moodboard and used the word 'escape' as the challenge required...

I got inspired not only by the beautiful colors of the moodboard, but also the flowers and the black and white tree and tried to incorporate all these elements on my project.

 I therefor used flowers in many colors, a chipboard tree which I painted black and white, wooded sticks, as well a keyhole, out of which all the flowers 'Escape'...  I love how they peek through the rusty metal keyhole, as to represent the beauty of  nature escaping from an enclosed secret garden.

...and of course I made especially for MTW fans a video
on how I used many mixed media techniques on my canvas to make the background crackle and shimmer, layers upon layers of different colors and products to add depth and texture.

I hope you will enjoy it :)

Here are some details

Products

Finnabair  - White Crackle Texture Paste 

Finnabair - White Sand Texture Paste

Finnabair - Graphite Texture Paste

Finnabair - Art Stones and Mini Art Stones

Finnabair - White Heavy Gesso

Finnabair - Heavy Black Gesso

Finnabair - 3D Matte Gel

Finnabair - Melange Art Pebbles

ColourArte - Primary Elements 

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Black Embossing powder and Sprays

2 Crafty Chipboard - 'Escape', Skeleton Tree, Corner Rachel's, Turkish Lattice Panel

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

My vintage heart *video

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm hosting the Finnabair
blog with a new page at my black journal.

I hadn't played in my black journal for a while, so I thought it was the right time to create a new page and share with you the process in a video I made especially for you.

I used some acrylic paints as well the White Crackle Paste and had so much fun playing with Modeling Paste and the new texture brushes creating patterns and textures over and over again.

To add even more interest to the textures on my page I added Art Stones and Mini Art stones, which turned to be my favorite supply -  they are so perfect for every kind of mixed media art!

When I was done with the background, I decided to add something metal on my project and I used one of the Mechanical Hearts. I really love it because it looks already vintage and rusted, so I kept it as it was! I only added some of the Rust Pastes here and there to  give to the page a more vintage look.

I hope you will enjoy my process and get some new ideas on how to play with Texture Pastes and Texture Brushes.

*** full list of supplies here

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Canvas for Prima Guest

Happy Monday dear friends!

Today I'm sharing a canvas I created for our guest spot at Prima blog 

with Finnabair's March Art Recipe.

Art Recipe

 Art Alchemy paints + silver and green glass glitters + White Crackle Paste 

I love the light and rich colors of the new Art Alchemy Metallique Paints! I applied, with a spatula, four shades of them with the White Crackle Paste and a little bit of White Sand Paste to create the background of my canvas.

I painted all the embellishments with the same colors, and glued everything down with 3D Gloss Gel. The Mica Powders are a perfect match with the White Crackle Paste.

I get really excited when the water activates them, and watch them flow inside the crackles! I used Pale Silver, Green and Bottle Green. I spread some of them here and there with a dry paintbrush and sprayed water.

As a final touch I glued with 3D Gloss Gel, different Art Ingredients (Micro Beads, Glass Beads and Glass Glitter), and the new Art Stones which look so beautifully on spring-themed projects.

Here are some details

Prima products: Art Alchemy-Acrylic Paints: Emerald Green #963170, Lime Peel #963224, Green Olive #963163, Silver Spoon  #963101; Mica Powders: Pale Silver #962517, Green #962500, Bottle Green #962852; Mini Art Stones #963712, Art Stones #963705, Mica Flakes: Granite #961763, Glass Glitter: Velvet #962722, Micro Beads: Silver #962562, Glass Beads: Peacock Green #962692, Ephemera (vintage) #962890, Art Extravagance-Texture Paste - White Crackle #961503, 3D Gloss Gel #961367, Heavy Gesso - White #961374, Art Extravagance- Texture Paste - White Sand #961473; Mechanicals: Brads: Star #961169, Grungy Butterflies #963408, Mini Hardware #963316, Mini Knobs #963385, Numbers #961138, Tin Hearts #963361, Plate & Label #961121, Vintage Mechanicals: Flowers Small #960407, Vintage Mechanicals: Mini Brads #960384, Vintage Mechanicals - Mini Flowers #960322, Vintage Mechanicals - Roses #960339, Mixed Media Silicone Brush 1" #963897

Even this color combination was a challenge for me, at the end I really loved the result.

The canvas is already hanging on my art wall :)

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia