"Whimsical Mushrooms" Mixed Media Canvas

Hello friends! Welcome to the Mixed Media Attic.  The last few days I have been working on a whimsical mushroom canvas.  Last month I picked up an adorable 12x12 Stencil from The Crafters Workshop called "Whimsical Shrooms" and since buying it I have had so many ideas going through my head on what I wanted to do with this stencil.  Finally after staring at it this whole time, I decided to create a fun little canvas to hang up in my art studio.  

Supplies Used:

12x12 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Whimsical Shrooms"- TCW578

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Tiny Circles" - TCW361s

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Sheet Music" - TCW579s

6x6 The Crafters Workshop Stencil "Mini Believe Script" - TCW541s

Artist's Loft Super Value Canvas 8in. x 10in.

Hazel and Ruby Pass the tissue "Ephemera Collage"

Liquitex Light Modeling Paste

Weldabond glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Liquitex Matte Medium

Ohto Fude Ball Pen 1.5 "Black"

Posca Paint Pen - "White"

Palette Knife

Paint brush

Makeup Sponges

Tim Holtz Stickers: "Small Talk"

Prima Marketing Resin Icons 

Prima Marketing Color Bloom Spray: "Gold Foil"

Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic: "Bright Aqua Green" and "Medium Magenta"

Daler Rowney Liquid Acrylic: "Moon Violet, and Gold"

Tim Holtz Distress Paint: "Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Cracked Pistachio"

Faber-Castell Gelatos: "Metalic Melon, Red Cherry, Lavender, Bubble Gum, Iced Chai, Gold Champagne, and Iced Coffee."

Steps:

1. Covered the canvas with a layer of Matte Medium, next laid down the tissue paper or collage paper, then added another layer of Matte Medium on top of the tissue paper to help seal it to the canvas.  Let dry

2.  Put down some Tim Holtz Distress Paints for the background. Let Dry.  Use some Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint and makeup sponges with The Crafter's Workshop stencils, to and layers to the background.  Let dry

3. Take The Crafters Workshop "Whimsical Shroom" Stencil, and wipe some modeling paste over the stencil to add some textured mushrooms to the canvas. Let dry.

4. Take some paints, and Faber-Castell gelatos to add bright color to the mushrooms.

5. Used some Spray ink to the resin fairy embellishments to add some gold sparkle, then glued them down to the canvas.

6.  Added some Ranger glossy accents to the butterfly, and parts of the mushroom for added shine.  

7. Used a Fude ball pen to go around the mushrooms to add some definition.  

8.  Added a Tim Holtz quote sticker to the canvas. Going around it in white.

9.  For detail I added some little white dots to the tops of the mushrooms. 

I have included a little video on the making of this whimsical mushroom canvas below. I hope you have enjoyed this and maybe some inspiration was sparked for you to create a fun canvas of your own.  Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you.  I hope you enjoy the process video!

Thanks for stopping by!

Krystal Barto

The Documented Life Project : Week 20

May Theme: 

Touchy Feely (Texture)

May 16

Art Challenge: Modeling Paste

Journaling Prompt: Rising to the occasion.

For this weeks challenge, I used quite a bit of my Prima stash that I've been hoarding for a while now. 

I used Julie Nutting wooden doll stamp, and embellished the corners, and sides of the page with some Prima flowers, then added some buttons in the middle of the flowers. 

 I found this quote online and thought it fit perfectly with the journaling prompt, and the wooden doll. Thickers canvas stickers were used for the letters, then sprayed with some red Dylusions spray ink.

New Prima Doll Stamp

I picked up one of the adorable Prima Marketing Mixed Media Doll Cling Stamps last month on Amazon, and finally got around to using it today, in my art journal. I love the quote I found in one of the packs of stickers I've been hoarding. 

"Stepping back from her canvas, she saw her soul."

Here is a list of the supplies used to create this art journal page:

• Paint Brush
• Water
• Gesso
• Matte Medium
• Moleskine 8.5 X 12 Sketch Journal
• Ranger Archival Ink (Black)
• Prima Doll Stamp
• Crate Paper 6 X 6 : Market
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Journeyman Tissue Tape
• Faber Castell Gel Sticks  and gelatos
• Faber Castell Pen's 
• Stamps for texture, and Inka Gold for accents, 

Page Process:

1. Started out with layering the page with the tissue tape.  
2. Applied a coat of matte medium over the page. Let dry.
3. Applied a light watered down coat of Gesso.  Let dry.
4. Colored the pages with the gelatos and gel sticks, add water to make color more translucent.  Let dry.
5. Added texture to page by using different stamps.  After using diamond shaped stamps I colored in the circles of the tops of the diamonds with inka gold.  Let dry.  
6. Stamped Prima Doll  onto  scrapbook paper, cut out the pieces of the doll. Arranged pieces of doll together.   
7. Appied another coat of matte medium to the entire page.
8. Put doll pieces on wet page, pressing firmly down to the page.  Applied a coat of matte medium over doll. Let page dry.
9. Out line doll with Faber-Castell pens.  Colored in hair and shoes with pens.  
10. Used brown distress ink around sides of sticker quote.  Placed sticker on art journal page.  Applied matte medium over sticker.  Let dry.  
11. Out lined the sticker with Faber-Castell Big Brush Pen  in brown.  .  

Here are the finished results of my page! I hope you all like it!