Overflowing Blessings Canvas

Hello, and welcome to the Mixed Media Attic! I wanted to share with you all a little canvas that I just finished working on this afternoon.  The verse Psalm 23:5 says "My cup overflows with blessings."  

                                                                                                                                    I had an idea to take that verse and use it on a canvas with some stacked tea cups.  I decided to use some card stock paper from the Illustrated Faith collection "She Blooms".  I used my Silhouette Portrait Die Cutting Electronic cutting machine, to cut out the tea cups. I stacked the tea cups on the canvas before starting, just to make sure there were enough for the height of the canvas. I like to take pictures of the way things are arranged, so when they get moved later I will remember the order that they were in by looking at the picture taken. After making sure there were enough tea cups to stack, I covered the canvas in some printed tissue paper using Liquitex Matte Medium. After it was dry, I added a light coat of white gesso over the canvas. Gesso works great as a primer for your surface. 

I let the canvas dry a few hours before painting. I used some of the Illustrated Faith Acrylic Paints and blended them together using a damp baby wipe.  

For some added texture I used Ranger's black archival ink and some Illustrated Faith stamps around the canvas.

Next I used Liquitex matte medium to glue down the tea cups, being sure to go over the top of the tea cups as well, with the matte medium to help secure them onto the canvas and seal them on. This will help later when I go around the tea cups with a Faber-Castell Big Pitt Brush marker for shadowing. Next I used some of the Illustrated Faith Home Spun Alpha's to read Psalm 23:5 being sure to go over them with the matte medium to help adhere them to the canvas. 

Once the canvas was dry, I went around the tea cups using the Faber Castell markers.  These are great for adding shading.  They are archival quality ink, but you have some time to blend them with your finger before it dries.  

Last I used a fine line sharpie pen to go around all the letters and the tea cups to help them to stand out on the canvas. 

This is such a great verse to help remind me of God's many blessings over my life. Thanks for checking out my canvas today! 

Blessings,

Krystal 

"Gypsy Heart" Mixed Media Canvas

Hello friends, and welcome! Today I want to share with you a little Mixed Media Canvas that I have just finished creating which I've decided to name "Gypsy Heart". 

gyp·sy

ˈjipsē/

a nomadic or free-spirited person. 

 Growing up as a child and into adulthood many times I remember being asked my nationality, and telling people that my family is Hungarian. I can recall many times when people would refer to me as being a gypsy because of my heritage. 

    

Supplies Used:

Bo Bunny craft decorative paper 2 pc (chevron and clocks)

Craft Smart acrylic paints (Robins Egg Blue, Light Pink)

Viva Inka Gold

Liquitex matte medium

White Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad (Vintage Photo)

The Crafters Workshop Stencil - (TCW202s Mini Harlequin)

Lisa's Altered Art Digital Collage Pieces (printed and cut)

Michaels flower embellishment (dreamy)

Weldbond glue

Xyron Sticker Maker

metal frame embellishment

Faber-Castell Small Pitt Brush Pen Brown

Scissors/Craft Knife

baby wipes

small paint brush

cosmetic sponge

First I covered the canvas with a piece of Bo Bunnys craft paper by applying matte medium to the canvas with a brush and laying the paper on top of the canvas, then brushing a layer of matte medium over the paper to help seal it to the canvas.

Next I took some white gesso and a damp baby wipe to the canvas to give it a white washed look.  This will help the paints blend better on top of the canvas. 

The same way that I applied the gesso with a damp baby wipe, I also applied the paints with a damp baby wipe putting down color and then pulling up some of the color with the wipes until reaching the colors I wanted.

After getting the color down on the canvas, I used one of the Crafters workshop stencils along with some Viva Inka-Gold and a cosmetic sponge to add some pops of gold harlequin to the background.

I wanted some of the print in the BoBunny craft paper to show thorough in the background.

 I took a piece of lace and ran it through my Xyron Sticker maker to get some adhesive onto the back of the lace, and then stuck it onto the top of the canvas.

After printing out some digital collage pieces from Lisa's Altered Art Shop on Etsy. I cut a few of them out to use on this canvas.  I took the strip of pink and blue harlequin paper and glued it down onto the canvas along with the woman that I though could resemble a gypsy.  

On Lisa's Altered Art Shop I also found some phrase collage sheets, and when I seen the words "gypsy heart" I knew I wanted to use it on this canvas. I applied it right on top of the strip of paper I had glued down. After it was all dry I went around each of the collage pieces with a brown Faber-Castell pitt brush pen and blended it with my finger before the ink could dry. 

Next I took a metal frame embellishment and glued it down around the phrase on to the canvas with some weldbond glue.  I also used the same glue to adhere the flower to the left side of the canvas. 

Last I went around the canvas with some Distress ink to give it a worn look on  the edges.    

Thanks for stopping by and seeing how I created this quick little canvas with some really fun digital collage pieces that were printed and cut out.

I have included a link below so you can check out the Etsy Shop where I have found some of my collage pieces. 

Lisa's Altered Art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lisasalteredart

 Enjoy this Fleetwood Mac video of one of my favorite songs. "Gypsy" 

Happy Crafting,

Krystal

"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

Fall Canvas

Fall is my favorite season of the year. I love the colors of the leaves changing. November is such a beautiful month, bursting with color all around. One of my favorite holidays is Thanksgiving. I love all the down home cooking. Most of all I love pumpkin pie with a little dollop of cool whip. 

Here is a look at a small fall canvas I was working on. 

I used the die cutting machine at my local scrapbook store for a good hour one day, and cut these different leaves and pumpkins. After getting home I had to put them on a canvas. 

The leaves were colored with Tim Holtz distress ink, and distress paints. I used Claudine Hellmuth's studio paint for the pumpkins. The stem was used by taking a left over stem from some Prima flowers cutting it, and wrapping it around the end of a small paint brush, to give it that curly effect. 

  

 Happy fall!! 

 Krystal Barto