Dragon's Lair-a mixed media canvas by Lynne

I've gone over to the dark side....well at least with this project! I love the Dragons Shape Set and have been waiting for the chance to use one of these awesome fairy doors. I decided to combine them for a little medieval magic.

I created a background with texture paste, stenciled bricks, and some stringy fabric. Then I added a variety of metal embellishments, flowers, and puzzle pieces as well as some torn corrugate.

After all those things were glued down I painted the entire canvas and the chipboard pieces with black gesso. I added colour with a variety of Luminarte Radiant Rain colour concentrate daubers and Silks paints.The dragon and inner door piece were both run through an embossing folder first and  I love the effects that the paints created on the embossed area. I used several colours on the dragon to get the look of iridescent scales and  think it turned out pretty dragon-y (is that a word? well, it is now!!

The door door trim has an overlay so I added a combination of colours to the base piece and just used the solid nutmeg dauber on the stone overlay to create contrast.

I added vibrant colours here and there to make the embellishments and the different colours stand out from the black background-they look really shimmery in person.

I love the rough texture of the bricks! I used homemade texture paste made with baking soda. Because of their rough texture, a fair amount of the black still shows through the Ginger Peach Silk paint for an ancient and worn look.

Thanks so much for stopping by and may all your dragons be friendly!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED
Dragons Shape Set
Fairy Door-Amy Love

OTHER ITEMS USED
Colourarte Silks-Ginger Peach,. Iridescent Green, Kiwi

Radiant Rain-Nutmeg, Wine and Roses

Crafter's Workshop Stencil-bricks

Prima Finnabair Mechanicals

Fairy Garden Shadow Box

Hi everyone!! Amylove here to share another project. This is not a Christmas project though. I had to get back to my fairies <3

Follow this link to my video tutorial:  Fairy Garden Shadow Box

Items used from Gypsy Soul Lasercuts:

Fairy Door Amylove
Scribble Frame Fairy
Garden Fairy Large
Garden Fairies Medium
Butterflies & Dragonflies

Gina's Designs and ColourArte Collaboration

Hi friends, hope you had a safe and happy 4th of July. Today I'm sharing a project I created with various Gina's Designs Laser Cuts and the beautiful color products by ColourArte.  I was so excited to receive these products for this fun collaboration.  The technique I used for this project was a water color wash that gave my project a was of color but not too much.

I started out with this plain birdhouse that I purchased at a local craft store.

 I added all my Gina's Designs chipboard pieces Fairy Door Amy love, and Garden Fairies Large and Garden Fairies Medium and Cottage Windows Small.

For the next step I gessoed everything and added texture with stencils and modeling paste. This is optional but I wanted a wood texture on the door and I also added Wisteria to the house.  Once you start adding your color wash you will see the texture.

I painted the Fairies with Iridescent Blue  and the wings with different colors of Twinkling H2O's and Silks Acrylics Glaze.

Here is the colors I used: Kiwi, Lemondrop, Carribean Blue Mist, and Plum Blossom.
The colors I used on the door is Autumn Butternut.

I painted the Wisteria using more the Silks Acrylics Glaze in Plum Blossom. To get the paint to drip I sprayed it with water.

I toned down the color with  in Silks Acrylics Glaze Periwinkle.

I then added Silks Acrylics Glaze in Olive Vine to the leaves of the wisteria.

The main part of the bird house was painted with Twinkling H2O's Rainforest.  When you're done painting you fairy house...embellish it with flowers, fairy dust and whatever you choose.

To give it a finishing touch I added Inka Gold rub in Gold.

Gina's Designs Laser Cuts Products

Fairy Door Amy Love, and Garden Fairies Large and Garden Fairies Medium and Cottage Windows Small.

ColourArte Products

 Twinkling H2O's and Silks Acrylics Glaze

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!

Debbie