Risen-an Easter canvas by Lynne

Hi friends! I love bunnies and chicks (and of course, chocolate!) every bit as much as the next person, but I really wanted to create a meaningful project that reflected the true significance of the Easter season. Gypsy Soul's Gothic Crosses were a perfect start to my 12x12 canvas.

I decided which cross I wanted to use, then found letters in my stash that were an appropriate size and font, and arranged these before adding anything else, just to make sure things would be proportionate.

I ran the cross through this embossing folder before adding the embellishments ( a pearl heart and a piece from the Medallion Flourish Set) to the center of it.

Mod Podge was used to adhere and hold the shape of the cheesecloth that I added to the base of the cross. I was able to play around with positioning of flowers for a bit and then the Mod Podge adhered those as well.Keep in mind that this sort of project can be a great way to use up odd-coloured and mismatched flowers ( I have used some seriously UGLY ones on previous canvases-LOL! Gesso works miracles!!)

No canvas of mine is complete without texture paste! I mixed up a batch and added stencilling in several different patterns for added texture and interest.

I also added some rays emanating from the cross to make the image coma alive even more. These were cut from a sheet of bling sent to me by an online friend a while back., but adhesive rhinestones or pearls would have worked as well, and they often come in lines, so trying to get them on straight is easier than working with individual pieces.

After everything is attached and dried, a couple coats of gesso create a unified surface before colour is added.

The rays inspired me to use sunrise (or "SONrise") colours; I began with the yellow mist and then added some gold, peach and pink shades to create the effect I wanted. I then rubbed Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Rose Gold over the letters and the dry-embossing of the cross to make them stand out more. I did add a little of it here and there on the flowers and foliage as well, and rubbed some coral ink on the edges of the cross and letters.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my canvas, and I wish you a happy and blessed Easter!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED
Gothic Cross Set
Flourish medallion Set

OTHER ITEMS USED

Thickers Alphabet
cheesecloth

Crafter's Workshop Stencils

Tattered Angels mists
Tim Holtz, Petaloo and Recollections flowers
Mod Podge
homemade texture paste
white gesso

Forever and Always Romantic Shadow Box

For all my love of horror films, foul language, and filthy sense of humour, at my very centre is a squishy old timey romantic core.

I had it in my mind that to create a kissing booth. Something fun and flirty. Instead this terribly lovey dovey vintagesque smoochy kissy thing appeared.

I've used a Square Shrine Shadowbox as the base, and added other elements to fancy it up.

I've taken the largest piece from the Flourish Medallion Set, chopped into quarters and set in each corner. Damask Singles decorate the inside background and the frontpiece.

Although you can't see them here, the hanging ribbon is attached to the piece by looping through two Clock Hands.

A heart shaped cutout is layered with fussy cut flowers and and a sentiment from Graphic 45's Sweet Sentiments collection.

The glorious vintage I used is free and available from thegraphicsfairy.com BUT If you have a smoochy someone, perhaps you could use something a little more personal.

Want to see how I put it all together? I have a video walk through available HERE

And here's a list of all the bits you'll need to make your own vintage smoochy lovely shadow box.

Square Shrine Shadowbox
Damask Singles
Flourish Medallion Set
Little Heart Frames
Clock Hands Shape Set

Old paper
Vintage image from thegraphicsfairy.comGraphic 45's Sweet Sentiments
Paper Flowers
Ribbon
Half back self adhesive pearls
Paper Butterflies
Paper flowers

Acrylic paint

Glue

A Fairy Garden Craft Caddy

Happy Sunday everyone and welcome to our blog today.  It's Teresa here with a fun project to help get your crafty room organized for the new year.  I made one of these a while back and filled it to the brim with my craft tools so I thought I would get out some brand new papers from Graphic 45 and create a fun new one to fill.

Believe it or not purple is one of my favorite colors and this paper set has all of them. Purple, pink, aqua and blue so it was the perfect choice for my Craft Caddy.  I added Embossed Medallions and lots of flowers and flourished feathers to it to make the perfect Fairy Garden on the front and back.  Join me for a short tutorial on how I did it :)

First glue together your Craft Caddy and let it dry like I did above.  I use purple paint to coat the caddy both inside and out and let that dry too.  I also got out some chipboard medallions, die cuts for leaves and lots of flowers to go with my papers.  

After the paint is dried you can start to cut pieces of the patterned Fairy paper to cover the sides and the bottom of your caddy like i did above.  

While it is drying you can start on the medallions.

For the new flourish medallions i inked them in a light pink ink and then coated them really well with Aged Rose Embossing enamel from Stampendous.  It's a really fun powder with lots of texture and this is how they come out after you heat emboss them.

When they are cool you can glue them to the front of your Craft Caddy.

And to finish you can add a few of the cute cut outs that come in the collection along with lots and lots of pretty flowers and ribbons.  I even added chipboard feathers that i simple chalk inked and slid them under the flowers for more chippy texture.  It was super fun to make and i hope you will try one too.  Check out the supply list below to get started!  Thanks again for stopping by!!

Supply List:

GSLC Craft/Tool Caddy 

GSLC New Flourish Medallion Set

GSLC New Feathery Flourish Minatures

Graphic 45 Fairy Dust Collection

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Glue dots

paper trimmer and scissors

purple acrylic paint and a paint brush