26 February 2014

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (MIXED MEDIA CANVAS)

I am still focused on creating mixed media canvases... Gloria Stengl's newest challenge influenced this one.   Have you checked out the new Craft Hoarders Anonymous  Challenge?  #2  is a Color Challenge with a twist. Pick the thing or things that you seem to hoard the most, and using the color scheme shown (blues), create a project that showcases your hoarded item or items.

I admit it, yes just sayin' it right out loud...I hoard all art supplies!

The first layer is a patchwork of various blue patterned paper napkins (paper napkins, my latest item to hoard LOL) which I Mod Podged onto the canvas and then shaded each "square".  I used the shiny Mod Podge...I just love the shiny smooth feel of it.  On that I overlaid a checker board of white lacy handmade paper for a bit more depth and texture.  You can't see that additional texture in the photo but IRL it gives a bit more life to the whole.  I have quite a stack of vintage music sheets in my hoard so let's add some of that. I try not to hoard punches but I do have a large basket and a drawer full of them, the butterflies and small blue flowers are punched from bits in my scrap box..another hoard of goodies.




Note:  I am also entering this in the Make It Monday Challenge, the Love to Create Challenge

15 comments:

  1. This is a wonderful canvas! I love all the layers, bits of torn paper and beautiful texture. The little blue flowers at the bottom really anchor the piece, and the sentiment strips are perfect. Thanks for playing along in Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #2!

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  2. Gorgeous mixed media project, Sandi. I saw it on MIM and came over for a closer look. Thanks for commenting on mine.

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  3. Love the torn papers, the butterflies and the little blue flowers.
    Thanks so much for playing with us at Craft Hoarders Anon :)

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  4. Fantastic project and colors Sandi. I saw this on MIM..Loz

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  5. Beautiful canvas piece, I love all the tones of blue and the flowers are so cute!! Thanks for sharing and joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous...and good luck!!

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  6. So pretty!! Love the layers, the colors, the sheet music bits and those butterflies and flowers! And how could I not like the sentiment, which is the title of one of my favorite movies of all time! Thanks for sharing your style and your hoard with us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

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  7. This is such an awesome project! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Craft Hoarders!!

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  8. Oh my. You had me at music paper! Love! Thanks for playing along at Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

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  9. And you have made a wonderful canvas in celebration of this wonderful life!
    sandy xx

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  10. Love the texture and the combination of paper craft techniques, [ paper tearing , paper napkins and punching ] that have gone into the creation of this lovely canvas.
    Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday

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  11. Such a fun canvas. You are rockin the blue theme. Thank you so much for joining us at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog. Hope you can come back to play again soon! Ginny from Polly's Paper Studio.

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  12. Lovely project! Thank you for joining our Anything Goes Challenge over at Love to Create this week.
    Ruza, LTC Admin/Designer
    Ruza's Craft Corner

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  13. Nice canvas, love all the elements. Thanks for playing along with Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

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