Thursday 1 October 2015

Go stencil crazy!

Hello again.  Yes, its that time again already.  If you didn't enter last months Clarity challenge, I'm hoping maybe me or one of my talented teamies can inspire you to create a project using your Clarity stencils.  I'm looking forward to seeing loads of fabulous entries this month.
 
Here is my project...
 
First, I inked up the centre of the "Home is where the heart is" stencil with watering can archival, taped it into place onto an A5 canvas board and ran it through my embossing machine.
 
 
Using the stencil as a guide, I cut a paper mask of the cloud line, and spread grunge paste over the whole top section of the canvas.
 
 
In a similar way, I spread grunge paste over the lower section.  I tried sprinkling colour burst powders onto the grunge paste while it was still wet to represent flowers, but AAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!  Don't like that!
 
 
 Then, to make it even worse;  when I tried spritzing with water, I discovered that I'd got some higher up on the canvas.  It looked a right mess, but I decided to carry on.
 
 
 Then I used a mixture of distress inks and Paperartsy fresco finish paints to colour the clouds, and worked down the canvas with inks.  I tried to create the effect of a beautiful sunrise or sunset. 


OMG!!!!!!  That colour burst smudge is getting worse!
 
 
Then I used a mask to add clouds into the background.  
 
 
Now it was time to start thinking about what I could do to disguise that awful smudge:  foliage and flowers will do nicely.  I used Paperartsy paint through the olive wreath stencil, moving it as required. 
 
 
Next, I cut the house out of an old book page, inked the edges before sticking down, then added a few more leaves to ground it.
 
 
I replaced the home is where the heart is stencil, and pulled grunge paste through the words as shown.
 
 
I added ink to the words, and some charcoal to add depth and shadow.
 
 
Now for some flowers in the garden.  More grunge paste, this time through the flower stencil;  and those colour bursts are still coming through!
 
 
I sponged some white paint through the stencil onto some canvas, ready to colour and fussy cut.
 
 
I coloured the flowers with Spectrum Noir pencils.
 
 
As a final quirky touch, I added some keys for flower stems.

 
This was a project I really enjoyed making:  a journey where I took a few wrong turns because I didn't really know exactly where I was headed until I got there!  I hope you like it, and that maybe you feel inspired to try out a stencil project of your own.  Thanks for visiting;  hope to see you again soon.  Till next time.  Xxx
 
 

 
 

 












12 comments:

  1. This canvas has come out lovely it is beautiful so much work has gone into it. Xx

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  2. A beautiful canvas, apart from the near heart attacks the process gave you. Great blog too Barbara. xxx

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  3. Stunning canvas , Barbara, and I love the way that you talked us through it....ups and downs....after all , all us crafters have them....well worth it though....the result seeks for itself....Stunning.....xxx

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  4. Wow lot of work nice loved your blog xx

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  5. Very interesting blog, great to see and read how your project evolved. The old book page house really works and I just love those key flower stems. x

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  6. WOW - brilliant Barbara - very interesting to read your thought processes too - a fab canvass x

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  7. WOW - brilliant Barbara - very interesting to read your thought processes too - a fab canvass x

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  8. Love your detailed blog of your journey through this artwork Barbara. It's such a creative piece and I love all the layers and the keys you've used for the finishing touches - F-A-B!
    Have a lovely weekend xxx

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  9. Great blog, Barbara; loved traveling along the path to completion with you and such a successful end result! ;~}

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  10. Great blog, Barbara; loved traveling along the path to completion with you and such a successful end result! ;~}

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  11. Great canvas Barbara, the keys are an inspired touch. Thanks for sharing your thoughts as you pulled this piece together xx

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  12. Love your canvas Barbara. Brilliant design work. Hugs xxx

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