Mixed Media Canvas Art with Sheena Douglass 3D Stencil

Hello Everyone!

Today, I'm going to share with you one of my recent favorite piece of art! Guess what? Yes, it's a mixed media canvas.. :)

 I made this art for my best friend, who lives in Bangladesh.. She got married recently, & luckily I got a chance to send her a gift with someone! I wasn't too sure what to do, but I decided to keep the base blue & obviously create something with "Sheena" douglass collection!

At first, I created a white & prussian blue mixed background, which I loved so much, that it took me a lot of courage (?!) to start working over it! Then, to create a textured look, I used pink & mermaid teal acrylic paint over Sheena Create-A-Flower: Dissolving Planets (I made another project with this stencil. You can read about that Here). Although it looked okay, I couldn't like the result.. I was soooo confused what to add now! It took me 3 days to decide to add a flower, finally! 

I couldn't add too dimensional objects, as I had to ship it to another state & then it would be carried in the luggage. So, I decided to use this beautiful new 3D stencil from Sheena Douglass.. This is the Sheena 3D stencil- "Sunflower". I just picked an old dictionary page, pasted it to a thin cardstock, Stencilled it with yellow-orange-red for the flower & yellow-green for the leaves & stem. & then glued it on the canvas.. Then I drawed some rough details with a pen & added Glass bead gel & some Microbeads at the center.. Also, to match the background with the flowers I mixed some modeling paste & yellow paint & used it with this stencil..  

As a finishing touch, I added some white gesso splatters & painted the side of the canvas black! :) 

 

Hope you liked my art! Let me know if you would like to see more blog posts like this! 

Thank you!

Tavana <3

Changing theme: Valentine's Day cards made with Christmas die

Hello everyone!
If you are a fan of Crafter's Companion, you may already know how amazing is the "Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas" collection is! There are two mixed media dies in this set.. One of them is called Love Birds... This die is beautiful! It is perfect for christmas ornaments & many more other projects..

I was planning to make some Valentine's Day themed card for my Etsy shop & was looking for any heart shaped die in my collection! I found this, which seemed perfect to me! :)

So, I die cut some red hearts from the Candy Red shimmering cardstock & put them in the center of the card & topped it with a little vellum heart & a sentiment on black cardstock.. I have used 3 different colored shimmering cardstocks (Pink Pearl, Silver Starlight & Gold Dust) for the background & Gold Mirror Luxury Cardstock for the border.. For base I have used Kraft Cardstock..

I loved the way it turned out.. The vellum heart made the card design extra special! Don't you think?! :)

When I cut the heart of red shimmering card, I was actually planning to use the base of the card.. But later I came with the idea of that one.. So, I had some red bases where the heart was cut out from.. I also had some tiny die cut leftover bits.. So, I cut a another heart wit the same die, this time out of a gold glitter luxury cardstock & did some diecut inlay with the red leftover pieces... It may look easy, but it was very difficult for me to get those little pieces in proper places!

But, I loved the end result! I intentionally kept it simple.. without any sentiment or embellishments.. Now it can be used for any occasions!

In case, you want to check these cards on my shop: 

Click Here for these cards.. 

 Click Here for this one!

Hope you all liked my cards.. Thank you!

Tavana