Stampendous and IndigoBlu Canvas.....

Good morning all,

It is great to be back with you this week with my Wednesday post and I thought I would show you a canvas that I made using Brushos.....

As you know by now I love these gorgeous little pots of pigment crystals and I am eagerly awaiting more stock arriving soon on the website. I used an 8" x 8" canvas and although they are primed with gesso, I like to give them another coat on top......

I added some turquoise and lime green Brusho crystals on to the canvas once it was dry and then liberally applied water to the canvas using a fine spritz bottle. I then tilted the canvas up vertically and let the intense colour run down the canvas and moved it around until I was happy with it and then let it dry naturally.

I then took my honeycomb stencil available soon (on its way) and my newly acquired Cracked Pistachio Distress ink and inked through the stencil using a blending tool. I then applied Clear Wow Powder over the top and heat set for some texture......

Then using the stamping on tissue technique, I used Versafine Black Onyx and the IndigoBlu Ink Splat Butterfly and Stampendous Cherish Dream stamp. I inked the sentiment up and stamped it on White Tissue Paper and did the same with the Ink Splat Butterfly stamping this twice . I then embossed them all with Clear Wow Embossing Powder. Once they were dry I tore around the edge of them and applied them to my canvas using Decou-page Glue under them and then on top of them. I cut the butterflies in uneven halves as you can see.....

I wanted to put some main focal on to my canvas so I took some watercolour card and again using the same colour Brushos, I added some crystals to my card and then spritzed with water, until the card was covered with colour. I then put it aside to dry naturally......

Next using the Stampendous Pen Pattern Butterlies I stamped two different butterflies on to the coloured card and then heat embossed them and cut them out using the matching Butterflies Die Cut set and my Bigshot. I attached them to my canvas using Cosmic Shimmer Glue and then added some sparkle to the wings with Peacock Stickles Glitter Glue......

I then sat back and looked at it and it needed a couple more bits added to it.....I decided to do some wiggly lines coming from the butterflies and knew that I would not get good coverage using my black fine liner straight on to the canvas so I drew them on the tissue paper and then tore them and decou-paged them on to the canvas.......

I also used some white gesso and a bottle top and piece of card to add some random circles and lines on to the canvas and then I was done. I really enjoyed the journey of making this canvas and loved using the Brushos on it and watching then react. I have made several since and will be sharing them with you soon......

Well that is all from me for now, have a great week peeps and I will be back soon with some more inspiration. I am working on a lot of samples with my brand new stamps at the moment for the next workshop class and will share soon......

Big hugs Lisa B xxx