Lovely Memories Canvas ~ 13 Arts Design Team

Hello, creative friends! 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Sandi Clarkson here with you today sharing a yummy canvas board created for 13 Arts Design Team. 

 

I started by choosing a photo that would inspire as does the vintage gypsy photo that I've scrapped before. Next I choose die cuts and went with the yummy Fall tones of the End of Summer collection! Such a wonderful older collection with fabulous ephemera. 

I began then with a canvas where I had already applied my custom crackle paste created with 13 Arts modeling paste and 13 Arts texture powder. The trick is to let it air dry for about 24 hours before altering. I also make the paste quite fluffy. 

Next I began creating an ombre effect of sorts by painting with 3 mists and one ink from 13 Arts: Yellow Amber, Pearl Gold, Brown water ink and then lastly, the Patina Bronze. 

Next I created some custom waxes and custom sprays (well, actually puddles of medium) with 3 of the Color Glows: Amber, Goldstone and Golden Calcite! Oh my! That really adds the shimmer and shine. Adding the Color Glow to a decoupage wax allows you to use it for the highlights like any other wax. The Goldstone has a glitter effect to it that is amazing! Some of this was brushed on with a stiff brush and for some areas, I used my fingers. For the splattering, I used a flicking paint brush. 

The splattering and highlighting around the focal area was created using the Amber Color Glow and water. 

Beneath my photo area, I added some ecru sisal for a bit of texture and then began adding florals, and my photo mounted on cardboard. My florals are all older Petaloo from my stash. 

The ephemera was tucked here and there around the focal area as well as used to create a balanced area in the lower corner for my title. 

The final touch was adding my gold 13 Arts microbeads here and there. I wanted to add my hexagon hologram glitter but I was a bit afraid that it might compete with the beads. So, next time maybe? 

For additional texture, I did add metal clock from the 13 Arts adornments and added a Tim Holtz clock hand on top of that. 

Here are the 13 Arts products used for achieving my colors. 

Also used was modeling paste, texture powder and gel medium. 

Thanks for dropping by today. 

Blogs are becoming somewhat archaic but I like having this written history in the event that the apps we currently heavily rely on go away. 

See you next time! 

Sandi