Floral Canvas

Hello Friends

I created a round canvas this week for AALL & Create using one my favourite embossing techniques, along with Tracy Evans beautiful Wild and Free stamp set #238.  I also used Stencil #87 Totally Dotty by Autour de Mwa and the Code cutting die #12 by Bipasha BK.

These are the stamps and die that I used.

I used an 8" round canvas and stamped the flower image in Versafine Clair and stamped a few numbers from the same set around the edges of the canvas.

Once the ink was dry I applied Distress Oxides to my craft mat (Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw and Antique Linen) using them individually, smooshing my canvas through the colours and drying each time until I had the background that I liked.

I used the Totally Dotty stencil to add some accents around the edges, again using Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide.  Once dry I finished the edges of the canvas with Distress Oxide.

I did not take photographs of the next step because it requires working quickly (something I am not too good at!).  I took two of Seth Apter's Baked Textures, Vintage Beeswax and and touch of Ancient Amber at a ratio of approx 5:1 directly onto my craft sheet and carefully melted these with my low heat craft tool.  I had already inked up the part of the stamp that I wanted to show and when the Baked Textures were completely molten (and extremely hot!) I stamped the flower image into it, pressed it down and left it for a moment or two.  Once cooled I added it to the canvas with 3D glue.  I love the clear image that it gives and also the texture the stamp creates.

I stamped and cut out the word 'Wildflower' and raised it up to add a little dimension.  Finally I die cut the 'Code' from white card and them heat embossed it with Seth's Ancient Amber Baked Texture before adding it to the canvas.  I felt it lacked a little something and so I added three nail head screws to finish off.

Here is a final look at the completed canvas.

You can find a list of worldwide stockists for the AALL & Create products I used this week, HERE.

Thanks so much for your visit, I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx

Tracy Evans' New Release for AALL & Create

Hello Friends

I was so thrilled to be able to create some projects for Tracy Evans with her latest release of stamps for AALL & Create.  I am continuing this week with another of Tracy's beautiful new stamps,

Wild and Free (#238), to create a journal.

I die cut one of Eileen Hull's Notebook Journals for my base.  The mountboard was given a coat of Gesso to give me a good base for watercolouring.

I coloured the flower with watercolour paint, let it dry and then spritzed the journal lightly and just dribbled paint in sections over the cover, letting them blend and dry naturally.  I mixed in a little Iridescent medium into the paint to give a light shine.

This is a close up of the finished cover, you can see a little of the Iridescent shine.  I coloured a second flower and decoupaged this up on the cover and added an elastic closure.

For the inside I created a small notebook and also a writing block.

For the cover of the writing block, I used a 'tissue' technique that Tracy showed in one of her Hochanda demos last weekend, I was quite pleased with the result!  I painted it with watercolours.

You can find a list of stockists for the whole of the new stamp release HERE, including countries around the world.  Whilst you can purchase direct  AALL & Create advocate the use of your local stockist to purchase the stamps and stencils.

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Finally, I am sharing a few of the samples that I made for Tracy's recent shows,

it was lovely to see them on TV!

Thanks so much for your visit, it is much appreciated and I hope to see you

again soon.

Hugs, Anne xxx