Canvas Day!

EEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!!  I am so so so very late! I apologize for my tardiness, but I had serious computer issues today and then I wasn't home so I didn't have pictures of my projects (we've been on vacation all week using my parent's house at the beach.  It wasn't the best weather but we had fun nonetheless!).  Ok, enough of that!  Does anyone want to see my project?

Two weeks ago my sister-in-law and oldest niece came over for a crafty, canvas day.  They had never really done mixed media work so we had a ton of fun experimenting, playing, using neat products and just being creative!  Here is the result of my day, for most of the day I hated it - it just wasn't working for me.  But like most mixed media things, if you just keep working it you can eventually come up with a masterpiece! :)

We started by making a collage background using vintage and patterned paper scraps, paint, gel medium, and Wendy Vecchi's Embossing paste.  We added lots of layers, lots of highlights and paint to bring dimension and color.  We used stencils and embossing paste to add texture - I love, love how well the doily detail came out in the paste!

Some of the girls then used their canvas to paint, or stamp on but I decided to make an "old school" SheArt girl, by cutting out paper shapes, adding paint for detail.

I added outlines with a black pen, rub-ons from Pink Paislee, some Unity Stamps from Christy Tomlinson and words from one of my vintage books.

We had such a fun day with these!! I'll even share a picture of the canvas my daughter made using one of the Prima girl stamps.

Thanks for stopping in!! Have a great weekend!