this makes me happy

Hi Everyone!  It's Sue L. here today to show you a 6x6 canvas I made using TH Distress Paints and

Inka Gold.  I have named it:

This sentiment is from Tim Holtz Life Remnant Rub Ons.  It just sums up how I felt when the canvas was done!

To make the sun and the rays, I first applied Wendy Vecchi embossing paste through a Viva Decor stencil, turning it to look like the sun.  The embossed image  so much texture and interest to the canvas!

In this photo, I angled the frame and washed light over it so you could see the shine the Inka Gold added!  That was my last step and I applied it with a tiny paintbrush to get in the fine lines.  I think it adds the warmth of sunshine to the canvas!  I also have a vivid imagination!

Process Photos:

Here you can see the Wendy Vecchi embossing paste pattern left by the stencil.  You can also see how I applied green and yellow and white TH Distress Paints along the bottom, turned the canvas upside down, and spritzed it with a Inkssentials Mister bottle until the paints marbled how I liked them.  You can also see how I started adding paint splats with more TH Distress Paints to make flowers.

I used the same technique for the sky base.

The water sprayed on it did the trick, and I kept adding more colors and paint until the color looked right to me.  Then I painted the sun bigger and splattered and splatted different colors of TH Distress paints until I was happy.  And in case you forgot, here is the end result:

I hope you like it and are inspired to try something new to you like I did!