Vintage Mixed media canvas

 

Hi everyone and welcome back to my "Happy Place"

 

As most of you know I have moved and now pretty settled.

While I was on the move the Design Team had fun using stencils from Imagine if so I wanted to show my first attempt at anything like this!

 

 

I painted the canvas white so I had a nice surface to work with, the edge I've inked with Tim Holtz Vintage photo.

The bird cage frame and words I used Tim Holtz stain...(just love this stuff)

 

I started stressing and ripping the paper in selected places for the aged look.

 

 

I started using the brick stencil with just white texture paste then coloured it with a pink paint for the circles and butterfly stencils.....I think it looks ok for a first time attempt!

 

 

The paper collection is My Minds Eye Lost & Found Madison Avenue!

the first layer I glued down after stressing the edges and inking with the Vintage Photo was a music sheet then under the torn area I added a small piece of a script for interest.

 

The top layer is from the same collection that I cut about a cm all around so its smaller than the underneath one then stressed and inked as well.

after placing the "Vintage Girl" and frame I rolled the paper at the top for more interest!

Finally some stamping and added colour to the bricks

 







The bird cage I used a small piece of chain to attach it to the V and have left it hanging for movement

The little birds I cut from a larger bird cage and coloured with inks.

 

 

Finally I have used a selection of flowers and leaves from Imagine if

 inked with Vintage Photo for an aged look.

I tucked a fussy cut clock under the frame, then spritzed the canvas with Perfect pearls Vintage gold.

 

The lovely vintage lady was a leftover from another project for Jo.