Hello blogger friends!
It’s a beautiful autumn day here, perfect time for a spring canvas! Last week I had the pleasure to meet Kelly Panacci who is one of the designer’s at K & Company. We got to talking and she gave me one of her collections to play with. I couldn’t wait to dive in with all those beautiful papers and embellishments. She had also thrown in a set of her stamps by Hampton Art so I used that too. I plan on making a scrapbook related project but for now I just wanted to play with paint…more specifically, Gelatos from Faber-Castell!
For this canvas I used the Blossom collection.
I started by covering half the canvas with one of the Blossom paper. I used decoupage medium under and over so I could add more layers easily.
Next I used blue Gelatos to make the sky, the canvas was previously gesso’d.
I sprayed the canvas with water and blended the Gelato with a paint brush. I used a baby wipe to remove the brush strokes.
I added a bit of texture by adding some butterflies to my background. With my stencil from The Crafters Workshop down on the canvas I rubbed some Gelato on the surface of the stencil. I then used a baby wipe to rub the Gelato into the cracks.
At this point I got so into it that I forgot to take pictures…sorry!
Here are the next steps anyway,
I used a Big Brush pen from Faber-Castell to write the word fly all over the sky.
I used Kelly’s stamp randomly all over.
I applied some gesso with a stencil in a few areas.
I used decoupage medium to put the non 3D elements down on the canvas.
I arranged the 3D flowers and stuck them on with the adhesive already on the back.
I used some strips of white fabric to make the stems. To make them green I used Gelato and a splash of water. I use my fingers to rub the colour in.
I used some of the flourishes in the die-cut pack to make some leaves.
Well that’s about it, no special talent needed, you can do it too!
Thanks for stopping by, I would love to hear from you,
this is really lovely! Love the textures you worked with and think it is so cool to have hung out with Kelly Panacci! The way you did this and explained everything, I think I possibly may be able to do something like this! Thanks!
Thanks Kelly, I would love to see what you come up with!
What an amazing canvas!! I just bought some Gelatos and need to try them out. Thanks for the inspiration!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
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