Welcome Monique!

by Monique Leslie | 8 years ago

Hi everyone, it's Monique! Oh my gosh I am so excited to bring you my first DCWV Design Team Project.

Insert squeal here...lol

So let's get started on how I made this little 8 x 8 canvas.

First I started by using a print from the DCWV Color & Create Project Stack called Blossoms. Colored it with my Copic markers.

And then fussy cut the flowers out.

I then choose a script print from the DCWV 8"x8" The Maps, Text & Ledgers Stack.

I tore the edges of the page to give it a tattered look. I used an 8"x8" canvas that came already painted gold. But of course you could just paint any canvas gold with some quick paint.

Next I use PAPER Mod Podge to adhere the script page to the canvas, only coating the back of the paper and the surface of the canvas. Once I applied the paper to the canvas, I added Mod Podge to the flower cut out and the surface of the script page. Then I adhered the flowers down.

Then I just added Mod Podge to the entire surface to seal it all in and smoothed it all out with a thin flat spatula.

I next mixed some whipped paste paint medium with Martha Stewart Multi Surface Satin paint (in putty color) using a spatula and a paper plate.

I then spread the colored paste over the edges of the canvas & the edges of the cut flowers to help hide the stark divide of the papers. I was careful to make sure parts of the script showed through.

Once the paste dried, I smoothed out the loose & rough bits from the paste by just running my hands over the piece. Finally I finished off the piece by dry brushing on Martha Stewart Metallic Paint in Copper Color over the entire piece. But very lightly on the flowers.