Canvas Using JOFY Stamps

I wanted to create a canvas as a gift for a friend who loved butterflies.  As soon as I saw the new JOFY stamps I knew that the butterflies were the perfect ones for my canvas.

I started off my adding paper lace trims and scraps of picture wheel.  I then painted the canvas completely and added painted images to the background.  I highlighted some of these using a black pencil.

The butterflies were stamped onto Clearly for Art and painted (painstakingly) and cut out once dry.  They were then heated and moulded to give the wings some movement.

I added scraps of painted rulers and a few metal trinkets and Prima findings.  I added a word using Tim Holtz letters.

I kept the images fairly simple as I wanted the butterflies to be the main attraction of the canvas.

I am sure the recipient will love it (or at least I am banking on the fact that she does!!).

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More Journalling Fun

This time I set out to  play with the new JOFY paints and stamps.

I added some torn washi tape to areas of my gesso'd page then used a brick stencil to add some grunge paste in various places.

I then coloured over the background using the new JOFY paints (which are gorgeous).  I added some silver Treasure Gold to the stencilled brick to make them stand out a bit more.

Next I created my border and stamped and painted my images

I think the end result has a sort of night time summer haze feel to it (but that's just me).

I may have told you already but I have a bit of a 'thing' about the latest Paper Artsy ranges.  It has to be my most favourite EVER (I know that is bad grammar - sorry!).  I just can't stop creating with them!!

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Fresco Fun With Paper Artsy

I've been having great fun with the new Paper Artsy stamps.  Their quality and designs are just superb and the limited edition paints are fabulous.

Here is one of the projects that I created using Jo Firth-Young stamps

To start I created a brayered background using Fresco Finish Paints (Which I adore!).  I used the limited edition Lin Brown paints in Banana and Tangerine Twist.

I stamped the hexagon using Tangerine Twist FF paint.  I also coloured a scrap of paper in the same colour and stamped and cut out the hexagons, stamping a greeting in one.

The bee hive was stamped and then coloured using Chocolate Pudding FF paint, adding extra layers to the edges. 

The large bee was stamped onto scrap paper and the small bees were stamped directly onto the card. They were all then coloured using Tangerine Twist FF which had a small amount of Chalk FF mixed in.  For the wings I added FF Metallic Glaze.  You can't really see this on the picture but it shows a lovely effect on the card.

I had great fun creating this....and can see it will be used alot!

Thanks for looking.