DecorablesArt: Valentine's Last Minute Crafts: Clearsnap and Ann Butler Designs

February 12, 2015

Materials:

12x12 White wrapped canvas

Various collage/decoupage papers

Photograph

ColorBox Crafter's® inks by Ann Butler: Ocean Breeze, Canyon, Berry Pink

ColorBox® Art Screen by Ann Butler , Lattice

ColorBox® Background Basics by Ann Butler, Picnic

ColorBox® Glitter, winter frost

DecoArt® gesso, white

DecoArt® modeling paste

DecoArt® decoupage medium, matte

Large background stencil, floral

Gel or puffy paint pen for written sentiment

Embellishments

Tools: spatula or old credit card, ColorBox® art daubers

Instructions:

Tear your papers and create a collage on your canvas by spreading the decoupage medium on the surface of your canvas and then placing the papers randomly until the surface is covered.
Adhere your photo with the decoupage medium and give it 2 thin coats on top; waiting 10 minutes between the coats.
Place the large floral stencil on top and spread a medium coat of modeling paste with the spatula. Let it dry.
Apply a medium layer of gesso around the photo.
Take your stamp and press it once into some of the gesso and off-stamp it elsewhere on the canvas. Wipe your stamp and continue doing this until you have stamped around the whole photo and off-stamped onto your canvas.
Randomly sprinkle glitter over wet gesso and shake off the rest. Allow canvas to dry.
Using a dauber, randomly gently rub and/or dry-brush with the Ocean Breeze, Canyon, and Berry Pink inks across the dried paste and gesso, and on the canvas.
Place your embellishments: * I used hearts I created using Ann Butler Iridescents and Makin's Clay ( but that is a whole post unto itself - TBA) and the butterfly was cut from cardstock and heat embossed.
Write your sentiment.