Kitchen canvas

A bit of painting going on today to create this kitchen canvas.  The chipboard shapes from Tando are a fabulous base for acrylic paint.  I used a canvas board which was also painted with acrylic... before adhering the completed kitchen pieces to it to create a faux clock. 

I love to create items that I can have on show at home but I think this would make a nice gift too.

Shame I won't be wearing a chef's hat anytime soon.... not being the world.s best cook IYKWIM
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Chris xx

Sunset painting

Well I wasn't going to share any more sketching or painting with you just yet BUT I can't help it.... I HAD to show you this because I am jumping through hoops at myself ;-)  My sister gave me some oil  pastel crayons and I had never used them before but had to have a go.

Well you could knock me over with a bloomin'  feather cos I did this with them... yes ME... I DID THIS!! I can't bling-kin well believe it.  I am shocked at how much I love it and more so by where it came from...who'd have thunk it. 

 Anyhoo only one little problem so I'm hoping that one of you lovely peeps will be able to help me.  The artwork doesn't dry but because I did it on a canvas board I don't want the hassle of framing it.   Does anyone know of a way to seal oil pastel art.  Even touching it produces marks and fingerprints and although they can be smoothed out I want to display it without worrying about anyone spoiling it by being touchy feely.  Any help gratefully received :D

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Chris xx

Halloween watercolour painting

Sings.... "I'm so excited and I just can't hide it... la la la la la...la la la la la la"   Do you ever find something in your stash that you put away cos you didn't think it would be up to much... even though you bought it in the first place???.  Well I wanted to take  part in the Willowing Halloween challenge and was looking for something to paint with when I came across some cheap as chips watercolour pencils from Tesco in my stash... I only bought them cos I wanted to alter the box...lol...but I decided to have a go with them and whoooohooopetty whooo I bloomin'love them!!  They are fab.  A box of 12 recycled water colour pencils for about 4 quid (I think that's what I paid) and the colours are lovely.

So I dug out a flat canvas and painted my Halloween witch :D  Now i know I'm not the best painter in the world ( practice will make perfect eh) but I really enjoyed doing this and that's all that matters isn't it.  I think those pencils are going to get a hammering over the next few weeks... better see if they have any more in Tesco next time I shop :-D

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Chris xx

Stash revival - don't you just love it...

when you find something in your stash that you forgot about and give it an airing and have loads of fun getting messy.... oooooh what a fab feeling. I so often get caught up with using new (must have) stuff that I forget what I have tucked away from former purchases.
I came across some textured paint that I bought about 5 years ago for 50p...yes 50p... in an art shop sale. It got hidden away in a draw never to see daylight again...lol Well 'till now that is and am I glad I found it...it's fab. I love texture... it's so much nicer when something is touchy feely as well as being pretty to look at. So I did myself a favour and created a plaque for my room to remind me of what I love to do.
I used the texture paint before I added my own colours over the top. The original was white with sparkly bits in it (bling it on...sigh) I painted a canvas first of all giving it a second coat of brown acrylic paint. These Maya Road chipboard letters were coated with the texture paint before using Tim Holtz distress inks to add colour.

The chipboard crown from Riff Raff designs just has two layers of the white textured paint and some bling added cos I love princessy things (the little girl in me is still here). For the background paper I used BasicGrey cupcake attached to a scalloped chipboard base which I cut in half for the top and bottom of my plaque. I added glitter and flock to portions of the design for more touchy feeliness :)

This lovely bit of bling is from some stick on pieces that DG bought for me at Christmas in his little parcel of loveliness. He knows his Nanna so well ...bless :) Believe it or not they were meant for decorating your hands!! I'm not quite THAT with it...rofl but they did come in useful.
One of my other loves is making things 3d and sticky pads are never far from me in my stash bag (the crown got the treatment) I added a little more colour to the canvas with distress ink rubbed in which brought out the sparkle from the textured paint and 'Bob's yer Uncle' and 'Voila' etc.. etc ..etc. I now have no excuse for not knowing what to do when I'm in the crafting mood.... I can see my reminder every day....

Create ... A R T :)
See you soon and thanks for visiting

hugs

Chris xx

Altered canvas

The minute I saw this cute little fella that June kindly shared on her Artfreebies blog I just had to have him. Isn't it funny how some images just scream at you to be used and you have immediately in your minds eye what you want to use them for? Well this fella had me thinking straight away of a little Irish guy doffing his cap at me if I passed him on the street... shouting at me in the broadest of accents " Top 'o' the mornin' to ya me Darlin' with a cheeky glint in his eye :-D and I just couldn't get the idea out of me head.
So I used some gorgeous Basicgrey papers to cover my canvas and as a background stamped with a Crafty Individuals stamp for Seamus (well he had to have a proper Irish name didn't he...lol) and he proper makes me smile every time I look at him in my crafty space.

To complete my canvas I had to add me some Irish luck (who knows I might get some) with some tiny punched shamrocks and me little bit 'o' bling.

Wishing you all the luck in the world for a gorgeous sunny weekend :D

hugs

Chris xx