Hi there! Hope you are having a great week! It's Carolyn and I am back with another canvas today. Remember my new year's resolution to try new things? Well….I am doing pretty well with it—I try to create something a little bit different from my norm at least once a month. Doesn't sound like a lot but when you are sweating out every last detail because you are in unfamiliar waters—It is!
Today I have a canvas to share that I created with lots of paints, patterned paper, Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste and Helmar 450 Quick Dry.
Here is my canvas:
I painted the canvas with butter creme acrylic paint and I added some light blue paint along the edges and on the sides of the canvas. After the paint was dry, I went to my patterned paper scrap drawer and pulled a few pieces out. I cut different ones in a square shape and I added them to the canvas in just a few areas using the Helmar Decoupage paste. I also coated the top of the papers.
After letting that dry I went back to the paints, adding some more buttercreme paint along the edges and across the papers I added. I mixed in some brown and some yellow paints and just added paint where I felt it needed some. I used some bubble wrap to "stamp" some blue distress ink onto the canvas.
Then, I printed off the sentiment and butterfly from my Silhouette machine (both are by Lori Whitlock).
I adhered the sentiment with Helmar Decoupage Paste and added some rub ons on the canvas. After coating the top of the sentiment with Decoupage Paste I let the canvas dry a bit more.
Next, I added some highlights and shadows with a charcoal pencil, rubbing it in with my finger. I added some pearls to the two butterflies in the air and then added the cut out butterfly with some Helmar 450 Quick Dry.
Here is a close up picture of the butterfly in flight:
Hope you enjoyed my canvas. It is hanging in my office as a reminder for me to "Find Joy Every Day."
Hope you are trying new things—and taking Helmar with you!
Carolyn King
Helmar USA, Inc. Design Team Member
