Add some texture at Country view crafts

Hello Lovelies!!! Well its time for a new challenge at countryviewchallenges and this month Jennie has challenged us to add some texture. My first piece this month is a duo of mini canvasses for Penny's new bedroom - I've been decorating it after the re-wiring and the theme is under the sea. So I reached for my Tim dies and layering stencils and grunge paste and set to work playing!

They are both loved by my youngest daughter and thats good enough for me - but I hope you like them too!

On this one I used grungepaste through wildflower layering stencils - in fact I started the same with the other one too.  Then once dry my methods were different. For the blue one I painted with distress paints mermaid lagoon, salty ocean and blueprint sketch and left this to dry. Whilst drying I cut the diecuts using garden-greens-by-tim-holtz and -sand--sea-by-tim-holtz from card then coloured using distress inks and also added clear rock candy crackle. When the paint was dry I added wax to the wildflower and some blueprint sketch distress ink through the bubble stencil onto the canvas and the seahorse and also cut my letters - then I assembled the piece.

This one was made in a similar way except instead of using the distress paint I used black gesso to cover the canvas after having added all of the main parts of letters and seahorse - I also embossed the seahorse.. The main colour came from waxes. 

I hope that has wetted your appetite to join us in the challenge this month! You would be in with a chance of winning a £20 voucher to spend at countryviewcrafts.

Big hugs rachel xx