Today I have a butterfly canvas to share with you - I did have fun making this one although it kind of developed as it went along - over a few days!
I started off with a blank A4 canvas and started by doing some diecutting. I added some memory box flowers and grasses along the bottom and a marianne butterfly in the middle. Then I used whites stencil paste and an imagination crafts stencil to add some butterflies in the top area of the canvas. I then coated everything in gesso and once dry got my distress paints out.
I used mowed lawn at the bottom of the canvas and broken china at the top of the canvas and smooshed this about and left it to dry. Next I applied some sprays - cosmic shimmer mist sprays in purple and gold and also some london blue dylusions. I mopped up some of the spray with some kitchen roll.
Next I added some cosmic shimmer golder pearl texture paste through another imagination crafts stencil (hexagons) and left to dry. Finally I did some script stamping (its my fave stamp again from Crafty Individuals) and then stamped the scrolls. I stamped the butterflies onto paper and coloured them with distress inks and stains. The butterfly stamps are from Sheena Douglass.. Then I fussy cut them and added them and the sentiment to the canvas.
I'd like to enter this canvas into the following challenges:
CVCcountryviewchallenges: Painty pleasures
Stamping Sensationssirstampalotchallenge: wings, fantasy or fiction
Simon says stamp:simonsaysstampblog Use texture paste/stencils
Pan pastels panpasteluk- using stencils to make an embellishment
Fashionable stamping challengefashionablestampingchallenges: Anything goes
Totally papercraftstotallypapercrafts: Spring
Thanks for dropping in today - I hope to see you again soon!
Big Hugs
Rachel xx
This is a real stunner Rachel. Love all your inking and stamping and the pearl paste looks gorgeous! Susan x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous canvas Rachel, your butterflies look stunning, amazing colours. Glad to hear the leaky pipe is fixed, would have been a very unpleasant surprise for your mum & dad! Cathy x
ReplyDeleteWhat a super canvas Rachel, I bet you had great fun with this one creating all that lovely texture.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.
B x
I love this Rachel, it is gorgeous. We are feeling much better this morning and will see you later
ReplyDeleteGorgeous canvas Rachel, love the butterflies and beautiful colours and texture.
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Caz x
This is gorgeous Rachel, such wonderful colours and textures and I love the pretty butterflies.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your LOTV win and have fun with your new papers!
hugs Sue xx
fantastic!! beautiful colours and colours on your butterflies!!!
ReplyDeletecongrats on winning the papers!!
Good morning sweetie, wow this is just gorgeous, as always hugs Pops x x x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous love those butterflies and the colours are great, lucky you winning the LOTV papers they are wonderful. Oh not good for your mum and dad, that happened to my daughter and I when we went down just a few days before Christmas to set my bosses cottage up ready for visitors, daughter was in the master bedroom with grandson who was just little when she woke up to a wet bed and the ceiling looking very dodgy, we weren't so lucky as your parents the whole house ended up flooded as we couldn't find the water turn off place quick enough. Never do I want that again. Have a good day what ever you are up to. Hazel x
ReplyDeleteI love it... Great background and stamps are fab.. Get that paint fusion rose into action, Px
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning Rachel, I love the colours you've used too. What bad luck for your Mum and Dad, glad they've been able to fix it though.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
Congratulations on your winnings Rachel and commiserations to your Mum and Dad, how awful for them, but all's well, as they say! Love your canvas, the colours are beautiful and I love, love those gorgeous butterflies. Hugs, Anne x
ReplyDeleteFabulous canvas and love the colors.
ReplyDeleteLove this canvas Rachel, The butterflies look fabulous and love the texture you have created too.
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Linda xxx
Wow wow absolutely stunning awesome canvas, I love the blended colours and the butterfly is beautiful. Kezzy :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteStunning work Rachel, it so has the WOW factor, love all the gorgeous colours and how you have inked the background, beautiful butterflies, love it al, hugs Kate x
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Rachel, such a fabulous textured background for your beautiful butterflies.
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Just gorgeous Rachel! Fab creation, love it :o) Hugs, Lisa x
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this Rachel, it's beautiful. Sorry to hear of your Mum and Dad's distressing situation, not a nice thing to happen to them. Hope they are ok. now. Hugs Jennifer xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the random honeycomb background you included.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachael. What a gorgeous canvas! I love how you have had soooo much fun making it - and the finished result looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges this fortnight.
Dot x
sorry to hear about your Mum and Dads leak -thankfully sorted-love the images and texture on your canvas I have good intentions to do one !
ReplyDeletecarol x
Fabulous canvas! Love the colors and butterflies. I'm sure the texture is even more awesome on real. Thank you so much for sharing your stunning art with us at Stamping Sensation. I hope you join us again in our new challenge.
ReplyDeleteEret x
A stunning canvas Rachel. Love all the techniques you have used to create texture.
ReplyDeleteHope your Mum and Dad's leak didn't do too much damage.
Mags
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lovely card, thanks for joining us at Stamping sensations
ReplyDeleteFrancesca x
Hi Rachel, this canvas is gorgeous. I love the colours you've used. Thanks for joining in with us at Stamping Sensations this month.Maddy x
ReplyDeleteFabulous canvas Rachel. Such wonderful colours and texture...I really like what you've done. Thanks for playing along with us at TPC this week. Pat K x
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel, gorgeous canvas, love all the texture you've created and such a lovely colour too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at FSC
Avril xx
Beautiful Rachel! Love all the texture and pretty butterflies fluttering about! Thanks for joining along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteI'm just playing catch up Rachel and wow this is gorgeous, beautiful colours and I love the texure you've created with the stencil. Thanks for joining us at Premium Craft Brands this week
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Fantastic canvas. Love the texture and the colours.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, love the shimmer and textures, thanks so much for joining us over at PCB and good luck.
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Tracy
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