LAUGH.....heart!

Hey y'all....

guess it's been a little while since I
created for myself....

I seem to be in some type of a creative funk lately...
so I decided to challenge myself!

So I headed to Walmart and the clearance section
and this is what I found.....

.....I put them in my basket, cashed out and headed home.

The first thing I saw when I returned home was
an 11" x 14" art board, so I grabbed it
along with some goodies to work with.

Perfect Paints
Pearl Plaster ~ Bavarian Cream
Polishing Plaster ~ Organic Sugar
Perfect Glaze Medium
Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Ballet Slipper
Espresso

Tattered Angels
High Impact ~ Olive

Ranger
Multi Medium Matte

And I let the LAYERING BEGIN!!

I cut up my purchased trims
into various shapes and sizes
added a piece of sheet music

and some mesh drywall tape,
laid it all out and then

adhered EVERYTHING with
Multi Medium.

I applied a layer of Organic Sugar using
my handy dandy Catalyst Wedge -02
LOVE THIS THING!

When dry, I painted on a layer a mixture of
Bavarian Cream and Glaze Medium.

Now for the scary part....
I mixed a 50/50 amount of
Glaze Medium and Espresso
and applied it randomly on my canvas...
waited then wiped it off with baby wipes.
Phew....I liked the look!

I applied a bit of Gesso over the finished canvas.

Now to build....
to follow along with the "mesh" look
I cut a piece of wire mesh and
stapled it to the art board.

Here is the finished canvas.....

I pulled out a Canvas Corp ~ Burlap heart
 I had previously cut from my 'Tovers pile
and built on it
with a Canvas Corp ~ Canvas heart
another heart cut from one of the trims
a larger vintage sheet music heart
finished off with a Canvas Corp ~ Flute heart.

But it just didn't seem complete so I pulled out
a few UmWowStudio Chippies

Forget Me Not Flower

Home Grown Mash

Leafy Mash
and applied a layer of diluted 

Organic Sugar for texture.
When dry I painted on some
 Tattered Angels ~ Olive.

The PERFECT POP!

Here are a few more close-ups of my creation...

I finished off my lovely with a
Petaloo Mini Garden Rosette
and a bit of vintage trim.

I hope you enjoyed my clearance Challenge
as much as I did!!!
Now to find a place on my wall to hang this!