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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!

It is WHAT it is...

Where do you get you inspiration??

While on a walk with my grandson I
came across this garbage can cover....
and I just had to snap a picture!

When the opportunity arose

I pulled out a bunch of Perfect Paints

and got lost in the creative process.

a bit of Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint
some Polishing Plaster
Glaze Medium
and some "homemade" spray.

I began with a gesso'ed burlap canvas
added a layer of black gesso
and then a thin layer of
a 50/50 mixture of Glaze and Aged Copper,

which i wiped most of it off!

Then let the layering begin.

I dabbed on paint with various sponges
I mixed colors together
I combined paint and polishing plaster
all to achieve various looks and textures!

JUST LOVE THE LOOK!

Once my background was complete
the question arose....
WHAT OH WHAT to do now!
I must have stared at the canvas for a day.....

I pulled out various Petaloo blooms
the tag I had been using my 'TOVERs on
zipper parts

wire mesh

a bit of halloween netting.....

Here are a few close ups....

Paper Hearts and a Challenge

Soooo.....I was talking with Cheryl Mezzetti upon her 

return from the Scrapbook Expo in Grapvine, TX.
She was ECSTATIC about the response of
her PERFECT PAINTS

(I'm not surprised!!!)
She spent the weekend sharing the AMAZINGNESS
of her products and my post today
is about a "challenge" she gave me.

#1.....mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics

with Polishing Plaster

#2.....mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics 

together to create another color

I had already begun a canvas and had been unsure
at that point, where I was going with it....
I now knew...
I had a "challenge"!!!

I apologize, there are very few step out photos,
this was truly a creative endeavor,
one to get lost in....and I did!

I began with a 14" x 18" canvas,
and cut (3) hearts from various vintage papers
and adhered them to the canvas.
I pulled out several The Crafter's Workshop stencils
and applied various Perfect Paints mediums through them....

Organic Matter Mask ~ Perfect Clear Texture Gel
Netting ~ White Stucco
Raven Mosaic ~ Cayenne ~ Polishing Plaster
when dry I painted on a layer of
Perfect Glaze Medium
over the entire canvas.

....my response to challenge #1

mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics

with Polishing Plaster

I stepped right out of my color box on this one...
Shimmering Matte Acrylics
Ballet Slipper and
my new LOVE ~ Vintage Mercury
which I folded into
Organic Sugar ~ Polishing Plaster

I masked off my hearts

with the original heart patterns

and lathered on the concoction!

Now came my answer to challenge #2

mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics 

together to create another color.

My color choices

Coral and Aged Copper

I added a bit of 

Perfect Glaze Medium to help with opacity as
I wanted to see the music in my large
"Paper Heart".

Each heart was "colored" differently.

Did I say.....

I LOVE Vintage Mercury??

Each time, using the leftover "color" on the

background of my canvas.

Suddenly, I was stuck....

I had no idea how to finish the canvas!

Until I received a box from

Canvas Corp Brands with

their new Mixed Media Origins Collection

ahhhh.....there it was

a pair of wings on the Grace paper.

I spritzed the paper with various amounts of water

and painted my "color" onto the wings.

I then cut the wings out....oh the LOVE!

I wanted to share with you

 a few more close ups of my canvas....

There are sooo many layers to this project

I can't even begin to tell you about them....

adhering string

painting tatting

coiled wire

toothpicks

big brush pens

vintage sign letters

and do overs!

.....all to achieve the finished project....

I hope you enjoyed my creative journey.....

I KNOW I DID!!

I hope you have a creative day.....