Woodware/Crafty Cardmakers Challenge

The Woodware team are playing along with the challenge at Crafty Cardmakers once again. This time the theme is "Shabby Chic". I thought this canvas would be perfect for this.

Featuring the Stampendous Birds with Blossoms Stamp set and matching set of dies, along with Andy Skinner's crackle background stamp from the Stampendous Industrial set, the Vintage Decor stencil from Dreamweaver, a bit of embossing paste, a bit of acrylic paint, a sprinkling of Stampendous Color Fragments, patterned paper, and a large 12 inch square canvas, this was layers of shabby chic fun!

Shown here, the Vintage Decor stencil is pasted in Glossy White, and when dry, given a wash of light blue thinned paint. The Dreamweaver Faux Cross Stitch screen was used with a dauber and ink to add textural interest over the various sections of the canvas.

Here, the Vintage Decor was stenciled with Frisket, a resist medium, and when a wash of pink went over the top, the frisket could be rubbed off having resisted the paint.

The matching die set for the Birds with Blossoms stamp set makes it easy to add additional shapes for more interest. Finally, the washed panel was torn to reveal a pretty paper underneath.

The canvas itself had been washed with blue paint, and stamped with the crackle design using black ink.

Woodware with Crafty Cardmakers...One, Two, Three!

 

Once a month the Woodware team plays along with the "Crafty Cardmakers" challenge for an extra nudge in inspiration. This month the challenge is "1, 2, 3...1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments", so I'm posting this wild card. Ummm, I may have gone a smidge over the top on embellies...

The Stampendous Cling PenPattern Lion is my one image. He's been colored up with markers and a bit of pointilism to make him unique. He's been masked off in order to create my own patterned paper (number one of two), by ink-stenciling the Dreamweaver I Beams design using brown ink and a dauber over kraft cardstock. After stamping the sentiment and distressing the edges, I adhered this panel to my green card base (number two of two papers).

For my three embellishments, I've added...
Number 1: Dreamweaver Monstera Leaf die cuts
Number 2: Stampendous Encrusted Jewel Technique (video) with a mix of Color Fragments and Aged Embossing Enamels
Number 3: gray netting fabric

The finished project is pretty wild! What do YOU think? Come play along for this  challenge. The info can be found on the Crafty Cardmakers Blog. More inspiration from the Woodware team can be found on the Woodware Witterings blog.