Today I would like to share another mixed media canvas I created while playing with two different Collage Style Stencils from Rebecca Baer Designs.
I love being on Rebecca's Design Team. Her collage style stencils are absolutely perfect for the mixed media projects I like to create. These are the stencils I used:
I started by using Mod Podge Matte to randomly apply torn music pages to a 12x12 canvas.
I dry-brushed on top of that using a mix of DecoArt Hansa Yellow and Raw Sienna acrylic paints. Although the colors are strong, the light application allowed the background music sheets to show through.
I added a tag that had received the same treatment, attaching it along the right edge with adhesive Zots and a strip of bird themed washi tape.
I mixed together Whipped Spackle and Teal acrylic glaze, and laid down a light application through the small sized Entwined Stencil.
You can see here that I also layered the texture on top of the tag.
I also added a light aplication of the texture paste through the small sized Marrakech stencil.
With the stenciling complete I began to add more layers.
At this point I pulled out my Glimmer Mist and spritzed away! I added the title with alpha stickers and stamps. (I stamped "SONG" onto tissue paper and adhered it on top of the canvas and texture with Mod Podge Matte.)
I added the band of burlap, twine, a charm and a pair of these wonderful chipboard birdhouses from Want2Scrap. I again pulled out the Mod Podge using it this time to add a couple of birds, on the tag and on the canvas.
To really highlight the raised texture I created with the stencils, I applied metallic gold paint with my fingers on top of the designs and along the edge of the canvas.
When I started to play with this canvas the only thing I had in my mind was the quote, "Two birds never sing the same song." I love working with mixed media because with the right tools - beautiful stencils, paints and sprays - I can create pieces that express my feelings and make my soul happy!
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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today! Susie
Materials for Mixed Media Bird Song Canvas:
- Rebecca Baer Designs Entwined Stencil - Small ST-622
- Rebecca Baer Designs Marrakech Stencil - Small ST-611
- Faber Castell Whipped Spackle
- Want2Scrap Birdhouses Chipboard Embellishment Pack
- DecoArt Paint: Hansa Yellow, Raw Sienna, Medieval Gold Dazzling Metallic
- Plaid Mod Podge Matte
- Plaid Martha Stewart Crafts Decoupage Paper Cut-Outs, Botanical Birds
- Therm O Web Zots Singles, Medium
- Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Dragonfly, Partridge in a Pear Tree
- Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze - Teal Zircon
- Alpha stickers, tiles and stamps
- Burlap, twine, charm, washi tape
- 12x12 canvas
- Manila tag
