Saturday 30 June 2012

"Embrace Your Imagination"
Reverse Canvas
By Mistra Hoolahan




Hi everyone... today I have a reverse canvas to share with you!  I love creating these, they always turn out different and have a mind of their own I'm sure.

This one started out as brown tones, and ended up quite pink, which was lucky because I had just the perfect Green Tara flowers for it!


I have used loads of the Burgundy Petals in various sizes on here, some underneath the impasto medium to give a 'shadow' of the petals, and others to create my own ultra boofy flowers by folding in half, then in half again and wrapping with more halved layers until I get a gorgeous full bloom.  These flat petals are a favourite of mine on my mixed media work, because of their wonderful versatility!


I have also used some 3cm Pink and White Roses, sweet 1.5cm Fuschia Roses and the lovely 3cm Burgundy Velvet Leaves.


Clusters of the handmade blooms using the Petal layers.


A close up on the words... the lace behind is a vintage doily that used to grace my grandparents home.


... some Dusty Attic chipboard, always perfect for creating lovely scenes!


And a final snippet of the corner embie cluster... love those Roses softening the chipboard corner flourish!



I hope you all liked my reverse canvas... each new one I create becomes a favourite, making them ever so hard to part with when the time comes!!

Until next time, take care and be true to you!!

Mis xo

 Products Used

Green Tara:
3cm Roses - Pink - FDR024P
3cm Roses - White - FDR024Wh
1.5cm Roses - White - FDR003Wh 
7cm Petals - Burgundy - FDS021Burg

Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Birdcage #6
Dusty Attic Picket Fence Border
Dusty Attic Corner Flourish #2

Bling:
ZVA Creative Crystal Flourish

Colour:
Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx {Truffle, Wisteria}
Clearsnap Smooch Accent Ink {Mocha, Taffy & Shabby Pink}
Lindys Stamp Gang Starburst Stains

Medium:
Jo Sonya Warm White Acrylic Paint
Impasto
Plaid Glass Finish
Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Other:
Gauze
7 Gypsies Ring Dangles {Crystal}
7 Gypsies collage Tissue {Paris}
Vintage Crocheted Doily
Kaiser Sparklers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers
 

5 comments:

  1. Totally stunning as always Mistra. Just devine. Love all those close ups too.
    Cheers Di xo

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  2. stunning....my jaw is on the floor, jaw closed now ...so many exquisite details :)

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  3. wow wow wow !!!!! this is breathtaking ... sooooooooooo majestic .. love it all xoxo

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  4. Just stunning I so love all your work everything just goes so well together love the dark flowers with the pale tones I must get my hands on some of those paints etc and inks you use, Linda

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  5. Beautiful.... very envious of you!!!So inspirational xx

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