Paper Grace: Live Laugh love with sweet peony

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Live Laugh love with sweet peony

Hello My friends

Welcome back to my blog , for today i have a canvas for you which i created for the finals of Heartfelt Creations DT call. The inspiration for this canvas is the lovely scenic prints of the pattern paper.

Have a look!!!

Heartfelt Creations Products Used

HCPC -3820 Large Sweet Peony Stamp

HCD1 – 717 Large Sweet Peony Die

HCPC – 3819 Small Sweet Peony Stamp

HCD1 – 7173 Small Sweet Peony Die

HCPC – 3753 Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose Vines Cling Stamp

HCPC -3752 Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose Cling Stamp

HCD1-7111 Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose Vines Die

HCD1-7110 Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose Die

HCDP1 -288 Sweet Peony Collection

Color Box Chalk ink – Lime Pastel

Color Box Chalk ink – Harvest

Color Box Chalk ink – Rose Coral

Color Box Chalk ink – Berrylicious

Color Box Chalk ink – Dark Peony

Other Supplies Used

Mount Board , , 12 x 12 canvas , Archival ink – plum , cobalt , blue violet, chipboard , White Gesso , Dry tape , twine , Green Moss , Natural Moss ,mdf cutouts , sprays , Sand Paste , Acrylic Colors , Glitter , Clear dry Glue , 3D foam tape , Heavy body gel, rust paste ,glossy accent , clear glitter

To see how to shape the peony, watch the video at https://youtu.be/L9_MLkvpGPQ.

For more tips on creating with the flower shaping molds, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FSdPL7nXvQE

Instructions

The finished project measures 14 x 14 inch.

Take 13 x13 mount board wraps around few twines and paste above 14 x 14 mount board with heavy body gel, apply dry tape randomly here and there on the 1 inch visible area of 14 x 14 mount board with clear dry glue.

Next layer the 12 x 12 canvas on top of 13 x 13 mount board. Apply a coat of white gesso on all the layers and leave it to dry. Color with sprays in the shade of blue and teal. Also apply rust paste here and there randomly.

Choose the pattern paper from the collection and cut it to size 11 x 11, distress the edges and paste on the canvas with clear dry glue. Tone down the color of the pattern paper by applying a light wash of white gesso. Fussy cut out the fence, bird house and bird images from the pattern paper. Arrange them the lower side of the canvas as shown with 3D foam tape.

Also fussy cut out the window image from the pattern paper and arrange the MDF window cut out on top of it, for coloring the MDF window cut out use acrylic color.

For bricks cut few strips of 12 x 1 inch chipboard, apply sand paste on top of it and once dried properly, further cut them into smaller pieces. Color them using rust paste and acrylic colors. Arrange them on the upper right side of the canvas, so that it resembles a wall with heavy body gel and position the window MDF Cutout on top of it with 3D foam tape.

For flowers- stamp with Large and Small Sweet peony stamp sets with Archival ink plum and cut them using coordinating dies. Color the flowers with Color box ink – rose coral, harvest, berrylicious and dark peony.

For filler flowers use smallest size petals and color few of them with Color box ink – harvest and few with Color box ink – coral rose and dark peony, for rest use archival ink blue violet and cobalt. Make sure to color the back of the petals also. For shaping the flowers use Emma Lou’s Video.

Leaves – Stamp bunch of leaves from Classic Rose Stamp and Sweet Peony stamp sets with Archival ink library green, cut the images with coordinating dies. Color them with Archival ink – Olive, library green and Color box ink - Lime pastel.

Color the MDF sentiment with brown acrylic color and cover with glossy accent. Apply glitter on the flowers and fence with clear glue and once dried properly, assemble all the elements as shown.