Jan
03

Christmas present number 3

Posted by DeAnna

Here’s the second canvas I created, this time for Rob’s sister and husband:

(sorry for the terrible photo…)

I wanted to use this amazing handmade paper I found on Granville Island. One sheet is red, black and cream and is these adorable flowers. The other sheet is a lighter cream and is flocked in a bamboo-like leaves and branches. It’s gorgeous. I decided to weave the paper to create a mat beneath the photo of my boys. I used black cardstock and cut out the branches with flowers using my silhouette. I felt the centers of the flowers mimic the handmade paper beautifully. I also die cut the word with my silhouette and the same type as the previous canvas. I initially painted the canvas in cream, and then I decided I needed red behind the flower die cut so I painted one half of the canvas and the outer edges in red. I adhered the pieces (using Mod Podge) and after sitting with it for a day or two, I decided it was too much red. It was way, way too bold. So, I painted in cream and covered the red around the edges and I was much happier with it. Here are some close ups:

It’s not as clean and simple as the canvas I did for Rob’s parents; it has a completely different artistic style, even though it has the same basic layout. I still had a lot of fun doing the painting, mixing and blending colors to get what I wanted. I never used to believe I could make art and yet that is what I am doing… If you had told me five years ago that this is the direction I would be heading with a hobby passion, I would have told you that you were crazy. Sure, I used to cross-stitch. I could follow the directions and the pattern, but it never satisfied me the way scrapbooking does. I cannot tell you how many times I would leave the den (my craft space) after working on these presents with a giant smile on my face or how much I was buoyed when I would show someone what I was working on and their expression when they saw it.

Next up are some 8×8 layouts I created for the great grandparents. Our kids are lucky in that there are four (out of five) great grandmothers that are still with us; two from my husband’s parents, and two from my mom’s side of the family. See you in a couple of days!

DeAnna

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