Boho Twist

 

The title of this piece – Boho Twist – is partly taken from the theme of Tres Jolie’s January Mood Board challenge and partly from all of the twists and turns that my project took to completion.

I was immediately inspired by the colors and images that Kim supplied: the blues and browns and peaches make a beautiful combination and I just love the bottom images of lights and flowers and hangings. But the idea in my head was mostly a canvas with a damask type texture and a mixture of colors created by applying layers of acrylic paint.

I started by digging out several items from my stash: a round canvas, a very loved Prima stencil and a Finn Mould that I’ve used before.

I used Paper Texture Paste through the stencil to duplicate the pattern of one of the papers that were included in the January Kit.

While that was setting, I poured resin into a few of the Mould images and put it aside.

Next, I fussy cut the section that I had chosen from that patterned paper and inked the edges.

I selected a few Finn Acrylic Paints, poured a few drops of each into a palette tray and thinned them with water. As I applied these to the canvas, I used a spray bottle to water them down, using my heat tool to dry them as I went along. Next, I covered the entire canvas with watered-down white gesso to tone down the colors, again drying as I went along. One more layer of varied acrylics, one more layer of gesso and I was done.

The Mould pieces were now set. I coated them with gesso to give them “teeth” and then with watered-down Burnt Sienna acrylic paint.

I selected a chipboard piece that came in the kit and covered it with Distress Oxide ink. The resulting color wasn’t what I had in mind, so I tried applying some of the acrylic left from treating the Mould pieces. This came out much darker than I had intended, so I covered it all with gesso and dried it with the heat tool, causing it to bubble up in spots. I decided that “I meant to do that!” as it did add a little texture here and there.

I was ready to begin assembling my composition.

I glued the chipboard piece to the top of the canvas and then started to add the fussy cut piece. This was going to result in too much canvas, so I selected a few bits of ephemera, inked the edges, and glued them as a cluster to a piece of packaging. Somehow, I wasn’t satisfied, so I created one more ephemera cluster to dangle from the bottom.

I selected more ephemera pieces to layer under the flowers on the sides, inked the edges and added packaging to the bottoms to create dimension. I took one look at the chipboard piece and realized that the color was too bright. I dabbed it with more of the Oxide Ink and finally achieved the soft brown that I wanted all along.

I had planned all along to add seam binding streamers to reflect the flow of the pattern of the paper. I cut them to about 18 inches, doubled and knotted them before gluing them down. I created my last flower cluster over the knots.

I finished my project by gluing my light bulb pieces here and there and declared it “finished”.

A few closeups:

 

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 *****Supplies*****

 ***Paper***

Prima – Bohemian Heart Paper Pad #664121

***Embellishments***

Prima Marketing – Bohemian Heart Collection – Ephemera #664169

Prima Marketing – Bohemian Heart Collection – Flower Embellishments – Blue Lagoon #668297

Prima Marketing – Bohemian Heart Collection – Flower Embellishments – Wild at Heart #668327

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Split Mandala

My Scrap Cabin – Hand Crinkled Seam Binding – Arctic

My Scrap Cabin – Hand Crinkled Seam Binding – Mink

My Scrap Cabin – Hand Crinkled Seam Binding – Parasol

***Mediums***

Prima – Finnabair – Art Extravagance – Paper Texture Paste #965259

Prima – Finnabair – Art Basics – Heavy Gesso – White #961442

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Burnt Sienna #967222

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Carmine #967253

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Ultramarine #967291

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Deep Turquoise #967307

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Prussian Blue #968250

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Liquid Acrylic Paint – Coral #968274

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Gathered Twigs #TDO56003

***Tools***

Prima – Finnabair – Imaginarium – Moulds – Vintage Light Bulbs #969578

Prima – Stencil – Flourish #564278

***Other***

IVON – Round Canvas 8”

Alumilite – Amazing Resin

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As always, I want to thank you for peeking into my blog; your visits mean a lot to me.

 

Beautiful Day

 

Today, I’d like to share my take on Tres Jolie’s January Mood Board using the latest Scrapbook Kit, filled with the Walk in the Clouds collection from Paper Heaven, and a gorgeous array of coordinating flowers and chipboard pieces. Here’s what I came up with…

And here’s the Mood Board that inspired it…

The “B” side of Sheet 4 makes a perfect background for my image: a photo taken by my brother a few years ago of Kent’s Point in Cape Cod.

I wanted to add some stenciled images, so I began by backing the paper with a piece of cardboard that I had trimmed to 11.5” x 11.5. (I like to use Scor-Tape for this; it’s a very strong adhesive that will create a permanent bond.)

I used crackle paste and a stencil from my stash to create snowflakes in random spots.

While this was drying, I took out one of the chipboard borders and primed it with several coats of white gesso before covering it with Unicorn Effect Paste to give it an icy look.

I matted my photo with a piece of corrugated cardstock from a DCWV stack that I’ve had for years. To make it look “not flat”, I tore it here and there and then layered the pieces with the torn edges showing.

I’ve been hoarding a Prima vine since March; I cut off a few sections and treated it with white gesso to soften the color. I did the same with one of the Blue River blooms that came in the kit. Time to assemble my page: I backed the photo with packaging and glued it to the corrugated layers, then attached the treated chipboard piece to the bottom. I added one of the resin birds from the kit, then the flowers, finishing it all with a Quotation sticker.

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 *****Supplies*****

 ***Très Jolie January Scrapbook Kit***

Paper Heaven – A Walk in the Clouds Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet 04 #PH_SWC04

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Border Set 1

Prima – Nature Lover Collection – Flower Embellishments – Blue River #653002

Prima – Shabby Chic Treasures Collection – Ingvild Bolme – Resin Embellishments – Birds #892470

 ***Other***

Die Cuts with a View – The Corrugated Stack – 6x6 #MS-019-00002

Prima – Capri Collection – Gabriella #646998

Advantus – Tim Holtz – Idea-Ology – Metallic Stickers – Quotations #TH93559

 ***Mediums***

Golden – Crackle Paste – White #3557-5

Golden – Heavy Gesso – White

Prima – Finnabair – Art Extravagance – Unicorn Effect Paste #966942

***Tools***

The Crafter’s Workshop – 6 x 6 Snowflakes #TCW720s

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