Hello Creatives!
Welcome to INSPIRE!
Today I am sharing with you my first Rita Barakat Designs
project for the month of May, using one of her Art Foamie Stamps &
a delightful die cut from Rita's Magical Creatures Collection.
My base is a 5x5 pre-gessoed canvas board.
I chose a variety of gorgeous bluish paints & mediums from Plaid,
as well as a selection of Distress Oxide inks from Tim Holtz, to color the canvas with.
But first, I used Rita's Heart Wing Foamie Stamp along with Tim Holtz Resist Spray, applied directly to the surface of the stamp using a foam "brush".
I then placed the wing image over the unpainted canvas surface,
and dried using my heat tool.
Then I began layering the colors to the canvas, first using Plaid Watercolor Paint, heavily watered down, and applied in layers over the canvas.
As I was waiting for the paint to set, I began working on the wings to be attached to the die cut.
I used a small sheet of acetate, stamped the Heart Wing image using a very light blue ink archival ink. Once the ink had dried, I cut the wing design from the sheet, and began layering color & dimension to the wings, using the Heart Wing Stamp with each layer.
To add definition to the wing design, I used Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire, applied to the Heart Wing Stamp, and finished with a layer of Plaid Glitterific.
I also added a layer of Plaid Extreme Glitter Medium to the die cut image, because as we know, EVERY Magical Creature should have some sparkle!
To complete the
coloring of the canvas, I applied a couple of layers of Distress Oxide Ink, applied with a blending tool, and to bring out the "resist" wing design.
I used a double sided foam square along with Beacon 527 Adhesive to add the wings to the die cut, and the die cut to the canvas.
And every Magical Creature should bare an inspiring sentiment, so, I used letter stamps along with archival ink, and applied the quote
"DON'T STOP BELIEVING"
directly to the canvas.
Finishing touches were adding some blue Seam Binding and some dangle lace trim I had pre-colored with ink, so that it can be a delightful wall hanging to inspire!
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Be sure to check back tomorrow here on INSPIRE, as the Rita Barakat/Ken Oliver Colorburst collaboration blog hop will be in full swing!
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Hope to see you tomorrow!!!!
Leave some love, please comment and let me know what you think about this fun project!
Until next time.......
