Canvas {with JoFY Stamps by Elizabeth Borer}

Hi there,Elizabeth here. I’m back to share a project with all of you. It’s great to be able to pop back every now and again as I’ve missed doing this. This one is for Jo Firth Young because I made a sample using her new stamps ( which are yummy ) using a similar idea. This is a contrast to the original sample that Jo saw, this one uses lots of bright colours.

I started with an 8 x 8 inch canvas which I covered with some paper from my stash that looked like fencing ( or you could paint some smoothy paper with Nougat to give a nice warm glow in the background ).I then added some watery Mermaid, randomly painting down from the top ( sky ) and some watery Dusty Teal  painting up from the base ( ground ) . 

Using MN61 and Snowflake stamp words randomly over the top half of the canvas then stamp the grasses  from JOFY 11 across the base .

JoFY 11

 I found a picket fence in my pile of bits and pieces ( I think this may be from model railway supplies ! ) and painted it with Snowflake . Photo 3

Using one of the new JOFY stencils 007 I stencilled the background ( with a green mix of DustyTeal and Hey Pesto ) . I then stamped three large spikey flowers from JOFY 23 and some smaller spikey flowers from JOFY 12 .

JoFY 23

JoFY12

The grasses were painted in with the same green mix that was used on the stencils. I then painted the large spikes with a reddish purple mix of Eggplant and Blood Orange and also filled in the spots on the smaller spikes . The dots on the larger spikes were painted with a paler version of the purple mix ( add Snowflake ) .Wash in the stems with the green mix . When the paint was dry I attached the fence . 

Stamp the flowers from JM 34 onto smoothy card (I use Archival Black ink so that I can paint over it ) .

JM 34

 Wash various colours over the flowers . I used transparent Fresco colours so that the design shows through . I used the following colours -- Pumpkin Soup ;  a mix of Pumpkin Soup and Blood Orange ; Blood orange ; Eggplant ; Eggplant and Blood Orange ; Eggplant and Inky Pool and finally Orchid and Blood Orange ( mixed with a little matte glaze as Orchid is not transparent ) to give a pink .

I then washed some more colour over to deepen the colours in some areas – so that I finally ended up with a range of pinks and purples .

I then stamped and coloured the Birds ( JM 20 ) , Leaves ( JOFY 12 ) and medium flowers from JOFY 24 and the Birdhouse (JM 36 ) onto smoothy card, before colouring them with the colours on my palette. All the flowers, leaves etc then had to be cut out ready to be stuck onto the canvas .

JM 20

JM 36

JoFY 24

I also stamped the Birdhouse (JM 36 ) onto acetate.                        

I found a small wooden cut out doll in my stash and painted her with Nougat. I then traced around her to make a dress and an apron . I painted the dress with a pink colour made of a mix of Orchid and Blood Orange and then stamped the flowers from JM 34 onto it . The centers of the flowers needed darkening and the outer edges of the petals were glazed with snowflake . 

The apron was stamped with the dot and cross stamp from JOFY 24 . I washed a little Beach Hut over the crosses and used a black pen to mark in the ‘stitches’ around the edges . I stuck a little lace to the bottom of the apron and then the dress and apron were ready to stick  to the doll.

The Bird house was made of a sandwich of a birdhouse stamped on card then a Bird and then the acetate Birdhouse on top . I made the bar that the birdhouse is hanging from , from a wooden coffee stirrer painted with snowflake  and stuck onto the project . 

The Doll was then stuck to the project ( I used a combination of foam pads and pinflair glue to get the right height and good adhesion ) .

Finally I stuck the leaves on using pinflair glue to give some dimension and then the flowers and birds - all over the place ! I added a few pearls in the centers of some of the flowers . 

Well that’s all for tonight but I expect that I will pop up again soon . 

Bye for now. Elizabeth. 

A huge thank you to Elizabeth from all at PaperArtsy HQ. Ohh my word, this is jaw-droppingly awesome. I desperately want to make one of these. I was lucky enough to see the original dollie piece that was sent for the art boards, that one was gorgeous too. You have a wonderful and natural talent for choosing colour, and colour mixing , and creating the clothing fabric is just genius. 

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