Mixed Media Fun

Aren't these colors fantastic?

I love whimsical...

I have been having fun with some small 3 inch canvases that I have always kept on hand.

You know, you have to be prepared for when inspiration hits you!

I put texture on these with Deco Art Media Paste.

Now, IF you are going to add glued items to the canvas, I recommend NOT adding the texture, so the items can be glued flat!! 

I added my texture with dry wall tape, punchinello and a stylus.

I will use them for another project.

I took an old dictionary page and painted it the colors I wanted to use. Since these are small, I thought this would be easier!

I cut out my shapes, being ok with imperfections! 😁😂😊

I attached my items with Deco Art Decou-Page.

This is the Deco Art Brand of Mod Podge.

Please, use what you have! 

I am a Deco Art girl, and have been for over 25 years!

I love the quality of Decoart products.

These are some of the colors I used. 

Again, use what you like.

Use what you have! 

This is before I added details.

You can see that even when you do simple, fast and easy projects, the small details bump up your project to another level.

I added my details with paint, because that is what I feel comfortable using.

You may use a pen.

Make certain it is waterproof! 

Also, test the reaction with sealer. Many will smear if you add a brush on varnish! 

And this is It!

I live the whimsical look of this.

I hope you will try it.

If you do, please share it with me!

I am simply blessed to create~charlotte♡

One Petal, 2 petals, 3 Petals, 4!

Why would I ever agree to try to duplicate something!

Good grief.

Once you do it, it is a one of a kind.

But my friend asked for tips, so tips I shall give. Well, I will share pictures. 

Nope, the second one was not like the first one and the third was like neither the first  nor the second.

My background insisted on being darker and richer, so I just went with it!

The technique is the same, just don't add as much paint!

I have painted flowers for years,  but started enjoying the whimsicals more and more, so I had not painted a flower in several years.

I have a college friend that likes hydrangeas, so I planned to paint her this bowl before Christmas. Yes, I finally did last weekend, and she FINALLY got it as a RAK on Wednesday.

Yep, I am nothing if not the world's best procrastinator!  
Mother said that whatever you do, do the best you CAN!
I am an expert.  Of course, we all know that an expert is only a drip under pressure!  ;)

I learned to paint flowers mostly from Donna Dewberry books and books by Ross Stallcup. I changed them to suit my taste, as most painters should. I was AMAZED to find that some designers do NOT like people adding their own touches to designs.  I won't give my opinion on that, but you can probably tell! Lol

I feel kinda silly adding my tips for painting a hydrangea, since there are TONS of patterns out there. I recently bought a video from Maureen Baker, and discovered I had been doing it right, all along, not that I am certain there IS a right way.

There probably are lots of videos on YOUTUBE,  also.

But here I am...sharing that YOU can do this.

I will put a "pattern" in my etsy shop, so click on this link to go  To my etsy shop.  The price is $5 for those who wish to have this in pattern form.

Hey, visit my shop and see what I do.  ;)

I use filberts to paint most all of my flowers.  Use the appropriate size for the surface you are painting

The background was created using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Yellow Green Light.

I flecked it with my choice of  Dazzling Metallics.

You may chose any color to paint your flowers.  Choose a dark (pretty dark), medium and a Light Color--most any of the whites would work.

Hydrangeas come in many different colors.

For the stems/leaves, use your favorite greens. Again, choose a Dark, medium and light green.

Here are the step by step pictures.

Enjoy and I hope you will give it a try!

sorry, this is out of order, but I didn't want to have to move it...

This was the original piece

These are the 2 that
I did trying to duplicate
the first one...heavy sigh...LOL

Here is the link to buy the pattern for the hydrangea

I hope you will try different things.
Learning is fun!
I am simply blessed to create ~ charlotte♡

TP Roll FLOWERS

I accidentally watched a video a few weeks ago.

It just loaded after I finished watching something!

A lady was making flowers from Toilet Paper Rolls.

I was intrigued, but couldn't watch the video...

I just wanted her to STOP talking!!

I was able to get the gist of the technique and knew I wanted to try.

SO....I found a surface...

An old stool that was painted Yellow and needed some LOVE...

I gathered the colors I wanted to use.

I got 3 toilet paper rolls

I put green tape around them to make sure 

I got them the same length on all sides.

I cut one short...

...one medium length

...one longer.

As always, I have baby wipes on hand.

They are so useful in wiping stuff off your hands

AND wiping up mistakes--hmmmm...I Keep LOTS on hand...lol

I wrap my brush in plastic wrap between coats

I HOPE to make a project soon with this dirty brush

Stay tuned...

I used CHERISH to base the stool.

I LOVE this yummy color.

It seems that BRIGHT COLORS 

are being used for 

all of my projects, these days!

I LOVE the Bright Purple!

I used 3 colors for the flowers:

Treasure, New Life, Revive

I started with the longest cut Roll.

Isn't that COOL!!

I put the paint on a paper plate--not a lot of paint

Placed the roll into the paint and gently twirled it around to load.

I gently place the loaded roll onto the surface.

I pressed the "petal" down with my fingers

Lifted it straight off.

I tried mixing up the placement of colors.

On this one, I put the shortest roll down first

Then the longest one

Finished by the medium length.

I started by loading the longest roll with Treasure

The medium roll with New Life

The shortest roll with Revive.

By the end, I was mixing it up to give new colors 

It didn't bother me that is blobbed...

it was going to have at least 3 layers, anyway!

My short "petals" were cut thicker than the other 2 rolls.

Honestly, this was all trial and error.

I just kept "stamping" until there was 

no more room to place flowers.

I love to live dangerously without 

too much planning.

Happy accidents were happening.

You can tell that I started to mix my colors.

This gives you an idea of how I was stamping them.

I tried to not load too much paint on the rolls.

This is what it looked like when I finished 

I LOVE THIS!!

I then added Inheritance to the centers.

I liked how the wet paint added 

another color to the centers.

It took two coats.

I simply stippled the centers 

with a small stencil brush, 

trying to make the centers round.

Next, I outlined the centers with Carbon.

I added random lines around the flower petals

I really am liking seeing them come to life!

I added Carbon squigglies 

to fill in the space.

I also added a broken line 

of Carbon around the edges, too.

I turned the stool and chose the top to be the highlight 

and the bottom to be the shadow of each flower.

I stippled LACE at the top for my highlight on each flower,

I went back over this with the Inheritance 

to knock back the highlight 

that was too strong.

I used a large paintbrunsh handle to add Lace 

dots of various sizes to the top of each flower center .

I added dots to the bottom 

of each flower center with Rustic.

Dots of Lace were added 

around the surface with my finger.

It think that made it perfect!

Hint: When painting, 

it is a good idea to bring the colors 

of your design into the background.

That is the main reason that 

I added Carbon squiggles 

and the Lace fingerprints.

I really do like this!

It was so easy, too.

I finished this by applying 

a coat of clear Wax.

HOW FUN!!

I hope you will try this.

IF you want a smaller center, 

you can roll up pieces of Cardstock 

and make them any size!

The possibilities are endless.

The color combinations...oh, the possibilities!!

Make certain to allow your soul to CREATE!!

It will renew your life and your outlook...

I am simply blessed to create~charlotte♡