Prima Doll Mixed Media Mini Canvas: Always be your own kind of wonderful

Late last night I was inspired when a mini canvas fell off my bench and onto my toe. Hey some people are inspired by apples hitting their head...for me a good swift knock on the toe does just fine. I made the decision that I have too many half finished projects lurking in my studio. One would think that I would have come to that conclusion before hurting myself, but potato p-a-t-a-t-o. 

I got out my Prima Doll stamps and an old pad of DCWV paper, a few Prima flowers and flourishes and some Basic Grey Rub Ons and Voila....my mini canvas masterpiece was born.

Here is what I did:

1. I had previously painted the canvas a blotchy mix of pink and white acrylic paint. 
2. I sanded down some of the areas of the canvas so that the texture showed through.
3. I used the white rub ons and my bone folder to put the flourishes in the upper centre to right side of the canvas, trying to have as much show through were I intended to place my doll.
4. Using a plain white paper doily cut in half I created a half moon on the right centre of the canvas.
5. I had some Prima Say It With Crystals flourishes in the studio so I used one in the top left .
6. I had some left over scraps of a crocheted doily from our club layout from a few weeks ago so I used it to create a sort of base to ground all the elements at the bottom of the canvas.
7. Silver filigree and some pretty Prima flowers were added to the crocheted doily pieces.
8. Using the "Always be your own kind of wonderful" stamp from Close To My Heart, I stamped my sentiment with black Memento Ink  and then coloured it with cotton candy ink (which I applies using a makeup sponge).
9. I popped the sentiment up on foam squares and then finally adhered my pretty Prima Doll. She is inked using Tattered Rose Distress ink.

Thats It. As my little guy would say "easy peasy, lemon squeezy".

Fabscraps High Tea Paper Collection: Teapot Mini Album

The second mini that I created with the paper was actually the one I started with. I loved the whole idea of the teapot shape and the cute embellishments. Somewhere though along the way I lost my mojo on this project. Luckily I have great inspiration on tap from the Facebook Group 4 Gs (Girls, Grins, Glitter and Glue)  They came up with some brilliant additions to finish this project off.

Here is where it sits now:

Don't mind the shaky hands. I have an anxiety disorder and sometimes I am a bit shaky. Also I saw on a video by Crafter 45 once that people are distracted by wounds that are unexplained. The scratches are from my big sucky King Shepherd Titan who thinks he is a lap dog. At 120lbs I beg to to differ with him.

Fabscraps High Tea Paper Collection :Chipboard Mini Album

I admit that I am a paper hoarder. Honestly though, if you are going to be a hoarder, don't you think scrapbooking supplies is a wonderful thing to collect?

This week, well the last couple of months on and off really, I have been enjoying the fabulous Fabscraps High Tea Paper Collection. No really, I bought the whole collection.

Uhmmmm, two of the collection really but who's counting. I love the theme (come on High Tea...My Grandma's Teacups) and the designs are so beautiful. 

I have only worked my way through a small portion of the first kit and have already created two really fun mini's.

This is the first. It is an 8x8 chipboard mini.

Enhance Your Crafting with Docraft Ultimate Vintage Diecuts

Oh my goodness, I feel like I'm losing my mind! I intended to share these pictures last Friday but somehow got sidetracked. On the bright side, they're up before Christmas!

We explored the **Docraft Ultimate Vintage Diecuts Pack** (now sold out), featuring 60 pages of vintage images. This kit is so extensive that we're using it across three clubs. We paired it with **Anita's cream textured 5x7 card bases**, which are excellent quality and come in packs of 20 cards and envelopes.

We made 10 cards total. 2 each of 5 designs.

We used a little bit of glitter glue and a pinch of glittery washi tape to glam up the cards. Some of the ladies also used embossing folders and distress ink. The card with the Angel is best completed using medium thick foam squares. My first one had really thick squares and it was really bulky looking.

Our next card club is not until the end of November so you will have to check back to see what else we cook up.

In the meantime be sure to follow my Cardmaking board on Pinterest for lots of inspiration for your own cards.


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