Rainy day....

It's been a rainy few days here in Ohio.... It's been quite awhile since I have seen this much rain here...There was so much rain that there was a small creek at the bottom of our front yard.  I also had to run into work today because part of our shop took on some water.  Hubby and I ran up there for a couple of hours and helped with the clean up.

We're supposed to get even more rain in the coming week.  (I think it's supposed to rain every day except for Monday...)  Us Ohioans are beginning to get a taste of what it feels like to live in the Pacific Northwest.....

The good thing about all the rain is that it is giving me lots of time in the craft room.  I've been trying to split my time between DecoArt media and Ranger products.... The below project combines both...

Supply List

• 8x8 canvas board
• DecoArt Media paint (Cerulean Blue, Blue Green Light, Carbon Black, Green Interference)
• Stencils (Dylusions Small Bubbles, Crafter's Workshop Texturized Stencil, DecoArt Inspiration stencil)
• Stamps (Dyluisions Which Way Up)
• Liquid Pearls (Gold)
• Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Mixed Media cardstock
• Faber Castell (PITT Artist Pen in white)
• Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap (Postale)
• Modeling paste
• palette knife
• stencil brush

First, I decoupaged some Tim Holtz Postale Wrap on areas of the canvas.  After it had dried, I applied Cerulean Blue and Blue Green Light with a baby wipe (my new favorite technique).  I stenciled a bit with a Dylusions stencil using black and then, with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and an Interference, I applied the 'fingerprint-like' areas.  (It's hard to see in this picture, but it's there... )

With a DecoArt stencil and modeling paste, I stenciled the word 'create' on the board.  Using Dylusions stamps and archival ink, I stamped arrows on mixed media paper and cut them out.  I adhered them to the board with matte medium, arranging so I had a circular area in the corner.  Then, I took some gold liquid pearls and spread them in the corner, making the sun.  To finish, I added some dashes on the arrows with a white PITT pen.

Thanks for stopping by!