King Owl Canvas

Hello again!  I am back on track now, and I  intend to take part in challenges and blog on a regular basis, I promise.  I have been so busy lately with family from abroad visiting for 3 weeks, and another daughter moving house.  It is nice to finally get some time to play.

I would like to show you my newest canvas.  I have named it King Owl.

 Here is king Owl! I perched him on a beautiful key, and gave him a crown.

Some of the beautiful embellishments available from Craft Box, owned by Anna Hersom, a very talented and forward thinking lady! 

A beautiful piece of Snipart, available from Craft Box You can receive these beautiful embellishments, and lots more besides, when you subscribe to the monthly box.  A wonderful box of treasure, and sure to make you happy!

I have made a short Tutorial, telling how I created King Owl, I hope you enjoy it.

King Owl Canvas by Rhoda

First of all I painted White Gesso over the whole canvas.

I tore strips of paper, and put some through my paper ribbler (tool which makes ordinary paper into corrugated paper)

I glued the paper onto the middle of the canvas and then ‘splodged’ 2 different Crackle Paints (Old Paper Distress Paint (green) and Dusty Concorde (Mauve)) randomly and heated them up to crackle.  (Great Fun!!) - Once that was dry, I used Decadent Wine Texture Paste and 3 different stencils on the canvas, avoiding the crackle paint sections.

Now up to this point, I had the canvas sitting horizontal, but decided to turn it to Portrait. 

I then used a tree stencil with gold Metallic gilding Polish.  Now, this didn’t go according to plan, and it ended up being a round splodge on a trunk! Lol!!  I liked the look and just kept it that way.

I used another stencil with the same Gilding Polish, to make gold circles over the Old Paper Crackle Paint. 

I used the same stencil with 2 different colours of Sparkle Texture Paste to cover some of the torn papers.  I used Decadent Bamboo, and also Decadent Teal.

I used Prima Opal Magic Wax in Blue Velvet, and Pentart Wax Paste in violet, to highlight some of the texture on the canvas.

I searched through my Snipart stash and found the perfect shape to cover my Gold Splodge!

Then it was time to add the pretty Craft Box stuff.  I used a silver brad to fix the top embellishment, then 2 keys below that.  I used Glossy Accents to fix everything.  I hung the heart charm from the side of the Snipart.

Now, on to King Owl! I fixed 2 little glue glitter gems in his eyes, and perched him on another key.  I found a crown charm and it fitted perfectly on his head. 

I then stuck sparkly gems randomly over the canvas.

Done!

List of Materials Used.

White Gesso

Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Old Paper and Dusty Concorde.

Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste -  Decadent Teal and Decadent Bamboo.

Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish – Gold Treasure

Snipart Mandalla

Prima Opal Magic Wax – Blue Velvet

Pentart Chameleon Wax Paste – Violet

Music and script stencil - Aida Domisiewicz @13 Arts

All remaining stencils - Clarity Stencils.

All Silver and Gold embellishments, and Sparkly Beads from Craft Box.