Monday 2 February 2015

Live, Laugh, Love - A charity canvas

This past week I was able to take a welcome break from making the 12 themed pages for a swap I'm involved with, to create this special 16" x 20" canvas (not that I'm bored with the book pages! Just nice to create on a different substrate).


Close up photos further down.

I was asked if I would like to create something special to donate as a prize for a special fundraiser. So this canvas will help raise the money needed to ensure 2 gorgeous dogs get to travel from hell in Romania. Once here in the UK these two dogs, under the care of Babworth Animal Rescue Kennels, will get their chance at a family of their own! And who could resist these faces...

WILLY

GOLDIE

Please visit the Alexandra's Animals facebook page to buy tickets for this raffle and be in with a chance of winning my canvas or one of the other fabulous valentine themes prizes!

Anyway, back to this canvas! I created the background using acrylic paint and shimmer sprays. I added more layers to the background with dry wall tape, texture gel and embossing powders.


The letters were die cut with a Sizzix bigz die in 4mm greyboard and these are Gesso'd before adding teal spray ink to some and a silver metalic paint to the others. I also Glossy Accented the teal letters to add variation of texture to the project. The two teal "L's" were layered onto book page rosettes which were coloured in the same way as the flowers.


The mdf birds are from That Craft Place, my absolute favourite craft shop! These were Gesso'd before adding the teal spray ink and finishing with crackle glaze.


The flowers were all made by hand using old book pages which I sprayed with the same inks that were used in the background. I then accented with either silver or black paint.


The piece was finished off with a couple of die cut flourishes, LOTS of flatback pearl bling and black sequin strings round the sides of the canvas. I feared I may have over done the bling factor, but the more I've sat and stared at it, the more I was convinced that bling was needed! 

Thankyou as always for visiting my blog. Every single visit and comment is so deeply appreciated.

xxSAMxx

I would like to please enter this project into the following challenges:
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17 comments:

  1. Sharyn Polesel2 February 2015 at 04:44

    Very pretty canvas! Lovely colors! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls.

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  2. Linda Simpson2 February 2015 at 08:17

    Beautiful canvas and love the embellishments.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  3. jane stillman2 February 2015 at 09:11

    A fabulous canvas, love the colours and detail. I'm sure it will raise lots of money for a wonderful cause x

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  4. Crafty Judith2 February 2015 at 09:19

    Fabulous Sam love your work crafty hugs Judith x

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  5. Brawny x2 February 2015 at 13:51

    Wow fabulous canvas. X

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  6. kraftyplannergurl2 February 2015 at 13:56

    such a gorgeous mixed media canvas - love the colours and the embellishments

    thank you so much for entering the 'Anything Goes' challenge over at That Craft Place

    hugs Kerrie x
    (DT)

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  7. Sue's Paper Crafts2 February 2015 at 16:37

    Beautiful canvas, wonderful colors and accents. Thank you for joining us at HIMCR this week.

    Sue - HIMCR DT
    http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

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  8. Anonymous2 February 2015 at 17:19

    Hi Sam, A fabulous canvas, beautiful colours and lovely design.

    Hugs Erin xx

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  9. Nancy2 February 2015 at 20:49

    This is a gorgeous mixed media canvas! Really love the colors and the intricate embellishments. Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls...we really appreciate you playing along!

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  10. Judy Woodland3 February 2015 at 01:18

    Beautiful canvas, and what a wonderful cause you are donating too. Love your color palette and all the elements. Great take on the challenge, thanks so much for playing along with us this week at Just Us Girls!

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  11. Sue VanDeVusse3 February 2015 at 09:45

    I love all of the different elements of this beautiful canvas! Lovely colors and composition. This is something you should be very proud of. Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!

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  12. Vicki Dutcher3 February 2015 at 14:40

    Adorable 4 legged friends! -- fabulous bg on your page - Thanks for joining in at JUGS!

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  13. Melanie6 February 2015 at 20:30

    A lovely canvas!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Texture” challenge over at Come and Get It & good luck in the draw.
    Hope to see you again in our next challenge as well…

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)
    (DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
    (DT Come and Get It)
    (GDT Kreativzeit Challenges)

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  14. Meighan Wheller7 February 2015 at 11:05

    A fabulous design and a perfect project for our texture challenge at Come and Get It. Thanks for sharing this special project with us. Good luck with the fundraiser for these very cute dogs! All the best Meighan DT

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  15. * Shell B.*7 February 2015 at 21:17

    Super cute project, great design!

    Glad that you could join us for the challenge at Come And Get It…..hope to see you back soon!

    ¸..• ´¨¨)) -:¦:-¸.•´ .•´¨¨))*((¸¸.•´ ..•´
    Shell in Alaska ~ CAGI DT ~
    http://akstamping.blogspot.com

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  16. Crafty Judith13 February 2015 at 12:34

    Hi Sam and ty for visiting my blog. You asked re the fabric section. It is painted and threads attached and painted and gilded x

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  17. Diana Fernandez22 February 2015 at 08:20

    What a fun project! Thanks for joining us at Anything But a Card

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Thank you,

xxSAMxx

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