Sunday 2 December 2007

Mixed Media Monday & Wednesday Stamper

This is my entry for two challenges this week - the Mixed Media Monday theme is "Gold" and the Wednesday Stamper theme is "Words" so I have combined the two in this piece.

It is a small canvas board which has been painted black and then covered in black lace strips. I've added a walnut ink stained shipping tag that has been stamped (mostly Oxford Impressions and one from Lost Aussie Designs) and stitched. The whole thing has then been coated in beeswax which holds the dried fern leaf and tiny dried flower in place. It has then been sprayed lightly with Moon Shadow Mist in Medieval Gold and dry brushed with Lumiere Sunset Gold, emphasizing the canvas edges. There is a small metal spiral pushed into the wax over the tag hole. Because the canvas is my "ode" to Paris I have used the word "dream" to finish it off (I can but dream of Paris!).

16 comments:

Doreen G said...

I love this Debbi
and I love the way you get the colours as well

Natalie B said...

Gorgeous Debbi

Diane said...

Gorgeous, Debbi! Now I'm dreaming of Paris too:-) Diane (MMM)

Night Owl Designs said...

The fern leaf looks amazing! Great canvas Debbi :-)

Myra said...

Gorgeous! You use the most amazing techniques - beeswax to hold the fern in place, just brilliant.

Hermine said...

Beautiful, love the textures.

Rika said...

Gorgeous piece!

ingeniouslycreative said...

Hi Debbi!! I had a little call for people to recommend an artist to profile and someone named Viola, whom I had not heard of. So I visited her blog and was convinced my readers would love to meet her and see her art. I had no idea you knew her!! Small world!
I love your newest! Gold is my very fav colour and you have given it life!!! Amazing work on such a small canvas Debbi! xoxo Carol

Sandy said...

Wow this is wonderful. Great colors.

kelsey said...

How fantastic this piece looks Debbi and I can only imagine how much better it looks irl! Lovely colours and textures combined in a wonderful piece of art.

Paula J Atkinson said...

WOW! Terrific texture & colour. Gorgeous images.

Unknown said...

Ooh La La, c'est magnifique. Je t'adore (dont know if my french is up to much lol)
So much work has gone into this and it really shows, classy!

Viola said...

Looks so great!!

Willy said...

Wonderful canvas!

Nellie said...

Stunning! Love everything about it!!

Karen Owen said...

This is incredibly beautiful! Love the depth of the piece.