Frilly & Funkie Challenge: Canvas

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We are using canvas for the current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie... hope you'll join us! You can use it in small parts or pieces, or as a whole stand-alone piece.  I went with an 8X8 canvas and included a small (3"X3") one on top of it.  I used so many color agents my work table looks a bit like a bomb went off... paints, distress inks, archival inks, gelatos, and Vintaj paintas.  

Simon Says Stamp & Show has a 'favorite technique' theme going, and for me it's been stencils for a long time now.  I seem to need a stencil somewhere on each piece!  In this case I used four. Also lots of stamps, and a combo of lettering.  

Dina Wakley is doing an Art Journaling on Canvas series this month, and I'm sharing this as my second play-along with her. Really looking forward to taking classes with her again next month at The Ink Pad in NYC.

The big "D" stamp is an old favorite by Stampers Anonymous, stamped on Ranger's manila card stock and colored with distress inks.  The metal heart is Vintaj, colored with Verdigris patina plus black paint. I adhered it to the mini canvas with one of Tim's tiny brads, colored the same way. I like how it's hanging off the edge:

The corners are filigree metals from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I colored them with the Verdigris patina and then rubbed in some brown and black distress inks. I am amazed at the finish. This was my first time using the Vintaj products.  I have to say, I really like them. I cut the corrugated cardboard letters from Tim's Sizzix Word Play die and inked them with distress inks and paints. The "&" looked lost on the background so I gave it a little mat. Here's another look:

Those scrabble letters have been in my stash a long time.  I don't know who makes them but I liked their 3D nature for this canvas.

That's it for me, today.  I hope you'll come over to Frilly & Funkie and check out the challenge and the rest of the design team's work.  We have a $25 Funkie Junkie Boutique store credit for a random winner, and a blog badge for the design team favorite.

As always, thank you for the visit!

Marjie 

 

Ranger Vintaj Patina Kit = Weathered Copper	Vintaj Artisan Heart	Filigree Metals (18 pcs) Mega Metals Value Set	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Word Play Die	Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock
Ranger Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink Pads	Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China	Ranger Distress Ink - Peeled Paint	Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo	Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Ink Blending Tool with 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black	Corrugated Cardboard	http://www.zibbet.com/TheFunkieJunkie/artwork?artworkId=769693

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Comments

[PetraB]

This is awesome, the colours so striking.

[kathy/NorthCarolina]

I love the movement in this piece. The first thing I see is that wonderful golden yellow "D". The little heart at the bottom leads my eye over to read the sentiment, then up into the corner to appreciate the gorgeous filagree corner...then back to the golden yellow D. Perfect circle, and I don't miss a thing in this fantastic composition.

[Kate]

So fun! Love the color! Very creative use of the cardboard and scrabble tiles. I love all the different elements.

[Candy]

Marjie...your canvas is beautiful! The minute I saw it on the thumbnails at SSSS, I had to click on it. Wow...that color is gorgeous and really draws attention. Love your sentiment and how interpreted it on your canvas. I have always loved those Tim Holtz Alphabet stamps and have never gotten them. Darn it! You're making me want them again! haha Love your canvas! Thanks for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

[Alexa Noble]

Great colours - so vibrant - and really beautiful composition. Hope it looks good on your wall!!

[Susan]

Marjie,
Your second and third photos really help show the depth of your work. The first photo looks totally flat, and I wasn't understanding your description. But you did a great job taking those other photos at an angle, or from the side, and it really shows how everything stands out.

[Anita Houston]

No one does blue better than you!!!! Love the mini canvas with the D turned that way...really adds great depth! What a fun piece Marjie!

[Lori]

Wow, way cool colors on this! Really eye catching! I love it!

[Valerie-Jael]

Beautiful canvas, very interesting details. I have just finished mine for the challenge, too, will blog it tomorrow! Valerie

[Shahrul Niza]

LOVE LOVE the cool colors!. I especially love the hanging heart!. Amazing touch on filigree :).

[Marja]

Marjie really really eyecatching, beautiful combi and vibant color.
Lovely greet
marja

[trisha too]

Such gorgeous colors, Marjie! Anita may be right about the blue and you . . .

:)

[Silvia]

A fantastic canvas, the colors are gorgeous.

[butterfly]

Wow Marjie, you're really having fun with those intense blues and greens at the moment! Amazing stencilling in your background too, and I love all those chunky letters making their way across the canvas. Fabulous! Would love to join in Frilly and Funkie - but got to source some canvas first!!
Alison x

[Brenda Brown]

I love canvas on canvas ant this is a fabulous design with great colours. Amazing piece Marjie.
Hugs Brenda xox

[fern cawley edwards]

Great "D"etails! Love the sentiment and the scrabble letters too.

[Terry]

You have done it again! Wow, this canvas is spectacular! Love what it is that you do, GF! What a great class, but then you have such a talent for this! Very cool!

[michele s]

the richness of color and saturation here is simply wonderful. a fabulous canvas! xo

[Anne R]

Oh Wow Marjie - this is my most favourite of all your pieces to date - the colour is so rich and lush and very dream like. I love the idea of the second canvas on top, it give the whole piece some movement and dimension. I don't know what else to say other than AmaZing! Crafty hugs, Anne x

[Sandra]

Stunning canvas! I'm so loving the blues! So cool that you've put another canvas on top of it! Fabulous! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. Hugs, Sandra

[Claudine]

Oh my goodness, so beautiful!! I am loving this canvas. Good luck in the challenges, your esthetic is so wonderful Marjie!!!

[Vada]

Wow Marjie!!! Such rich color, great dimension, outstanding!!
Hugs Vada

[Ana K.]

I agree with everybody...fantastic Marjie!!

[Buttons]

So much fantastic texture and I just love the way you layered up the canvas. Hugs, Buttons x

[Sue C]

Absolutely beautiful canvas Marjie, love the colours and the stamping. Sue C X