Summer Canvas Book

Hello friends, I'm back with another Magnolia creation. This time I've made a Summer Canvas Book using these beautiful stamps from Magnolia's latest collection, Summer Memories. This project was so much fun to create but also very time consuming. I took lots of pictures to capture all the details, hope you enjoy them!

To make my Summer Canvas Book, I used two 8" x 8" stretched canvases that I first painted with blue acrylic paint. When it was dry, I applied a thick coat of  Distress crackle paint, picket fence. I then decorated the backside of the canvases with My Mind's Eye and Teresa Collins pattern papers. I love using the backside of the canvases because the wooden frames create niches that give dimension to my scene. Before I stared adding all my dimensional objects, I hinged the canvases together. 

I water colored  my images with Distress Inks. For the first scene, I used Tilda Offshore, Edwin Waiting for Fish, Memory Shells and a hand-drawn beach background. 

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I love decorating with 3-dimesnional objects like this Tim Holtz corked vial that I filled in with golden microbeads and  a cute little cut-out fish.

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I used Magnolia Cloud Doohickey die and Tim Holtz Scrollwork die cut to simulate some waves. 

The sentiment is from Magnolia stamps and the metal charm from my local craft store.

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For the second scene, I used my beautiful Pearl Tilda and Oyster with Pearl. I machine stitched around both scenes, using a scallop stitch pattern. 

Although it's hard to tell from these pictures, I applied Stickles to Miss Tilda and her cute sea house. And I also added some liquid pearls around the oyster.

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The gorgeous flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the acetate and cardstock cut outs are K&Company.

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 These little sea shells prefect for my project are from my local craft store.

I would like to enter:

TOMIC: 1st Anniversary, Anything Goes  

MDUC: Bingo (charms, die-cuts, paint)

Deep Ocean Challenge: Sewing

Tilda's Town Challenge: lazy days of Summer

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Joy's Summer Inspiration

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

Paola