Christmas Canvas- Peace on Earth

Hey, Peeps. I've been having some fun with this new mixed media canvas piece, available in my Etsy shop here.

This one is done in my latest fave, neutral tones. I don't know about you, but I like to keep some of my Christmas pieces up most of the year (why not?), so the neutral palette is especially conducive to displaying it anytime. Also, I do like to break some rules. ;)

This is an 8x10" canvas and is light, so it can be hung, propped, or place on a tabletop easel.

I used my original Peace on Earth tag stencil with some molding paste. I'll do a tutorial in a later post since I have to pick up my daughter from college today (yipee!).

I used some embossing powder, black gesso, inks...

a hand carved stamp image with white embossing powder...

lots of embellies...

an embossed enamel snowflake medallion...

a canvas flower with twine, a vintage button, branch punchies...

some beautiful vintage lace...

and some joy metal letters, among other techniques and embellishments.

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my latest original piece. Thanks for looking!!!

Fondly, Tami

I'm linking to:
Feathered Nest Friday

Mixed Media Page

I've had lots of fun lately, and one of my projects was for a friend. 

I started out with a homemade paint spray of a mustardy yellow.

I sprayed over my all-time favorite key stencil. I have to say that I love this, all modesty aside.

I really like making my own paint sprays for a variety of reasons. The first is that I can custom make my own colors. The second is that they're permanent, which is SO convenient and often necessary when doing a mixed media technique. 

Mixed media is often about layering. Here is some stamping...

...and some painted bubble wrap over dress pattern paper...

...and vintage paper with gouache, India ink, versamark stamp with Perfect Pearls...

...and rubons...

...and vintage lace...

...and a shrink art key with gesso...

...and a custom color of crinkle ribbon...

...and a vintage flash card...

...and some more vintage lace...

...and some vintage buttons...

...and making some transparent pearls...

And, sorry for the teaser Peeps, but I can't show the rest until I give this to my friend. Thanks for checking in!

Fondly, Tami