Sunset in the Woods ATC by Gail Green

Use Linnie Blooms pre-sewn canvas ATC blanks to make individual ATCs or several for group challenges!

ATC cards are miniature masterpieces...but they don't have to take a ton of tine and talent!  You just need the right materials and techniques to create ATC projects that will impress even the most experienced crafter.   The secret weapon...Linnie Blooms pre-sewn canvas ATC blanks!

Let's begin....

Materials:

Linnie Blooms Sewed Canvas ATC Blank

Clearsnap: Colorbox® Archival® Dye Inkpad (Wicked Black)

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps: F7787 Pine Trees

Beacon Adhesives: Gem-Tac® Permanent Adhesive

Acrylic Paint Glaze or Acrylic Paint with medium added
(Note: I used Plaid Decorator Glazes: Paprika, Sunflower, Aqua, New Leaf, Linen White)

Miscellaneous:  Printed text scrap (from old book, newspaper or other uncoated paper source)
                          Paint brush
                          Heat tool or hair dryer

Instructions:

1.  Prime the canvas with 2 coats of Linen White. Dry completely.


2. Squeeze a pea size each of Paprika and Sunflower.

    Spread each color with a wet paintbrush.

 

 
    Blend colors where they meet. Dry completely.

3.  Hand tear strips from the printed text scraps. Dab Aqua and New Leaf on the strips. Dry.  Attach to the ATC with Gem-Tac® Permanent Adhesive.

4.  Stamp Pine Trees onto ATC.  Dab ink around the edges.  Dry completely.

Try making a whole series of ATC cards using  a variety of stamp images and color combinations.  And...check out the entire range of Linnie Blooms products!

Meadow Silhouette Wall Hanging

Welcome...
Today Karen is sharing her mini wall hanging using a Linnie Blooms long blank canvas (5"x11") She created a meadow silhouette in a rainbow of bright and cheery colors perfect for summer home decor. Here's how she did it...


Preparations:
Prepare the canvas by securing it to the cutting matte or work surface using masking tape. I wanted to protect the very edge so that it served as a frame and remained plain un-inked canvas. To create the meadow silhouette, select stamps of flowers & leaves that have a solid image rather than ones that have a line image outline.  To prevent disappointment, you may want to practice stamping the meadow silhouette design on paper first in order to work out the placement of your stamps. Prior planning prevents poor performance!

(TIP: If you only have detailed flower stamps, it is still possible to use them. Stamp the image and then fill in the outline by painting it solid black. This is more time consuming but you can achieve the look of a silhouette.)

A Closer Look:

Directions:
1. Mist the canvas with water before you begin. Use a sponge applicator to blend distress inks or mists on the canvas. I chose to keep green at the bottom edge and blue at the top in order to emphasize the grass and sky. Allow the canvas background to dry thoroughly before stamping on it or dry it with a heat gun.

2. Next, apply an even coat of black acrylic paint to the stamp surface and begin to build the scene from the bottom up. If you find that the image has not stamped completely solid black, go back with a small detailing paint brush to fill in any whitish areas. I found that varying the intensity of the black silhouettes gave more dimension to the finished piece.

3. Finally, carefully remove the masking tape (the paint may not have dried on the tape surface) Embellish the wall hanging with butterflies and attach an inspirational word to the lower portion. Lastly, attach ribbon loops 2cm from the corner of the canvas. Insert a stick or dowel through the loops and tie on a cord for hanging.
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Supplies: 5"x11' long blank canvas (Linnie Blooms), Distress Inks (Ranger: Dusty Concord, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade), spray mists (Starburst Stains: Belles of Ireland Green, Peony Scarlet Red, Bachelor Button Blue, Yellow Rose of Texas) sponge applicator, Time Holtz Nature's Elements clear stamp set CSS27836 (Stampers Anonymous), Meadow clear stamp set (Inkadinkado,) Tall Grasses rubber stamp set (Stampin' Up), daisy silhouette rubber stamp (Stampin' Up), black acrylic paint (Ceramcoat), paint brush,  word embellishment (Making Memories), Butterfly Mistables (Studio Calico), wooden butterfly, liquid adhesive (Aleene's Tacky Glue), gems, ribbon, dowel, cord
                   Stop by Karen's Blog, Art & Soul to see more of her projects.

Linnie Blooms Pallet Garden Flag

Greetings to all Linnie Blooms fans. This is my final sign off. I've had fun making and sharing creations and I wanted to say Thank You for checking out my creations.   

My final project is with the Linnie Blooms Garden flag. I turned it sideways to use and added some yellow sheer ribbon to hang the flag.  

I painted the entire canvas with gesso and then started painting with burnt umber paint, a light caramel color paint (it look like peanut butter) and a white paint. I was hoping these colors would assist in creating a pallet fence   

I used Linnie Blooms Bloom stencil to create my material flowers, I painted the burlap/canvas ribbon with a spring green paint. I use the Linnie Blooms canvas bird and attached felt and added an eye to bring him alive.

Of course my little guy is building ??? 

I added some fun texture under the paint, to build up my pallet fence

My sign off was a special Thank You

Art Anthology Paints & Mud, Ranger Texture Paste, Faber Castell  Whipped Spackle

Thanks for all the fun, keep creating and bye.

LOVE

TRISH 

Maiden of the Lake Mixed Media Hanging

Come along with me and create your own fantasy beach at a lake in your dreams....

Summer is in full swing and I'm still rejoicing with every warm, sunny day!  Even though we may be inside working on projects using the awesome Linnie Blooms products, we can still take a little fantasy trip to the beach and mix it up a bit....

Painting "freeform style" on Linnie Blooms canvas products is a natural choice...and that is just what I did to create this mystical background for the hanging.  Of course, I always have to add inky techniques, too...and then a little paper tearing....embellishing....something to do with birds....

Okay, okay.  This turned into a Mixed Media project.

So....let's go play!

Materials used:

Linnie Blooms: 5" x 11" Long Blank Canvas, Angel Stencil/Mask

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps: Butterfly Kisses (B8122), Butterfly 4 (D7783)

Clearsnap: Clear Embossing powder, heat tool
                  ColorBox® Classic Pigment Inkpad (Frost White, Sweet Melon, Antique Pewter, Black)
                  Archival® Dye Inkpad (Wicked Black)
                  Top Boss® Clear Embossing Inkpad
                  Art Daubers

Beacon Adhesives: Fabri-Tac® Permanent Adhesive

Acrylic Paint, Glazes and Mediums of your choice 
Note: I used a combination of Plaid Folk Art Acrylic Paint (white) and Decorator Glazes (Aqua, Bluebell) but these specific paint colors and types may not be current names.

Pages of printed text torn from old books
Decorative paper scraps
Cardboard scraps
Cardstock scraps (grey, black)
Black eyelash yarn scraps (or other yarn, doll hair, etc scraps of your choice)
Ephemera of your choice: ribbon lace, feathers, etc
Mini craft clothespins or other clips
Paint brush
Color pencil
Markers
Iron, 2 non-stick mats

Instructions:

Squeeze a dime-size dollop of white, blue and aqua paint directly onto the blank canvas. Distribute the paint over the entire canvas, lightly blending and thinning with water as needed; dry completely. Repeat on reverse side, if desired; dry. Place canvas on one non-stick mat; place second mat on top and iron on a low-medium setting until canvas lies flat and most wrinkles and ridges are gone.

Trace the angel shape on cardboard; cut out. Using the dauber, apply white ink over entire shape; heat with heat gun to dry. Dab Sweet Melon over head; dab pewter over entire dress area. Using DPT, apply black, using pad edges to create a geometric pattern of your choice. Sprinkle on clear embossing powder; heat. Draw eyes and mouth with marker; press clear embossing inkpad over entire shape, sprinkle on more powder and heat again.

Glue ephemera of your choice onto angel, as shown. Hand tear paper scraps; glue angel and remaining ephemera onto canvas.

Stamp butterfly in Wicked Black on black yardstick scrap, color with color pencils, cut out and attach. Stamp phrase in white on grey cardstock scrap, hand tear and attach. Add ribbon trim and clothespins to hang.
     
Closeup details below:

Linnie Blooms 12 x 12 Old Glory

 

 

Where were you this Patriotic Weekend? Did you see fireworks? Did you see Old Glory?
I saw fireworks and smiles and food that stretch for miles and miles. Sang Songs and don't tell but no one was in tune..  Sunday, I was watching the US women's soccer team win the World Cup and flags were flying and smiles were alive through painted faces it was a sea of Red White and Blue. It made me remember that I forget how beautiful are flag truly is, the meaning behind it and how proud I am of it!

I am making my post on July 6th and I'm adding my version of Old Glory

I started with the 12 x 12 Canvas Page from Linnie Blooms, I love this size it's great for a frame, an album or all sorts of things.

 

 

I used the Linnie Blooms Canvas Sunflower Stencil to hold my USA , I  daubed and painted and texturize to create stripes, I did them freehand so I wasn't looking to make them straight. I used Folk Art paint White for the base and Folk Art Red to start the stripe and finished with Red from Art Anthology.  Art Anthology's Mud was used on top of stripes for give texture. 

I threw some turquoise paint from Art Anthology in scattered places. 

I used the Linnie Blooms Canvas Sunflower Stencil to trace onto some material and I cut it out from some material I had lying around the house.  I used Sizzix's Star Framelits to cut out a star from the material and from a piece of lace.

 

 

 

    

 

I forgot to mention that before I started the project I painted the canvas using the Folk Art Paint White

  

  

Happy Summer Day's

 

Trish

Sneak peek- New products

Good morning......

Today, I am here to show you a couple sneak peeks.....a 4 x 4 mini canvas pillow and a new stitched stamp set. I thought that the mini 4 x 4 canvas pillow would make a super duper cute little pocket. I punched two holes and added ribbon so it could hang one the wall.

The word believe is part of the new stitched stamp set. I stamped it on the canvas with ink then I went over it with some 3-D puffy paint. This way it looks sort of stitched since it is raised!  You could decorate these up for all sorts of Holidays. 

These new products are coming out at the end of the month.

Take care and BE creative!

K

Quote Challenge- using masks

Today, I am here to show you my challenge project using a quote. I love using quotes in art work. I collect books just to cut the words out and use in my art.

For today's project I uses the following supplies:

1. wooden block (could use canvas, paper, etc...)
2. Feather stencil/mask
3. acrylic paint
4. paint brush
5. sharpie
6. old book

I took the wooden block and painted and stenciled the whole piece of wood. Once, dry  I took the feather mask layer it down and painted an off white on the whole top. Again once dry added my quote from my book. Then outlined the words and feather with a sharpie. Add dots around the edge.

Fun and simple project. Love that the Linnie Blooms stencils also come with the mask!

Until next time.....be creative!

K Hutchinson

Bracelets using canvas pieces

Hello everyone-

Today, I am here to show you a new way to use your canvas dies. I recently took an online class on how to make bracelets out of belts. Super duper fun, but one of my big things with taking a class is how to do I make this mine?  How can I show my style?

This is how:

I took the canvas piece and painted them white. Then took sharpies to decorate them. I glue them on with a fabric/leather glue. then riveted the ends just encase the ends wanted to come up. What else could you decorated canvas pieces in??? The possibilities are endless! Go be creative and make it your "own"! 

****Tip: 1- when decorating the canvas pieces I have found that using the fine tipped sharpie works best for details. 2- Make sure you seal the piece after you are done.****

Until next time-

Stay creative :)

Hugs,

K

Luggage tag table decoration

Each month the Design Team is given a challenge. This month is patriotism Incorporate your country's colors in your design. My grandfather was a WWII Vet, so the american flag means a lot to me! Using the Luggage Tag, Feather Stencil and Mask, and the Flutter Stencil and Mask.   I made a cute little table decoration for all our Holiday celebrations!

I just wrapped the Luggage tag around an old bottle and put some flowers in it! Just perfect for the dining room table or anywhere else! I think it would be a super sweet hostess gift too! 

Hope you enjoyed my take on the challenge!

See you all soon,
K

Stenciled T-Shirts

Good Thursday Morning everyone-

Today, I am here to show you something super, fun, easy and cheap to do with your stencils...makes a great gift too. Do, I have your attention now????? Good! Let's get this show on the road then.

Stenciling on t-shirts is what I am talking about......

Supplies-
plain t-shirt (I picked mine up at the local thrift store)
acrylic paint
paint brush
tape
sponges ( I used the cheap triangle cosmetic ones from the dollar store)
Linnie Blooms Feather Stencil and Mask
Sharpies
cereal box or piece of cardboard

1. Place cereal box/card board inside the shirt
2. Splatter paint in three colors to one side (let dry)
3. Tape stencil to the area you want to stencil
4. Using acrylic paints and sponge to color in your stencil (let dry)
5. Use sharpies to color and add details to your stenciled design (you could also just paint the design with more acrylics)
6. Then iron to heat set
7. wear

Super duper fun and easy! Not to mention CUTE!!!!!

If you make any shirts, I would love to see. Actually you could do this on a skirt! How cute would that be? Lots of possibilities! 

Until next my friends....

Hugs,

K

Canvas leaves bib necklace

Hello Everyone,

I am here today with a fun and SASSY little project for you. Statement necklace are all hip and  trendy these day. So, I thought it would be fun to come up with a bib necklace using some of the canvas pieces. 

 

I love the color combo of yellow and purple right now. I also wanted a lot of sparkle. Heck it's summer and the sun shining on these gems is dynamite! 

Here are the supplies I used-

1. Canvas pieces- 2 small leaves and 1 large leaf

2. Acrylic paint

3.  Heidi Swapp Color Shine Spritz 

4. Linnie Blooms Flutter Stencil and Mask 

5. Fabric glue

6. Game piece

7. Gems

8. Felt

9. Sealer

10. Jump rings

11. Necklace

12. Needle and thread

13. E6000

Now, it's your turn....I would love to see how creative you can get with the canvas piece. 

Hugs,

K

Altered Journal Dreamer....

Hi friends... It's me Scrappin Madge! I am super excited to bring to you a couple more pages to my Altered Journal.  But before I do I want to direct you to the Linnie Blooms Store. This is the magical store that brings your creativity to life! If you love mixed media then you will for sure Love Linnie Blooms!!! Click {HERE} to shop!!!

Now onto my project.  

For this page I stamped and used paints to create this fun effect.  I love angels so I had to add these Tim Holtz Angel wings and crown to the page.  I love how it turned out!

For this fun pocket I added some shimmer blue paint to the top, and used Heidi Swapp Misters to ink the rest of the pocket.  I then added some gold Heidi Swapp to the pocket as well.  When dry I added a fun chalkboard flair button from AC to the pocket.

You may have seen this tag in my last post.  This tag goes inside of the pocket.  I used black ink and stamps to create this fun picture.  I also added some paint and mists to create this fun canvas tag.

This is the back of the tag.  I wanted to leave this plain so it didn't take away from the front of this tag.  I misted with some Lindy's Stamp gang to get this awesome color. 

I hope that you liked my project today! I will be creating more of my altered journal so stay tuned.  Until next time.

Loves- Scrappin Madge