Saturday, September 7, 2013

Mixed Media Ombre FUSION...


When I sat down to create this fortnights FUSION card, the card in my head incorporated an elephant stamped on book paper, then I discovered I had run out of white cardstock base - so on to Plan B - create a mixed media canvas of course!! What will your FUSION plan be?!? Will you be inspired by this fabulous sketch, or the fantastic elements in this cool photo, or will you create a FUSION of both?

I recently discovered a fabulous pad of gesso primed canvases from a local $2 shop, and used this as the base for my mixed media canvas. I created an ombre base by layering three different shades of pink Gelato, and blending with a baby wipe. Inspired by the overstamped text from the photo, I stamped Unity She Art Print Texture to create the text background, then overstamped with Prima Mixed Media Stamp by Julie Nutting, and Dylusions The Right Words sentiment strips. The Prima Mixed Media Stamp was stamped onto Kaisercraft and Echo Park patterned papers and fussy cut, before adhering in place over the stamped canvas, as were the sentiment strips.


All up from thinking about how I was going to get around running out of cardstock base to finished canvas took around 45 minutes - which is amazingly quick for me, especially considering this is the first mixed media canvas I have created. I would ideally have stamped the girl a little higher over the background text, but as it says:  "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you decide to see beyond the imperfections", and I'M HAPPY :)


Hope to see you at the FUSION Challenge Blog soon, in the meantime, here's some more FABULOUS inspiration from the Design Team...

16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Lyndal and thank you so much for joining us at the colourQ!

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  2. hahaha, I LOVE your plan B, Lyndal! If you were out of gesso canvas, I'm dying to know where your plan C would have taken you!! Way to follow your own advice too, your already putting your wonderful creation to good use. Just love it!

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  3. Wowzers, that's fabulous! I love the colours.

    I've been meaning to give the whole mixed media thing a try myself....

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  4. Beautiful, rich colors, fabulous image and perfect inspiration for thus challenging challenge :)

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  5. GORGEOUS! The ombre is so subtle and beautiful and the paper piecing is perfect!

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  6. Lyndal, I love the mixed media...pink and text...you simply can't go wrong! Gorgeous!

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  7. Lyndal, this is wonderful! What a fabulous project! Love the movement of the Gelatos...excellent.

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  8. Oh my heavens this is lovely Lyndal!! Very interesting reading how you put it all together. I've never tried mixed media. Thanks so much for the sweet comment on my blog today. It's so nice to be back to creating and blogging again! :)

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  9. this is so cool, Lyndal! do you give lessons?

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  10. Wow, this is very cool...love your art piece, so fun! Thanks for playing with the CQC colors this week!

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  11. Such a pretty little piece of art!! So happy you could join us at the ColourQ!

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  12. Lyndal, I love this card! I want to join in with the Fusion challenge this week, just need to squeeze in some time....

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  13. Adorable project! Love the sweet Prima girl! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  14. Beautiful work. Thanks for joining us this week at the Colour Q.

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  15. Fabulous card, Lyndal, love the background and especially the image! Thanks for sharing your creation with us at the colourQ.

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