Day 5 blog hop day . . .

If you've been following along this week, you know it's Day 5 of the 

Ken Oliver Crafts - StencilGirl

blog hop.

Today, it's my turn to show you how I've combined
elements from both teams.

Here's my project:

 

I started with a burlap canvas 

and used 

StencilGirl's 

Fossil Fish

Pressed Leaves

&

Branching Blossoms

plus

Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst

Stencil Pressed Flowers onto the canvas with white gesso

 

Added my favorite Color Burst colors to a palette.

Color Burst is a very fine powder that can be mixed with

water, gesso, embossing paste and a myriad of other things.

What's nice about that?

You can mix colors and not *water down* the gesso or embossing paste.

I mixed with water.

Less water = stronger colors.

More water = transparent colors.

Then started to lay in colors to create shadows and highlights.

 

I worked with a fairly dry brush as I wanted intense colors.

Blended until I got this:

 

Next up, the fossil.

This time I used a sponge dipped in water and then into

the Color Burst colors.

I used a piece of watercolor paper

and dabbed color onto the fossil stencil.

The sponge was barely wet.

 

Then cut around the fish.

 

Using more Color Burst, Ken Oliver's Click-It Ink Pads

and a stipple brush, I added more color to the fish

as well as around the edges of the paper.

 

When I was satisfied with the color,

I sprayed the fish with GooseBumps Clear Texture Spray.

The fish was raised up on the canvas to create more dimension.

 

Thanks for visiting my post.

Please leave a comment for a chance to

win a prize from my blog

and visit my other blog hop partners:

StencilGirl Talk

Janet Joehlin

and

Maria McGuire

Comments

[SusanHnSC]

I love your project - the colors, the dimension. It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[linda]

Absolutely love your finished canvas. Sitting here is Hawaii you can imagine how inspiring it is. Everything here is so 'island style' Will need to try this when I get home. Perhaps using a burlap Kona Coffee bag for background.

[Teresa Godines #6857]

Love the background you created for that awesome fish. TFS

[Linda Cameron]

Awesome canvas - i love how the fish is raised off of it!

[CarolN]

I love what you did with the fish.

[Shari Czerwinski]

Love it! Thanks for showing me a new technique!

[textilerecycler]

Another winning piece done with Color Burst inks...Thanks for the step by step...
textilerecycler (at) yahoo (dot com)

[Nancy Y]

Gorgeous creation!!! Can't believe that fish is a stencil!!! Stunning work! Thank you for sharing!

[Kimberly Carmichael]

I really like this "seaweed" in this project.

[Dria]

Love the fish and techniques!

[Cheryl W]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Your project is amazing! I think you've got more talent in your little finger than I can muster in a lifetime.

[Amy Jones #8546]

Wow. Love all your details. Amazing job. This is a wonderful canvas.

[Linda J]

Thanks to you & all the artists who passed along sp many beautiful demos using so many techniques.

[Linda J]

Not sure if my post is being held or I did something wrong.
Just in case I am adding, because everything this week was so wonderful.

[Nanette Leiker]

I love the way you were able to put the details on your fossil fish! What a great way to use the Color Bursts product! Now I can't wait to work with this product 😊

[ShannonWL]

Love the color effect on the fish. The composition on the canvas is inspiring. Thanks.

[auntiemichal]

Here, fishy, fishy!

[Cheri Wilson]

This is so cool - love it.

[Linda Polaretzki]

Love the fish! The technique is simple, but I wouldn't have thought of it on my own. That's what I love about this blog week - give a bunch of people the same product and see so many different techniques!!!

[Jean Bullock]

This is beautifully done. I love the colors and the way you popped the fish to give it more dimension.