Creative Team - Rusty Joy Canvas

Rusty Joy - Mixed Media Canvas (5in x7in)

By Creative Team Member - Dani Choate

 

Supplies:

Cadence - Mixed Media Acrylic Spray Ink - light green & blue

Diamond Metallic Turquoise paint - (Art Alchemy used in photos)                         

Crafts 4U - Wooden embellishments gears - 70067

Gearhead Corner Die -70036

plain black lightweight card

Kuretake - Gansai Tambi calligraphy watercolour in Red Gold (alternative: Cadence finger wax in Antique or Aztec Gold)

Nuvo -Mother of Pearl embellishment mousse

Kaisercraft - wood veneer title - Joy

black acrylic paint

Authentique - 'Petite Diction' sticker words

Ranger - Archival Ink pads - Garden Patina, Cobalt & Jet Black

Porter's Paint - Liquid Iron - White Base & Liquid Rust

450 glue

Tombow Mono liquid glue

Scrapbook Adhesive - Dimensional squares

Rusty decorative piece of metal

Corrugated cardboard

Small Canvas - 5 inch x 7 inch

 

Instructions:

Cut 2 of the C4U Gear Corner Dies in plain black card

Glue a rough piece of corrugated cardboard to the small canvas. Make sure the edges are torn lengthwise

Prepare the entire background by painting the canvas & corrugated cardboard attachment firstly with light green Mixed Media Acrylic Spray and then roughly with metallic paint in a similar turquoise colour.

Glue the black corner die cuts (over the corrugated cardboard) to the left upper corner & the right lower corners

Glue wood veneer cogs & gears in a circular shape

Once dry, use Porter's Paints Liquid Iron, white base paint (or any other rust effect paint system) to paint the entire piece covering most of the elements and roughly covering the sides

This must now dry to the touch

Now apply Porter's Paints Liquid Rust over the entire piece liberally.

Leave overnight & watch it all rust up - Amazing process!! - like magic!

Once rusted, using dimensional tape that you have edged with black paint. Mount the rusty decorative piece of metal

 

Edge the canvas with Archival Ink stamp pad in Cobalt, smudge this colour into the canvas.

Using Cadence Mixed Media Spray Ink in Blue add some shading in and around the base of the wooden cogs

Set aside the canvas and now work on the title

 

Paint the entire title dark blue using either Cobalt Archival Ink Pad or the blue Cadence Mixed Media Spray (either will work). Paint the edges black

Mix a little metallic turquoise paint into the Nuvo Mother of Pearl embellishment mousse and apply some antique patina to the title (Cadence light turquoise finger wax would work here also)

Add some extra gold highlights with Cadence 'Antique Gold' finger wax or Kuretake Gansai Tambi red gold calligraphy paint

Finalise the piece by adding the title and some additional words from the Authentique 'Petite Diction' sticker page