Lilac Spring Reverse Canvas

Happy Sunday to y'all! Too bad tomorrow is Monday (for me) and back to the grind. Today is also the first day of Spring in my neck of the woods so I decided to make a Spring type canvas to celebrate. I usually take plenty of process shots but this time I didn't, I was in the zone. Lol!

I am really enjoying making reverse canvases. This is my second one and I see a couple more in the near future. Here's what I started with, some elements made it to the end and some didn't. 

I wanted to create a vintage garden type theme and knew that cardboard would provide the texture and depth I wanted for the base. I cut my cardboard to size and peeled back some of it to get the texture. I used the left over peeled parts to go around the edges of the canvas. Everything was glued with matte Mod Podge. Then some stamping and crackle glaze were randomly applied. I made the nail heads out of craft foam but ended up changing it in the end to round ones. Texture sand was smeared under the nails to create my rusty drips. I used Quinacridone Gold and Rusty Hinge to paint the drips and some brown paint as well. 

The ornate frame was a splurge and believe I should get another. Hehe! I applied crackle glaze to it and then Raw Umber antiquing cream and once dry, wiped it back with a wet wipe. 

 Lilac colored paper and a stamp created the inside of the small frame. I adhered it to the canvas with heavy gel and some foam dots in the center of the frame. Then my nest was added. The nest was painted with Q-gold and the eggs were painted a lilac color. 

 I was still trying out different placements of the elements. The chicken wire and the Beauty chippie were rusted with ground cinnamon, a small amount of instant coffee grounds, and q-gold. I learned this technique from a good bloggy friend, Sara Emily at Sara's Closet and she made the most magnificent tag! It smells so good, the cinnamon technique but I am sure her tag does as well. She's one of the reasons I tried this design. 

The feathers are another new technique for me. I have used plenty of feathers in the past but this time I swiped some DI in Shaded Lilac to one feather. The other two I used a stamp with some Versamark and then sprinkled Primary Elements-Plum Crazy on one and sprinkled the other with Perfect Pearls-Grape Fizz. Here's a close up of that detail. I saw Cristin at Mixed Media Place do this with a stencil and thought a stamp could work as well. It sure did! It's so pretty and easy to do! Awesome sauce! 

This is a close up of the different cinnamon techniques and rusty designs. I love rusty techniques and enjoy learning different ways to create rust. The picture below shows three different techniques. 

 The ribbon was handmade and died with Shaded Lilac and Luminarte Snapdragon. I tried other purples but there was too too much pink in em. The 2 colors I used were true to the purple without the hiccup of the pink. Thank goodness! 

I would love to share this design with these inspiring challenges:

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Southern Ridge Trading Co-Easter

Pastels and eggs make me think of Easter. 

Mixed Media World-Vintage

Emerald Creek Dares-Ring in Spring

Stamps and Stencils-Spring is in the Air

Craft Stamper Take it Make It March Challenge-Anything Goes

Country View Challenges-Industrial

I have made the crafters foam, the chicken wire and the chippie look like rusty metal nail heads.

Stamplorations March Challenge Theme-Stamps and Texture