Life's Rules

I know I should be doing a bunch of different things today but instead I started playing with a canvas and ended up creating a mixed media project.  So no holiday cards here and no Christmas colors.  I was playing with layers of paper, colors and paint. 

 After I finished I realized I made a card similar to this last year.  Oh well... It was fun playing with my different techniques and trying a few new things. 

I started with a white canvas with Gesso and white paint.  I added a layer of purples, and pinks which I didn't like how they looked so a coat of white paint over top of that.

Than I pulled out the Dylusions Sprays to try to get a brighter color.  Basically I layered the inks, old pages in a music book, tissue paper with more sprays, Beacon Adhesives Fast Finish and Stampendous ultra fine crystal glitter.  I repeated that until I got a background I liked.  I also sprayed a bit of Perfect Pearls Mister in the mix to add another layer of shimmer.

After that dried I added the images by stamping them using Versamark and heat embossing them using black embossing powder. 

The sentiment is Verses Rubber Stamps - Life's Rules The other stamps include: Stampendous Jumbo Cling Butterfly Trio, Inkadinkado - Birds, Stampers Anonymous - Lace Trim, Serendipity, Stampendous Postcard, Hero Arts - Fabulous Flourish

Thanks for stopping by,

Suzz