Tuesday 15 November 2011

A Postcard From Paris.

I can't believe that another fortnight has flown by and it's time for the next Craft-Room Challenge. The theme this time has been chosen by the lovely Debi and she has chosen Travel/Postcard.


I know I called my DT piece a postcard in the title but it's really a 9.5 inch by 7.5 inch canvas. I started by painting the canvas with a cream colour then adding a little bit of blue, then I stamped various images to do with Paris but my stamping kept going wrong and I kept adding more paint that mixed with the stamping ink until it became a horrid muddy background, fortunately I had a lot of images to cover it. The three main images are from the Gecko Galz Picture Perfect collage sheet, and all the other images were stamped and then coloured with vintage photo Distress ink. I attached some black lace to the sides of the canvas and attached some beaded ribbon to the middle image then I adhered all the images to the canvas and added some metal corners. When it was finished I decided that I wanted some touches of gold embossing so I applied some Versamark with a stencil brush to parts of the canvas and embossed with gold. I got a little bit heavy handed by the time I got to the bottom.
The Moulin Rouge stamps that I used are by Hampton Art and the Eiffel tower ticket is a Stampers Anonymous stamp.

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19 comments:

  1. What a fun piece! I love mucking about with canvasses... thanks for sharing all of your steps!

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  2. This is a wonderful canvas Hazel, the colours are sublime and the gold and black really add the finishing touch. I hate it when you start a piece of work and it keeps going wrong, it's so frustrating, but this is just perfect. Hope you are feeling better. Julia xxxxx

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  3. Hi Hazel,
    I'm absolutely Paris fan-
    so this is so gorgeous, love all the pictures and stamps you've used.
    J'adore;-))m

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  4. Lovely work again, Hazel; your canvas has turned out very well! Valerie

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  5. Beautiful vintage Paris piece Hazel, great as a canvas where have you hung it? XOXO Zoe

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  6. This is so elegant Hazel! I love it!

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  7. I thought it looked a bit big for a postcard, nevertheless it's stunning, fab collaging Hazel

    Sam xxx

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  8. This is very beautiful Hazel! The background colour and the images are gorgeous! I love all the added elements and the gold finishes it off perfectly. Maria x

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  9. Stunning, Hazel and I love the heavy handed embossing, lol - it's beautiful and makes it look so very rich. Gorgeous work x

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  10. Perseverance sure paid off Hazel fab canvas :)
    Von xxx

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  11. Oh Hazel this one is extraordinary, what a complete masterpiece,I LOVE it
    hugs June x

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  12. Hi Hazel, Fabulous, in a word ! I love this canvas, all the colours and images came together beautifully, well done, Gay xxx

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  13. Super canvas Hazel. Such a lot of work.
    Regards Florence x

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  14. Hazel, stunning work! The images are lovely...this is just another piece that shows what a wonderful artist you are!

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  15. This is gorgeous Hazel!! I love all your colors and images!! Love all the trim!!
    hugs!!

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  16. Stunning collage! Love your colour theme & those beautiful vintage images! xxx

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  17. This stopped me in my tracks and I am writing this and going back to look at your canvas. Or should I say drool over your canvas. Hazel, I cannot put into words how I feel about this. It is beautiful - the colours, the imagery, the layout - everything about it. This truly is a masterpiece.
    Neet x

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  18. This is truly gorgeous Hazel. i love the softness and the beautiful collage work.
    hugs June x

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  19. Wow Hazel, that is one beautiful beautiful canvas. what a superb collage. I adore it and am inspired by it. Nice work my friend
    hugs June x

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