Thursday, July 2, 2009

Blue, White, & Blue




I created a Lucky 13 page today for Elena with photos of the Mother's Day celebrations in her family. For the page, I chose a photo of her and her mother as the focal point. Elena's mom is wearing a pretty blue shirt which I used as a starting point for my *mostly* monochromatic design. To start, I painted the entire canvas page blue. I used a nice pretty star spangled banner-like blue since 4th of July is in just a couple days, time to get in the spirit and all. Then I started the decorating!

A few weeks ago I got a great deal on some felt doilies by Martha Stewart. I cut one of the doilies in half and stitched it to the canvas page. Then I added some Prima felt Voila, lots of flowers, and some grungeboard elements that I Glimmer Misted. After everything was assembled, I Glimmer Misted the page with Irridescent Gold Glimmer Mist.

One of the big challenges in working with paper and canvas is finding a good adhesive. I've been trying different things with varied success but today I tried Glossy Accents. It worked pretty well - I was surprised! If you have any ideas about good adhesives for this kind of project, please share!

6 comments:

  1. Love all that blue what a wonder peak into what looks to be a very cool page.

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  2. Blue . . . love the color and love love these peeks.

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  3. PS ~ Art Glitter has a fabric glue I'm going to try out. I love their Designer Dries Clear glue . . . I use it for everything!

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  4. A great look. Awesome color. I was introduced to Art Glitter about 2 months ago and I'm in love with it.

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  5. I can't believe how awesome this page is! I feel so honored to have a Jennifer Priest page about me and my mom!

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  6. the colors are fab...the blue is so rich!

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