Keep Calm by Suzanne Franin

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I found this quote on Pinterest - don't they have some great stuff to find on there

So I decided it would look great on a canvas in my favourite colours

I used the Heart Butterfly Cog Stencil with clear impasto in Radom spots on the canvas

I glued my Flourish Chipboard down using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue so this was in place when I started to paint and would be covered at the same time as the canvas (I did have to use a brush along the sides of the Flourish so I could get it fully covered)

So using Impasto paints by Finnabair - Raspberry Pink, Poppy Red, Pumpkin and Lemon Peel I blobbed each colour at the top of the canvas and scrapped them down then where the lines where I blended them with a wipe so they mixed a little and created slightly different versions of each shade

I used an old paint brush and added some of the Raspberry Pink Impasto to that and after stamping a pair of scissor I painted in the middle of the handles instead of trying to fussy cut them out

To the right side of the canvas I added lots of wire for some interested and texture

I love the embellishing stage of any project and what you can use is endless I had a packet of tiny pencils which I thought was perfect for this canvas 

I used a little bottle with some liquid like an ink or spray 

I added a little tea pot because I love to have a cuppa while I'm creating and I love that crafting is such a social hobby 

I used the light bulb because isn't that the symbol for an idea LOL 

A little clock for the time that gets away from you when you get engrossed in a project

And then the words are from one of Tim Holtz's word stickers, and from Flutterby Designs Stickers and a Flair Button I love of their products they have make sure you check them out

I then went over everything with Art Alchemy Metallique White Gold Wax for a bit of shimmer and to tone down all the black

Then of course flowers, art stones and a few flicks of white gesso and thats it

Memory Maze products I used :-

Flourish Chipboard 

Heart Butterfly Cogs Stencil

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come back soon xx

New Product Release: Stencils from Memory Maze

Helo crafty friends, today we are excited to showcase some of the newest stencils created by Memory Maze. We have a new face stencil and some arty brush stencils.

The stencil pictured above is great for those crafty, arty journal pages. Here the stencil has been used on a printed background ready for a journal page layout. The stencil can be found at the Memory Maze website here.

Along the same arty lines is this gorgeous paint brush stencil - again, great for those journal pages and mixed media projects.

New to Memory Maze is the Face Stencil - this comes in a 6x6 inch size, 8x8 or 12x12 inch. With this stencil, the options for creating characters on your journal pages, mixed media projects and scrapbook layouts are endless.

If you are interested in any of the Memory Maze products, be sure to contact your local craft store or Memory Maze for your local stockist where we can place our local sales reps in contact with them.