Be Youtiful

Two videos up in less than a week!! It is quite amazing what you can accomplish when planning and marking aren't part of the equation....except they are and I MUST get more work done before half term is over!!! Anyway, here is another one, a commission for a dear family member to take to Australia. I started using canvas board to make it lighter for packing and discovered I so much prefer it to actual canvas. Much easier to stamp and stencil onto when it doesn't give! I am converted! Its a piece inspired by an Australia artist (coincidence) called Julie Ryder whose work is a billion times more beautiful and accomplished than mine so please also visit her blog here: http://made-by-me-julieryder.blogspot.co.uk/

...and here is my process video https://youtu.be/DfNwPOkX9rU. The list of products used can be found below.

Products used in this piece are as follows:
8x10 canvas board
Gesso
White acrylic paint
docrafts artiste acrylic paint in the following colours:

• Blackberry
• Amethyst
• Metallic Black
• Metallic Amethyst
• Pearl
• Iris
• Lavender
• Silver
• Pearl Wisteria
• Rose Pink

Impasto gloss gel (heavy matt medium)

Glitz it glitter glue in Soft Lavender and Violet Shimmer

Meadow stamps

Black Archival Ink

3D Pearl Effects in Black, Lilac and Silver

Hi Tack Glue

Pink Sequins

Alphabet Stamps (free gift from a magazine)

Patterned paper from Trimcraft "The Promise"

Matt Medium

Reeves water soluble wax pastels in purple

Butterfly stamp

A special canvas for a special person

After we met my cousin for lunch on the way up to Scotland it struck me what a generous and giving person she is. She has gone through some really tough times recently with her health and she is only 25 so I wanted to do something really special for her that would reflect what an amazing person I think she is. So I made her this. I hope it reflects the generous and beautiful spirit she has. I also made a process video for it which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/2n5niEIkKOk

A list of products used can be found below.

Product List

16x20 inch wrapped canvas

Various scraps of tissue paper

Windsor and Newton Matt Medium

White acrylic paint

docrafts artiste acrylic paint in the following colours:

• Blackberry
• Amethyst
• Metallic Amethyst
• Lush Pink
• Pearl Ice Blue
• Sea Spray
• Lavender
• Azure Blue
• Pearl Wisteria

docrafts Glitz It Glitter Glue in the following colours:

• Light Blue
• Violet Shimmer
• Soft Lavender
• Fushia
• Pink Powder

Daler Rowney Impasto Gel

Ranger Texture Tools

Vintage Wonders PaperStack

Faber Castell Big Brush Markers in the following colours:

• Black
• Purple Violet
• Manganese Violet
• Cobalt Turquoise
• Pink Madder Lake

A4 sheet of plain white cardstock

Letter stamps by Papermania

Gold embossing powder

Versamark Ink

Butterfly stamps by Papermania

Black archival ink

Foam tape

12x12 pink cardstock

Hi Tack all purpose glue

Pink sequins