Iāve been coloring up a lot of The Greeting Farm little fairies and girls (the ones here are Flutter Anya and from the Magical Kit and Bloom Kit) as part of my Copic coloring tutorials series on YouTube. To create something a little special with all of them, I decided to try to create a couple of mixed media spring forest canvases with them. If you want to see the first canvas, it’s HERE.
Because I didnāt want to detract from the adorable fairies (I drew and added wings to the little ladiesĀ who didnāt have them), but I did want to create a magical forest scene, IĀ first created a visually very textured but monochromatic orangey-redĀ background with a lot of layers of sprays (letting each layer dry before spraying the next coating to get a deep rich look). I used a Heidi Swapp Color Shine Sprays in Mustard, Primrose and Sheer Transparent, DecoArt Media Shimmer Misters in White, and a Tattered Angels spray in Viva Pink. I love the shimmery white specklingĀ and bokeh effect (it was a happy accident from some of the sprays not mixing and resisting areas on the canvas — I love unexpected effects like this!) that I think looks likeĀ fairy dust or tiny fairies deeper in the forest.
Then I literally spent days fussy cutting, taking several sheets of the Stampinā Up! āInside the Linesā Designer Series Papers and fussy cut out trees, leaves, ferns, flowers, bees, dragonflies, vines, and mushrooms. I alsoĀ drew a couple of birch tree trunks with a black Copic multiliner 0.03 pt. pen to add to the background and fussy cut those out too. Then I mapped out where all the pieces would fit onto a 12ā³ x 12ā³ canvas (I had a spare to work on while the sprayed one was drying).
Once I generally liked where everything was positioned (positions changed afterwards as I was assembling but this helped a lot to getting me just moving forward), I used some GLAD Pressān Seal kitchen wrap paper to temporarily fix them in positionĀ (this was a tipĀ learned from Jennifer McGuire for setting die cut pieces for layered cards). I decided not to color any of these fussy cut pieces so they could be used to create the forest scene without taking away from the colorful fairies (Mr. CraftyPaws has mentioned that sometimes he wishes that I would let my colored images take center stage more and just create a less busy background or scene around them, and I have to agree that I like how this lets the fairies really shine but still have the whole canvas look like a completed project).
Finally, I glued the initial background pieces down with wet glue, and then poppedĀ up parts and/or full floral pieces and fairies on double sided foam adhesive or fun foam.
As an added fairy (not part of the coloring series), it was fun to color up and add Emery from the Bloom KitĀ as a blonde with green eyes using the following Copic colors: Skin: E51, E21, E11 and R20; Eyes: G94 and G99; Dress and Flowers in Hair: YG11, YG06, B000, B01; and Hair: Y00, YR21, YR24 and YR26.
I may add a couple more cuties from the Bloom Kit and have them peeking out from behind trees and leaves before I call these canvases totally done (these cuties are totally addicting to color up), but at this point, I think I have to “paws” and work on some other projects. LOL If you’re interested in seeing how I color up more of these cuties, please check out my Instagram (@kristina_craftypaws) where I am posting pictures I color up every day.
Thanks for stopping by!
The following is a video share of both canvases:
This canvas is being entered into the following challenges:
The Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Mixed Media Madness Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Layer It Up Challenge
Fab ānā Funky Flowers Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything But a Card Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Gems or Pearls
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional The Rubber Room-No Digis Challenge
Crafty Purple Frog Lovely Ladies Challenge
CASual Fridays No Dies Allowed Challenge
Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Creatalicious, good luck!!! Amy DT
Thanks bunches Amy!
See now I have looked at them both I am torn as to which is my favourite….oh heck…I love them both xx
Thank you for sharing with us at Crafty Purple Frog this month, good luck in the draw & I hope to see you again soon
Hugs Shell xx
Awww you are so sweet! I love them both too. š lol
Such a beautiful mixed media! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges this week. Be sure to join us next week too!
Blessings,
CGC DT
Scrapbookingmamaw {My Blog}
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges
Awww you are so sweet! Thanks so much Jeanie!
Wow! Amazing fussy-cutting. Love all the flowrs and the scene you have built. Great job! Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.
I absolutely love your canvases! Thank you (again!) for joining our Farm Fresh Challenge this month at The Greeting Farm! š
This is amazing – I love your colourful little fairies tucked in their forest. Thank you for joining us at Fab’n Funky.
Alison x
Beautiful – love your colouring too.
Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Regards,
TTCRD DT
Made by Helen{My Blog}
Through The Craft Room Door
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This canvas is goreous, too!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional gems or pearlsā challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as wellā¦
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy the past couple of weeksā¦
Thanks again Melanie!