As many of you may know, I’ve been coloring up a lot of The Greeting Farm little fairies and girls (the ones here are Sweetie Bean<\/a><\/span> and from the Magical Kit<\/a><\/span>) as part of my Copic coloring tutorials series on YouTube<\/a><\/span>. I thought about a variety of ways to use them, and I did make a card for one of my subbies with one of them, but I ultimately decided to try to create a mixed media spring forest canvas with them.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I didn’t want to detract from the adorable fairies (I added wings to the little ladies\u00a0who didn’t have them), but I did want to create a magical scene with them so I\u00a0first created a visually very textured but monochromatic bluish 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 Spray in Navy<\/a><\/span>, DecoArt Media Shimmer Misters in White and Turquoise<\/a><\/span>, a Recollections spray in Blue Shimmer and a Tattered Angels spray in Blue Icing. I love the shimmery white (sorry the shimmer was not captured in the photos) speckling\/splotches that I imagine to be fairy dust or tiny fairies deeper in the forest.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Then I did a LOT of fussy cutting. And when I say a LOT, I mean a LOT! I took several sheets of the Stampin’ Up! “Inside the Lines” Designer Series Papers<\/a><\/span> and fussy cut out trees, leaves, ferns, flowers, bees, dragonflies, vines, and mushrooms. I even drew a few birch tree trunks with a black Copic multiliner 0.03 pt. pen<\/a><\/span> to add to the background and fussy cut those out too. Then I mapped out where all the pieces would fit onto a 12″ x 12″ canvas (I had a spare to work on while the sprayed one was drying). Once I generally liked where everything was positioned, I used some GLAD Press’n Seal kitchen wrap paper<\/a><\/span> to temporarily set them in place (this was a trick I learned from Jennifer McGuire for setting die cut pieces for layered cards). I decided not to color any of these fussy cut pieces so that they wouldn’t distract or detract from the colorful fairies.<\/p>\n

Finally, I got to the assembly, and I had so much fun, putting this all together! I glued the initial background pieces down with wet glue, and then started to pop up parts and\/or full floral pieces and fairies on double sided foam adhesive or fun foam. I’m hoping to finish a second canvas (more fussy cutting tonight!) and will come back and share that tomorrow. *wink*<\/p>\n

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This canvas is being entered into the following challenges:
\nThe Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Mixed Media Madness Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Monday Layer It Up Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nFab ‘n’ Funky Flowers Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafty Gals Corner Anything But a Card Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes Challenge with Optional Gems or Pearls<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes with Optional The Rubber Room-No Digis Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafty Purple Frog Lovely Ladies Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nNot Just Cards Monochrome Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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