Hump Day!

Hello All! Lanette here today!

As you may know Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. So with Earth Day rapidly approaching I thought I would share a canvas that I created using recycled plastic bags.. Yes these bags!

 

As you can see I started by ripping the bags into long strips. I then glued them to the center of a paper circle. From there I just rolled, twisted and glued. They ended up looking like this:

 

Next I added a layer of gesso and some bright Art Anthology Colorations Spray & a tiny bit of stamping.

While my tops dried I went to work on my canvas adding doilies, mesh and heavy gesso for lots of yummy texture! Then I used so more Art Anthology Colorations Spray to create my landscape. 

 

 

After everything was dry I added my assembled my trees and added my quote. With a bit of stamping I was done!

 

Some details for fun :)

 

 

 

So this Earth Day (and everyday) I will try to keep this quote in mind and strive to make some greener choices. But hey if I slip up and bring home more plastic bags at least I know I can make some pretty trees!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 If you liked my recycling project hop on over to 

Practical Scrappers and check out this months Frugal Finds Projects.

 

Art Anthology Products Used: Colorations Spray, Dimensional Crystal, Velvet & Sorbet.

Other Products Used: Bo Bunny Doilies, White Mesh, Faber Castell Pitt Markers, Heavy Gesso, Acrylic Black Paint, Prima Stamps, Decoupage, Hot Glue and some Plastic Shopping Bags.

Hump Day!

Hello All Lanette Here,

I am just stopping by to share a quick little canvas that I created today using a bit of Glitz Pattern Paper, A New Prima Bloom Girl Stamp and my stash of mist! Here just take a peek:



With one sheet of paper & lots of messy fun and I wound up with this pretty little canvas!

Don't you just love all the bright colors!! Can you guess what I used to get all that fabulous color??  I used my mists, that's right I painted my little bloom girl with a mix of mist!

Some details of my canvas just for fun!

Don't you just love how using the mist adds a beautiful shimmer!

I thought one of my favorite quotes would be perfect!  

"Experience is not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens" 

~Aldous Huxley

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Products Used: Glitz Design Pattern Paper, Prima Stamp, Tim Holtz Stamps, Ranger Ink, Tattered Angles Mist, Maya Rd Mist, Mister Huyes Mist, Modge Podge & Gelatos.

Special Ops:Mist, Splatter, Punch Card

Project:Incredible You

Today's special ops lets you get out that mist and make a BIG mess but still have a tidy project to show for it...the best of both worlds!

The crisp black and white layers of this card make a perfect canvas for these bright shapes. Layers of mist make the shapes truly exceptional. But who has time to mist and splatter and blot all those little crowns? Not you! Follow these easy steps for a one-of-a-kind look, and get it done all at once.

Step 1:

Spray mist on to heavy cardstock, spread mist with paper towel, let dry.

Step 2:

Splatter mist on to cardstock, let dry.

(This will leave vague, medium splotches.)

Step 3:

Splatter another layer of mist onto cardstock, blot with paper towel after 30 seconds, let dry.

(This will leave dark, small splotches.)

Step 4:

Splatter cardstock with water, blot with paper towel after 30 seconds, let dry.

(This will leave bright, white splotches.)

Step 5:

Punch shapes from misted cardstock. Assemble card.





Check my blog Scrappin' Chaos for a list of supplies used.

Scrap on!

~charity~