Breast Cancer Tribute

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I was asked by a customer to create a tribute to his Mom who had died as a result of this horrible disease. I was honored to be able to create this mini canvas for him.

Fun with Friends and Mixed Media Canvas

What a wonderful week I had in Arizona!  My friend Diane has the most fabulous craft room in which we spent hours of fun creating these wonderful pieces of art.  I worked on the polymer clay pieces while Diane created the backgrounds by adding different textures.

We delved into the fabulous world of Steam Punk, creating these two mixed media canvas pieces. The hair  was made out of curled construction paper. Diane had some sheetrock tape which gave  this one such a wonderful look and the shiny background is air conditioning tape. I love how they turned out!!!

One day our friend Gayl joined us, bringing small canvases and all kinds of wonderful items for embellishments. She showed us how to create these darling double hanging canvases.  I loved how they transformed with each added step. the one at the  bottom is Diane's the one on the left is Gayl's and the one on the right is mine.  It was so much fun learning something new.  Both Diane and Gayl are so very talented as you can see by their artwork.

   

Polymer Clay on Canvas

I had so much fun making these mini canvases into little works of art.  I bought the 3" by 3" canvases, which come six to a pack,  and the easels, which come four to a pack, at Michaels.  Of course using my forty percent off coupons really made them a bargain.  I used acrylic paints to paint each canvas, then created each scene with polymer clay.  

Little Yellow Bird

My Flower Garden

Bee Happy

Sweet Little Lamb

Blue Bird of Happiness

I also added some silk flowers and little twigs that I found in my yard to 

this little creation.

I've Been Busy Creating

As you can see, I have been quite busy in my craft room. 

 A dear friend of mine asked if I could create a hummingbird.  Well, here is my first attempt at making one.  I added a bit of sparkle to his wings and tail feathers.

I love paper dresses!  I made this one out of card stock (which I embossed) crepe paper, satin ribbon and a satin bow.  I mounted it on a 5"x7" canvas which I painted pink and personalized it with my daughter's name. I have this one for sale in my Whimsy Kreations Shop.

I created this little scene on a 6"x6" canvas which I painted a copper color. I spritzed Glimmer Mist over a stencil to give it a pattern then added my embellishments. I used polymer clay to make the bird who is sitting on twigs that I gathered from my yard.  I added a flower and the word 'Imagine' to make it complete.

This is Forest Fred who has been busy gathering wheat for the winter.  I found this large acorn cap at the Dallas Arboritum a while ago and realized that it fit Fred's head perfectly.  I created him out of polymer clay and gave him black beads for  eyes.