Vintage mixed media canvas #2

Ok, so I made another sample to use in the class I'm teaching this Saturday at a boutique owned by a lovely woman in my neighborhood.

The size of the canvas is the same as in the last post, so I believe it's 5 x 7 but I am decorating it vertically instead of horizontally.

Here's what you need:


--a small canvas    (I think mine is 5 x 7)
--vintage-themed card stock
--two playing cards cut in half
--cheese cloth
--distress spray (vintage photo by Tim Holtz)
--chipboard numbers
--twine with a charm
--various stamps and ink pads
--embellishments of any kind, especially vintage designs 
--white or clear gesso
--gel medium



1) First, primed the canvas with white or clear gesso. I think I used clear because I didn't want to have edges of cut up card stock showing the gesso. But in the end it didn't matter because I brushed regular white gesso over it after.



2) Next I glued the cut up pieces of various card stock pages (from Tim Holtz) down onto the canvas:

As you can see in the pic, I also took two playing cards and cut them in half and placed two front side up and two down side up in various places. 



3) In the next step, I brushed the white gesso over the card stock to unite all the pieces:

4) Next, I picked some stamps and black archival ink pad to stamp random images and sayings to have a vintage look: These are from Finnabair Prima:

5) Then I cut some swatches of cheese cloth and adhered with clear gesso. For an experiment, I made a spray of black tea but it was too light so I needed to resort to distress spray from Tim Holtz (vintage photo):

6) Next, I didn't take a photo, but I covered the number chipboard pieces in a bronze paint used for patina effect. I also chose a plastic metallic cog embellishment and glued those on. I also traced a clock with India ink marker (optional):

7) Then I went around the edges of the canvas with a dark brown archival ink and a makeup sponge:

8) Finally, I tied a twine with a charm around the middle of the canvas:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial: