Paper Wings Productions' Thankful Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Happy Friday and thank you so much for joining me today! WELCOME to Paper Wing Productions' Thankful Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway! If you've arrived here from Katie's blog, then you're in the right place.  If you’re just stopping by for a visit, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning.

This month we’re taking a moment to give thanks for all of the wonderful things in our lives and showcasing them in our Thankful blog hop.  So grab some coffee, tea or whatever works for you, get comfortable and enjoy the hop.

For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment
• come back and leave us a comment telling us you completed the hop.

To increase your chances of winning: like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. 

  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, Nov 5^th, 2013 on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

I'm so thankful for all of the wonderful blessings that God has given me, from my family to this amazing creative journey I started a year and a half ago and of course all of you.  So for today's project, I created a 10x10 mixed media canvas to add to my home's fall decor.

I knew that I wanted to use rich colors and texture so I started by using the molding paste debossing technique that I shared in this video: Technique Tuesday.  I stamped the molding paste with the following stamps: Writing Cling Stamp, Text Cling Stamps and Fancy Leaf.

I painted the canvas with Golden fluid acrylic paints in raw sienna and burnt umber.  The debossing technique gives the paint areas to puddle creating gorgeous texture and depth.

The final layer of my background is a piece of muslin fabric.  Muslin is a really great fabric for stamping because it has a tight grain so you're able to get a clean impression.  I stamped my fabric with the fancy leaf in the Mini Thanks Cling Stamp set and then colored them in with Distress Markers and Dylusions inks.

Next I moved onto creating this beautiful flower.

I cut the flower using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Die and cut two sets.  I stamped the individual flowers with the Music cling stamp.

Then I flipped them over and sprayed them with Dylusions and Lindy's Spray Ink.

With the flower assembled, I dug into my clip art and found these two beautiful images.  The pumpkin is from the Sept NC kit and can be found of the Fall Clip Art sheet.  The beautiful vintage women is from the June NC kit and is on the Summer clip art sheet.  I stamped "very thankful" on a strip of muslin.

I used a scrap piece of iron for the base of the flower, inking it with red paint to tie into the flowers in my vintage lady's hair.

I dusted the edges with more red paint to create visual balance and highlight all the beautiful debossed texture.

To finish off the right edge, I added a strip of crotchet ribbon.

The little finishing touches I added include: ribbon leaves, small inked roses, a small heart and metal leaf bobby pin.

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you've enjoyed my post.   If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or PM me on Facebook.  Okay, now it's time to head on over to Carrie's Blog!!

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com

Erica Rose Thompson - http://ericarosecreates.blogspot.com

Irit Shalom - http://iritshalom.blogspot.com
Katie Smith - http://www.punkprojects.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com **You are here**

Carrie Avery - http://www.carrieavery.com
Amber Rasmuss - www.sew-ink.blogspot.com
Cathi O’Neill - www.celticknotted.blogspot.com

Paper Wings Productions Blog “The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

I've entered this project in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Monday Challenge: Anything Goes!!
&
The Simon Says Stamp Blog Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes!!

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

&

Let Your Creativity Take Flight!

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