When I was a little girl, my favorite day of the school year was Valentine's Day. It came at the perfect time of the year when we were cooped-up inside due to cold, rainy weather. I enjoyed having craft time to make a pretty box for my Valentines with purple, red, and pink crepe paper and construction paper. Ribbons, hearts, doilies, and markers usually completed the project. I can remember taking my time picking out the perfect box of Valentines for my classmates. Should I choose Scooby Doo or Holly Hobbie? Then I had the task of addressing the Valentines to my classmates. I chose my favorite Valentine cards for my favorite classmates. If I didn't like you, you were sure to get a Velma Valentine. (Ironically Velma is my favorite character now, LOL!) My teachers usually wouldn't let us read our Valentines at school; we had to wait until we got home. Oh, the agony of waiting!
When Canvas Corp Brands sent me a 4" X 4" stretched natural canvas to use in creating a project that would represent me as an artist, I decided to make a Valentine. Here's how my project turned out:
First of all, I painted the entire canvas with gesso (made by Golden).
Then I cut out the notebook paper image from the 7 Gypsies Ordre du Jour 8" X 8" 2-sided paper pad with deckle scissors.
I glued it to the canvas, and then painted an apple on an ATC canvas.
I then glued it in the middle of the 7 Gypsies paper, and added the wording with an ink pen. Et, voilĂ ! A cute little Valentine reminiscent of a note passed during class.
I do like the little canvases. This project is an easy one, and you could easily make a pretty collage with the 7 Gypsy papers and write a poem or love note to your Valentine!
Until next time…
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
When Canvas Corp Brands sent me a 4" X 4" stretched natural canvas to use in creating a project that would represent me as an artist, I decided to make a Valentine. Here's how my project turned out:
First of all, I painted the entire canvas with gesso (made by Golden).
The little stretched canvas is natural, but as an artist I tend to gesso everything, so I gessoed this one to make it seem like a small primed canvas.
Then I cut out the notebook paper image from the 7 Gypsies Ordre du Jour 8" X 8" 2-sided paper pad with deckle scissors.
J'adore the images in this pack!
I glued it to the canvas, and then painted an apple on an ATC canvas.
It's a tiny little painting! I cut the ATC down to only 2" X 2"
Since I'm an oil painter I wanted to use that medium for this project.
I then glued it in the middle of the 7 Gypsies paper, and added the wording with an ink pen. Et, voilĂ ! A cute little Valentine reminiscent of a note passed during class.
I love how the 7Gypsies paper appears to be wrinkled. It's designed that way, but it's perfectly smooth to the touch. Many of the papers have trompe l'oeil in their designs!
I do like the little canvases. This project is an easy one, and you could easily make a pretty collage with the 7 Gypsy papers and write a poem or love note to your Valentine!
Until next time…
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki, I like your little canvas Valentine. That was a clever note too. Blessings, xoxo,Susie
ReplyDeletePure talent!
ReplyDeleteLovely :-)) I love the note.
ReplyDeleteCarla
When I liked this on Instagram, I loved it, but I was on the beach and the sun was glaring so I didn't see who had posted it.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE it!
Just lovely! Yep, I remember the days of passing out Valentines at school. Everyone got one, whether you liked them or not, lol!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely project.
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