Sue Smyth for Imaginarium

Fantasy Canvas and 

8 x 8 album

By Sue Smyth 

Hi Bloggers

Today I am sharing a fantasy canvas I made for the June show Tutor display.

I just wanted to make something for fun and see where it would lead me.

I have started with a skinny canvas and some old paint brushes, I thought 

they would look good as a skirt and went from there to make a 

body with the corset chipboard, some wings and a small

dolls head.

I have double embossed the wings with gold emboss powder

 to give a nice lustre.

3 Feathers are placed over the paintbrushes to fill out 

the skirt, I have painted them with white gesso, 

sprayed with red dylusions and dried off.

Then I have rubbed over with gold paint, sprayed

with gold spray glitter  and 

added dots of gold liquid pearls.

To colour the brushes, I have painted them

with white gesso and sprayed with red dylusions.

then when dry rub over gold paint

For the top I have layered a selection of trinkets.

To colour randomly swipe with white gesso

and spray with red dylusions.

Wipe off any excess to leave colour in the crevices 

and detail of the trinket.

The corset chipboard is embossed with an embossing 

folder first, then painted with white gesso and sprayed with

red dylusions as well.

When dry rub over with gold paint, I have also 

added a layer of Dimensional magic for shine too.

Imaginarium Chipboard 

8 x 8 Album

For this project, I wanted to make an album for my sisters 50th Birthday

but I did not want to fill it with photos, as I will leave

that to her. So inside is just plastic pockets with 

cardstock, waiting for any photos she chooses.

I have covered a purchased album with paper towel and

gel medium, add white gesso, dry off and spray with 

your choice of colours to make a great

textured base to add your chipboard and flowers.

Like the project above I have stuck with a gold theme.

Chipboard is either double embossed with gold embossing powder.

Or sprayed black with matt black spray paint

and rubbed over with gold paint.

You can see in this photo the difference these two techniques

give, the title is double embossed and the flourish below is 

sprayed and rubbed over with gold.

Add a cluster of flowers 

buttons and 

bows to make it nice and girly and you are all done.

Imaginarium Chipboard 

Happy Crafting all