Tuesday 25 January 2011

Papertrey January Blog Hop



Hello everyone,



Its time for the Papertrey Blog Hop again and the challenge this time is to make something with a stamp set that either has not been inked, or has been gathering dust. I decided to use 'Its a Celebration' which I have only used the banners from before now. I decided to make a small decorative canvas for my dresser and chose a picture of my youngest son on his 21st birthday.


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I began by taking two 4 inch canvases and painting them with blue acrylic paint. When it dried, the colour was a little too bright, so I went over it with a thin wash of white paint to tone it down a little.
I was covering the canvas so didn't need to paint the middle.

I then took spring rain card stock and stamped a background with Versamark using the solid and outline tiny star stamps from the Celebrations set. I did some more background  (a little hard to see in the photo) using the bubbles stamp and Vintage Cream ink. I then layered up the backgrounds with some summer sunrise DP and inked the edges with creamy brown ink.

Before attaching the papers to  the canvas I sandwiched some ribbon between them and the canvas to join the two canvases together. I chose the photo of my son (looking very handsome don't you think?) and printed it out at 2.25 x 2.5 inches. Then came the fun bits of stamping and cutting out all the embellishments. I stamped three cupcakes, all with different toppings and added cherries, which I put glossy accents on to mimic real cherries. I stamped and embossed the gift parcel with summer sunrise ink and over stamped the bubbles with blue ink. I love how with PTI, you can over stamp and get the positioning right because you can see what you are doing. I finished the gift off with a button and twine.





I then stamped the sentiments, put them on strips and added a minute star stamp to highlight each word. The stamp for 'birthday' has a blank where the 'i' should be and there are little candle and flame stamps to fill the gap. I liked these so much that I kept stamping them and used them on the other side of the canvas:-


I added one of the party hats on top of the photo and tied some ribbon around to finish it off. I think it looks good on my dresser and I hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by and I'm off to get a cup of tea before browsing the other blogs for inspiration.

Hugs
Carol x

29 comments:

Ashleigh said...

wow this is awesome! TFS!

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Karen C. said...

What a fun project. I really like how you used the party hat on the photo of your sun - great combination of stamps and die cuts.

Amy said...

Great canvas project! Love how you used the stamped images to decorate it!

Kay D said...

What a fun project, and such happy colors!

Diane Jaquay said...

This is a great keepsake! Very happy and festive!

Mona Pendleton said...

What a fun and adorable project! Love your son wearing the hat ;)

Jen Carter said...

How fun!! Love the glimmer!

Anonymous said...

What a cool project and such a fun one to keep out and see all the time!
Its just super cool..and awesome idea as well!

ChristineCreations said...

What a cute remembrance of a big birthday!

Terri said...

Very cute! Great way to remember his birthday.

beckynoelle said...

very cool! love your canvas :)

Kelly S. said...

Hee, I like the "hat" on his head! A super fun birthday memento! Love the colors!

Debra said...

What a great idea! Bright, fun colors too!

Helen F. said...

Such a fun project with your handsome son in his party hat :o) Love all happy stamps and dies you used here!
Thanks so much for your lovely comments on my blog and well wishes for my husband...so appreciated!

Anne Tussing said...

Great canvas frames! Such nice details and fun colors!

Christina said...

What a great idea for a 3D project! This will be a wonderful keepsake for years to come. Thanks for sharing!

Stephanie said...

What a wonderful project! I just love how you put a hat on your son......Looks like it fits wonderfully!!! Great job on this!

Cathy Weber said...

Great idea with this. It is nice to see some projects with grown children in them, mine are around the same age as your son. I love how you perched the party hat on him. Bet he laughed when he saw it. Great job on this challenge.

Purrfect Paper Creations said...

What a fun project! I love all the colors--those are my son's favorite colors!

Chris L.

Sue Lelli said...

SUPER project! Your son is handsome and looks so happy in that pic! This will be so FAB on your dresser!

Carol's Ink Spot said...

What a very nice memory of a happy occasion! Lots of fun elements added to this too.

Linda Suarez said...

Love it! You did an amazing job!

Krista said...

totally cool idea! love that you did something besides a card!

Tracey said...

What a wonderful idea.....I always thought of doing a canvas, thanks for the inspiration. I'm sure your son loves it!

Hi, I am Karen Driscoll said...

This so cool, I love the color!! Great Job, Karen

Laurel said...

Really really cute!

Bumblebee said...

Great use of the canvas! I saw some cheaply yesterday and was trying to think of ways to use them, and you've given me an idea! Thanks!

Taheerah said...

What a cool idea! Love how you used the set to create a special memento for your son!

Ohhh Snap said...

Great project, I love the hat :D. TFS!

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