Love Bugs

Super Cute Critters visited our blog today. :)
Athanasia's sharing her beautiful new canvas + some really clever tricks on how to create a wire frame, make the bugs "jump out" of the page and more!

Hello everyone!

Today I want to share a canvas I created about love bugs! I really like bugs, I think they are very cute and I love... love! So, my thought was to combine these two ideas in one project:

For this canvas I used only a few embellishments, actually one chipboard piece and two die cuts from the 7Dots Studio Soulmates collection! 

In order to create the background of the composition, I used Art Basics Light Paste with Finnabair's 'Weaving' stencil and some Lindy's Stamps Gang sprays in color shades that match the photo's colors. I also did some stamping with several stamps here and there...

To create the clusters, I used the wooden sticks which come with the canvas - I haven't figured out yet how I am supposed to use them, so I had this idea to glue them on the canvas :) I also glued on them some torn tiny pieces of old pages and little pieces of canvas paper and used some gold thread.

One thing I enjoyed was cutting out the bug. I printed the same photo twice and glued the bug on the second photo. I really like this effect - it's like a real one standing on the photo and looking at its fellow! :)

For the title I used one of the 7 Dots Studio dies. As I didn't have any frame, I decided to make one of my own with gold wire. I wrapped some of it around the sticker and glued it down... I love the result and definitely am going to do it again in another project!

As a final touch, I used my ever favorite 'Blue Grass' pigment from Primary Elements on some spots to highlight them.

I hope you liked today's project and got some new ideas!

Have a lovely day!

Athanasia

 

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