Sacred Heart, Hope & Believe

Hello Everyone! The weather this past weekend was just beautiful! We left the house to run some errands with a sweater! If you live in the Midwest, you can relate. Usually, February brings snow, snow and more snow.

OK, enough of the weather, time to move on to the project at hand. When I started to create this 9" x 3"canvas, the only idea I had in mind was to have some sort of medieval look to it. I started by covering it in black gesso, then painted it in various hues of blues & greens. Wanting more texture, I added tissue paper then more paints in blues, greens and gold until I was happy with the result. I wanted the sacred heart to be the focal point of the piece so I painted it in reds then added the small glass seed beads for a dramatic look. The keyhole on the heart and the decorative molding at the top and bottom are clay embellishments created from Iron Orchid Design molds.

I wanted to add words that would enhance the beauty of the heart and chose "hope" and "believe". They are stamped on white tissue paper, not adding any color to them purposely so they wouldn't get lost in the background.

I am submitting this canvas to the following challenges:

• The Artistic Stamper Creative Team February Challenge - Love Hearts  
• Vintage Journey February Challenge - Words That Are Special  
• Crafty Creations Challenges - #335 Anything Goes 
• That's Crafty Challenges - I Heart You 

I hope you like my project. Thank you for stopping by!

Nicie

Tag Tuesday Blogger - Weekly Challenge "In The Style of"

I am so excited to announce that I have been added to the Tag Tuesday Blog and will now be posting to their weekly challenges. I want to thank Carolyn Saxby for adding me to this wonderful blog!!!

This week's challenge is to create something "In The Style Of" your favorite artist or crafter. I have always admired the creations of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Their paintings are always rich in color and the expressions are so lifelike. The picture of the painting I chose is from Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the original three members of the Brotherhood. Make sure to stop by the Tag Tuesday Blog to look at all the beautiful tags that have been created.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

  

Wicked Wednesday - Valentine/Love

Love is in the air and it's no exception at Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge - the theme this week is Valentine/Love. For the challenge, I'm submitting this cute little cupid waiting for his love to arrive! The background was created using Distress Inks with just a small splash of Perfect Pearls Mist.

I hope you like this ATC and thanks for stopping by!!! :)