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when i think of summer i think of the lush greenery people with green thumbs and the beautiful fragrant flowers that grace us with their presence in the summertime so from that bloom where you are planted was born i hope that this dimensional celebration of summer inspires you to be creative have fun with your art and not be afraid to try something new step 1 begin with a plain 8x8 stretch canvas step 2 find a vintage photograph to use in the center of your canvas and size it to approximately 3 x 5 i found this sweet image on the internet a long time ago and the photo was naturally tinted green which is perfect for this canvas note i left about a 1 4 border all the way around to more resemble an old photograph but that is optional step 3 brush matte multi medium onto the canvas in the area that you will be attaching the photograph then place the photograph and brush over it with matte multi medium to seal it matte medium dries clear and doesn t have a lot of dimension which makes it a great glue and sealer step 4 add bundled sage distress paint all over the canvas including the sides and allow to dry on a non stick craft sheet add a spritz of water and some peeled paint distress paint lightly brush this onto the canvas using a paint brush to achieve that streaked effect and let it dry step 5 mix a few drops of fired brick reinker into white embossing paste mix the color until you achieve the brick color you want and then lay the brick wall stencil randomly over the canvas and scrape the embossing paste onto the canvas be sure to allow it to dry or use a heat tool before adding more bricks repeat this process until you are happy with the placement of your bricks tip after applying a couple of bricked areas clean the stencil before applying more to be sure you are not transferring excess paste onto your canvas step 6 to dull the red bricks a little and add a bit more of a shabby chic feeling use a brush to apply some picket fence distress paint that had been diluted with a little water over the bricks and around the edges of the photograph once dry add some gathered twigs distress ink to the edges and randomly on the canvas with an ink applicator now that our background is done let s move on to the embellishments step 7 paint chipboard letters bloom with pitch paint dabber and let dry then ink the letters with vesamark or any clear embossing ink and cover with clear utee ultra thick embossing enamel place the letters on your craft sheet and return the left over utee to the container heat the letters until the clear utee is melted leaving a shiny dimensional letter step 8 create an 8 picket fence out of a 6 tim holtz on the edge die cut titled on the fence line up one end of an 8 x 2 1 2 strip out of plain grungeboard on the edge of the die as you normally would leave about 1 2 at the bottom for a good base to the fence to extend the fence take the uncut portion of the grungeboard and line it up next to the last picket in the fence where they would normally join together with the next picket lay the grungeboard between the plastic sandwich pieces and cut it you will have an extended 8 piece of fence that is barely noticeable where they were joined together step 9 paint the fence with a basecoat of espresso adirondak paint dabber and let dry next add a thin coat of paper artsy s fresco finish crackle glaze when almost dry add a light top coat of fresco finish snowflake within 20 seconds no exaggeration the fence starts to crackle when dry distress the fence with gathered twigs distress ink step 10 lightly dry brush little clay pots with the snowflake paint then add a green wire for a stem into some moss or other filler and stuff into your pots to adhere the pots use hot glue the pots onto the fence and wire them on using a dark wire note i had some tiny clay pots to decorate for this piece if you don t have any you can always die cut some from paper first step 11 create the little roses and daisies sunflowers from the susan s garden collection sizzix dies for this miniature sunflower you begin by placing the die cuts blades up onto the platform and covering them with cardstock then the plastic cover create dimension on the petals leaves and calyx using susan s tool kit the kit comes with everything you need to create all of her fabulous flower creations i also used some brown chalk to color each petal at the base glue the first row of petals onto each of the projections from the calyx then repeat for the second row of petals stacking them in between each of the petals on the first row glue the leaves to the underside and all that is left is adding the center on the canvas i cut a small white pom poms in half sprayed them with vintage photo distress stain and glued them to the centers for a different look on this sunflower i added a little glue to the center of sunflower and added small brown seed beads be creative with your centers note here is also a wonderful set of videos and pdfs on sizzix website to help you when creating all of the susan s garden flowers i found it helpful to have susan s set of tools when creating these precious little flowers when you finish creating the roses daisies and sunflowers set the daisies and sunflowers to the side to put in place later hot glue the roses to the green wires coming out of the pots step 12 print some vintage seed packet images 1 3 4 x 2 3 4 onto a sheet of cardstock leaving enough space between them so you can create an envelope note you could also purchase little pre made seed packets like these from webster s pages or these from jenni bowlin in this case the image of the seed packet was 1 1 2 across make sure that the sides when folded behind would overlap just enough to be glued together with 1 4 scor tape the top and bottom flaps are 1 2 fold the sides inward using a bone folder for a better crease and trim the edges slightly inward apply the 1 4 scor tape to the overlapping side of the seed packet and across the bottom tab seal the pieces together creating the little seed packet use a cropadile radius chomper in this case i used the 1 8 side to create the rounded edges on the top flap distress the inside and outside of the flap with gathered twigs distress ink a perfect little replica of an antique seed packet step 13 print words onto cardstock in the font of your choice or use small letter or word stamps or stickers to create additional words for your canvas mount the words onto black cardstock so that a thin border shows then rub the edges lightly with gilding wax note my letters were approximately 3 8 high and anywhere between 1 1 4 you and are 1 1 3 where and 2 planted long now that the pieces are all made it s time for assembly here are my notes for assembling this canvas place your letters bloom onto the canvas using glossy accents add pop dots to the back of the words that you printed out but don t adhere them until you ve added the flowers use pop dots on the fence before adhering use hot glue when attaching the seed packets in place on top of the fence stick random length green wire stems inside of the seed packets and hot glue the ends of them in place on the canvas where you want a flower to be finally to finish off the outer edge of the canvas i ran a 1 2 inch piece of black ribbon around the perimeter of the canvas and attached it using 1 2 scor tape all the way around i hope that my bloom where you are planted canvas has inspired you to let your crafting bloom this week and enter our challenge thanks to candy for this amazing tutorial now are you feeling inspired to make something with a bit of green yourself then join us in this week s challenge click here to see the rest of the design team s entries and to enter your creation for the full rules read the challenge rules posted in the side bar here on our blog posted by may at 5 00 am 23 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 15 2013 challenge good to be green from upcycling to playing with your favorite green ink pad this week we re all about how good it is to be green whether you want to use something that would otherwise be garbage on a project and be inspired to be environmentally friendly or if you want to play with the color we hope you ll join us i love combining mint green with navy blue i also of course adore my mowed lawn distress products what to choose from frogs to leaves olive to kelly we look forward to seeing all things green this week kicking things off for us this week we have a special guest cheiron she is a designer for simon s wednesday challenge blog and she creates some beautiful projects cheiron works in the financial district by day and spends her nights relaxing at the craft table she has been making cards since 2004 and has recently been exploring the world of mixed media i love playing around with mixed media techniques and incorporating them into my card making but this time i have created pages in an actual art journal for this green challenge it was all about leaves for me i used the dyan reavely around the edge stamp set which has great leaves and fun dots that i colored in with faber castell pitt artist pens and paper pieced some of the leaves with stenciled papers from my stash the background of the page is subtle made by applying some glazing medium mixed with a bit of paint first in blue and once dried with yellow rather than using the green color anita went green by upcycling an old window pane into a new organizational board for her last project her at simon says stamp show yes stampers sadly this is my last project at ssss s i have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and i thank the crew and dt for a most wonderful experience i am going to miss it i had a large 24x33 old window pane leaning against the wall in my garage for some time now so with a little elbow grease some reinforcing and ranger s pearl acrylic paint dabber it gleamed like new after stamping on it i filled the panes with cork sheet magnetic paneling wire mesh and string to hang and attach tags and things i want to display in my work area i will later add a shelf to the bottom of it when i have more time but i am happy with how it came upcycled out ashli s project started out as just some simple creative play one thing lead to another and she ended up with a fun little décor piece when i started this i had no idea where it would end up sometimes that is the best way to create i began by simply playing with a favorite stencil from the crafter s workshop and some green mists on a few oversized tags when i had three finished tags i loved them so much that i decided to turn them into an art piece and since we are all about green this week i up cycled a scrap piece of white paper and leftover piece of plywood with all my tags mounted i headed to my embellishment drawer once i found that adorable house from the american crafts mayberry line i knew the direction to take this tag art in home sweet home complete with the date we purchased our house i love it when a little session of creative play leads to an unexpected and fun finished art piece this week i may went leaf y with the challenge like cheiron i heard green challenge and grabbed for my beloved dylusions leaf stamps i had a lot of creative fun making this tag and layering both stamps and colors as i created so much leafy green goodness combined with my favorite dylusions flower stamp as well as some summer distress to make my background i ve now got a tag ready to place on a birthday package for someone special meihsia chose yellowish green to interpret her outdoor themed layout this week my daughter natalie loves outdoor activities a lot so on this layout i used a photo of her and two of her favorite colors blue and green the background of this layout was colored using ranger adirondack paint dabber lettuce and stamped with clearsnap colorbox pigment ink and versafine onyx black i made a zipper flower and had some machine sewing stitches to decorate this page the beautiful green on this layout reminds us of the great time we had in austin suzz decided to up cycle a vase and use some of her leftover bits and pieces to keep it green i had this lovely glass vase that i have been wanting to up cycle i was thinking green and pulled out out my jar of buttons leftover lace and doilies to cover my shabby chic vase i painted the entire surface using white acrylic paint to add color i sprayed the surface with tattered angels glimmer mist be mine and sun sisters i layered a mix of embellishments all painted white to coordinate i included tim holtz idea ology timepieces 7 gypsies 3 key charm embellishments bo bunny medium doily and a little trimming sandra mouwen made a green birthday tag with die cuts made out of cereal boxes i love to use old cereal or other food boxes for die cutting it is really good cardboard it s free and it s green because i recycle it i have a big pile of ready to go recycled cardboard for this tag i did what i call the metallic marbled stain technique and used evergreen bough shabby shutters and brushed pewter distress stain in the background i stamped with my go to stamp script from kaisercraft and the number 3 with the numero stamp set from 7gypies anna karin made a very green ruler binder tag book when thinking about what to do this week my eyes fell on tim holtz new ruler binder and i decided to make a tag book about my school years i used almost only shades of green with a little bit of kraft and gold the tags were coloured with distress paint inked and stamped mainly with stamper s anonymous stamps and with four green archival inks tim holtz rub ons are perfect for small spaces and pages and i used them here and there for a recycled detail i die cut letters and numbers from clear packaging and coloured with alcohol inks this week dan was inspired by an article he d read about the pressures on girls to conform to images in fashion magazines i know i know it s a bit out there i know exactly what you re thinking but i pushed this one right out there because i was inspired by a serious topic and didn t want to pull my punches this started out as a manilla tag not that there s much evidence left of it i cut the eye sockets out of the skull and replaced them with eyes from the classics 5 stamp set and the mouth is wendy vecchi s kiss me stamp do you recognise the hair it s repurposed from the david stamp in the artful artifacts set i had a lot of fun trying the packing tape technique with the gelliarts printing plate and have included a panel of that here too oh yeah one last thing green i used lots of green if that isn t enough inspiration for you we also have two fabulous posts coming later this week candy loves the lush greenery and beautiful fragrant flowers of summertime i hope you will check back on tuesday for a step by step tutorial on this good to be green very vintage very dimensional home décor piece that i created with you in mind tracy used a mix of recycled elements pai...