Fungi Fun

Good Morning everyone

Today Im honoured to be guest designer over at creativeartistemixedmedia with fun project using these fab toadstool stamps from pink ink designs.

MDF stand approx. size 7x6"  See below for how i made the background.....I then stamped the image onto white card, watercoloured with inktense pencils and cut out,  then arranged them on the base. Chipboard quote which i cut in half as it was too long but i thought a lovely saying, to find a little joy and cherish the little things around us like the beauty and magic of nature really does lift the spirits.  

I edged the stand with gold paint & I gave it all a coat of mod podge to seal and protect. 

Sadly the photos don't do justice to the cadence dora paints which are super shimmery which i used to highlight the toadstools and background

The background, i first stencilled texture paste mushrooms towards the bottom and dabbed on some texture paste with the spatula to give an earth/ground like effect.  Covered the whole thing in black gesso and then splodged on some acrylic paint, keeping it darker towards the bottom so that Mr Fungi would stand out against a darker background. 

I then cut a foam mushroom in half, cutting the stalk on one to make it a bit shorter and then glued them to the base on the right and a whole mushroom to the left making sure i left enough room for the stamped image.  I then covered them in black gesso and built up the colours with acrylic paint and cadence dora paints so that they were the same colour as my stamped fungi.  I also dry brushed a top layer on the background with dora paints in gold, orange and a touch of fuchsia to highlight the mushrooms.

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I then decided to decorate the back as well with the 2nd pink ink fungi stamp i have, I went with a completely different colour scheme so the recipient can flip it around for totally different art when they fancy a change

I made the background in the same way, just using a flower border that came on the same stencil as the fungi border in used on the 1st one.   After playing around i felt Mr Fungi was a bit short and lost so found this big believe chipboard in my stash which was ideal for him to stand on and help him stand out.  2nd smaller chipboard reads 'today is full of possibilities'

Items Used:

Pink Ink Stamps 'shitake happens' & 'Oyster frills'

Paperartsy stencil 'PS179'

Cadence Dora paints

Pebeo acrylic paints

Texture paste

Black gesso

Derwent Inktense pencils

Chipboards 'art by marlene'

Please do hop over to creativeartistemixedmedia to see the other creative creations and join in - you can join in with cards as well - anything as long as you mix your medias

Thank you all for stopping by once again, i hope you all have a great weekend, Its scary that we are now into February - im not sure where January went too!   Hugs Emmax

Id love to enter this in the following:

https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2024/02/86-alles-geht-opt-mystical-or-vintage.html

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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/miucb-69-anything-goes-optional-mixed.html

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