Greatest Treasures!

WOW! We are having a fun week! Stampendous is working with the wonderful products provided to us by DecoArt for our projects. Our two teams have been sharing ideas all week with a grand finale hop on Friday!

Of course there are Prizes!!!!! 
Comment to win one of three HUGE prize packages that includes Andy Skinner stamps and DecoArt Media™ Paint plus more!  US winners only, see Stampendous Official Contest Rules here for more details.

Want to see all that’s in each prize package? Take a look below:

Stampendous:
ASCRS07 Cling Handle with Care ASCRS08 Cling Skuldoggery ASCRS09 Cling Unexplained
DecoArt:
Quinacridone Magenta Cobalt Turquoise Hue Cobalt Teal Hue Primary Magenta Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Paynes Gray Carbon Black Titanium White Prussian Blue Hue Phthalo Blue	Quinacridone Gold Diarylide Yellow Pyrrole Red Green Gold Primary Yellow Media Mister Titanium White Antiquing Cream Patina Antiquing Cream 8oz Bottle Lamp Black Americana Acrylic Pain

SNEAK PEEK!!!   Today I've created a little canvas that combines one of our new stamp sets from the Stampendous April release with paints and other products from DecoArt.

Greatest Treasures

Stampendous:
SSC1262 Nautical Treasures PCS
Frantage Color Fragments - Ochre, Taupe, Chiffon

MPW811 Multi Media White Paper

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
DWDPK Palette Knife

Plus:
4" x 4" x 1" Canvas
DecoArt White Gesso
DecoArt media Fluid Acrylics - Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Green Gold, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Titan Buff, Burnt Umber
DecoArt media Crackle Paste
DecoArt Decou-Page matte
Copic Sketch Markers - Y15, YR000, YR21, YR24, R32, R35, E31, E33, E53, E93, BG10, BG13, BG18, G12, G17, YG93, YG95, T1, T3, 100
Archival Ink - Jet Black
Dries Clear Glue
ZipDry Adhesive
Foam Tape
Heat Tool
Ephemera - shells, grass, feathers

Instructions:

Step 1: Paint the canvas with a coat of White Gesso, let dry (or use a heat tool)
Step 2:  Paint the canvas with the fluid acrylics, let dry

Step 3: Use Archival Jet Black ink to randomly stamp the greatest Treasures saying around the canvas
Step 4:  Use the palette knife to apply a thin coat of Crackle paste near the bottom edge of the canvas, let dry thorougly until well crackled
Step 5:  Stamp the treasure chest image on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black, color with Copic Markers

Step 6:  Cut out the colored image dividing it into three sections, edge with a black marker, wipe a very thin coat of decou-Page on both sides of each piece, let dry
Step 7: When the Crackle Paste is dry, paint with a wash of Titan Buff and Burnt Umber, let dry

Step 8: Use foam tape to add the treasure chest pieces (one in the front, one on each side)

Step 9: Use ZipDry to apply the ephemera around the canvas, use dries clear glue to add the Color Fragments

For today's list of designers, see these blogs:

Stampendous Blog

DecoArt Blog

Happy Creating,
Louise