Our Debut over at Altered Eclectics D- Everything in the garden is rosy!

Yes that's right.  My latest blog has gone live today.  It is ANYTHING GOES every month which start on the 1st of the month every month.  It is ALTERED ART ONLY.  No cards, layouts or ATC.  I realized  there are not really all that many blogs to cater for us eclectics so here we are.  Pop on over and see the design teams creations, they are outstanding.  Leave some love if you feel like it and join in.  You have a month to create.

Anyway down to business.  I bought a set of 3 awful canvases from a car boot sale a while back so decided to put one to good use.  I have already used one, just one to go.  They are about 12x12 so quite a large space to cover.

I recently been watching Jennings644 over on YouTube and found a tutorial on a shabby chic canvas using the technique of paining over all the embellishments on a canvas.  I have to admit I was scared after spending so much time on it initially. It worked thank goodness.

I gessoed it and painted it in a creamy color acrylic.  I adhered a wooden birdcage, birds, loads of flowers (the one on the right I made and I will be putting a photo on this post pre canvas days lol) three chipboard dress forms, covered in lace and dried flowers (not that you can see lol) and loads of different metal butterflies which were originally on necklaces.  They came in handy lol.  The cherubs and clouds I cast myself using plaster.  the ledge where the cherub appears to be leaning on was part of a picture frame which I sawed off and let me tell you, I sawed my thumb knuckle lol.  It hurt but A&E was not necessary.  It just got sealed with modelling paste when covering the clouds lol.  

Once it was dried properly I used cosmic shimmer sprays over it.  Again once dried I used a white rub over some raised areas to highlight them.  Voila all done!

Anyway now for the overload of pics.  I always go over the top and I am sorry for that - well a little anyway!

My handmade flowers 

The cherubs I cast 

Canvas before I worked on it

 Now the finished piece

Why not pop on over to Altered Eclectics to join in with the monthly challenges or if it is not your thing there is always Eclectic Ellapu which is weekly and accepts anything as long as it fits the theme of the week.

Hugz and love always 

Elaine aka Ellapu xxx

This has been entered into the following challenges

613Avenue Create - anything goes 7j FEATURED
ABAC - Getting messy 8j
Challenges4everybody - anything goes 6j
CI paint - anything goes 13j
Dream Valley challenges - make own flowers 13j
That craft place - flowers 14j
Allsorts - lavender and lace 7j TOP FIVE
Crafty Catz - say it with flowers 6j
Inspire me friday - anything goes 6j
QKR Stampede - anything goes 6j
Stamping for the weekend - anything goes 6j
Crafting for all seasons - Make it girly 9j
Crafts and me - anything goes 24j
Creative moments - flowers 10j
Nutcrackers - texture 10j
Pollycraft - anything goes 4j
Rhedd and Rosie - flight 5j WINNER
Simon says stamp - anything goes 4j
Creative Card Crew - no designer paper 8j
Everybody art - butterfly 2j
Inky chicks - anything goes 9j
Part time tuesdays - anything goes 3j
Artistic inspirations - anything goes 9j
Bunny zoe - wings 9j
Crafty bloggers network - metal 1a
Ink it pink - the great outdoors 8j
Simon says stamp and show - anything goes 8j
Sparkle and sprinkle - ABAC 1a
The crazy challenge - ABAC 9j