Thursday, February 18, 2016

lily and the lotus and more Deco Art Paint and Canvas Corp Brands

Good morning. Today I have been blessed with the dearest friends and warm Birthday wishes and I want to say thank you each one touched my heart.
I have had a bug and feel it is over but oh my maybe it is a getting older thing hahaha.
I wanted to share a unique project I made using Canvas Corp Brands beautiful "Gypsy Moments" paper a paper box and Deco art paint and "Crackle Paste".
The top of this project was a broken plastic frame. The buttons are from my Grandmothers sewing box from my Mothers Baby clothes she made omg!
so to cut it short today I love the Deco Art paint. It is creamy and rich...
here is the box


Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Lilyandthelotus and Ikes World Art Challenge #57 Going in Circles

Ike's World Art Challenge is challenging you to Go in circles with us...
I have not recovered fully from the flu and ended up at the Dr. this week so I am running behind and I am sorry.
Challenge #57 Going in circles.
I made a journal page for this challenge. I have ignored my journal books way to long. I always say they will be my companions when I get old.
I LOVE the Rabbit from Ike's SHOP.so here he is in layers and layers of circles.THE RABBIT
Thanks for stopping in.
Hugs
Susan S

 

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Liberate you art 2016 Post Card Swap

                           
                                          2016 Liberate your art post card swap with Kat Eye Studio




Thank you for stopping in.Have a beautiful day.
Hugs
Susan S
Allywhitecat

Thursday, February 11, 2016

LilyandtheLotus and a challenge at Words and Paintery February 2016

Welcome to my blog today. Canvas Corp Brands is a sponsor for this beautiful blog Words and Paintery.
This is a color challenge.
 
 This is a paper mache box my Mother had started but never finished. My Dad gave it to me recently. She had started it painted in black with gold siding. yuck!
My friends on FB Mark, Marjie.. Andy Skinner....this is for you I 
used Deco Art.
Brown.whitecloud,Williamsburg Blue and Matte Varnish
The door is a chip board from um wow studio
The roses were altered by Tattered Angels spray mist from Canvas Corp Brands the paper with the door is from 7gypsies from Canvas Corp Brands and the heart is a embellishment from Canvas Corp Brands made by 7 gypsies. The glitter is from Tim Holtz and sadly I cannot remember where I purchased the mica chips.
The sea shells are from my stash..and it was very important to use the sea shells because my Mother loved the ocean.
The sentiment is from Milton Berel "If opportunity does not knock Build a door" on the 7 Gypsies paper.
The lace on the bottom is from Canvas Corp Brands as well as the ticking in blue and white.
Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have a beautiful month.Enjoy the challenge.
Hugs
Susan S


Create and Inspire has a new Challenge with the wonderful artisan Teri Sherman

It is time for a new challenge at Create and Inspire
This time the art comes from Teri Sherman and her wonderful imagination of incredible images.
This is my make for the challenge
 This is called "Butterfly Bliss". such a beautiful image 
Thank you for stopping in . 
Come play at our Challenge Create and Inspire !
Susan S

Saturday, February 6, 2016

February is in the air Lily and the Lotus and Canvas Corp Brands "Beauty"

Hi and welcome to Lily and the Lotus.
I love February.
 The month of purple and aqua and love.
I was delighted with my new project "Beauty".
 I love journals of any and all kinds. I especially loved this beautiful journal from Canvas Corp Brands. It was different than any I have worked on before. It was thick brown paper like a grocery store bag and heavy and durable. That is a invitation to create for me.
http://shop.canvascorpbrands.com/collections/wanderlust/products/8-5x11-naked-starter-journal-kraft-1 

I put on one of my favorite you tube songs and got started 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92ryjj42M0 

I began with the wonderful Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist 


 I sprayed and let dry and sprayed and let dry rotating the colors.
After the spray mist dried I layered with these cute little chip board musical notes. I cannot tell you where I found them.I sprayed them with the black Tattered Angels Glimmer mist..let them dry and I used tacky glue to hold them in place.. I cut four strips of paper and placed them on top of the musical notes...along with lace I cut into small pieces and sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

The photo is from Somerset studio.
 They have wonderful papers in their shop and in their magazines. This clip was in their magazine...https://stampington.com/blog/2016/01/19/free-article-download-my-personal-journaling-evolution/?utm_source=Somerset+Place&utm_campaign=4fc978572a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9f5ba301d0-4fc978572a-7727701
I used tacky glue and placed the photo paper on top of the different sized squares.
I had the roses from quite some time ago they were as pink as you could get until....



 I began gluing with my tacky glue. I found beads I had saved back and metal findings and two mirrors to keep in the theme of "Beauty"
I used the black Tattered Angels spray Glimmer Mist on a small bit of paste (I use Wendy Vecchi's paste from Ranger Ink)
The sweet purple and white butterfly is a dye cut given to me from a sweet dear friend.
I used embroidery thread  on the boarders of the journal in purple of course.
I want to add at this time I glued two pages together. The cover and the first page to add strength. 
I tattered the edges of the journal after sewing the stitch.
The top right hand corner of the photo I used a brad to connect several metal embellies to the piece. One is the Heart from Canvas Corp Brands..7Gypsies.

I kept gluing and adding mica and mirrors and embellies
let it dry and added my "Paris" clothes pin another gift from a friend....
and
 

           February Treasures "Beauty"
 This is the first piece I made in the series "Beauty" the second was posted first oddly enough.http://lilyandthelotus.blogspot.com/2016/02/february-treasures-from-lilyandthelotus.html
    

 
 

February Treasures from Lilyandthelotus using Canvas Corp Brands

Welcome to February creations using Canvas Corp Brands.

4x4

Canvas Corp Brands has beautiful 4x4 Canvas.My creation this month is based on giving. February is my Birthday month and I love purple.I have been given so many beautiful little gifts from friends in past groups. I am loving placing a few of them on my projects I will be sharing with you.

My 4x4 for February 2016 "Beauty"
The canvas stood blank and I had to smile when I looked at the beautiful bottle of "Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist '#02152 Fully Purple'" smiling back at me.Yes ..inspiration was stirred. I began going through all my ribbons and flowers..their color mattered not..I had Glimmer mist and was going to alter everything and anything to purple.
I used gesso last night and covered the canvas 3 times and let it dry all night it was very wet. This A.M. I began spraying with the beautiful "Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Fully Purple" and the magic began. I found some lovely purple ribbon one of my beautiful friends had sent me. I cut four pieces and used tacky glue and let them dry.
Paper Roses..they are so beautiful. A friend in my Altered Tattered and Timeworn group on yahoo sent them to me about five years ago and I decided to use them up today.
This is after using the beautiful spray glimmer mist from Canvas Corp Brands.Beautiful yes?
 Gypsies. I love Gypsies.This is a peek of the beautiful paper called "Gypsy Moments" from Canvas Corp Brands.For some who swapped with each other in the Designers Crew at Canvas Corp you know I used them for my act's.Well I had to use just one more.
I love it when you are creating and the ideas run faster than you can make it.
This beautiful glitter was given to me by a friend in a yahoo group called "A circle of Friends" I had never opened it..lets try it out .
I had these little bottle with a cork top from Tim Holtz ideology collection. I have had them for years but not used them. I purchased them at Michaels. I filled them up with purple goodness..loads of sparkly glitter and mica chips. I used tacky glue to hold them in place. I also tied a little purple ribbon around each one except the middle and I glued a piece of lace scrap around the middle of the bottle.
I began gluing keys and various metal pieces  and mirrors adding glitter and mica chips.
Beauty sentiment came from the other side of the "Gypsy Moment" paper. I glued the  bottle on top of the 4x4 canvas from the ideology collection of Tim Holtz and called it good.
Happy February everyone.
Susan Salyer
aka Allywhitecat

 







 http://shop.canvascorpbrands.com/collections/stretched-canvas/products/4x4-stretched-natural-canvas
 
 
 

Thursday, February 4, 2016

What's a girl to do...with out the love of Poe

There is a new challenge in the air!I smell the hint of intensity and poetry and suspense..and the sweet devoted magic of the words of Edgar Allen Poe. I hope you come join us http://poequoththeraven.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/quoth-raven-quest-53-for-love-of-poe.html
I made my card using Canvas Corp Brands beautiful supplies. 
I love to see the beautiful makes this month..Hope to see yours there.
Hugs
Susan S