Monday 14 March 2016

A Collection of 3 and CVC Workshop

Good morning from a bright and sunny Surrey - what a beautiful few days we have had - such a lovely change to the grey skies and rain.


Today I am sharing my reverse canvas here and doing a 'show and tell' at Country View Crafts project Blog of all the wonderful canvases made at my workshop on Saturday.


 This was a rework of a canvas I made last year but transposed to a different size and with some modifications.



 I still love making these flowers that Tim Holtz produced back in the Compendium of Curiosities Book 1. It's great to revisit some of these oldies which are still very effective.


And I love new discoveries too. Whilst playing with ways to create these butterflies I re-discovered another oldie but goody, the TH distress embossing powders. They are not made any more so if you want to grab some before they have all gone then pop over to the CVC shop where Susan is doing 10 for £20 - that's less than half of the original price.


If you would like to see the wonderful interpretations of my canvas then please pop over to the project blog post today they really are all beautiful.

I would also like to share this at Frilly and Funkie's latest challenge which is called 'Let's make it a Trio', where hopefully my collection of three butterflies will fit in well.

Have a great week.

hugs Brenda xxx

28 comments:

Annie said...

Your canvas looks fabulous Brenda and it's always nice to revisit old techniques. Bet you had a great time at the workshop x huge hugs and yes, it's great to have some nice sunny days

Hugs Annie x

Monika Gulyas said...

Wow Brenda, this is breathtakingly beautiful!!! Your flowers are amazing!!!

Paula Cheney said...

great piece Brenda - love all the color and the different butterflies. Really, really pretty!

Dagmar said...

Fantastic!!!! It makes a beautiful springtime-feeling <3 Hugs Dagmar

Unknown said...

Oh so lovely Brenda. Just adore your layers and layers of flowers. I bet this is even more gorgeous in person too!! Truly enjoyed seeing this! XXj.

Jac said...

Wow what a make, love this heaps, those flowers are just fab x

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Hi Brenda, gorgeous canvas and I agree the weather has been lovely. I managed to get all my washing dry today which means I will have more days for crafting! I didn't realise they had stopped making the TH distress embossing powders so thanks for that. Have a great week and happy crafting, Angela x

Redanne said...

Beautiful, simply beautiful Brenda, the flowers are gorgeous and I love the butterflies! Hugs, Anne xx

rachel said...

oh my Brenda - this is so wonderful! I love it to pieces - wow! Hugs rachel x

Meggymay said...

A beautiful canvas Brenda, the old TH techniques are always worth remembering.
Yvonne xx

Patty O'Malley said...

I love this canvas, Brenda! The butterflies and flowers are beautiful.

suzieq23 said...

Love your shadowbox! The colors just blends so beautifully. Thank you.

hazel said...

Wow Brenda, this is amazing.
xxx Hazel.

Kaz Hall said...

Hi Brenda! Wow this is a fabulous project, love all the different elements.... Superb! (It was Lovely to hear from you thanks for your comment on my blog xx) Kaz X

Sophie said...

Ein wundervolles Kunstwerk hast du wieder geschaffen, liebe Brenda.
Deine Werke sind jedesmal so prächtig, dass es mir den Atem verschlägt.
Großartig!

herzlichst Sophie

Lucy Edmondson said...

this is absolutely stunning brenda, i love it!

LUCY X

SewPaperPaint said...

This is unbelievably cool! All these great layers of color and flowers - AMAZING!

froebelsternchen said...

Oh my gosh! That's just a dreampiece Brenda! Absolutely adorable!

oxo
Susi

Zoe Hillman said...

Stunning Brenda! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It's a total feast for the eyes. Thanks so much for joining us at Frilly & Funkie for the "Make it a trio" challenge. :)

experiments in paper said...

Gorgeous!! Love those colors, and your trio of butterflies is wonderful! Love that background also - shows off the rest so perfectly! xxx Lynn

Karin said...

wow beautiful, the little flowers look great!!
Groetjes Karin

Barbara said...

I'm in awe! This project is fabulous! Textures, butterflies, flowers, background, colors. everything is absolutely perfect! Amazing! Barbara

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Julia Aston said...

A beautiful mix of flowers and butterflies on this lovely frame! Julia xx

Words and Pictures said...

Very gorgeous - love the rainbow of colours and fabulous textures - the butterfly looks amazing, and I love the different flower centres. Brilliant!
Alison x

Suzanne C said...

Gorgeous! I adore your canvases! If the commute wasn't such a long ride I would be signing up for your classes! Beautiful reverse design and the flowers are gorgeous! Thanks for playing along with the Frilly and Funkie "Let's make it a trio" Challenge!

Cec said...

Absolutely gorgeous. Love all your flowers along with the trio of butterflies. Everything is so colourful in your reverse canvas. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
Hugs!
Cec

Jenny Marples said...

Staggeringly stunning Brenda! I adore your choice of colours and all that yummy 'knocked back' texture. Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x