Autumnal peace a canvas with Astrid

Hello Shimmerz friends and thanks for coming by here.
Today I have a little canvas to share with a quick step by step:

I had not used my Aqua Huez for ages, so I thought it was high time to pull them out and have a play. These are the colours I used:

From left to right\: Red Hot, Chester Nut, Pot-O-Gold, Sea Weed , Cuppa Joe

I also used some sprays:

Coloringz Don't Be Suede, Spritz Treasured Hymn, Coloringz Chocolate Brownie, Vibez Rolling in the Hay

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It all started with a little wooden tag that I had added some texture to with the help of a stencil and some crackle paste and then gave a coat of gesso.

I coloured it with two of the Aqua Huez, to give it a first layer of colour.

Next I cut some leaves and also coloured them using the Huez. When they were dry I covered them with a little matte medium and then sprinkled on some embossing powder in Ancient Gold, for a little texture, this is what they then looked like:

The flowers were given a similar treatment, but this time using the sprays.

I then put it all together so it looked like this:

The canvas was given a first coat of sprays too, this was the first stage:

I then gave it several more coats, but forgot to take pictures, I also added some stencilling using archival ink. Finally I die cut a globe out of copper coloured mirri card, darked a bit with alcohol ink, as well as the word peace, cut from craft core. (All dies used are by Tim Holtz for Sizzix)

At the last minute I decided the canvas needed a bit of an edge still and I used my Distress Crayons for that, and that was pretty much it.

Well, that's it for now, - thanks for your visit and have a great week!