Mixed Media - Love You to the Moon and Back

This is my  project for this months challenge at Creative Artiste.  The theme of the challenge is anything goes with a twist  to us to use chipboards, stencils or flower.  When I heard the theme of the  challenge I thought immediately about doing this framed canvas of my grandson, River.

The sponsor for this challenge is Dusty Attic Chipboard Company. Check out their store for some great creative products.  

To create this project I decoupage some brown printed tissue paper to the canvas then rolled a thine layer of gesso over the print so that the print would not stand out too much.  I used a wood grain stencil by Tim Holtz to add some texture and mimic the background of the picture. 

I added a doily and some layers pf paper behind the picture. I used several colours of Distress Inks to colour the doily and a charcoal pencil to give it some definition..  Once I added my picture I then  added my chipboard sentiment , flowers, gears and other findings to complete my canvas.  Chipboard and flowers are from Southern Ridge Trading Co. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to pop over to the Creative Artiste's challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the design team have created to inspire you. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
2 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
PDE Linky Party - Anything Goes
Simple Papercrafts - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Southern Ridge Trading Co. - Mixed media