My sister is having her first baby and I couldn't be more excited for her and my brother-in-law! I look forward to spoiling my future niece, as any good Tante (aunt) would do! In fact, I'm pretty sure the spoiling has already begun.

I wanted to create a beautiful mixed media canvas for my sister to hang in her daughter's nursery. Cait and Alex have been referring to their baby as the "wolf pup" or "wolf cub." For their pregnancy announcement, I created shirts and a onesie with a howling wolf on each. So it was only appropriate that I continue the wolf theme. The nursery is going to be shades of mint and lavender with grey and some hints of light pink so I wanted to stick within that color scheme as well.


I started by adding texture through a stencil onto the canvas. Then I added color with mint and lavender impasto paints. To tone down the color and add more texture, I went over the impasto paint with a white crackle paint.


I also made moulds from hot glue and after going over them with white gesso, I painted them in mint and lavender impasto paints. I also dry brushed white impasto paint over the top of the moulds to tone down the color and match the canvas better.


I fussy cut several items out from Prima's Moon Child collection to add to the canvas. I also cut a howling wolf out of kraft cardstock three times and then glued those layers together to create a more stable die cut.


Once I glued down most of my elements, I watered down some white impasto paint and splattered the canvas and elements. I also addd some icing paste and metallic silver thread for some glimmer to the project.


This was just an overview of everything I did to create shimmer and texture to this canvas! To see all of the steps, watch my process video below.


Products Used
Prima: Art Basics - soft gloss gel, heavy body gel, modeling paste; Art Extravagance Icing Paste - frosty pearl; Art Alchemy Impasto - Snow White, mint, lavender; Art Alchemy Wax - heather hills; Art Ingredients - art stones, mega art stones; Moon Child - 12x12 stack; Stencil - 12x12 stain; Natural Bark Shapes - hearts; Vintage Trinkets - sunrise sunset roman | Prima Redesign: Mould - leafy blossoms | Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - wilted violet, hickory smoke; Distress Stain - seedless preserves; Distress - micro glaze; Idea-ology - game spinners, compass coins | Ranger: Glossy Accents; Texture Paste - opaque crackle | Nuvo: Crystal Drops - morning dew | Dina Wakely: Media - white gesso | Studio Calico: Huey's Mask - intertwined | WeR: Stitch Happy - silver thread | Recollections: Cardstock - kraft, heavy white; Flowers - large pink; Gemstones -iridescent | Other: 12x12 canvas, pop dots, glue dots


I just loved how this mixed media project turned out. My sister already loves it and I know my future niece will too!


Happy Crafting!
Adrienne