Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Growing in Unity, Day #3, Today only happens once...let's make it amazing

Hey there fabulous Unity peeps!  I am now in the middle of GIU.  These past few days have been incredible.  Thanks so much for all the lovely comments...I appreciate each and every one.  Continue to leave comments on my blog for your chance to win 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Co. 

Today I am sharing an inspirational piece.  Make sure you return tomorrow...I am sharing my first ever art journal page.  For today's piece,  I chose a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" wood canvas.  I applied gesso first.  Then I sponged acqua dolce and squid ink gelatos.  I left the middle untouched to accommodate the sentiment which is from, Loving Today.  The butterflies are also from the same set.  Flower is from, Let it Go and Focus.  Shout out to Angeline Choo, Unity Design Team member, for the idea of using sequins to create a border.  Fabulous idea!  Here are the pics...until tomorrow friends.





33 comments:

  1. Pretty journal page! Love the flower stamp you used and the fun sequins for embellishment!

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  2. Gorgeous wood canvas, Dawn! Angeline also inspired me to use the sequins as a border ... I think it's such a genius idea!

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  3. Love your mixed media canvas. Thank you for sharing how you did it.

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  4. Very pretty. The sequins look great and I love the sentiment. Hugz

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  5. Beautiful piece of not only stamping but art. I didnt think about stamping on wood :-). Love color added by sequins. Pretty....pretty.

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  6. What a wonderful background, stamp, and layout!

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  7. Living all the sequence and bling! It's a fun way to display journal pages! Thank you for taking the time to share your work this week! It's wonderful

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  8. Living all the sequence and bling! It's a fun way to display journal pages! Thank you for taking the time to share your work this week! It's wonderful

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  9. Love the sequins and such a beautiful back ground!

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  10. Love this wood canvas Dawn. I like the uplifting message on it and soft pastels. :)

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  11. I haven't ever heard of wood canvas but it looks wonderful with the sequins and all the stamped background. Looking forward to your GIU week!

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    1. It's just a square shape piece of wood. If I'm not working with paper, I often use the term canvas.

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  12. Love the use of sequins for borders. ..never seen that before. Lovely card!

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  13. Very pretty colors and I like the sequin borders.

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  14. Lovely project and the stamped image is super. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  15. Lovely wood canvas,I've never done mixed media like that but I'm willing to try because I've love the way it looks and it's so fabulous!

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  16. I have never heard of a wood canvas? Is that canvas over a wood frame? I know I have seen burlap and denim in the stores. It's an awesome piece! And I LOVE that sentiment!

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  17. Yeah! I have to laugh at myself because I commented on your post for Thursday before this post...glad you do canvas work..simply fabulous. The sequins add just the right touch.

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  18. So pretty! I never think to do anything other than paper but you are such an inspiration to try something different.

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  19. Very pretty project. It is interesting to see a wood canvas.

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  20. Very pretty, it really reminds me of the ocean.

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  21. What a pretty wooden canvas! Wonderful sentiment!

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  22. I like how the colors make each other stand out. Nice

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  23. This is stunning! Everything ties together so beautifully! Lovely work :)

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  24. This is beautiful, love the color palette, the sequins and the sentiment!

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  25. This is beautiful, love the color palette, the sequins and the sentiment!

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  26. This is a simple card, I need to do some of these because they are beautiful.

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  27. This is a simple card, I need to do some of these because they are beautiful.

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