Home Sweet Home

Hi all and thanks for stopping by today.  It's time for the monthly MFT Creative Challenge and this month we were challenged to create a home decor project.  My first thought was, "no thanks", but on Sunday I went over to Kim's house to stamp (ahhh the perks of living in Florida) and she piqued my interest when she whipped out some canvases and started painting.  I quickly put my Copics away and joined in the fun to create this trio of canvases that display a fun winter scene.  Thanks for the inspiration, Kim.  :)

Each canvas was painted with a gesso/paint mix using Claudine Hellmuth products.  I used a combination of light blue and tan paints for the base.  I used white paint for the "snow" and Cloud Trio, and used the tan paint for distressing.

The trees were cut by hand and perched on strips of Corrugated Card Board Paper from the MFT Boutique (retail location).  The Cloud Trio and Snow Drifts were cut from Sticky Back Canvas.  The Picket Fence was cut from Kraft Card Stock and distressed with paint before being topped with white paint (aka snow).

The words HOME SWEET HOME were stamped on a lightly patterned paper using Typewriter Alphabet and then cut out, creating circular tags, which were matted.  I added an eyelet and added Hemp Cord through each eyelet in a "wonky" fashion.

For the third panel, I created a house out of patterned paper and basic shapes.  I tucked it in the Snow Drifts and added plenty of "snow".  A couple trees flank either side of the house.

The windows are four tiny squares of patterned paper.  The door knob is a tiny copper brad.

Here is another look at the trio.  They should be displayed side by side, but this is the only way I could get them all in my light box at once.  Each canvas is 4" X 4".

Want to see what the rest of the team came up with for the challenge?  Click on over to the MFT Blog for the complete, linked list.

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