DESIGNER INSPIRED - CANVAS CORP BRANDS

Happy Hello Friends!

 

Today I'm sharing a canvas art mini album created for Canvas Corp Brands. A Canvas Crew "Designer Inspired" challenge: .....This was an awesome challenge for me!!

I created an inspirational collage featuring designers, culture, home décor and architecture.  Nature and earth elements were also an inspiration in this art canvas album......I  am a flea market person and I technically don't buy "designer" clothing......I like unique pieces but if I was to pick a favorite "go to" clothing designer it would be "Lucky Brand"....It's definitely me!!! With that being said, I only own one item from Lucky Brand.....A brown leather purse with braided leather, fringe and metal feather!  A wise TJ Maxx "clearance" purchase!! hehe

 

The top left photo is designer Ralph Lauren's living room.....I LOVE IT!  Rustic, primitive, heavy, simple, earthy details....The bottom right photo is a stained glass window pattern from "Frank Lloyd Wright"....A perfect compliment to any southwestern style room....I love his stained glass work although he was known more for his architecture....I added a few photo's of "Native Americans" because I have been inspired by their art since I was a teenager....Turquoise, braids, leather, fringe, pottery, silversmith work, rugs, geometric shapes, feathers.  Their art is amazing!

 

 

I am also inspired by the landscape of the Southwest!

 

I was not able to share any "how to" details for this canvas because it was very time consuming and I knew this post would already have many photo's...But I'd be more then happy to do a how to video or step out photo's for one of the pages...

 

I started with page one and two with "Southwestern" Adobe style living as my inspiration.....I had to add a few "ladder" like details to these pages....I used many Canvas Corp Brands products - Burlap, Cording, Tattered Angels (paints, mists, opaques)....I will have a list of supplies at the end of this post....

 

 

 

I definitely wanted to upcycle some corrugated cardboard and these two pages reminds me of a distressed copper roof....A added many layers of various "Tattered Angels" products to get that distressed copper look....

 

I also upcycled some leftover rubber matting....It's the square background you see....I used it as a stencil, stamp and part of the center details...I added some Canvas Corp Brands black cording and braided it.....I also added their square Burlap piece and canvas cut into strips...

 

This two pager was my sons favorite....I handed him the album and he paged through it a couple of times.....hehe  I always like to get his opinion.  This was such a fun page to create!!! I used "Viva" paper towels!! Yes I said "Viva"!! hehe - I added modeling paste (below and on top) and used my fingers to create wrinkles and crevices....I sprayed a lot of Tattered Angels (opaque's and glimmermist) - various brown shades....When the paint dried I sealed it...

 

The cross on the right was formed by adding the turquoise piece (left) and wrapping/scrunching the paper towels around the cross....I then lifted the cross before it dried... Again, I braided the black cording for these two pages.

 

EARTH AND WATER - I went a little abstract on these pages....Again, various Tattered Angels products....Two simple pages but I love the color combo!

I have a 15 second video on Instagram showing how I was adding "Wave"  Plain Jane Baseboard paint from "Tattered Angels....

 

PEACOCK - TOOLED LEATHER I was going for a tooled leather effect on these pages....I know Peacock feathers are not typical of "Southwestern" or " Native

 American"  art...

 

 My last two pages were filled with many cut pieces of burlap from Canvas Corp Brands....I show page 1 and 2 in a vertical design so I wanted the last pages horizontally designed....When I took the photo of these pages the letter "V" stood out....My sons name is Vaughn...The "V" was unintentional but I'm glad it worked out the way it did....

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and below is the link for each of the supplies I used.

 

SUPPLIES:

 

TATTERED ANGELS:

Bittersweet Baseboard Paint

 

Chocolate Brown Baseboard Paint

 

Cardboard Baseboard Paint

 

Wave Baseboard Paint

 

Dragonfly Glimmer Mist

 

Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist

 

Rich Brown Plain Jane Simply Sheer

 

Aqua High Impact Paint

 

Copper High Impact Paint

 

Antique Gold High Impact Paint

 

Camel Glimmer Glam

 

CANVAS CORP BRANDS:

Black Waxed Cotton Cord Black Hank 45

 

Natural Hemp Rope Hank 45

 

Canvas Fringe

 

Burlap Shape Square

 

Burlap Mini Squares

 

Braided Natural Rope

 

Canvas Stitched Book 6"x6"

 

Other Supplies:

Drywall Tape

Copper Leaf

Modeling Paste

Peacock Feathers

Chipboard Shapes

Stencil

Chain

Beads

 

Have a great day!