The Struggle was REAL by Lynne

Hi UmWowStudio Fans.....

Have you ever started a project "greatly inspired"

to have your inspiration peter away and leave you 

STRUGGLING!

Well.....this was one of those projects!

I wanted to play along with this month's

I just LOVED the mood board...
the colors...
the birch tree....
the tree branch....

I COULDN'T WAIT to get started!!

I pulled out my bag of Birch Bark

(NONE of the Birch Bark was removed from a live tree!!)

....a few twigs,

a bit of cream colored fabric

(which I never used)

....an old paper bag

and a 6" x 12" Natural Canvas.

I tore the paper bag to size,

spritzed it with water and manhandled it!

Then, I adhered it to my canvas with Multi Medium Matte.

I applied Polishing Plaster through my

UmWowStudios

Handwriting Stencil.

Then, I pulled out my bag of UmWowStudio's
Alphas One
and applied them in cluster's
adhered with Multi Medium Matte.

When dry, I created a 50/50 mixture

of Glaze Medium and Gesso,

brushed it on my canvas,

waited a minute then wiped it off with baby wipes

until I achieved my desired look!

I was LOVING my canvas....

THEN.....

I added a layer of Glaze Medium and Aged Copper,

....and the struggle began!

I adhered Birch pieces to my canvas...

I struggled....

I splattered on various Glimmer Mists...

I struggled more!

Finally....I had to stop.

So...I decided to take my creation out to the fence

to photograph my creation...
to get a BETTER look at it!

Did I save it??? By adding....

chicken wire

and

UmWowStudio

Home Grown MASH

I dabbed various fall colors, on the chippie leaves,

inspired by the leaves in the mood board

then I shaped the leaves.

I colored a piece of seam binding with various Glimmer Mists

and wrapped it around my canvas

along with a piece of unraveled jute.

Do you see the various hearts nestled in the background??

UmWowStudio

Layered Hearts and

Home Grown MASH

....so there you have it!!

Hope you have enjoyed my struggle....

because it was real!

Other Products Used:

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist

Candy Corn

Marshmallow

Barn Red

Woven Burlap

Precious Metal

Canvas Corp

6"x12" Natural Canvas

Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Rain Slicker

Cantaloupe

Spring Green

Aged Copper

Perfect Glaze Medium

Petaloo

Ruffled Rose x 4

Yvonne Blair Designs

Words for Art

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