St. Nick Canvas by Sioux Jenneys

Hi! It's me again, and I'm here to share a little seasonal canvas :)

1. I started by die cutting two branches from the Mini Branch and Leaf from thick card and added copper Inca Gold Croco (Distress Crackle paint antique bronze might be a good alternative)....I did not put a very thick layer on and was pleased with the delicate cracks that appeared to make the branches have a bark effect ;)
...I added some liquid pearl white oyster on the edges to replicate snow.

2. I then cut a plaque shape out of clear shrink plastic and stamped the Seasons Greetings from Mini Christmas 1 in StazOn and lightly coloured the back with gold Paint Dabber before shrinking.
...I then added some more gold Paint Dabber round the edges.

3. I stamped St. Nick from Mini Christmas 1 onto tissue paper next using Archival black and roughly tore around the edges of the image.

4. I started the 7cm square canvas (similar ones are available here) by coating with Claudine Hellmuth Studio gesso then after it was dry added a bit of Inca Gold cream paste in the corner where St. Nick was going to go and some Adirondack Dimensional Pearl Acrylic in cranberry and bottle.

5. I attached the tissue paper St. Nick image using some natural beeswax and added a bit more Inca Gold paste to highlight the edges and some of the texture created by the wax.

6. The branches and greeting were attached using silicone glue and I separated one of the exquisite small and large bauble danglers, on special offer here, to hang from the branches and cut a very thin strip of tartan ribbon to tie two little bows, again attached with a little silicone glue.

Hope you did not mind a bit of Christmas so early in the year!  See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux