Steamy Vertigo Canvas - IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko!

I am excited to be able to share another fun, "Steamy" project combining wonderful products from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko and Altered Pages.  

I began by tearing up several different pieces of vintage text, sheet music and tags which I glued down to my canvas using IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko's Creative Medium.    

I don't know about you but I love using glassine in my collages.  They add such a fun texture.  For this collage I tore apart a glassine envelope which I crumpled several times.

I guess I got a bit rough with it because it ended up with a tear in the side.  No worries though, before it's all said and done I'll be tearing it up anyway.

Next I inked one side with Blue Hawaii Staz-On and Spiced Chai on the other side.  I love that you can see the ink from both sides.  Depending on which side is facing up, the ink on the other side is soft and muted.  I tore this up into bits and added it to the collage as well again with Creative Medium.

Once the collage had a chance to dry I used a bit of gesso and a couple different Andy Skinner stencils to create my next layer texture on the canvas. 

While the gesso was drying I inked up a few chipboard gears from Leaky Shed using Delicata Ink - a beautiful metallic ink with a beautiful luster.  I used both the Golden Glitz and Silvery Shimmer.

I wanted to age these gears a bit so I placed them on a postcard tag and sprayed them with irRESISTible Bronze Texture Spray.

A couple squirts with do the trick.  You can see how they don't look shiny and new anymore.  They have taken on a nice used, vintage look.

Of course you know me...I can't resist at least a little bit of sparkle, I added a few spritzes of Shimmer Goosebumps for good measure.

Now, here's why I placed them on the tag....all of the excess mist wasn't wasted - it's left behind a marvelous reverse print of the gears and as soon as it dries will be perfect for a quick gift tag or embellishment for a scrapbook, card or other fun project!

After the canvas had a chance to dry I sponged the outer portion of the canvas using an Ink Blusher and Pistachio Memento LUXE mixed media ink.  I applied Peanut Brittle LUXE ink to the center.

While the canvas was drying I embossed several 1.5" squares of Vertigo Film and Sheet Metal in my die-cutter.  The Vertigo Film has an amazing feel to it...it's got lots of little ridges that gives it lots of great texture and the illusion of movement.  Really amazing stuff you just have to see and feel in person to get the full experience.

I colored these embossed squares using StazOn Midis in Blue Hawaii, Midnight Blue, Cactus Green and Orange Zest.  The addition of the inks really made the embossed pattern pop on both.

To tie the embellishments and collage together I added some Danube Blue and Nautical Blue LUXE inks the the edge of the collage.

Next I stamped several images from Altered Pages rubber stamps again with the StazOn Midi's this time in Jet Black, Spiced Chai, Midnight Blue and Claret.  

After the inks had dried I spritzed with both  Bronze irRESISTible Texture Spray and Shimmer Goosebumps Texture Spray for another layer of texture and sparkle and to tie in the Gears that I made earlier.

Now it's time for assembly....to get the spacing correct I added the gears first,

and added the Vertigo, Sheet Metal and Eco Squares to the collage.  It was looking a bit bare so I added a bit of color here and there which really helped bring it all together!   And here's the finished collage....

A few close ups of various areas....

I hope you've enjoyed this steamy Vertigo canvas...

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Products:

Creative Medium, Vertigo Film, StazOn Midi - Orange Zest; Cactus Green, Midnight Blue, Hawaii Blue, Spiced Chai, Claret, Jet Black, Sheet Metal, GlazOn (Antique), irRESISTible Texture Medium - Bronze, Goosebumps Shimmer Texture Medium, Ink Blushers, fantastix, Memento LUXE Mixed Media Ink - Peanut Brittle, Pistachio, Nautical Blue, Delicata Ink - Golden Glitz & Silvery Shimmer

Altered Pages Supplies:
8x10 Canvas Board , Vintage Text Pages, Vintage Sheet Music, Tags, Glassine Envelope, Gesso, Rubber Stamps, Cork, Eco Board, Leaky Shed Chipboard Gears, Aleene's Glue, Stencils