Creative Expressions - Nautical Friendship

Good morning, wow another morning post, I have been doing well this week lol.  It's Monday which means it's time for another creation for the Creative Expressions Blog :-).  This month we have been playing with the Creative Expressions single stamps that are beach and nautical theme, and today I have decided to play with the more nautical side of the stamps, these are totally gorgeous and I had a good idea what I wanted to make lol.  I also want to add, everything I used was stuck down with Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer glue, it's a glue I have been using for years and it holds anything together lol and I thought you should know about how awesome this glue can be :-).  As always I shall highlight the Creative Expressions products in red.

I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges :-

Craft a Scene Challenge Blog - By the Sea

Craft Room Challenge Blog - Sun, Sand & Surf

Moving Along With the Times Challenge - Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Distress It (crackle background)

I really love how the sea came out, this was done with Creative Expressions Texture Paste :-)

Lots of close up pics :-)

And now for the step by step :-)

I used Eco Green paint Stormy to cover the canvas, then when dry I added

Cosmic Shimmer Crackle Glaze over the top.  When that was dry I painted over with

Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paint Warm White (eek need more as now I have run out lol)

I just love those cracks :-)

Next I used Cosmic Shimmer Glue to stick on the wood pieces.

Then I added some net with loads of glue for the next step.

I added sand over the top and patted it down and left it for an hour

(this is bought play sand) :-)

The reason I used so much glue was so I would get loads of lumps of sand,

I patted off the canvas and this is the outcome, and no way is this sand going anywhere lol.

To make the sea I used Cosmic Shimmer Texture Paste Clear and Gold Pearl,

with a hint of Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste Lilac Blush and added

some Eco Green Paint Stormy to get the colour I wanted.

Initially I stamped the ship so I could see where the sea came up to, I then

added the paste mix and made lots of flicks for the choppy sea.

Because I was using alcohol inks I stamped with Memento black ink and

stamped onto card stock Creative Expressions Singles Ship in the Bottle, The Clipper

and the middle of the Nautical Words, I didn't use that in the end.

I didn't want them too bright so I kept to a neutral tone and cut each of them

out.

Now initially when I stamped the ship earlier I forgot about the cloud surrounding

the stamp, so when the sea was dry I did some touch up by repeating the first step

over that area.

Next I took a That Special Touch Mask Clouds and used Eco Green Paint Stormy

and then over the top I pounced some Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paint Warm White

over the top to soften them.

I added a ship wheel from my stash and then added Creative Expressions Gilding

Wax Summer Blue around it and the sea and over the rope in areas Vintage Golden Green.

I didn't take a picture of the last part ooops :-), I then added the ships and

re made some of the texture mix and added flicks of the sea over the ships.

Right I better be off, hope you enjoyed my nautical canvas and a huge thanks for taking the time to have a peep.

Happy Crafting :-)

Hugs Kezzy xxxxx