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The elevator family selfie mixed media canvas


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So the old folks are pretty sporting when it comes to posing for selfies...*winks* Here's one we took when we had the whole elevator to ourselves...with 33 levels to go...


Yes...yes...still exploring my dark side on my canvases..[sinister music plays in the background]. Love that I could finally use the plastic tiles that spell "family"..they were in my "save-it-for-a-rainy-day" stash for a really really long time..


If you guessed that the piece of black lace serves some cover-up purpose, you would be right!  It was one of those canvas backgrounds I messed up and it had this blob of paint colours right in the centre [overzealous use of paint + water]. I used a flourish foam stamp to soak up the paint while it was still wet and stamped on the rest of the canvas. 


Then I got my glue gun out for some serious embellishing...*winks*


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22 comments:

  1. This is so fun! Love your canvas! :)

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  2. Nice selfie ..love the Lo and the embellishments :)

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  3. Great family portrait! Looks good on canvas.

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  4. Awesome canvas Yvonne and I love the family photo.
    Save it for a rainy day stash is a good thing ..... The black lace looks amazing behind the photo :)

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  5. This is fabulous! Love seeing you without your famous shades too. ;)

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  6. That is a great family selfie.....love the tiles & also that you make mistakes & TELL us....not that it makes any difference - cos as ALWAYS this is amazing!!!

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  7. Loveeeeeee this! LOVING that lace (best thing for artist boo-boo's! LOL!!) and loveeeeeee the flowers!!!!!

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  8. You would never know you started out with a messed up canvas - it's totally gorgeous now!!! Love this!

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  9. what a great photo and love how you added the lace.. totally fabulous

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  10. Ooooh, this is absolutely AWESOME! Love the photo!

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  11. LOVE it! The lace certainly doesn't seem like it's hiding anything! Love all the little bits and bobs.

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  12. Haha, very efficient cover up! Love the felfie(family selfie?!) and the embellishing. You are making me jealous of that save it for a rainy day stash.

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  13. This is so fabulous!! I love the selfie!! It's awesome!! And you just embellished this perfectly!! The lace looks amazing (what mistakes ;)!! Love, love it my friend!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

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  14. THAT is really pretty! Love the selfie elevator photo! That cracked me up!

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  15. This is soo gorgeous Yvonne! The black lace in the bg has done wonders here! It gives the canvas such an awesome enchanting look!
    P.S- thank you for the helpful tip on my blog..will Definitely try out acrylics now :)

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  16. Haha, I LOVE the fact your parents are good sports about posing for selfies! Mine would think I was nuts, for sure! This is adorable, Yvonne! Loving all the black, and the texture is amazing. The lace is absolutely stunning. Loving all those flowers and the family tiles, too!

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  17. Great photo Yvonne, and I love the way it looks on your canvas!

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  18. That is really sweet & awesome Yvonne! What a cute family selfie & good on your folks for being such fun!! Love the lace & wouldn't have known it was covering anything up. Waste not want not!!

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  19. Adorable! Love your "dark side" ;) and what a perfect time for that selfie!

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  20. Totally loving this! Hugs...x

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