Mixed media canvas - Spring butterflies

With my latest mixed media canvas I would like to participate in the challenge of A Vintage Journey blog. The theme of the May challenge is: Spring Colours. And although this canvas is not vintage but I used only Tim's dies and stamp, I coloured the cut outs with distress inks and it's really spring coloured :-)

Now, with some photos, I explain how I made it.

I got a stretched and primed canvas but I put a layer of modelling paste on it. After I coloured with green (Marabu 062, 067, 075) and white acrylic paints.

When it was ready and dry I cut out some leaves with Tim's Spring Greenery from Ryher Crepla foam sheet.

Then I stuck the shape to an IKEA BASTIS lint roller.

I covered the cut out with white acrylic paint and I stamped on the canvas. I made the same process for every single pattern.

I stamped Tim's butterflies on the right corner. I made a mistake with this because I tried to stamp with an acrylic bloc but it's better to stamp on canvas with an unmounted stamp. So I stamped twice :-)

I coloured the yellow butterfly with the following Ranger Distress colours and I put some gold Marabu Glitter Liner too.

I coloured the blue butterflies with these colours:

I coloured the flowers with these colours:

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Layered Butterfly by Tim Holtz (659578)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Easter Elements by Tim Holtz (657485) - I used only the butterfly

Sizzix Bigz Die, Bird Branch by Tim Holtz (657833) - I used only the branch (twice) but I made some modifications

Sizzix Bigz Die, Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz (656640) - I used the smallest flower

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Spring Greenery by Tim Holtz (659573) - I used the three leaves element

Stampers Anonymous, Papillon (CMS106) - I used the butterflies

Ranger Distress inks 

Marabu Glitter Liners

Marabu acrylic paints

StazOn ink (brown)

canvas

Schmincke Acrylic Medium

Ryher Crepla foam sheet

pearls

glue