Mixed media canvas with hot air balloon

Well, it was really an old, old desire: a hot air balloon picture.

Since I started to make mixed media canvases I have known that I would make one. But first I thought I could find a hot air balloon die but I was wrong because the dies were either too simple or too decorated for me and besides they were all too small.

I wanted the hot air balloon to dominate in the picture. I have a favourite painting from a Hungarian "plein air" painter,  from Szinyei Merse Pál. In his painting there's nothing else than a hot air balloon, clouds, sky and dreams.

But my picture is a mixed media canvas and therefore it looks like this:

The canvas is 30x40 cm and I covered it with modelling paste. 

When the modelling paste was dry I rubbed acrylic paints on the canvas with a sponge.

I made the hot air balloon with using a big mug. 

I cut out the clouds, the basket, the decoration of the balloon, the birds and the text with dies.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Alphanumeric by Tim Holtz (660210)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Holly Garland by Tim Holtz (658760)

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Cupcake and Balloons by Stephanie Barnard (657676) - I used the cloud

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stemp Set, Kites by Stephanie Barnard (657581) - I used the cloud

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Basket Weaves by Eileen Hull (658455)

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Swirls by Tim Holtz (656645)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rounded Rectangle (657908)

Memory Box Die, Flying Birds

Ranger Distress Ink Pads and Markers

acryl paints

white cardstocks, book pages

glue, medium

30x40 cm canvas

Schmincke modelling paste