I must confess, this is not the first time I have altered a canvas. In fact I have done many, including two that I hinged together and made a letter keeper for my grandmother.
When I read the challenge, my first instinct was to just use a photo of one of those.
But I thought twice and decided that I would be cheating myself out of a potentially (Awfully) Big Art Adventure! So off to the craft store I went and purchased my canvas.
Above you will see the finished product.
It is deceivingly small.
In fact, I have never done anything so tiny. (Save for that blasted bottle cap last week!)
To make this little gem I used several vintage stamps I had on hand, and collaged them with patterned paper, a die cut, some glitter and paint, to make the background. Then I cut out the image of the deer from an old photograph I had. And to finish it off I used the bird from another stamp, some paper, a metal plate, and a rub-on.







