First Altered Canvas

So I've been wanting to do an altered canvas for some time now. My son is graduating this year and wanted to give the school band directors a gift. I decided this was the perfect time to try an altered canvas. Michael's had a 2 pack of 12x12 canvases for $10 (expect number 2 soon).  I used 3 colors of paint--metalic blue, brown and black to give some depth to the background. Then after it dried I added Paper Studio papers in a music theme, torn and inked with Tim Holtz distress ink. I used a rub-on that said, "Encore!" in the corner and a piece of ribbon left over from an old homecoming mum  that said "Pride" Our band is called, "The Pride of West Texas Winters Blizzard Marching Band" (yeah, it's a mouthful!) so the word pride fits. I used some Tim Holtz tissue tape with a music motif and some tickets that say, "Play" Then I added a metalic flower and some pearl ribbon embellishments. The picture is printed on matte photo paper to keep it from being shiny (sorry for the flash glare, I got impatient and couldn't wait for daylight). Arch will give this to our directors at the band banquet later this week. Hope they enjoy it.