Here's what I came up with (sorry about the glare from the camera flash):
As you can see I used the wooden heart I spoke of earlier, this time no copy!
And to give you a better impression of the painting I'll also show it from an angle so you can see what I did to the sides:
I am quite happy with the result, but what is interesting to me is that I felt much more pressure to perform when working on this canvas than I did with the acrylic paper. I think it's the same thing that some people have with art journaling in really beautiful journals. There seems to be a different feel to a cheap blank book with flimsy paper than to an expensive moleskine for instance. The prettier, the more expensive, the highter the pressure to perform. With blank books I am getting over that hump just fine lately, but when it comes to canvas I still have a lot to learn, or maybe...unlearn?
Why would a canvas feel more important than a piece of paper? I mean, I can tell that one is more expensive than the other and less easily thrown aside, but still...why does it matter? If a canvas does not turn out right I can always gesso over it and use it again, just like with paper I can just get another sheet. Once again: it's all in the mind. Ah, what happy artists we'd be if we could just put our mind aside!