Happy Holidays Home Decor - Mixed Media

Lots and lots of fussy cutting and layering  ..... and here we are!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

I had a huge package of poinsettias (from Hobby Lobby) that I bought years ago and I have used them on several projects. I finally used of the last of them with this creativity.

While some of the layers were pre-made poinsettias, I did fussy cut a lot from Graphic 45's 12 Days of Christmas to fill out this piece. I especially love the birds.

I didn't want this piece to be overwhelmed with texture, so I just used crackle paste only as the primary texture. I let that dry overnight and then added colors, followed by the art stones and glitter.

The green and red beads were found at a yard sale!!! But really, this piece is just lots of layers using Graphic 45, poinsettias, pinecones and beads.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Round wooden piece - Michael's

Graphic 45 - Twelve Days of Christmas

Poinsettia flowers - Hobby Lobby
Beads and Pinecones - Hobby Lobby
Gold Glitter - Hobby Lobby

Finnabair Art Stones

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

Starburst Golden Sleigh Bells
Starburst Rudolph Rose Red
Starburst Frolic in the Forest Black

Wooden Window

Crackle Paste

Flair button from . . . ?

Joy - Home Decor - Lindy's December challenge

Hello!! Inspiration can be found many ways. You can find it from an entire project, a technique, a color scheme, or even a cluster of flowers.

I found my inspiration from here, created by Nuneka. I also found inspiration simply from Lindy's December color challenge.

Isn't it stunning?!

These decor letters can be found at Hobby Lobby, all ready for you to make something fabulous. The base is covered with white gesso followed by crackle paste all over. The next day I then slowly added the blues: Tilt-A-Wheel Teal and Bavarian blue. Once I was satisfied, I added more texture using modeling paste, stencil and glitter. Once completely dry I sealed with matte gel and left overnight to dry.

Meanwhile, I made poinsettias from dies. This can either be rather relaxing or tedious, depending on how impatient you are. Once I got all the flowers, leaves and fillers cut out, I then added embossing powder to the leaves and fillers using Polka Purple, Madonna Robe Blue, and Merci Beaucoup Mint. The main poinsettias are inked with purple hydrangea chalk ink.

Personally, I think the hardest part in all this is the gluing. I spend several minutes after each project scrubbing my hands repeatedly. 

But it's ALL worth it cause I just LOVE how this turned out.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Supplies:

Lindy's Products:

EP Madonna Robe Blue Gold

EP Polka Purple

EP Merci Beaucoup Mint

Magical Shaker Bavarian Blue

Flat Tilt-A-Wheel Teal

Finnabair Pastel Glitter

Prima Stencil - Tapestry

Crackle Paste

Creative Expression poinsettia dies (open cut)

Creative Expression fillers

Impression Expression poinsettia dies

Versa Magic chalk ink - Purple Hydrangea

Floral fillers - Hobby Lobby

JOY home decor - Hobby Lobby

Pinecone

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Pearls

Craft All Day

Hello there!!!

I received this little home decor item as a free gift from Scrapbook.com with a purchase. It was a fun afternoon playing around with it.

Supplies:

Craft All Day home decor piece

49 and Market vintage flowers
Creative Expressions Fillers and open flowers

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

Starburst Creme Brûlée Cream
Starburst Azure Sea Asters
Starburst Tibetan Poppy Teal
Flat Sidewalk Chalk
EP - Candy Rose
EP - Bonjour Butter

Stencils and modeling paste

Finnabair Red Rust Paste

Thanks: Mixed Media and Die Cut tag

Hello there!! Today I'm dropping by to quickly share with you my latest fall tag. 

Recently, I've forced myself to significantly reduce my crafting budget for various reasons. I already have so much to work with, it's not that much of a "hardship".

I'm part of a school project called "Adopt-A-Staff" in which we provide small gifts to a teacher/staff member during the school year. I see it as a great opportunity to play with my stash!!

My sister gave me a bag of fall goodies over a year ago and I stuffed them into my "fall" drawer. Whelp, I pulled out that bag, did some fussy cutting and had quite a few die cuts to layer!!

All that was left was the background!! I really wanted it to be colorful but simple and somewhat masculine. I mixed Lindy's squirt Maple Syrup Bronze and magical Autumn Maple Crimson with modeling paste. Layered those colors using my Prima tapestry stencil (awesome stencil, by the way). Then I added Moon Shadow Mist Golden Doubloon very lightly. Did a little stamping with some text, and voila!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!!

Believe in Yourself: Mixed Media Artist Palette

You know how your brain can tease you with creating something fabulous?? Well, lots of different scenarios happened to get this piece out of my head and into something tangible.

First, I was greatly inspired by Ola Kohmenok at Mixed Media Place. I just loved the idea of using a paint palette. Secondly, More Than Words had a challenge last month with "costume/masks and black background". Although I'm too late to enter, I still loved the idea.

Finally, a very good friend of mine spent months planning her daughter's Quinceañera and I happily went having a grand time with friends. Everyone was lovely and the tradition behind the event was a tear-jerker. Anyway, I told my friend that I really wanted to make a piece featuring her daughter and to "give" me a photo. It wasn't quite an arm wrestling match but I almost didn't give her a choice, because my inner creative side was desperate to come out. She understood as she's an artist as well.

Without further ado, here is the piece. I hope it inspires you. I will say I made this with a purpose. I used the colors of the Quinceañera along with adding touches of embellishments that were specific to this event. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

P.S. I really miss my light box. Supplies listed below.

I layered the piece with moulds, metallic trimmings, chipboard and stenciling. I then covered it all with black gesso, followed by white gesso. Doing that can really create a wonderful contrast with your colors, even if you are using the same set.

The colors of the Quinceañera were orange and purple, matching the Mexican holiday 

"Day of the Dead". I couldn't quite make this palette gothic, as I wanted to focus 

on the daughter's feminine side.

One of the reasons I was insisting on a paint palette was that both daughter and mother are artists. It's definitely a more interesting background than a rectangle.

Her mother picked out the title, knowing her daughter's growth thru the teenage years.

I used a number stencil to bring in the significance of the 15th birthday.

The wings, crown, paintbrushes, butterfly, flowers and even the chipboard dress mannequin were about the daughter. I wanted to add shoes and a ring, but alas, those pieces aren't in my stash. I have a car-lovin' son, so no barbie shoes here.

I know many blog posts discuss "how" they actually made something. In the end, it's all about layers and having fun with the color scheme. You almost can't go wrong.

Thank you!!

Supplies:

Wooden artist palette

Black gesso
White gesso
White Acrylic Paint

Old paint brushes

49 and Market Salmon flowers
Graphic 45 French Lilac and Purple Royalty

Finnabair Colors:
Blackberry
Metallique Plum Preserves
Sparks Ginger Magic

Finnabair Other:
Moulds
Melange Art Pebbles
Art Stones
Texture paste - graphite
Heavy Body Gel
Soft Gloss Gel
Wax - Old Silver

Gilding Flakes - Aurora Lights

Tim Holtz Quote Chips

Lindy's Stamp Gang:
Fuzzy Navel Peach

Textured stencils

Creative Embellishments Chipboard

Trust Your Heart Mixed Media Canvas

Hello! Today I would like to share with you my latest piece for the Mixed Media Place mood board challenge. I was hugely inspired by this piece made by Mallika Kejriwal.

MIXED MEDIA PLACE CHALLENGE

I was at a scrapbooking retreat with my sister and had to go shopping within the local store to make this piece. I was geeked out to find the laser cuts by 49 & Market and coordinating flowers by Prima. But for the most part I was limited with my other products that I took with me, which did not include my entire color supplies.

I used my favorite stencil, brick wall, and Finnabair texture paste white sand to get started. I then layered Lindy's Merry-Go-Round Green and Finnabair's Unicorn Hair over the stencil. I added a touch of stamping with Versamark and EP Midnight Gold. I did not want the background too busy. The Tim Holtz's quote chips were the only items I took with me to make a title. So if it doesn't quite "make sense" to you with this piece, that is why.

I'm glad I had certain colors with me for this project, or it would not have been made at all. Being limited at the retreat really made me focus on what I could do, instead of feeling lost within my large stash at home. I did manage to take a lot of my mixed media supplies, but I was choosy about my color stash (cause I didn't want to carry it all with me). I'm really happy with how this turned out and hope you find inspiration.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Supplies:

49 and Market Laser Cuts - Tattered Garden
Prima Marketing Flowers - Orchard Mix
Tim Holtz Quote Chips

Lindy's Stamp Gang:
Flat Merry-Go-Round Green
EP Spanish Moss Green
EP Midnight Gold

Finnabair:
Sparks Acrylic Paint - Unicorn's Hair
Mica Flakes
Art Pebbles
Texture Paste - White Sand

Cosmic Shimmer Gliding Flakes

Moss from a yard sale :)

Metal Embellishments - Amazon

Creative Embellishments:
Mushroom
Leaves
Circle Vine Frame

Brick Stencil

Versamark Ink
Stamp

We Dream In Colors

Hello! I'm very excited to show you my latest canvas following the Finnabair Art Recipe challenge. I have quite a bit of Finnabair products, but Impasto paints are not one of them so I had to improvise for my project. The challenge is to use the color scheme and at least two of the products listed.

Colours of June Art Recipe:

brown, green, blue

Products:

Finnabair Moulds

Art Alchemy: Impasto Paints

Art Ingredients: Mica Powder

Art Basics: Modeling Paste

I was inspired by Love Passionately by Tiffany, with the blues and rusts mixed together.  I will also say that I'm constantly inspired by Nadya Drozdova and Olga Bielska of the mixed media world. I love how these two can bring a range of products to a canvas and it not look like a hot mess, but rather a beautiful piece of art.

When I make a canvas, I want it to be personal . . . something my family and I can relate to. Especially since I don't sell my projects (yet). I had to bribe my son on vacation to let me take a photo of him performing a high side-kick. (There was money involved...LOL.) He can get higher, but he risked ripping up his swim trunks. I'm super-geeked out with how this turned out!! This piece embodies our vacation, my son's martial arts skills and promises of the future. Think of it as a mini-scrapbook page!

Finnabair has moulds that you can make seashells!! Woot! I colored them with Lindy's Blue Hawaiian Blue and followed that up with Finnabair's Old Silver and Antique Gold waxes. Finally, all over the piece I dabbed Finnabair's red rust paste.

Here is the Creative Embellishments steampunk piece I used, colored with Lindy's Cattail Copper Brown. It's not as big as I thought, which is one reason I went with a smaller canvas size. I added layers of Finnabair's Cogs and Wings moulds and melange pebbles on top of it.

The art stones and pebbles are colored with Lindy's Merry-Go-Round Green. The Chicken Wire (reversed) stencil is made with Finnabair's modeling paste and Lindy's Magical Shaker Bratwurst Brown. The title is from a EU paper collection called Stamperia that I picked up at a local scrapbook store.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!!

Supplies:

Challenge Products:

Finnabair Wings and Cogs Mold

Finnabair Seashore Treasures

Finnabair Modeling Paste with chicken wire stencil

Other Finnabair Products:

Finnabair Mini Art Stones

Finnabair Art Stones (pebbles)

Finnabair Melange Pebbles

Finnabair Wax Old Silver

Finnabair Wax Antique Gold

Finnabair Red Rust Paste

Colors by Lindy's Stamp Gang:

Lindy's Magical Shaker Bratwurst Brown

Lindy's Magical Shaker Bavarian Blue

Lindy's Flat Merry-Go-Round Green

Lindy's Starburst Green with Green Envy

Lindy's Starburst Blue Hawaiian Blue

Lindy's Starburst Cattail Copper Brown

6x6 Mini Chicken Wire Reversed Stencil

Tim Holtz's Tissue Wrap Melange

Creative Embellishments Steampunk Chipboard

Creative Embellishments Seaweed Chipboard

Frame from stash

Straws

Cheesecloth

Stamperia Paper #SBB540 (title)

Paradise

Hello there! For NSD, I randomly won some cut files from The Cut Shoppe! The large paradise title was one of my choices . . . isn't it fabulous!!!

I used my Silhouette and SCAL to cut the file out. I fussy cut a LOT of flowers from BoBunny's Boardwalk and Beach Therapy pattern paper. Hope you are inspired!

P.S. The photos are from our cruise on the Carnival Magic!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!

Supplies:

BoBunny Boardwalk and Beach Therapy paper and stickers
The Cut Shoppe title
Silhouette Cameo
Pretty Little Studio Island Treasure Confetti
Pretty Little Studio Island Treasure Flair
Wooden Embellishments by Creative Embellishments

Scrap The Boys: And So the Adventure Begins

Hello there!! I am sharing my last layout with Scrap The Boys DT today! I have been with Rachel and the team for nearly two years!!! 

This month's challenge comes with cut files by Gwen!!! 

I used Pretty Little Studio's Ain't Life Grand paper and embellishments for this layout. I also used two of Gwen's files for this . . . her background file and large adventure title.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Mixed Media Canvas: Timeless

Hello there! Creative Embellishments has an interesting challenge this month and I enjoyed playing along!! I love piling on the embellishments for a canvas, but the color scheme was especially fun to play with.

The base of my canvas is made with stencils and modeling paste. This is quickly followed by corrugated chipboard (this is found in random purchases of household objects) and a layer

of a large piece of Creative Embellishments honeycomb chipboard.

Lots of layering and gluing commenced after that. I worked on this piece in sections. I painted and worked on the background separately from the main attraction. I also accidentally discovered the really cool effect of using Finnabair's Opal Magic Coral-Green.

I just had to add that really cute little fork into this piece. Have no idea why. The melange pebbles

are all painted with Finnabair's Sparks Butterfly Spells. No other distressing so they would 

really stand out, like stars.

I simply love the metallique blackberry and plum preserves color. I don't have this color

anywhere else in my home or clothes closet, but I just love it on my canvases.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!!

Supplies:

Finnabair Art Alchemy:
--Metallique Blackberry
--Metallique Plum Preserves
--Sparks Butterfly Spells
--Opal Magic Coral-Green

Finnabair Other:
--Melange Pebbles
--Wax Blue Velvet
--Wax Vintage Silk
--Art Stones
--Black Gesso
--White Gesso
--White Sand Texture Paste

Prima Marketing Molds:
--Moon and Stars
--Cogs and Wings
--Everleigh Flourish

49 and Market:
--Chipboard Timeless Pieces

Dylusions Large Numbers stencil
Other Stencil

Corrugated Chipboard
Bottle Cap
Metal gears and key - Amazon
Paper Studio metal pieces
Flowers from stash

Creative Embellishments Chipboard gears and background

Mixed Media: Care

Hello! Today I would like to share with you my final project for the "Adopt-a-Teacher" PTA campaign. Volunteers can "adopt" one staff member to give a gift to every month. This is my final one for this school year. Hope she likes it!!

I also followed this month's color challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang, especially since this staff member's favorite color is purple!! All my supplies are listed at the end of this post.

I wanted this project to resemble a card, without actually being a card. I wanted to keep it small and less complicated than my larger canvases. It's funny how I still end up using a LOT

of supplies though. The base is Tim Holtz tissue paper, modeling paste with stencil and layering two of Lindy's sprays.

I built the embellishments using fillers, CE frame, Prima key mold and flowers. I added die cut fillers and metal embellishments from my stash to give this a rather "full" look.

I tried to find in my stash a title that was appropriate for a teacher. I found this cute metal embellishment by Prima. I know it's not much, but I felt the word summed up teachers and staff quite nicely.

I added Vintage Gold Wax as a final touch to my project. Hope you are inspired!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

 Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang:
--Starburst Hi Maintenance Magenta
--Starburst Cotton Candy Pink
--EP Stardust Candy Rose

Creative Embellishments Chipboard Frame

Metal Embellishments (Amazon)

Tim Holtz
--Botanical Layers
--Black Embossing Powder
--Tissue Wrap - Melange

Sue Wilson Die Cut fillers

Blue Fern Studios Flowers

Finnabair:
--Wax Vintage Gold
--Mettalique Butterfly Spells
--Melange Pebbles

Prima Molds - Key holes

Stencil and Modeling Paste

49 and Market flower fillers

White Gesso
Tacky Glue
Hot Glue
Glossy Accents
4x6 canvas

Scrap The Boys: One of a Kind

Hello again! Today I'm sharing with you my DT layout with ScrapTheBoys!!

Here is the challenge:

Let's just say it's rather hard to get my son in front of camera these days. And, it's even harder

 for me to be beside him since I'm the one holding the camera.

So, photo booths for the win!!!

This fabulous cut file is a freebie provided by TheCutShoppe! I believe it was 

created with Spring in mind but I love how girly and versatile the file actually is.

I wanted to step away from the typical "mommy and me" layouts cause that's just not us.

Plus, my wonderful kid doesn't mind if I put his mugshot on pink paper.

The papers and embellishments are from HipKitClub, 

where I used both a mixture of January and February kits. 

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Mixed Media: Dwell In Possibility

Hello and welcome! Today I would like to share my latest piece made for April's challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang.

I was hugely inspired by Olga Ravenskaya's piece made last year and Cindy W's piece made for this month's color challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang.

I had to order the moon and stars Prima mold from Ebay because no one can seem to keep it in stock, it's so widely popular!! Anyway, I had fun with the creative process of combining all the various elements for this piece.

First part of this process was gesso . . . followed by crackle paste. I then "smooshed" the Tapestry

stencil over the crackle in various places. I then used glitter on the wet crackle paste and set aside to dry.

I worked on my embellishments next. I used Bonjour Butter EP on most of my mold pieces, 

but saved using mint and teal on my moon face.

For my CE chipboard pieces, I gessoed, followed by embossing powders 

Madonna Robe Blue Gold and Cleopatra's Copper.

The background was sprayed using C'est la vie Cerise, Merci Beacoup Mint and Tilt-a-wheel Teal. There are small touches of Bonjour Butter spray all around for dimension and interest. I finished the piece up by combining mint and teal with art stones and spreading that all over.

I did add splashes of white but that is a bit hard to see for some reason.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

-Flat Fabio:

--Tilt-a-wheel Teal

--Merci Beacoup Mint

--C'est la vie Cerise

--Bonjour Butter

--Orange Creamsicle

-Lindy's Embossing Powders

--Merci Beaucoup Mint

--Madonna Robe Blue Gold

--Bonjour Butter

--Cleopatra's Copper

Prima Marketing:

--Tapestry Stencil

--Molds Vintage Art Decor, Curio Trinkets, Wings & Gears, Moon and Stars

Finnabair: Art Stones, Melange Pebbles, Glitter Set ABloom

13@arts: Ayeeda Powder Fine Grained Grit

Die cut Orange Blossoms open petals and fillers by Sue Wilson

49 and Market Sea Breeze Blossoms

Tim Holtz' Quote Chips

Blue Fern Studio's Flower

Creative Embellishments 

--Flourish Page Corner 5

--Punchinella Pieces

Stamps - Random

Gesso and Crackle Paste

Mixed Media: Be True

Ahhhh, playing with colors . . . is there anything better? I have fallen in love (again) with deep colors, like blackberry or plum preserves by Finnabair. 

I use a lot of Creative Embellishments in my work, so of course am also excited to play along with their monthly challenges. Without further ado, let me share with you my take on this month's challenge.

Creative Embellishments April challenge

First, I love the color scheme of a deep, rich color "hidden" within all the blue and greens.

In my case, I used Finnabair's Metallique Blackberry.

I have learned that the trick with making a mixed media project is to layer your similar colors.

Here, I first applied Lindy's C'est la vie Cerise and added Blue Hawaiian Blue on top of it. That really gives a project depth and a feeling of movement, if you will.

I have a jar of shimmer flakes that really make a project have a bit of "shiny" to it. 

Hint, when working with shimmer flakes, turn off your ceiling fan.

The twist is to add a wooden piece to your project. I have these CUTE wooden mushrooms by CE and I just had to tuck it in when my greenery.

I finished my canvas with white splashes of Sidewalk Chalk. The quote chips by Tim Holtz are "hands down" the best thing that company has come up with (IMO). I do use quite of bit of TH products, but those quote chips can go anywhere.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Wooden base - on sale at Target

Finnabair: Blackberry Metallique Paint

Lindy's Embossing Powder:
--Bonjour Butter

Lindy's Starburst:
--Blue Hawaiian Blue
--My Mojito Green

Lindy's Flat Fabio:
--Sidewalk Chalk
--C'est la vie Cerise

Creative Embellishments: bird, frame, mushroom

Blue Fern patterned paper

49 and Market flowers

Spanish Moss

Tim Holtz's Word Chips

Cosmic Shimmer Gliding Flakes

Stencil