Mixed Media - Be True To You Canvas

Hello!! Stopping by to show you a spring project. It's hard for me to make "subtle" projects where color doesn't bounce off the piece. But Whale Watch Blue by Lindy's is such a beautiful color I can't help but play!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies:

Lindy's supplies:

1. Opal Sea Oats Shimmer Spray
2. Whale Watch Blue Spray
3. Hockey Puck Black
4. EP Purely White

Finnabair Waxes:

1. Vintage Silk
2. Vintage Gold

Stampendous EP Seasonings

ReneaBouquet Beautiful Board

49 and Market Flowers

Pearls

Moulds

Graphite Texture Paste

Mixed Media - Own Your Dreams

Sometimes I just really want to make "drama". The first time I attempted this color scheme, I failed with the background being too light...with a purplish tint. Not really what I wanted. I love extreme contrasts and gravitate towards that style in art more so than anything else (even though I do love browns and golds).

I went after my own inspiration with this color scheme. I didn't specifically have "plum" in my stash, but I did have poppy red.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!

Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

1.     Flat Danny Zuke's Denim
2.     Flat Tweedle Dee Denim
3.     Starburst Whale Watch Blue
4.     EP Midnight Gold
5.     Magical Shaker Black Forest Black

Finnabair supplies:

1. Sparks Acrylic - Raven Black
2. Bronze Age Wax
3. Vintage Gold Wax
4. Old Denim Wax

Hobby Lobby:

1. Letters Chipboard
2. Wood Gears
3. Basic Shape Moulds

Scrapaholics Chipboard (at least three pieces)

Prima Marketing Moulds

Die Cuts with Stampendous Aged Marine Embossing Enamel

Buttons Galore Pearls

49 and Market Flowers

Mixed Media Canvas - Reflection

Hello everyone!! As you may know, I love making canvases and have made several pieces either for my home decor (rotated every season) or for loved ones. THIS piece is for me...about me. I had nearly every element in my stash that I could think of except one. No matter cause I just LOVE how this turned out. All the supplies are listed below. I'm not really going to explain what I did so much as why a piece is on this board.

The color scheme is even one of my favorites to work with soothing browns, metalliques and a touch of teal.

Roses everywhere - My favorite flower and Rose is my middle name

Steampunk - cause I love making steampunk mixed media

Dragons (even a little guy on the left) - I have always loved any type of fantasy. I love a good book with dragons in it.

Butterfly - I do love butterflies but it also reflects my love of nature. I prefer nature over cities any day.

Single solitary rose - My favorite book is Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey and the main character has a large tattoo of a rose with thorns and blood drops on her back, reflecting her unique nature in the world.

Here is a door with a tiny fairy and mushroom nestled into the corner. I have little pieces of fantasy all over this steampunk piece.

Book - I love to read. Especially fantasy.

Playstation controller - I have always played Final Fantasy using the Playstation...all the way back to Playstation 2.

XV (behind the book) - Tribute to Final Fantasy - my favorite game

And here is my tiny unicorn!!! I love unicorns so much that my family has started buying little gifts with unicorns on them again. Have you seen "The Last Unicorn"?

Dog - I love dogs, especially Shih-Tzus. My two dogs right now are Sky and Cassie. Plus I needed something on there for my 20 year career as an RVT. I'm a medical coder now, but veterinary medicine is my first love.

Swords - Tribute to fantasy and also that I love martial arts. Couldn't quite find what I wanted for this piece but I do have swords thanks to Katy Sue Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

 Supplies:

Lindy's Sprays:

1. Opal Sea Oats
2. Gossamer Gold
3. Mission Bells Brown
4. Dark Chocolate Truffle

Stampedous EP:

1. Seasonings
2. Shabby Pink

Finnabair

Graphite Texture Paste

Chipboard

Moulds from:

1. Katy Sue Designs
2. Finnabair
3. Etsy

Waxes:

1. Peacock
2. Aged Brass
3. Bronze Age
4. Meteor Showers
5. White Gold

Old chipboard 

Distressed diamond stencil

49 and market flowers

Graphite 45 flowers

White Gesso

Black Gesso

Mixed Media Anchor

 Hello there!! Today I would like to share with you an altered anchor I made to decorate my kitchen for the summer. Making summer pieces is hard for me cause I just don't feel like I always get the colors right. This piece is very light and I usually work with high contrast pieces as well. But...it's still pretty to me anyway!!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies:

Chicken Wire stencil with distressed embossing powder

Tim Holtz crackle paste

Finnabair's Heavy White Gesso

Prima Moulds and flowers

Finnabair's Art Stones (all sizes)

49 and Market flowers

Twine

Pearls by Buttons Galore & More

SeaShells - Hobby Lobby

Wooden anchor base - Hobby Lobby

Lindy's Sprays

• Starburst A Bit o'Bubbly
• Flat Bonjour Butter
• Flat Orange Creamsicle
• Flat Merci Beacoup Mint

Hope

The other day I went "researching" thru Pinterest for inspiration and eye-candy. I found this coffee themed layout and I KNEW I wanted to recreate something of my own.

I have quite a few supplies left from my time with International Scrapbook Garden and one of the themes was this similar color scheme. So I dragged it all out (plus some) and slowly built this layout over two days.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:

--7 Dots Studio - Paint Chips 

Tim Holtz metal embellishments (frame and butterfly)

49 and Market flowers and stamps (hard to see)

Prima Marketing 

--flowers 

--key mold

--Shabby Chic Door Signs

Creative Embellishments: Chipboard and Stencils

Finnabair stencil and medium art stones

Acrylic Paint Viridian (mixed with white to make teal)

13@rts Ayeeda Yellow Splash Ink

Lindy's Stamp Gang

--Flat Fabio Sidewalk Chalk

--Flat Fabio Blazing Black
--Starburst Spray Tibetan Poppy Teal

--EP Scotch Broom Yellow

--EP Midnight Gold

--EP Cleopatra Copper

Mixed Media Canvas - Live in the Moment

Hello there! I've always struggled with making "spring" projects. Too much pastels? I do love a bright room with lots of light, but my art and I don't get along when I try to play with lighter colors. Besides, spring is messy and muddy, with lots of rain. Sure, there are beautiful tulips out there, but they are fleeting and gone almost instantly. 

But this!!?? Playing with browns, golds and greens!!! This I can get behind and still feel like it speaks "spring". I've started a whole wall of art that tells the story of Spring and am damn proud of it. And just LOVE it!!!

So forget those elusive, delicate pastels. Mud and moss is the way to go!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Lindy's Sprays:

1. Caittail Copper Brown
2. Dark Chocolate Truffle

Finnabair Products:

1. Liquid Acrylic Burnt Sienna
2. Icing Paste - White Gold
3. Rust Effect Paste - Camouflage Paste Set
4. Waxes - Firebird, Fire Ruby, Vintage Gold, Lucky Emerald, Aged Brass
5. Moulds
6. Art Pebbles

49 and Market:

1. Blossom Blends - Coral and Mint
2. Layered Embellishment Set - Wander

Tim Holtz Phrases

Dollhouse Window

Corrugated Cardboard

Mixed Media Canvas: Let Life Surprise You

 Nadya Drozdova is being featured on FB group #Irridescent Secrets with a challenge to make something that was inspired by her work.

Well... I've watched most of her youtube videos ... sometimes more than once. It's hard to pinpoint what exactly inspired me as a lot of my art has some inspiration from hers. But this video continues to be one of my favorites.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!!

#paintingmydream

#respectartists

#iridescentsecrets

Supplies:

Lindy's Sprays and EP:

1. Moon Shadow - Golden Doubloons
2. Starburst - Dark Chocolate Truffle
3. Squirt - Poutine Gold
4. EP - Midnight Gold
5. EP - Angel Wings Gold

Finnabair:

1. Rust Paste - Camouflage
2. Waxes - Green Brocade, Lucky Emerald, White Gold, Graphite
3. Heavy Black Gesso
4. Graphite Paste
5. Brick Stencil
6. Icing Paste - White Gold
7. Sparks paint - Butterfly spells
8. Melange Pebbles
9. Moulds
10. Prima paper - Quartz

Stampendous Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel

Scrapaholics Chipboard

49 and Market - Wildflowers (Cream) and Stargazers (Petal Pink)

Hobby Lobby:

1. Chipboard Letters
2. Wooden Frame (dollhouse section)
3. Art Palette

Old paintbrushes

Story - A Mixed Media Canvas with Gelatos

 I made a piece a few years ago with gelatos that I just love. I really wanted to make another one, plus my sister wanted me to reach for purple flowers. This is the result! As far as mixed media canvases go, this was pretty easy to bring together.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:

Gelatos:

1. Guava
2. Peach
3. Mango
4. Bubble Gum
5. Black Cherry

Finnabair:

1. Metallique Acrylic Blackberry
2. Moulds
3. Stencil

49 and Market:

1. Wildflowers - Violet
2. County Blossoms - Violet
3. Stamps - Gabi's square stitch

Watercolor paper

Black Gesso

Matte Acrylic Gel

Tombow Watercolor marker #989 (shading)

Mixed Media Just One Life

Hello there! There are times when a piece just comes together beautifully. I want to thank Martina Stoycheva with Cre-ART-Corner, because her piece greatly inspired this one. I had not really worked with brown, golds and greens before. I hope you find as much inspiration as I did.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies:

Lindy's Starburst:

• Cattail Copper Brown
• Dark Chocolate Truffle

Finnabair's:

•     Liquid Acrylic Burnt Sienna
•     Texture Paste White Sand
•     Rust Pastes - Dusty, Dark Olive, Brown
•     Prima Moulds
•     Melange Pebbles
•     Icing Paste - White Gold and stencil

    Metallique Waxes:

•     White Gold
•     Bronze Age
•     Vintage Gold
•     Firebird
•     Aged Brass

49 and Market Garden Petals - Mint

Dusty Attic Chipboard

Creative Embellishments Mushrooms

Tim Holtz's phrases/titles

Gears and keys

Chipboard letters

Corrugated Cardboard

Beauty Within - Mixed Media Canvas

Hello there!! Today I would like to share my latest canvas using many Finnabair's products, Prima Marketing products, 49 and Market flowers, Lindy's colors, Dusty Attic chipboard and Creative Embellishment chipboard.

Hope you are inspired!!!

Layers using Creative Embellishments Corsets and Autumn Leaves Set, wooden cogs, 49 and Market flowers Linen and Cantaloupe and Prima Wings and Swirls mould shown here.

Dusty Attic chipboard shown here. Plus Finnabair Graphite Paste along with Lindy's Squirt Poutine Gold, and Starburst Cattail Copper Brown.

I layered my moulds with Finnabair's Blackberry, followed by Red Wine. Topped them off with Vintage Gold Wax. 

The bottom of the pebbles were colored with Red Wine.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!

Other products:

Finnabair Cogs and Wings

Prima Marketing Carte Postal Tissue Paper

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

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

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: 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