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

Scrap The Boys: Life is Good

Hello and welcome!!! It's that time again for a new challenge at ScrapTheBoys!

A friend of mine said, "Girl, you could have made a bigger cake!" LOL . . . my son really wanted to celebrate his 12th birthday at the Melting Pot and this is how they do it. He just LOVES that restaurant and the close atmosphere the place encourages.

I was hugely inspired by this layout on my Pinterest board.  I wanted to make something simple, but bold! So I grabbed my 49 and Market stamps, gelatos and a smattering of various words stamps from my stash.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!

Altered Frame - THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

I am inspired by many sources, especially More than Words, Lindy's Stamp Gang, and the Finnabair design team. I do gravitate towards process videos by Nadya Drozdova, Gabrielle Pollaco, and Olga Bielska. However, I don't quite have the stash these ladies have to work with so I must get creative and work with what I do have. Practice, practice, practice . . . right?

I have been following the challenge blog More than Words for quite some time. I have slowly learned to just play with my art supplies and make my efficient side of my personality take a coffee break. This month's challenge with More than Words is absolute no brainer for me. I could make 20 projects from this challenge off the top of my head. I have two successful book clubs, one of them called Drink n' Dragons. It's all about fantasy, magic, intelligent (hulky) men and strong (kick-ass) women. One of our favorite characters is . . . dragons.

I confess, I found it a bit amusing that this challenge talks about fairies and butterflies. But dragons have wings too, cause without them they are just overgrown lizards.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Brads, old flowers, layers of Creative Embellishments chipboard and trinkets in my stash

all make up this delicious corner!

I just love the quotes to be found by 7 Dots Studio! I painted the dragon separately from

the rest of the piece.

Using my small stencils, I did manage to stencil the background with modeling paste

to add extra effect to the frame.

I did not have any "fancy" blue in my stash, other than generic acrylic paint. Worked

like a charm to give this piece a touch of bold color!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Supplies:

5x7 Canvas - turned over

Creative Embellishments chipboard and wooden pieces

Metal Pieces

Brads

Prima Marketing
--Flowers
--Wax Red Amber
--Wax Vintage Silk

13@arts - stones and fillers

Finnabair Rust Set
--Gold Rust
--Brown Rust
--Red Rust

Studio Acrylic Paint - Deep Cyan Blue

Mini Stencil

7 Dots Studio - Word Stickers Paint Chips

Teal Pearls

Scrap The Boys: I Love You to the Moon and Further

 Hello and welcome! Today is the start of a new challenge at Scrap The Boys!!

Without further ado, here it is! The design team really went all out and has incredible diversity of pages for this challenge. Hope you find inspiration!

I got the starburst freebie die cut from Paper Issues. I will admit, this did not quite turn out the way I wanted, plus the photo of the page is not helping. It seems I'm on the down low with taking good shots these days with trying to learn to use a new lens.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!

Mixed Media Canvas: Lost, Seek, Found

I am entering this into two separate challenges: one by Mixed Media Warriors (first time joining them) and Mixed Media and Art.

With the above challenge, I went with mulberry, coral and gold. Love the flowers and letters as well so had a "love lost" theme going on in my head.

The above challenge has a lot of textures to choose from, as well as the deep, rich plum color to work with. I didn't know I even liked the color until I played with it on this canvas.

I was HUGELY inspired by Nayda Drozdova work. She has a video ( I don't think I blinked) that I followed, while still making this piece my own.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Supplies:

8 x 10 canvas

49 and Market: Cottage Blooms

Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces
Creative Embellishments wood pieces

Lindy's Stamp Gang:
--Starburst Silent Night Silver
--Starburst Fuzzy Navel Peach
--EP Silver Moon Turquoise
--EP Twilight Blue Slate

Prima Marketing (Finnabair)
--Acrylic Paint Sparks - Ginger Magic
--Acrylic Paint Metallique Plum Preserves
--Wax Blue Velvet
--Wax Vintage Silk
--Melange Art Pebbles - various sizes

Metal Embellishments

Pearls

Tim Holtz's Quote Chips

Brick Stencil

Black Gesso
Modeling Paste

Scrap The Boys: Loving Today

Hello and welcome!!! Today is the 1st and that means a new challenge is waiting 

for everyone at Scrap The Boys!!! For this month, it's a mood board challenge, 

with lots of blue. For an added bonus, the design team was also provided 

cut files from Cuts 2 You showcasing Created by Gwen Designs.

 I fell instantly in love with the heart and 

it was just a matter of figuring out how I wanted to use it.

I used a touch of Lindy's sprays to really make the heart "pop".

The pattern paper is by Pretty Little Studio's "Ain't Life Grand" collection.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Supplies:

--Strathmore for Acrylic paint 12x12

 (this REALLY is much better for making mixed media "pop")

--AC black cardstock

--Pretty Little Studio "Ain't Life Grand" collection

--Pretty Little Studio words and titles

Lindy's Stamp Gang:

--Flat Fabio Tweedle Dee Denim

--Starburst Spray Azure Sea Asters

Prima Marketing:

--Color Bloom Summer Sky

Bling from Hobby Lobby

Date stamp

Winter Gift Basket

Hello! I made this gift basket using Dreaming Tree's "Give a Gift" bundle. I signed up for the

Adopt-A-Staff program at my son's school. So every month every single person

working at the school receives a gift from his/her anonymous person.

Every month includes January . . . that weird month we all forget about. 

Babies are still being born, people still need encouragement and it's 

definitely still winter. So out came all those beautiful winter "blues" for

this gift basket, AND my person loves angels.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!!

Basket was made using Bazzil shimmer cardstock and Bobunny's Sleigh Ride collection.

Altered Bird House

For Christmas my son bought me a wooden birdhouse to "play" with using all my fun supplies. I thought I was going to make a winter themed house but this project took on a life of it's own by directing me towards pink. Pink! The only pink I have in my stash is in the Sweet Treats spray set by Lindy's Stamp Gang. So I bought Prima Marketing SPARKS acrylic paint "Butterfly Spells" for extra effect and . . . . more pink.

I also found this fabulous challenge group called Art Playground and what do you know!? Here is this month's challenge.

Guess I really wanted more "girly and pink" than winter and blue.

Without further ado, here it is. Hope it inspires you!!!!

Most of my stash of color is from Lindy's Stamp Gang. I do tend to lean more towards 

the spray and embossing powders than the magicals. I find them perplexing.

Coming up with a design was just a matter of combing thru my stash and 

learning how to play with foamiran for handmade flowers.

When playing with 3D objects, be sure to hit all the corners and sides. 

It will not feel complete otherwise.

Adding numbers (Thickers) for texture was inspiration from one of many 

videos I've watched in regards to mixed media. 

I'm slowly building my stash of "fillers". They seem to be essential 

to buildingmixed media pieces and adding interest and texture.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!!

Supplies:

Lindy's Stamp Gang
--Starburst Spray Set Sweet Treats
--EP Morning Glory Azure
--EP Silver Moon Mistletoe

Blue Fern Studios - Heartland Collection

Prima Marketing SPARKS Butterfly Spells acrylic paint

Finnabair Art Stones

Handmade Foamrian Flowers using Gelatos (Metallic Blueberry & Metallic Grape)
--Chalkink Pink Grapefruit

Pinecones

Die cut fillers by Sue Wilson

Die cut leaves by Spellbinders

Thickers (numbers)

Stone Clock

Creative Embellishments (fairy)