Wings of Time

Hi there and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a fabulous piece of Mixed Media to share with you today.  As I have said before I LOVE mixed media and it is such a wonderful and wide field of art that there is always something new to learn.  To that end I have recently become a member of the Creative Craft Acadamy, an online crafting tutorial site:-   www.creativecraftacademy.co.uk  where you can buy tutorials with or without the products to create them.  I bought both for this project.
    

The products are are also available from The Craft Box   (www.craftbox.co.uk)  It was so exciting to recieve that box of goodies!  I shall not be writing a step by step tutorial for this project as it can be found at the Craft Acadamy website, but I have several pictures of this beautiful project and I shall give a brief desription.

This project begins with an MDF substrate, onto which several layers of products including white gesso, crackle paste, and some spray paints were added.  

 The next step is adding another couple of layers, in fact this whole project is about layers and colours.  The kit includes some lovely chipboard and MDF items from SnipArt which can be coloured with paints, sprays, waxes or whatever you like.  

A chipboard grid was  sprayed lightly with one of the colours and partially adhered to the background.  An MDF tag  was layered as before, then using a stencil from the kit and a couple of other products that I made a texture paste with, a lovely raised pattern was added to the tag.  The tag was then attached to the background over the gridwork. 

A chipboard decorative moth was coloured with a pink spray ink and attached to the tag, then a pair of MDF wings which were left bare.  A fob watch bezel was then attached and filled with some glass beads.  I attached a Steampunk glass cabochon from my stash in the center of the watch.  

The final layer of this fabulous project is to add a bit more decoration, with metal embellishments and micro beads.

 I added some gold gilding wax around the edges of the panel and in a few places on the embellishments.

 I am really delighted with my piece of mixed media, and I learnt a lot from the tutorial too!  I have already bought another couple of projects with their kits and I can't wait to start playing!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope that you've enjoyed this post, feel free to continue browsing, and I hope you'll pop back again soon  :)

A Garden of Blue and Green

Hi and welcome to my blog  :)  I've been creating a lot of mixed media lately, I really love using different techniques and mediums to produce artwork.  I have a piece of home decor mixed media to share with you today that I have created as my entry to the blog challenge at Country View  Challenges July Challenge - create anything using the colours blue and green :-  

http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-2019-blues-greens.html

For this project I have used stamps from Chocolate Baroque; several stencils from different companies including Chocolate Baroque, Hunky Dory, La Blanche, and TCW; various die cuts from my stash; Little Birdy chalk paint, Distress Oxide inks, Pebeo Dyna paints, and some Cosmic Shimmer glitter paste. I have also used some papers from my stash and some blue micro beads.

I began this project with a panel of greyboard which I painted with a pale green chalk paint, this particular paint has a really good coverage without the need of a primer.  When the paint was dry I took one of the stencils (script) and a blue DO ink and added some script randomly over the panel.  I then added 'splodges' of colour in a few places using a spray ink.  When dry I took another DO ink and stencilled a sort of firework burst image onto the spray painted parts.  This created flowers out of my ink 'splodges'  with the stencilled parts looking like stamens.  

I added some more stencilled patterns, using different colours and building layers.  One of the stencils I used was of Peacock Feathers, and I positioned them to go under my stamped Peacock to elongate the tail.

The final step in creating this background was to add glitter paste through another stencil, this time leaves, along the top edge of the panel.

. It was now time to create my peacock.  I stamped the image using black Versafine ink onto black card and embossed it with clear EP.  I then painted it with Dyna paints in blue-green, green-blue and gold.  When dry I cut it out.  

I used several sizes of flowers and leaf dies from my stash, cutting them out of papers from my stash and blending ink around the outer edges.   I added a little glitter to some of the foliage sprigs then assembled the flowers and placed them onto the panel.  When I was happy with their positions I attached them to the panel with 3D gel.  

I attached the Peacock with 3D gel and added blue micro beads to the centers of the flowers.  On some spare white card I stamped a couple of words in green DO ink and embossed them with clear EP.  I cut them into two small panels, added blue dots with a stencil, then edged them with a gold pen.  I attached the word panels to the artwork with 3D gel as before.

I loved creating this piece of Home Decor, and using different tones and shaded of the two colours for the majority of the design.  I love the bright, fresh feel of this piece too.

Thanks for popping by today, I hope that you've enjoyed this post and maybe been inspired to have a go at mixed media.  Feel free to browse through some of my other posts, I'd love it if you left me a comment, and I hope you'll drop in again soon  :)

To Have and to Hold Heart

Hi there and welcome to my blog :)  I have a lovely wedding card to share with you today featuring some beautiful Chocolate Baroque stamps.  I have used the Hearts Full of Love set; Little Birdy hand made flowers, CB Masking Tissue, Versamark ink, silver EP, silver Brilliance ink, pearlescent paints, glitter, die cuts and some gems from my stash.

I took a piece of A4 pearlescent card then scored and folded it to create a base card.  I stamped the large floral heart image with Versamark ink and embossed it in silver.  I then masked the image with masking tissue and stamped another heart image repeatedly over the card, using silver Brilliance ink.  The Brilliance ink provides a subtle background with a lovely sheen.  

I stamped and embossed a sentiment onto a spare piece of card then cut it with a die from my stash.  I added a few tiny gems and went around the edges with a silver marker pen.  I  attached it to the card with 3D foam, then added some handmade paper flowers.  On a spare piece of card I stamped and embossed the flowers from the floral heart image, painted them and cut them out before attaching them with 3D foam.  I used some word dies from my stash to add another sentiment to the card, cutting the words from silver mirror card.  I then attached them to the card and added a couple of gems.   

I'm really pleased with this design, it is a simple one but no less beautiful for that.  I always enjoy creating wedding cards!  

Thank you for dropping by today, I hope that you've enjoyed this post.  Feel free to leave me a comment and to browse my blog, I'd love it if you did.  I hope that you'll pop in again soon  :)