"Awesome" Mixed Media Heart CCB

Hi all,

I'm back to share this heart-shaped mixed media canvas with you. It's on the Canvas Corp Brands blog now, and has the step by step pics as well, in case you're interested. 

Recently my brother, I and our families had an afternoon planned to try and get a nice picture of the 6 of us. As a Father's Day gift.

As to be expected, things didn't go as planned. The remote for my camera didn't work, so some old-fashioned running into place after setting the self-timer was involved. Luckily, 10 seconds were enough, even with my twisted ankle, jumping through the prickly grass.

That prickly grass was another point that ruined things. For my son. And my nephew. Who didn't wanna walk through, or even stand in it. So the first few shots we had were displaying some moody faces. Grumpy Cat, move over!

Later on they alternated crying and cooperating. But when they were frolicking on a picknick table, I took a few shots and one really popped out. I edited it to black and white, except for the blues. (We all wore blue to get a nicer picture.) And then I tweeked it a little more and found myself inspired instantly. Does that happen to you too? That a new picture inspires you to scrapbook it right away?

So, that's the backstory. Just so you know these shots of happy boys don't happen all the time. And especially not when planned.

The current "Our Mixed Media Moods" challenge board inspired me enormously!

Below you can find most of the Canvas Corp Brands ingredients I used for my canvas. Finally used some more of the new 7gypsies Architextures, like the Parchment Rub-ons, Junque Pack, Tin Tiles and some of the paper.

I used the Tattered Angels Naturally Aged Paint System - Rusty Metal to make rust, but tried another way with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam as well. You can read about it on the CCB Blog.

I will leave you with some pictures of the finished result. Remember, the steps are on the CCB blog!

Comments and questions are always welcome!

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HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Words & Paintery April Challenge

Hey everyone,

The time for the Words & Paintery April Challenge has come! You can find it HERE.

As usual you will have until the 15th to play along, so the deadline is May 15.

This was a hard one for me. Lately I haven't been inspired to use pinks AT ALL.

As it always goes, you think you'll have time, but then the deadline neared and we were away for Barcelone, leaving me only a couple of hours to create something. And I'm a slow scrapper...

I made something then though. But I didn't like how it turned out at all. And there was no salvaging. It was a pink disaster I tell you. People even asked if Connor made it. All the chipboard shapes were unrecognizable, even the sewing machine that looked like it had been set on fire due to an experiment with some new black Inklings...

Soooo I gave the pinks another shot Friday afternoon and was happy about the result. I used my recent inspiration from Barcelone. Mosaic patterns, a church window, Mary and Jesus.

(Which made sense too, now Easter is here...)

Yes, this project is okay to me.

Judge for yourself and if you have any questions about how I made it, don't hesitate to ask. (Didn't do step by step pics this time, sorry...)

You can find me on Facebook and Instagram, too.

HAPPY SCRAPPING, don't forget to join our challenge!

Mixed media heart, gift for Britt

Hey everyone,

Back to show you a project I made as a gift. My cousin Barbara used to babysit my brother and me when we were smaller, even though she was only 4,5 years older than me. We loved being with her so much that even when we were old enough to take care of ourselves we still wanted to have her over and 'babysit' us.

She became a mother of three and due to circumstances she ended up babysitting our little man one day a week during a year or so.

It's hard to explain what she means to me, especially since the time my mom passed away. Whom she had a very special bond with as well.

Needless to say she and her family are as crazy about my little man as we are about them. My cousin's daughter, Britt, treats Connor like another one of her brothers. 

With her birthday coming up, and the cute photo collages she sends me of Connor and her, it was time to make her a special gift. I asked what picture of Connor was her favorite and then I went to work.

I'm so happy with the result I hate parting with it ;)

As a base I used a heart shaped canvas, about 12 inches high. Using gel medium I adhered a 13Arts paper to the canvas. "Blue Mood" from the "Out of the Blue" series. Soon as I laid my eyes upon that sheet I was in love.

Around all the edges I applied Prima Art Extravagance White Crackle Paste and let that dry overnight.

Using 2 different stencils I enhanced the background. The swirl stencil is Dutch Doobadoo and the other one 13Arts. My modeling paste was nice and thick and the outcome was sharp as a razor. Before removing the stencil I sprayed 2 shades of Tattered Angels glimmermist.

Throughout this canvas I used these colors Tattered Angels glimmermist: 

Mint Julip

Rolling Tide

Pearl

Chalkboard Blue Ribbon

Chalkboard Splash 

Time to start embellishing! Used a felt heart shape, paper laser cut doilie and frame, some wood words, straws, feathers, wood corner, chipboard birds and heart, flowers,  leaves and berries.

Once everything was in place I dabbed white gesso blended with a 13Arts texture powder over all my embellishments, using a sponge brush. Then I used gel medium to add Finnabair Prima art stones all over that same area, sprinkling 13Arts art sugar on top. Great effect!

Sprayed some different shades of Tattered Angels glimmermist here and there (also over the crackled edges, before I forget to mention!), finishing off with the shade "Pearl". 

There you have it. Hope you like it! I'll leave you with some shots of the final result.

Comments and questions are always welcome by the way.

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Happy Scrapping!

A moment in my belly, a lifetime in my heart

Hello again,

Of course I had to scrap a picture of my (rather modest looking) pregnant belly too! On a canvas, Finnabair style. I ran into a heart shaped canvas, which seemed perfect for this topic.
I embellished, gesso'ed and created an embellical cord with my glue gun, from my belly to a heart shaped charm in which I'd glued a little glass baby, depicting my woom.

It was hard to settle on a quote, but I went with "A moment in my belly, a lifetime in my heart." Because that's simply the truth. ♡♥♡

I used pastel colours, even made my own lilac spraymist. All in all I'm happy with the result, though the whole thing seems somewhat opaque.  I may have to add some of my recently discovered Inka Gold creams... ;)

Just like chocolates, comments make me happy :) (Luckily they're less fattening,  lol)

Take care!

"The sky is NOT the limit!" Also, cowboy & king

Hello once more,

Wanting to try a more mixed media style involving gears etc, I used a picture of Connor wearing his pilot hat. (Because with me the embellishments always have to suit the theme.)
It was my first attempt in smearing gesso all over the metal embellishments (as a preparation for misting them) and I have to say I am pleased with the outcome. The whole layout happened fairly quick, it all came together like magic!

Imagine my surprise when I totally messed up the following 2 layouts. I am never doing that again, working on 2 layouts simultaneously.

The layout of Connor with the cowboy hat started out on a brown timber background with a black swirl. When I added gesso rays through a stencil it only went downhill from there. I re thunk the whole thing and decided the sepia picture needed a background that would make it pop.
Once I had settled on that it still didn't go smoothly. I finished the layout but I'm not very content about it.

Maybe it was hard because the photo had an emotional aspect for me. The morning I took those pictures all was well. But that afternoon we were involved in a car accident. Shaking off the image of Connor covered in millions of glass splinters (from our shattered rear window) is a hard thing to do. I thought I'd lost him, right then and there. And he wasn't even 4 months old... :{
In that sense the layout doesn't do my feelings justice at all. It's a simple layout with a touch of the "Western Cowboy" feel in it, without being too obvious.

Then, the other layout didn't do what I wanted it to. I had fallen in love with the paper: a royal blue flockprint, damask and stripes... I was going for red, white and blue because of a clothing tag I wanted to use along with it.
Well, the red on my gesso'ed damask turned out PINK...! Several layers of white paint, gesso and gesso mixed with white paint didn't help one bit.
In the end I was able to colour the pink a bit more sandy and decided to embellish most of that part, because I didn't wanna give up just yet. It would be a shame of the wasted paper!
In the end the layout kinda came together thanx to a few touches of green. But it's not of my favourites.

Ah well, I blame it on the new techniques I am trying as well. I haven't practiced enough to know what happens when you do this and that. And it proves once more I am not someone who can just begin, smear something on the page and have my artistic abilities make everything come together like magic. I have to think things through. But I have learned a lot in the process and am happy to apply this new knowledge in my future projects! ;)

If you have any more knowledge to share or wish to learn from my mistakes, drop me a line! Take care in the meantime!