"Enjoy the View" Mixed Media Layout

Hey everyone,

Even though I LOVE being on my designteams, sometimes I need to get rid of some deadlines so I can start scrapping a layout that I want to get off my chest (and doesn't fit any of the themes).
A layout feauturing one of the first pictures of Connor wearing his glasses. (Even though I know that from now on almost ALL of his pictures will include glasses, so kind of silly and pointless, but whatever...)

Since his glasses are orange and black, my initial idea was to use those colors, and maybe add another one. Maybe...

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I started out with this sheet of 7Dots paper, from their 'Cold Country' collection,

called 'As it was before'. I applied TCW transparent gesso on the entire surafce.

 With my Tim Holtz Eyechart stencil (especially bought for this purpose!) and Prima Texture Paste Graphite, I stenciled the eyechart onto my paper next to where I was going to put my picture.

Using a TCW Mini Eyechart stenil (349S) with somewhat smaller letters and black ink,

I made some eyecharts all over the page.

 This wood Heidi Swapp 'Enjoy the view' seemed very appropiate to me, as are the wood glasses. (From a store called Action.)

I used some Prima Texture Paste Graphite on the big glasses and on the word 'view'.

First I sprayed water, then sprinkled my Tattered Angels Glimmermist 'Pumkin Spice' onto the page.

Using my Bigshot and a Sizzix Tim Holtz Framework Chevron die, I cut the shapes from black foam.

 

So, using only orange and black gave me this result... Hello HALLOWEEN! Yikes...

I colored the rest of the wood text with Tattered Angels glimmermist 'Pumpkin Spice' as well, and the straws too. They were black and white.

To get rid of the Halloween vibe, I splattered Tattered Angels Glimmermist 'Baseboard Wave'

(a blue shade) on the layout. It turned the orange a little more rusty, and I love that!

All of the black embellishments seemed way too intense now, so I added some Viva Decor Rusty Paper, copper micro beads and 13Arts blue mica flakes.

As usual I tend to forget to take pictures of many of the following steps...

The small glasses are wood and coated with black gesso by TCW, then one step crackle medium.

Those little black Arrow/ V-shapes are from the Chevron diecut as well. Behind the picture I tucked some of the spiderweb-like 'open ribbon' that I colored with the shades of glimmermist I used on this project.

Hope you like it! Comments and questions are always welcome!

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"Beautiful" Mixed Media Canvas

Hi all,

The other day my sis sent me some pictures of my beautiful niece, dressed up for Carnival.

When they were visiting recently I had already noticed the growth my niece had gone through again, turning her into a real adolescent little lady instead of a kid. The costume she picked and the tough pose that went with it, emphasised everything even more: she's becoming a beautiful woman with a mind of her own.

Looks aren't everything, but luckily she has a beautiful heart that goes along with her exterior as well. She adores her nephew (my son), as if he were her own brother.

That being said, those pictures and the moodboard over at

Our Mixed Media Moods,

immediately inspired me to create my own little gothic fairytale about her.

The current More Than Words Challenge made me refine my theme and

settle on the word that was already bouncing through my head the entire time anyway: BEAUTIFUL.

The butterflies symbolising her fragile frame ready to take off

on what will be her greatest adventure: LIFE.

The new moodboard of the Creative Embellishments March Challenge 

sparked my imagination even more.

I've used some of their chipboard butterflies on my layout as well.

Down to business ;)

Adhere a Studio Light 'Industrial' Collection paper to a canvas with TCW gelmedium.

Apply black modeling paste through a (Andy Skinner?) snakeskin stencil.

 Apply Viva Decor 'Rusty Paper' through the Tim Holtz swirl stencil (032).

Flick some Tattered Angels Glimmermist onto the page, after spraying water onto certain areas first. Then splatter some more around. On this project I used:

*Dragonfly *Verdigris *Boardwalk *Rolling Tide *Simply Sheer Teal *Simply Sheer Black *Baseboard Wave

Using your diecutting machine, cut out the Tim Holtz Weathered Clock from brown paper and apply the Viva Decor Rusty Paper onto it.

Finally I found use for this mirror frame I bought on vacation many years ago. I tried using different paints and mediums to age, rust and distress it, only to find the smooth surface was hard to work on. I used a base coat of Tattered Angels High Impact Paint Metallic Silver, then tried to use the Tattered Angels Paint Kit Rusty metal. I used some more Viva Decor Rust Paste and who knows what to achieve the effect I ended up with.

I gave the full picture of my niece wings. They came from a broken butterfly Christmas ornament.

I made her hair 'real' by unravelling some rope and pushing it through the picture.

I played with my composition by adding chipboard and wood butterflies from Creative Embellishments and Action.

The word 'Beautiful' is from 13Arts.

I gave most of the chipboard the same treatment by coloring it with 2 or 3 different shades of

Tattered Angels Glimmermist, then adding one step crackle medium.

I glued some beads to the butterflies, and on some other places..

Behind the clock I used a very small scaled Moroccan tile chipboard from Scrapiniec.

The words "You are beautiful inside and out"come from a sheet of Kaisercraft paper. I cut them up, colored them and glazed them.

Using my hot glue gun, I drew branch shapes underneath the frame and on the top left of it. I used glimmermists and glimmerglaze Tail Fin to color them a bit.

I colored a piece of bandage and cut/shred it into strips, placing them underneath the main picture.

I colored the sides with black gesso and then used several stencils and black modeling paste to give them some pattern. I gave the sides some color with glimmermists and water.

To give the canvas a little extra, I added a piece of canvas which was also colored in the shades of the project, then stapled it to the sides and top.

I'll leave you with some more close-ups. Comments and questions are always welcome!

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Words & Paintery February Challenge, Art Journal Cover

Hi everyone!

Back to show you my designteam interpretation of the Words & Paintery February Challenge. I hope this colorful moodboard will inspire you to play along with us too. At first I wasn't sure what to make of the colors, but the team made some wonderful projects and I love my art journal cover too!

You have until March 15 to come up with something ;)

STEP 1

Get yourself an album with a cover you can embellish.

STEP 2

Apply white gesso on the cover, let it dry.

Then use a Prima stencil with TCW light & fluffy modeling paste to create a pattern.

STEP 3

Use another stencil, TCW "Art is" (261S), to create a little more patterned background. Through the CCB/TCW bloghop I got to work with this light & fluffy modeling paste and I ADORE it. If you use your heatgun the paste gets very puffy!

STEP 4

 Adhere some different frames and cover them in white gesso.

(Frames are from Prima, Action, Aliexpress.)

STEP 5

Since I recently bought myself a Bigshot, I'm learning to use it. I found that this craft foam runs very easily through the machine, gives volume and it's easily painted in another color. Finally some use for that stash of outdated crafting stuff. I don't remember what brand the die is from, but it's a tiny one. Diecut some of the figures, cut them into pieces and adhere them to the cover.

Later on I added a bit more on the upper right side, those frames needed to be connected more somehow.

  STEP 6

Use Tattered Angels glimmermists in the shades Apple, Pink Coral and True Turquoise,

and spray the cover.

Adhere the tea infuser to the cover. (This was actually the beginning of my project, to create something revolving around its oily colorblend.)

 STEP 7

Stamp some dots using a small Prima stamp, Versamark ink and

Frantage Embossing Enamel 'Aged Teal'.

STEP 8

Cover a chipboard/grungeboard letter 'A' with  bit of lace. aint the letter with TCW Gold Gesso. Add Prima Finnabair Texture Paste White Crackle, allow to dry on its own. Spray Tattered Angels glimmermists Apple, Pink Coral and True Turquoise. Add clear crackle medium and another layer of TCW Gold Gesso.

(Keep playing until you're happy with the result.)

 STEP 9

Add various embellishments like a metal lightbulb charm, little cameo, Scraberry's mask, Scrap Unlimited face, metal zipper pull, metal half birdcage, metal bird charm, wood window frame cut to size and metal wings from Scrapberry's.

Spray them in the colors glimmermist used before, and brush some TCW Gold Gesso over the surfaces.

STEP 10

Color the letters 'R' and 'T' with the pink and blue glimmermist and add a layer of clear crackle medium.

Use TCW Gel Medium and Prima Arts Stones in 2 sizes to give the project a little more depth and structure. Sprinkle some blue mica flakes over certain areas as well.

I'll leave you with some more pictures and close-ups, hoping to have inspired you to create something equally colorful and join our challenge.

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Words & Paintery January Challenge, Mixed media Layout "Sunshine"

Hello all!

I have been neglecting my blog a bit...

I have been busy, though. For the January challenge over at Words & Paintery I created a layout, according to this moodboard. I had the perfect picture in those exact colors!

The quote was hard to incorporate at first, but then I came up with the lines from the song

"You are my Sunshine".

Please, don't take my Sunshine away.

If anything ever happened to my little boy, that would feel like an unrequited love to me. Heartbreaking...

STEP 1

Blend modeling paste with Tattered Angels Glimmermist "Dyon", apply through TCW Gabriella Pollacco stencil, spray some more glimmermist and allow to drip.

  STEP 2

Blend Glimmermist "Kiwi" and GlimmerGlam "Caspian Sea" with modeling paste

and apply through the same stencil.

In the top right corner I have used another TCW stencil, also by Gabriella Pollacco.

STEP 3

 Stamp some text around the stenciled areas with brown ink.

STEP 4

Apply a few coats of white gesso on the Creative embellishments chipboard text, before brushing several colors of yellow and green in an ombre effect on to the text and sun.

I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Dyon", "Marigold", "Kiwi", "Green" and Glimmer Glam "Caspian Sea".

Once dry, add one step crackle medium on the text, and add a gloss on the sun. (Yes, I didn't want a cracked sun...)

STEP 5

 Color some white open fabric with the same glimmermists, into an ombre blend of yellow and green. Cut the bits and attach them to the back of the picture.

STEP 6

 Using your die cutting machine, cut a bunch of foliage in different shapes and colors matching the color scheme. Spray all of them with Tattered Angels Glimmermists to give them more depth.

Tuck these all around the picture, serving as a colorful frame, lengthening the corn from the picture. Don't forget that upper right corner!

That was really all this time... Hope you enjoy my take, and give the challenge a go! I'm a little late posting this, but it still runs until January 15, so.

I'll leave you with some close-ups.

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