Beautiful Flowers

Hello and welcome to my blog...
Did you know there's a new Challenge out there, right up my alley because I love flowers... 

It's Beautiful Blossoms a monthly challenge

And Challenge #1, this month there is a beautiful blue and brown moodboard for inspiration.     I have repurposed a box ...  my son get these wonderful sturdy boxes with a lid and I just can't toss them out. So I hunted through my stash of 12x12 patterned paper and found this blue piece with brown flocking on it. 

Then I die cut some leaves and flowers (mostly from Sizzix), teamed them with some store bought flowers and added some glitter glue and white dots... I've not made a mixed media items for a long time and I have enjoyed it.
Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely weekend,    Cheers Robyn

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Mixed Media card

Mixed media style doesn't come easily to me so I've been checking out fabulous ideas on Pinterest... here's my card for Just Add Ink challenge #515 - Mixed Media

I decided to use some kraft coloured card for the front panel and firstly added some inked areas and also coloured Gesso with a stencil.  I stamped random script and tiny dots in dark purple and white DI when the Gesso was dry.  I die cut some flowers and foliage and blended Distress Inks to colour them.  Used a light brown card base and arranged the wildflowers with a mini twine bow and added some white crystal drops to the flower center.
My mixed media elements are - stamping, stencils, texture paste, twine, die cuts, crystals drops

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Card Recipe 
Stamps: Kaisercraft - Script, Tiny Dot
Dies: Sizzix - Wildflower stems #1
Inks: Distress Inks - for background - Chipped sapphire, Gathered twigs, Picket fence, for flowers - Shabby shutters, Mown lawn, Tattered rose, Victorian velvet, Shaded lilac, Picked raspberry
Other:  Kaisercraft stencil - Birch, white Gesso, twine, white Nuvo crystal drops

...incredibly wonderful..

oh my.... I haven't done any  Mixed Media for ages so I'm quite pleased with my card today.  I die cut some flowers from a piece of created with Distress Oxides, sponged the edges, added some more colour to the centers and then glued on some micro beads. Then I die cut some leaves from DOX card and also from some vellum. I found a background panel from my stash with white gesso lightly sponges over it, added some leaves with a stencil and more DOX and stamped on my sentiment.  Arranged my leaves and added a few loops of matching thread before 3D mounting my flowers. To finish I added a scattering of tiny pearls. I am playing along with Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media January challenge - theme Garden, also with The Card Concept #85 - Rustic Blooms - love the inspirational photo - gorgeous flowers, with the aged timber backdrop.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day.

Life is Better in Flip Flops

Well we're nearing the end of the first month for 2017 and I'm eager to post one last card.  I've been having a fiddle with some mixed media which really doesn't some easy to me but I'm happy with the result.  There are a number of layers to my card... Distress Ink background, used also to colour texture paste which I used with a stencil and added glitter glue.  I stamped my 'Flip Flop' image on green card and tore the edges, added som sunnies and then more glitter glue.  I mounted it to my card over some twine and finished the card with a die cut bird and foliage.  I am posting to Stamplorations January challenge using the sketch and mixed media.  Also to Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media January challenge with Layers as the theme.  Finally to Simon Says Monday challenge - Spread Your Wings.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Simon Says: Spread Your Wings

Rescued Notes Holder

Do you do like I do? - when you have a chore you don't really want to do and so you find something at your desk to fill in your time. That's what happened today... should be finalizing my craft room packing but instead I decided to finish this project.  I have had this container on my desk filled with pens and paper bits and I thought I could revamp it for the Artplorations Mixed Media challenge -

Stencil Sunday #5 + August Mixed Media Challenge

It is a point of sale stand that I rescued from the bin when I was working at Target. So I gave it a coat of acrylic paint and then cut two panels of patterned paper that I would never use to make a card and gave it a light spray with an orange mist. Then I used Distress Inks to try and disguise that crazy pattern... used my stencils to sponge on some hexagonal dots and a few different arrow. I repeated the dots on the ends and cut a green piece of card to line that front box - and gave it a bit of medallion embossing before I glued them all in place.
I die cut the word NOTES on card and used it as a stencil, then coloured some texture paste with black distress ink and plastered it to the front. When it was all dry I die cut the cat and attached him. Wish I was real free with mixed media but it's a start and I'm happy with my finished revamped note holder.  Thanks for taking a peek

A Friend...natures masterpiece

 

 
Summer of Colour 5 - Week 5 and the colours are Green + Green + Pink...
So here's  my second attempt at mixed media with a plaque using a dark green DP that I roughly covered with acrylic paint and smooched it with a scrunched plastic bag. When that was dry I stamped on some leaves in DI, but that didn't work so on with some more paint. Then I sprayed it all over with Perfect Pearls mist. After that dried I used a stencil to add some roses trailing down from the top as I usually work from the left bottom. When that dried I painted on some Magical Micas to give the roses a pink tinge, a few coats were needed as it soaked into the texture paste. I painted on some leaves  and found I had this clear sticker with a nice 'Friends' sentiment...it even stuck on well after years in my cupboard. A few pink gems finished off my project.  I am also posting to Stamplorations - new Mixed Media challenge.  Sorry for the terrible photo my camera is definitely play up.  Thanks for taking a peek

Don't Judge Each Day by the Harvest....

Isn't it amazing some days what you get into your head to do/try out. 

So this gorgeous winter Sunday afternoon I decided to step out of my comfort zone and tackle a mixed media plaque for the Summer of Colour 5 - Week Two....colours Pink + Pink + Orange....I have just discovered this challenge and  was lead here via Mandysea at A Teacup of Scrapisms and then discovered quite a few crafty ladies I see at WOYWW have been playing along too.

I did have fun with the Coloured card stock (stuff I probably wouldn't have used elsewhwere), torn ans scrunched Tissue paper and Mod Podge, Gesso, Texture Paste and Sprays, Stencils and Dies and finally Stamps... will check back at Week One and see if I can step out of my zone again.  And this also leads me to post to Simon Says Monday challenge  - Don't Cut, Just Paste....I think it fits in well with their theme as well.
  Thanks for taking a peek

 

Challenge: Don’t cut, just paste!