Thanks tag

A mixed media tag from me for a change.... I started by smooching my card in a Distress Ink pool - Spun Sugar, Antique Linen, then using the stencil I sponged on Abandoned Coral, and Ripe Persimmon and in the center I used gold Gelato.  I die cut my panel with the stitiched tag die and sponged the edges with Brushed Corduroy and splattered on some black ink.Then I die cut my sentiment twice..one from the leftover from the tag cut and one in black.  I used Brushed Corduroy to colour the top layer and when dry glued them in place.  To finish my tag I added some threads in autumn colours and a wooden leaf embellishment.
I am playing along with three Stamploration challenges - Mixed Media - Anything Goes, TAGplorations - All About Fall and Cutplorations - Fall colours.  Also as I have used the ARTplorations stencil Peony No2, I am posting to Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your weekend

  

  

Vintage ATC

Been a busy day for me, baking banana cakes using different recipes, to use up the two dozen or so bananas as we have them growing. . .  and in between so creative time at my desk.  I have an ATC for the Stamplorations ARTplorations - Mixed Media challenge for November. It sort of has a 'vintage' feel - I stamped some music lines over DP for the background panel and then my 'word'. Then I sponged two different brown DI over the die cut birdcage.  I stamped the bird image in brown, watercoloured it and fussy cut it out. Next I fixed a used bird postage stamp and used a stencil of sponge wavy lines over it - like a franked stamp. With my cage attached I added some tinted embossing paste with a stencil to form my flower stem and then attached a  handmade flower.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Vintage ATC

Today I tried my hand at some Mixed Media on an ATC I'm swapping with a friend and have decided to post it to the Stamplorations - ARTplorations Mixed Media November challenge.
I used some floral designer paper as my background and stamped on some musical notes, and the word Vintage.  Then I found some old bird postage stamps and chose one to pop in the top corner,  I used my stencil to add some wavy lines to it. I die cut a bird cage in brown card and dabbed over Picket Fence Distress Ink and after I positioned it I used coloured texture paste and a stencil to add a leafy branch. Next I stamped my bird image and coloured it with Distress Inks and fussy cut it. I added a handmade flower to the branch and layered the ATC on a green background card.  Thanks for taking a peek

Stencil Sunday #71 + November Mixed Media Challenge

dream BIG

Some days I have 'left-overs' of ink, and texture paste etc...and this is how my background for my wall-art was created.  It started with a yellow misted stencil on water-paper - not inspiring. Then some time later green splotches were soaked up remnants on my plastic palette. Last week I had leftover yellow tinted texture paste and used that with my dotty stencil. I suppose that's why us crazy "artists" (I'm using that word very loosely) don't throw out ANYTHING. Any I hand wrote on my sentiment and added some white gel pen. Layering it onto black and green card pulled it all together and I'm happy with the outcome. I'm posting to Stamplorations - Mixed Media January challenge and Simon Says - Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes.   Thanks for taking a peek

Simon Says: Anything Goes

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