Mixed Media Art

Hi Friends

I recently attended a Mixed Media Workshop (Floss Workshop Art) and had loads of fun. Here's one of the things I made.

The final result

There are 5 more pictures of the process to see - so feel free to skip to the end if you don't want to see each stage!

Step 1: Tear up old pages, sheet music, ephemera, then
 glue on with Mod Podge.

Step 2: Add Gesso around the edges of the strips 
and randomly around the piece.

Step 3: Spray on some colour, then wipe some of it off
so that you don't lose all the detail.

Step 4:  Add acrylic paint through some stencils.
Step 5: Glue on some punched-out leaves then
add black gesso around them. Add highlights with a white gel pen.

Step 6: Finally, I added a little stamping to the top,
then mounted my art onto a larger piece of black card.

The 2½ hour class went by in a flash. As well as making the above, I also made a bookmark and learnt how to make an ugly page in my art journal a lot more pleasing to the eye! RE-sult!

Gelli Print Card

Hi Friends

I attended a Gelli Printing workshop by Floss Workshop Art HERE. Floss is lovely. Very patient and knows exactly how to get the best out of you. 

The workshop was GREAT FUN and I came away with 8 gelli prints as well as my "run-off" sheet, which I will probably use for something (it was too good to throw away!).

Here's a card made with a blue gelli print. All the die cutting is from white snippets.

A6 sized card.

Close up of the die cut flower head.

Snippets Challenge 437

Hello Playmates,

Di and I have reopened the Playground now that National Mourning has ended, so there's a new challenge for you to play along with at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND, with yours truly hosting until 11am on 1st October.

I made a pink and purple birthday card for someone special. 

I started by adding the gelli-print snippet to the left hand side of the card front. Next, I stencilled on the flowers and dots. Then I die-cut the butterfly from another snippet of the same gelli print, but, when I placed it on the card front (before sticking it down) I saw that it got lost in the stencilled background. 

So, in order to make the butterfly stand out, I brushed pink and purple ink though the negative piece of card left over from die-cutting the butterfly! After that, I glued the butterfly die-cut over the top and doodled inside the lines.

Finally, I drew all around the butterfly in pencil and smudged it with a paper stump - and that REALLY lifted the whole thing - so I did the same to the stencilled dots! I also used a ruler to add lines at the edge of the left hand border. 

Materials:

• SNIPPETS: Gelli print for the right hand strip and for the die-cut butterfly
• SAKURA fine liner pen to doodle in and around the butterfly; the stencilled dots and the left hand edge.
• PENCIL & PAPER STUMP: to make the butterfly and the dots pop!
• DISTRESS OXIDE INKS: Kitsch Flamingo; Picked Raspberry & Wilted Violet
• STENCILS: Doodle Daisies by Zinksi Art from Funky Fossil, plus the negative of the die-cut butterfly.
• DIES: Winnie & Walter Butterfly - or is it Concord & 9th? I can't remember!
• SENTIMENT by Clearly Besotted (2 separate stamps)

Happy crafting!

A Simple Thank You Card

Hi Playmates

I know many of us (myself included) are still reeling from the sad news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's passing, so I'll keep this post brief.

It's really just to let you know that the RESULTS of the previous Snippets Playground challenge have been published HERE, so why not wander over to see who's been showcased and who won the prize? It might cheer you up.

5" square card - a one layer card

Inks used: Stampin' Up!'s Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam for the background chips and VersaFine Clair Twilight for the sentiment.
Stamps used: One small "paint chip" stamp from Stampin' Up!'s "Textures & Frames" set and a sentiment pulled from a JOFY stamp set by PaperArtsy (can't remember which set though!).

Sunday Snippets - Challenge 436 has started

Hi Playmates!

There is a brand new challenge to enter over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND where Di is hosting for the next fortnight. Please submit your homework by 17th September.

My homework is another little ATC made entirely from snippets.

Due to their small (playing card) size, ATCs are just perfect for using up snippets. Even if you're not into swapping them, they make great card toppers!

2.5" x 3.5" ATC

• The ATC base (measuring 2.5" x 3.5") is a white snippet.
• The ATC base was topped with a 2.25" x 3.25" gelli print snippet.
• I used white snippets for the die-cut flower and lattice work.
• First line of sentiment is by Uniko, the "hugs" word is by Stamping All Day.