Winter Love - Mixed Media Layout

Hello, Crafty Friends... I have been taking a really big interest into the mixed media world and have  been dabbling a lot with different techniques. Like my mom always said, " you have to try everything at least once to decide if you like it or not".

And, with that, I'm going to dive right in! No hesitating. No turning back. 

 Let's get ready to rumble!! Yup, Mixed Media is about to go down!! 

This just got real! I'm about to get dirty...Oh no!! I hate getting dirty!!

EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!

Oh well, here I go!!

Supplies Used

Spritzers Dye Ink Sprays- Glacier Lake, Mermaid  (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Petal Point Ink Pads- Aurora, Enchantment (Clearsnap)

Art Screens- Bloom (Clearsnap)

Creative Station w/9" Permanent Adhesive Refill (Xyron)

3" Sticker Maker (Xyron)

Teresa Collins Pocket Die- Love- Memory Collection (Craftwell)

Winter Wonderland- Blizzard, Shiver, Flurries, Chips(Pebbles Inc)

Natural Corrugated Stack (DCWV)

Vintage Sheet Music

Gesso (Liquitex)

Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks (Ad Tech)

Winter Glitter Sprays and Flower Pick (Celebrate It)

Mini Picture Frame (Michael's)

Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Paper Mart)

Gauze/ Cheese Cloth

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

Sponge Daubers (Tsukineko)

Heat Tool (Marvy Uchida)

Die-cut Spatula (Cricut)

Button Shank Remover or Wire cutters 

Tim Holtz Distressing Tool (Tonic Studios)

Micro Beads- Seamist ( Buttons Galore)

First, I took a mini frame

 and remove the backing from it. It is easy to do with the help of your die-cut spatula. Just slide between and across. Try to remove as much excess cardboard as possible. This helps minimize the bulk of the frame.

 Now, I painted my whole frame with gesso and let dry. You can use a heat gun to speed this step along.

Then I sprayed my gessoed frame down using Clearsnap's Mermaid Spritzer. Once dried I used a sponge dauber and the darkest color from my ColorBox Aurora Petal Point to rub the raised areas. Dried the ink using my heat gun and then applied silver from my ColorBox Enchantment Petal Point to go over the dark color I just rubbed on. 

The silver over the black really makes the silver pop!

Then I heat set again with my heat tool.

I set my frame aside and custom colored my poinsettia flower. I love buying just white flowers and embellishments for this very reason. I can custom color everything to fit my needs. Because this is fabric, it takes a much longer drying time than paper. You can help it along with a heat gun but will still need quite a bit of drying time still.

Be careful when using your heat gun at all times! Objects get very hot!

While I was waiting for my poinsettia to finish drying I moved onto my paper. I cut an 8"x8" sheet of Pebbles Shiver paper and  distressed the edges. Then, I sponged on a huge flower onto the background using my Bloom stencil and the teal colors from my Aurora ink pad, I also went along the distressed areas with the same ink.

Then I ran that piece through my Xyron Creative Station. I also cut out random strips from more Pebbles paper and inked the edges of those strips as well. Then I tore a ripped out pages from an old book of sheet music and inked the edges of those as well. I distressed all the edges on my pieces with the same teal colored ink. Once all my pieces were dry they all took a quick ride through my Xyron Creative Stations and Sticker Makers.

I used a 12"x12" sheet of corrugated cardboard by DCWV as my base of my layout and randomly dry brushed gesso onto it.

Once dried, I just peeled and stuck my different panels onto the corrugated cardboard base. 

I added some Pebbles Snowflake Chips onto my layout using Diamond Glaze.

And then, made splatters using my spritzers. I just simply removed the covers and tap the cap to make the dye ink drip off the straw. OOhhhh, I likey!!

For inside my frame I cut out 3 die-cuts of the word "love" from craft cardstock using my Teresa Collins pocket die. Glued and stacked them all together and then inked them... again using the same dark teal color from my Aurora Petal Point ink pad.

For the final touches, I tucked and glued cheese cloth for a bit of texture. To add more texture I used more Diamond glaze and made strategically placed swirls and then covered them with micro beads.

And here is my finished layout...

And then the easiest part was just hot gluing all my pretty elements.

I can't tell you how much I am in love with this frame!!

And I love how the micro beads almost look like an extension of my glittered spray stems.

I am soooo in love with this layout! And, I hope you are too!!

LOVE this!

Hey Crafty Friends... It's my turn up for Team eBrush. These next two weeks we will be featuring awesome papers from Teresa Collins!! Yay!!

These papers are so super fab that they make your projects shine... literally!! I'm digging all the gold foil throughout her lines. And as a bonus many of her lines coordinate very well with each other!

Supplies Used

eBrush (Craftwell)

Teresa Collins Pocket Dies- Butterfly, Phrases, Honeycomb (Memory Collection), Flowers and leaf (Girls Best Friend & Thankful sets)- Craftwell

Teresa Collins papers- (Project Pink- Cards, Lattice, Gold), (Collectors Edition- Gilded, Geometric)

Xyron Creative Station

Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker

Stemmed leaf  (Small Ivy die - Die-Namites)

Sharpie Markers (Green, lime green, orange, brown)

Spectrum Noir Markers (IB2, CR2, CR5)

Gesso (Liquitex)

Modeling paste
Stencil (DCWV)
Polka Dots background stamp (Hero Arts)

Hot Glue gun and sticks

Assorted paper flowers (Prima Marketing)

Assorted ribbon & Tulle (Offray)

Assorted Buttons (Buttons Galore)

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

2Way Glue Pen (EK Success)

Cutter Bee Scissors (EK Success)

Corner punch (EK Success)

I started by cutting out several the little golden square out of my Teresa Collins Lattice paper. I loved the look to this foil... it's has a nice shine without being overpowering.

Then I slid them into my Xyron "X" to turn them into instant stickers.

Then I just peeled them and arranged them randomly onto my sheet of Teresa Collins Gilded paper.

 I used my die cut machine and cut out 1 large leaf, 2 stemmed leaves,  2 honeycombs, and 1 of each phrase.

I ebrushed all my die cut pieces and paper flowers.

I cut out this awesome honeycomb panel from my Teresa Collins Cards sheet. Then rounded the corners.

I used my glue pan to adhere my different phrases onto a sheet of  Teresa Collins Gold paper... it has a lovely water brushed look on the backside of the gold!

Next I ran all my ribbon, die cuts, panel, and picture through my Xyron Creative Station!! Extra large platform is great for not just the BIG jobs but the many Small ones as well... so much better than having do them one at a time!!

Then I gessoed this adorable wood veneer bird cage I found at Michael's. Then I ebrushed it in Spectrum Noir IB2.

I also used more gesso to add details onto my butterfly wings.While that was drying...

I arranged and attached all my newly adhesive'd pieces. I hot glued buttons onto my flowers and used Diamond Glaze to attach them to my layout. And I made sure to use my glue pen to do the delicate honeycombs.

I cut out some Teresa collins Gilded paper to make my white and gold foiled roses. I used the flower die from the Teresa Collins Memory Collection for the flower and cut a total of 8 of the small flowers (4 for each rose). I also used the same paper to make the white and gold daisies. For the daisies I cut out a total of 6 daisies from the small daisy from the Teresa Collins Thankful Holiday set to make the 2 completed daisies.

I love mixed media but hate the time it takes for most pastes and paints to dry. With the ebrush I can do mixed media with little to NO drying time!! The bird cage was ebrushed with my Spectrum Noir IB2 marker and dried INSTANTLY! I even ebrushed after I had attached all my elements onto my layout... around my main focal area  and pretty much everywhere I had a bit of honeycomb.

And here is my finished layout. 

Now I have a dainty page to match my precious baby girl (Who's not a little baby anymore)! 

CLOSE UPS

White Daisy and Large Green Leaf are both from the Thankful Holiday set. Branched leaf is Small Ivy die from Die-Namites. 

 The White Rose is made using the smallest flower from the Teresa Collins Girl's Best Friend set. All details on butterfly were freehand handpainted.

The Honeycomb and Pink Butterfly (above) are both from the Teresa Collins Memory Collection set. I used Diamond glaze on bird in bird cage to add a bit of dimension.

I hope you enjoyed today's project!!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!!

~ Mitsy

Mixed Media & Bella Blvd

Hey there Crafty Friends!! Today I got a little something different... I love mixed media!! I love the way you can take different medium and mesh it to create something simply beautiful or something over the hill extraordinary!! 

And today I'm expanding my Mixed Media Journey with Bella Blvd.!! Sponsors of Team eBrush for the month of September!!

Supplies Used

eBrush (Craftwell)

Cut'n'Boss (Craftwell)

Bella Blvd - Just Add Color , Newsflash, Treasures & Texts, Daily Details, Peep Strandz, Orange Little Bits, Doodads Guacamole 

Tim Holtz Stencils- Measured, Splatters

Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities- Grand Labels One

Sharpie Markers- Blue and Navy Blue

Blue Painters Tape

Modeling Paste

Sequins (Virginia Turtle)

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

I started off by ebrushing my Passcode paper by Bella Blvd. with a bright blue Sharpie marker.

Then I simply ebrushed a dark/navy blue ring in the center of that.

Then I added  my blue scalloped border from Bella Blvd's Treasures and Texts stickers. 

I wanted to add some texture to my layout. So I taped my layout to my work surface to help prevent warping and bowing.

Then I added modeling paste with a palette knife and my Splattered and Measured Tim Holtz stencils.

And while that was drying...

I die cut my my Bella Blvd Dotty paper with the largest die from my Spellbinders Grand Labels One set using my Cut'n'Boss.

Then I ran the die cut piece through my Xyron Creative Station for durability and adhered it to the base of my layout. Next I took my 4"x6" photo and matted it onto a 4.25"x 6.24" piece of Bella Blvd. Newsflash paper. Then ran my matted photo once again through my Creative Station.

Once my photo was adhered to my layout I embellished it using more stickers from the Bella Blvd. Treasure and Texts sheet. With my parvy circle punches I cut various circle in different sizes to add to my layout.  I tied everything in by scattering and adhering Guacamole Doodads across the page. I also added words from the Orange Little Bits stickers to my biggest circle.

I thought using the words "goofy boy moments" went perfectly with this picture of my son with his tongue hanging out.

Lastly I used my dimensional glue to adhere sprinkles of sequins onto my layout.

And here is my finished layout...