Mixed Media Collage by Sylwia

Hi Arty Souls

Sylwia Here with my New Year project:) As I love watercolours, I decided to create a collage on watercolour paper.

I used mainly Metallic Accents set and Shimmering Lights by Prima. I also applied the watercolour onto the stamp and stamped with it so it has more uneven look.

I also used pieces of papers and elements from 7 Dots Studio new collection to build layers. At the end I used butterfly stamp by Prima which is a focal point of the project.

You can see the process in the video below;) Enjoy!

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Love Your Life

Have you got your stamps, sprays and stencils somewhere near?

We are sure today's project will make you want to run to your art table and have some mixed media fun! :)

Hello dear friends!

Athanasia here today to share a small canvas I created. I wanted to make something colorful and happy, so I decided to create a hand-drawn sketch of a typewriter full of flowers and butterflies!

To create this project, first I used a permanent pen and some Prima stamps to make a sketch of a typewriter.

Then I cut with scissors some beautiful patterns and a lot of butterflies from a prima paper and glued them here and there to make a collage. 

After that, I used Finnabair's 'Weaving' stencil with Art Basics Light Paste to create some interest on the background and applied some 'Vintage Photo' Distress Ink all over the canvas.

Then, it was time to focus on the composition. I used Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays to color the dawned buttons of the typewriter and some watered down gesso to color the black paper around them. 

After some more stamping, I started to glue all the flowers, butterflies and other embellishments. For the final touch I used Ecoline watercolors and LSG sprays to color here and there and make some splashes.

One more thing I did and had a lot of fun with, was putting some wire around the Prima bulb and using the same wire to hang some sticker letters on it in order to create the dimensional tittle. I really love how it turned out!

That's all for today, until next time!

Have a lot of crafty fun!

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Bohemian Journaling

It's so exciting to be able to keep peeking into Gayle's amazing art journal!

With every page it gets more and more beautiful and inspiring...

Hello Mixed Media Place lovelies. I’m sharing 2 new little pages in my Box Book today.

Of course they could be pages done in any art journal, but I started making this little “book in a box” a while ago and really enjoy working in this smaller format with each page being a different size.

It also has a slightly “Bohemian” feel to it, and I’ve tried to keep this constant by using and repeating similar papers, stamps, colours and textures through out. Although this time I had great joy in introducing a new Finnabair stamp and stencil!

Here is a link to the last Box Book post.

Started with blank card 8.5cm x15cm on one side and 7cmx15cm on the other.

These pages are not actually stuck in the book yet…they are loose so they can be taken out and worked on.

I added colour to the left hand page with watered down paint in a mister sprayed onto Finnabair’s new Basket Stencil from the Elementals range.

After the paint was dry, I stamped randomly using Finnabair Music Book Clear Stamp with Distress Ink that I misted lightly first with water to give it a softer, worn look.

Next I used one of Finnabair’s new stamps. The beautifully patterned circle from the Trust The Magic Cling Set.

I covered the other smaller page with patterned paper from 9th Wave Collection and used a border punch to make a decorative edge. Used the stamp on both pages and embossed it with teal embossing powder.

These are my collaged elements: some tissue images, half a gift tag and bit of die cut doily from Prima, all stuck down with Art Basics Soft Matte Gel.

Before sticking down my tissue images, I added some texture with the Doily Stencil and Art Basics Modeling Paste. I have also used the small Sunrise Sunset Clear Stamp.

After the Modeling Paste had dried, I added some colour with some beautiful Silks Acrylic Glaze in Ginger Flower.

I wanted to add more of this rich pink colour, so I went looking through my ‘experiment scraps (pieces of scrap paper I randomly try out colours, textures, stamps etc. on).

Because Ginger Flower is one of my favourite colours there was a fair chance I would have played around with this colour on a paper scrap.

And there it was. Just big enough to get two beautiful stamped butterflies out of. Stamp from Finnabair’s new Don’t Forget To Fly Cling Stamp Set.

Butterflies added, tissue images, coloured piece of Resist Canvas and stamp from Don’t Forget To Fly Set.

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