Lisa Mita Artist Blog

Creatively block finally broken....

 

 

I've been fighting bad creatively block

I know what happens and I do it to myself each time.

I end up shopping for "art supplies" things that I want - need - additional colors you name it...

Then i mentally get too overwhelmed and end up shutting down.

Well I started cleaning things up - and organizing this past week 

And i'm going to be cleaning things out and getting rid of the crazy extra stash I have... it doesn't work and only ends up holding me back.

Once I made that decision - I was finally able to finish 2 large canvas that I've been struggling with.

 

 

And here's the other one

I hope you pull past your creatively block...  I love when I finally can get through it....

Color Lab - DIY Paint Kit by Marion Smith Designs - Delivery & Trying it out

HI All... So I was so excited coming home from work yesterday and I got my box deliveried - here's a video of opening the box and then trying out the new color Lab

I also used these sprays I created with other spray products I own jusst to see how they stand up - and how the colors go together - because i'll all about using different colors.

I wanted to just let the video run - but with Youtube I had to get it under 15 minutes.   So had to cut some things out.

Here are some things I learned...  Now remember this was very early in the morning for me on Thanksgiving Day - I just wanted to get in and play...

So being the blonde that I am - it took me a few minutes to realize that the "X" - mean scoops this part I cut out of the video... LOL...

So when it says 4XR - it means 4 scoops of Red...

Make sure to use something to protect your hands the pigments stain for sure - this just shows the quality of them as far as I am concern.

I learned from Donna Downey to use ArtGuard - afterwards alittle bit of soap and warm water and everything just washed off easy.

Here's Marion blog and where I saw the first Youtube video

Here is where you can purchase the products - I just put my order in for my 2nd deliery.

I have to say I am a FAN!!! I love these - and the possibilities are endless....

I also did some spraying with other products that I own just to see how they held up and how the colors looked together - for sure they blend perfectly. 

 

Here's jusst 1 thing I made with them...  Some Christmas Tags

 

This is just priced to perfection...   What you get in the kit is amazing... I've been playing all day with it.

Highly recommend.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving

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A MUST TAKE On Line Class - Mixed Media Studio - Lesson 1 Donna Downey

 

So I signed up for the Mixed Media Studio Class

Lesson 1 - Donna Downey

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this class.

You can sign up for the class here

I would have paid $59.00 for this lesson alone!!!   And this is just lesson 1.

I'm going to just show my progress - no supplies - I don't want to take anything away from the class.

I used a canvas that I purchased from a flea market - I used Gesso (a thick one) over it. - Added Book Text and Washi tape

 

More photos - Progress

 

More close up

Added some Jute

Reuse & Recycle Creating a Spice Rack from a Pepsi Wooden Crate

So I purchased this Pepsi Wooden Crate about a year ago was going to use it to store my paint but .... my paint supplies got to be too much so I had to move it to something else.... So what to do with this crate - I couldn't get rid of it...  I love it....  I have a coke one also..

So thanks to Pinterest I came across different Spice Rack ideas..   Here's my take on it.

I didn't do anything to the crate it was in good shape and I like the vintage look

For the bottles I tried a few different version - but this one is from Michaels they are the smaller version and $1.00 per bottle.  I cleaned them out - I'm waiting for more to come in to finish all the spices I have...

So I wanted to use chalkboard paint so I can write on them when I change out the spices... which while I was painting them I knew I was going to use a paint pen so wouldn't be changing them.

I firsted tried to use the Faber Castell Chalk Board Paint - but it was too thin.  

I finally tried to use the Paint It up Chalk Powder that I got a the Scrapbooking Expo from the Melissa Frances Booth.

I followed the instructures with the black Heavy Body Paint.   It was perfect!!!  nice and Thick.

 

I then used Double Sided Stick Tape for both around the bottom of the bottles to add Burlap Ribbon to the bottom...   As well as to add a Cork top to the bottles.

 

I found a few different free templates on Pinterest and then used my paint pen if I needed to change the name.

Here's some close ups

Below is a sneak peak of the new project.

New 2015 Art Mixed Media Weekly Calendar Journal

Spent the day creating a new Art Journal that I also use for my weekly calendar

I just love my new desk set up...  the fact that everything is so organized really does help be creative.

I didn't take photos during the process of the cover but i'm doing some explaining below.. and i'll add close up photos.

I started with the Ranger - Dylusions Journal

I was watching Donna Salazar - Grungy Girl Canvas Technique on YouTube

That gave me the idea to do the base... I started with Golden - Titanium White and then added some beige paints

I then started to glue on the Metals - chipboard and flowers etc. using Golden Gel Medium and E-6000

Once it was all glued on I then pulled out the new Art Basics Heavy Gesso White.

Once it all dried I pulled out acrylic paints.

Colors of the rainbow.  Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Green and Blue

Once those were dried... I then pulled out my Lindy Stamp Gangs...   

Was creating so I wasn't writing things down...  

I then added Silks - Acryic Glaze to get the shimmers to pop more..

Once the base got to the point that I was happy - I then pulled out the Shimmerz Paints Spritz... I just love these...

While the paints were wet I pulled out embossing powers.

The texture that is on this cover is amazing...  The photos don't really capture it....

The last step I did was with Gel Medium and added my name and the sticker - Enjoy the Journey.

Once the cover was done and dry I started playing on the pages...

I had created a weekly calendar with excel and printed them out - I used washi tape to hold down the pages.

On the other side i started doing stencils and stamps.  Using the Shimmerz Paints Spritz to create what will be the back ground pages.

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This is my base that I would doodle and draw and scrap each week...  

This is my version of Documented Life and the other different types of version out...  This is my calendar for weekly events - work and personal events - kids stuff etc..  all at 1 location.

Her's a photo of another craft project.

October's Once Upon a Sketch "New Love"

I was sitting looking around the internet... wasn't feeling creative so I jumped onto the Once Upon A Sketch website

And something moved me....  I jumped up...

My daughter and her new boyfriend.... 1st boyfriend... were carving a pumpkin in the kitchen.

Some background...  about a month ago my daughter asked permission to start to date after meeting a boy...   I didn't want to say yes I wanted to wait until she was 16 - but I did...  This was going on for about a week or so at this point - I then went into panic mode..  Freaking out about everything - OMG is she going to make the right choices.  I made so many bad ones I was so afraid she was going to follow that same path.

Then BANG!!!!   2:30 am after they became officially dating - I had a heart attack.  I believe this was the cherry that broke the sundae.  I'm 48 and we realized that this must run in my family I am adopted so I don't have my family history.  Boy was this a wake up call.  3 kids - 3 dogs - I need to be on this earth.

So life has changed...   During that time I have to say - Jay was amazing.  He was supportive he brought the kids to see me at the hospital I was in for 3 days before being released.  He's been a good addition and im glad he came into her life.

So I wanted to do a page about them.

Pulled out me cute Polaroid Camera and started snapping some photos...

and Creativity Hit.......

Here's photos of the finished process and close up shots.

Here's a list of supplies - it was left on my desk so if I forgot something Sorry.

Tim Holtz Paper

Cheese Cloth

Dina Wakley Stencil

Crafters Workshop Stencil

Heavy Body Paints - Red, Orange & Yellow

Chalk It Up Powder - and Teal Paint - mixed together to get a chalk board paint

Washi Tape

Lindy Stamp Gang - Cowabunga Copper & Rizzo's Rowdy Red

Prima Chalk - Rusty Keys & yellow (cant read label)

Prima Flowers All different Sizes

Mon Ami Gabby Flowers

Leaves from Michaels flowers

Prima Findings & Frame

Flying Unicorn Butterfly

Art Basics Havey Gesso - White

 

Here's a sneak peak of something else I'm working on..

 

New Art Studio Redesign - Scrap Room - and organization

Here's the new Studio Redesign... We found a large wooden desk that someone was throwing out - it was beat up - but I didn't care about that around the edges I'm going to covering it anyway.  The top has Leather inbeaded so it's great for a base.  Below are some photos...

With bad knees and the heart attack a few weeks ago - going up and down the stairs to the basement studio caused me to avoid it... so I took over a corner in the upstairs living room.

Here's some photos.

Here are the drawers.

 

Draw filled with stencils.

here's the shelving area..

 

Here's a sneak peak of a canvas i'm working on for my neice...

Updated: Studio Fun - Birthday Week and Crawling into Studio to come out of Abstract fun.

This started very different below are some photos.

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well wasn't sure what I was doing here... so then this happened.

Not happy here at all..  For sure in the ugly stage.

Then got my paints to start dripping.

Golden Open Acrylic with abit of water and Airbrush medium.

 

Was doing this outside since it was such a beatuifully day and figured let the paint go somewhere outher than my hard wood floors.

 

 

 

So didn't like all the color bleeding through and then just the hard black... So I used some white w/ glaze for the top - but couldnt' get it off fast enough so that didnt go as planned.  Then started dropping color - and then took the water botter and just splashed the water on to start the dripping.

 

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Beleive it or not now is the part that it tuned for me... I started to love it...  Some more things to do but wanted to share it with you so far.  Really proud of it.

 

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Thanks..

Mixed Media - Canvas - Dimensional Poppies - Inspired by Donna Downey

So as you all know I just LOVE Donna Downey  I took her on line class Sculpted Poppy click Here

This is my take on her class - It's a $25.00 class - and seriously worth ever penny...

This is alot of layers of paint with the Rigid Wrap layers.

Close up photos

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Here's more... playing with the paint colors

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SOme close ups

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I really had such a fun time making this.. highly recommend for anyone...

another fun project I did was a commissioned piece they gave me colors, words and themed (Music)...  it's finally done and I'm giving it to them this week - I am nervous I hope they love it.

Challenge #8 Show us Some Metal or Glass Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge a Sin City Stamp Design Team Post

So this Sin City Challenge partners up with Craft Hoarders Anonymous again this challenge is to use some Metal/glass - do you hoard gears, pins, brads, eyelets, frame and other metal do-dads?   Well I do... so this one was pretty easy.  In fact I pulled out 4 plastic containers (Only 4)... and the supplies i used only on this canvas...  (Scary how much I have)

I hope you can spend some time with us today to check out all of the awesome projects brought to you by both teams.  You can click on the designer names beneath their project pictures to be taken directly to their blogs for more information.  In addition, there will be prizes awarded, and all the information can be obtained on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Sin City Stamps is also giving away a fabulous $20 gift card, and the CHAC blog has this beautiful selection of Really Reasonable Ribbon to be awarded to the challenge winner.

 

Took a Canvas and added my Favorite Sin City Stamps to the background.  The photo don't show the stamps showing through on the areas in the background - but you can see the leaves and the chevron.

Here's how it started

Then added the leaves - This one I actually sprayed Lindy's Stamp Gang Sunburst Sprays on the stamp let it set and then put it on the canvas.

I just loved how it came out above...

Then I started to add the metal supplies.

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Then once it was all set pulled out the Gesso.  I used a thicker one from Jerry's Art Store

I only covered the items so the stamp images came through.

Then I pulled out my favorite colors from Lindy Stamp Gang sprays... and started having fun..

Keep spraying until you get the look.

I pulled out some acrylic liquid ink in spots as well.

Then it got too dark - so I pulled out the gesso again in the center

Then pulled out the sprays again.

LOVE the COLOR....   But the letters blended to much for me so I pulled out the acrylic paints and just lightened it up.

Some close ups

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Supplies Used:

Canvas

Sin City Stamps

Classic Spark

Terri Sproul's Leaves

Lots of the metal pieces were supplies to me from Sin City Stamps for past projects

Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays

Viva DecorMetallic Rub

Brads

Metal Pieces

Flying Unicorn Flower Adornments

Belt buckels

A few metal flowers and rounds that I got off Etsy.

Make sure you visit the Design Team and check out what they have to share!

 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Designers

 

Amber Milone - http://pinkchicpaperdesign.blogspot.com/

Christy Butters - http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Debbie Seyer - http://crreatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Donna Idlet - http://muyblogidlet.blogspot.com/

Glenda Brooks - http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/

Ginny Nemchak - http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com

Jan Marie Ennenga - http://re-creations4him.blogspot.com/

Karen Zueger - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com

Pam Bray - http://www.pammejoscrapbookflair.com/

Kathy Clement - http://www.kathybydesign.com/kathy-by-design-news/

Tammi Bennett - http://www.tjsmemoriesblog.blogspot.com/

 

Sin City Stamps Designers

 

Sin City Stamps Blog - http://sincity-stamps.blogspot.com/

Barbara Rankin - http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/

Karen Lackey - http://starshinesalon.typepad.com/

Peggy Oliver - http://mystampingobsession.blogspot.ca/

Robin Redd - http://robinredd.typepad.com/

 

 

Inspired by Donna Downey - 48 Weeks - This is Week 17 - Release

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am part of Donna Downey  Class - I am very behind but wanted to jump on this Week 17 class.  I love the abstract feel of it all.

 

Here's Donna's Piece

Below is mine.. Of course it's inspired by Donna's work... but I do love how mine came out.

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My patience level just wasn't around - proably cause I was stuck in bed all day with a bad headache and walking Pnemonia again... didn't rest enough last time and it came back.

Here's some photos of my process.

 

 

 

I love the black splatters..  This class 52 Weeks is just perfect. For people like me that are just so business I can download the videos and work on them when I can.

The technicques are just lovely... and you learn so much.

And of course Donna is just so funny

I hope you enjoy and please follow my blog and I love comments.

 

 

Challenge #7 Ribbon, Lace, and Twine, Oh My!

This post is dedicated to the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.   Click Here!

Working as a Sin City Design Team Member....

So just alittle background was stuck in bed on "bed rest" with a very bad case of Walking Pnemoniadoctor gave me a choice Hospital (Remember: single mom of 3) or Bed Rest.  Of course I picked the 2nd option.   

So now I have to do a post and all my stuff is downstairs in my craft studio and i'm stuck in bed.  So I send me oldest son downstairs and just give me an idea of what I want to make for this blog post and some ideas what to grab - up came a bag with a bunch of stuff.  At first I was like - what am I going to do with all this...   But what came out - I think i'm going to let him pick from now on...

Would love for you to follow my blog - and love any comments.

Supplies used listed below.

I've had this Donna Downey Stamp  but wasn't sure what to do with it.  Of course I buy everything of hers but fear always gets me that I'll never do it as good as she does...   

So I stamped up the image with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot onto Gloss paper.

After cutting it out and pulling a green blank card that I got from Michaels

and pulled another stamp by Prima - Julie Netting Mixed Media Stamp I stamped it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain on front and back

My Son pulled out different ribbons I had and twine - after all that was the challenge to use what we hoard.

I used double stick tape to stick the ribbon around the edges.  And then used Beacon 3 in 1 Glue to put the stamped image on the card.

I then started to glue on the twine for the hair - used a few pieces of Green Ribbon.  This totally amazed me on how this really started to come together... even down to the braid.

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Then pulled out my water colors to fill in the face.

More photos.  Added Tim Holtz Idea-ology Foliage on the hair.

I then added the stamped image from the Rubber Stamp set onto a Tag I was playing with the other day with my homemade Jelli Plate and put that on the inside of the card to cover where the brad came out.

Some close up photos of the card now that it's completed.

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For the inside of the card - I pulled out my fun Sin City Stamps.  I used the Flower #2 Stencils & A leave stamp with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

I know the photo doesn't cover the shimmer that's on the page - but LOVE LOVE...

Here's another photo of the cover.

Supplies Used:

Blank Card - Michaels Mega Box

Ranger - Tim Holtz

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain & Black Soot

Idea-Ology - Foliage

Watercolor Paints

Double Sticky Tape

Prima Julie Nutting Mixed Media Stamp

Ribbon & Twine

Donna Downey Stamp - Fearless

Sin City Stamps:

Flower Stencil #2

Terri Sproul's Leaves (cut 1 out)

Lindy' Stamp Gang

Shabby Turbin Teal

Frostbitten Fuschia

Wild Honeysuckle Coral

Website: Lisa Mita Studios

Lindy's Stamp Gang Guest Design Team Mixed Media Canvas

I really hate having a post completely done and never hit the save button and then my internet crashes.

So here's my 2nd attempt - trust me i'm hitting save every photo add.

I'm very excited to pull together a blog post to apply for the design team for Lindy's Stamp Gang.   I'm such a fan of the products and I totally blame Limor Webber.  She's an enabler and every time she shows a new color I have to buy it..  

Here's the thing... and you will never hear this from me.  But Lindy's products are amazing... I have no complaint on anything in fact they improve them over and over and over.

Well... I do have 1 Complaint - STOP MAKING AMAZING PRODUCTS.   I have to buy them all... hurts my wallet.

ANywhere... here's my take on making a canvas hope you enjoy.

1 of the things I love to do is on wet gesso spray the sprays.

 

 

I heat set inbetween of changing colors once I get them blended.

 

And continue and move the canvas around so you get the dripping

Once this is done I added some drops of golden paints and napkins

napkins glued on with gel medium

Here's where I added paints.

I also addd strips of papers and once the background color was what I wanted I added more Lindy's Sprays onto it to get the shimmer back.

Now here's is where I wasn't sure what to do next I wanted to get the background done for the "design team side"...  But I had twine in my room and got an idea.

So I pulled out my sprays

 

And then I used glue to draw out the flowers...

I then protected the canvas and started to fill in the flowers with the sprays.

 

Once i had the color in the flowers i saw alot of open space so I used a smaller poppy stamp

 

I also added washi tape on the stemps...  And then included another Stamp to outline the flowers.

 

I had used the Prima Dolls & Donna Downey stamp onto glossy paper.  And then I also used the sprays to fill in the dolls and the background on the words.

Here's some close ups

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Here's the final photos  Really grunged it up with a black Tim Holtz stamps and black sharpie.

Another look

I hope you enjoy... and please follow my blog.

I also love comments - so have a blast.

 

 

 

List of supplies:

Canvas 9x12

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst

Cowabunga Copper

Tibetan Poppy Teal

Delphinium Turquoise

Hottie Patottie Hot Pink

Sea Mint Green

Shabby Tuxbine Teal

Marigold Yellow Orange

Hag's Wart Orange

Red Hot Poker Orange

Flat Fabios

Aloha Avocado

Luscious Lime

Summer Lovin Sun

Glue:  Fantastic Glaze & Glue

Paints - Golden Paints

Manganese Blue Hue

Cerulean Blue Deep

Green GOld

Teal

Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot

Stamps

 

 

My Documented Life Challenge… Just found it already love it here's my cover

So I was looking through a bunch of blogs which inspire me... and 1 of my favorite person is Lori Vliegen she is just so talented..   She had a post about starting Documented Life Challenge.  Well it was just love at first site... It just pulled all those individual things I love into one place...  So Off I went and picked u a new moleskin...  Here's the process I did creating the cover.    Hope you enjoy the video...   That was yesterday.

Here's the website that her blog took me to...  Art to the 5th - The Documented Life Project Details.

 

 

Today I pull together the pages... added the calendar pages from my other moleskin... Started this up coming week.   And did some stamping... painting... and used a ton of my washi tape...

Some more up close photos.

 

 

Here's a photo of the back of the book.

 

Here's some photo of the pages inside.

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Here's a close up of the calendar tabs.    I have some extra tab in it that have clips on it for extra paper bills etc...

List of supplies

Moleskin

Calendar

Washi Tape

Water color Paper

Stamps

Ink Pads

Montana Paint Markers

Misc. CardStock

 

 

Finishing my 1st month of Design Team posts for Sin City Stamps

Below are the links to my blog posts on Sin City Stamps...   First month and a whole box of goodies are all gone...

 

Here's the 1st post for my design team blog.  

 

 

Here's my next Extra Blog POst...   I just love everything about this canvas.. it's my total favorite!!  Love the Sin City Chip board.. Stamps..  Flowers etc...  Click Here to see it. 

 

 

And finally here's the final post for February... alittle handmade tag for a friend going away..  Click here. 

 

 

Click here for the blog

Lindy's Stamp Gang January Challenge

So I can THANK Limor Webber for my  Lindy Stamp Gang obsession..  Normally I would insert a picture of all my sprays, powders, mica powder (Insert blah blah blah) here but it's a bit embarrasing how many I have and the photo wouldn't capture everthing...   Yes Limor I'm going to kill you...  But Thank you at the same time.  These are by far the best color sprays ever... the shimmer just can't be touched don't waste your money on anything else!!!!

I didnt' take photos as I made this layout for the Color Challenge they do a color challenge each month and I just love doing it...   Tonight I was cleaning up my studio (still trying to find my Prima shabby cic supplies I put them somewhere and can't find them.  And I just start playing with the new colors I just got for the January Challenge and this Mixed Media Layout Just came out of it....

I did take photos at the end so here some close up photos...  A list of supplies is at the bottom.  As always I have a bad habit of taking things out of the package and storing it so if I don't know something I'll do my best to explain it.

List of supplies:

12x12 Prima Marketing Romanitque Collection Hedgerow (Other size used)

Lindy Stamp Gang (January Colors you can get here)

Starburst - Bodacious Blush

Starbursst - Gag Me with a Spoon Gray

Magicals - A Bit oB'ubbly

Magicals - Cattail Copper Brown

Tim Holtz Collection Stencil - THS001 Cargo Layering Stencil

Prima Marketing Finnabair - Butterfly Stencil

Prima Fluid Chalk Teak Wall & Coltsfoot Stemens

Chipboard Beehive

Prima Stamps Finnabair Clear Stamps Item #960865

Viva Modeling Cream Pearl

Stazon Jet Blake

Pitt Penn

Misc Flowers - many from Prima, Michaels these were all left over from other projects

Prima Say it in crystals Item#563691

A Bling Thing - Ribbon Ivory Crochet Trim - From Etsy

Cheese Cloth

Washi Tape

Bubble Wrap (black ink pad then pressed onto page)

Manila Tag

Donna Downey Stamp Inspired

Jenni Bowlin - for Ranger #12 Fountain Pen - watered down and splattered

I hope you enjoyed sorry I didn't take photos of the process - but you know how it is when you get in the zone and 2 hours later you realized you have just created a page...   I just love it when that happens.

Thank you for looking at my blog.  And I hope you can follow me.  I love comments so feel free to post.

 

Mixed Media - Canvas - Sin City Stamps Design Team Project

So this is my first time attempting to apply for a Design Team for Sin City Stamps.  

Below is my process for this new piece.  I am a big fan of Terri Sproul so when she put out the Design Team call I jumped at the chance...  After of course thinking I wasn't good enough - but being that it's a new year and I believe I'm an artist truely I overcame my fear and ive applied.

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So here's the process.   did a video as well.

The first thing that I did was take the water color paper spray with water and then used the Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and let it dry.   The next day I used the punches and punched all the butterflys out.  I then outlined them with black did a few different typs Black Marker, Black Paint and Stickles Black

After I put the Gesso surface I started with using the Sprays - I don't wait until the Gesso drys I like the way the sprays mix with it.

Let it drip when it mixed with the gesso and just somehow gets cooler well that's how I feel about it.  I also sprayed some handmade spray paint that I learned how to make from Donna Downey.

I liked it but wasn't in love with it - and again this project is for a design team and I'm suppose to really impress Terri.  So I added the Tim Holtz Tissue Paper.  The Sprays bleed through the tissue paper.

The color didn't jump out so I added the Gelalos then just used water and a paint brush to get the color mixed up.  I dragged it down to the sides.

I loved how it came out - and then POP...  Tree came into my mind.  So I pulled out the Rigid Wrap out and started playing with it...   Let this dry completely.  I do this in layers to just control how the tree looks better you can you tube this process as well - but don't be afraid it's totally easy and attaches to the canvas perfectly.

 

Below is  close up after I painted the branches. 

 

 

Below is my cut out leaves.  I used the same paper as above and sprays for the butterflys.

After they are cut out spray them with water and crumple them up.

Then I broke out my flowers and started hot glueing them to the canvas.

 

Some close up photos.

I also stamped some images of Butterflys and flowers around the open area.

 

Adding the different sizes butterflys.

I used Allene's Glue to set the moss

A whole picture below with the moss tacked down.  I really loved how this was coming out.  Everything jumps off the page

 

Some close up photo's of the moss.

 

Below is another good photo... What's weird here is this is when it took the turn away from what I was thinking in my mind.   I stepped away at this point..  Need to figure out what i'm doing next.

So I add my word for 2014...  Release..  Because that's the plan for 2014 I am going to release the old and move onto the new.

 

Ive never had to keep a list of supplies - and I tend to buy and then rip out of packaging and put away so i'll do my best to list everything.

List of supplies:

Artist's Loft Gallery Wrapped Heavy Duty Canvas 10x20 - Michaels 

Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (LOVE LOVE). 

Starburst colors:  Rusty Lanteen Lime, Hag's Wart Orange, Marigold Yellow Orange, Sea Mist Green.

Flat Fabio - Aloha Avocado and Summer Lovin' Sun

Handmade Spray Paints (Yellow and Green)

Tim Holtz - Tissue Wrap Melange

Black Pitt Pen

Black Acrylic Paint

Black Stickles

Butterfly punched out of - Watercolor Paper Fluid 8x20 140 lb.

I sprayed with the same colors above. - Then used EK Paper Shapers Decorative Punch Butterfly - and Martha Stewarts Crafts 3 in 1 butterfly

For the tree - Used Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloth.  ** Let this sit overnight ***

Gelatos - Used all the blues and greens.

Paints colors to paint the tree trunk:

Folk Art Metallic - 664 Copper

Americana - Fawn

Apple Barrel Colors - Burnt Umber #20512

Flowers Used:  ** Do my best here to list what I used many I had out of packaging and they were either Prima Flowers or Recollections that I get from Michaels.

#1 Prima Flowers - #571467 Charlotte

#2 Prima Flowers - #571610 Audrey

#3 Prima Flowers - #562519 Bosque - Zephyr (2 packages)

#4 Prima Flowers  - #562281 Perles - Romance Novel

#5 Recollections Floral Embellishments #190326

#6 Recollections #190331

#7 Recollections #279954

#8 Prima Flowers - (Bird Nest) #552879 - Cradle Robin

The Green Moss at the bottom of the canvas is Reindeer MOss Spring Green

Sprays used for the paper that I cut the leaves out of:

Dylusions Ink Spray Dirty Martini

Dylusions Ink Spray Sq. Orange

Dylusions Ink Spray Postbox Red

Dylusions Ink Crushed Grape

Shimmerz Paints - Chick-a-dee

 

 

5 Things… My Values Creative Dear from Tracy Weinzapfel Studios

So I'm a big fan of Tracy Weinzapfel she does a Mixed Media Monday and each month she issues a challenge.

For December she shared a book with us - which of course I went out and purchased... Where will you be Five Years from Today.   She started with the Five Things I Value.

I had an old canvas that I was working on thinking of something with hearts and but got stuck in my creative process and put it to the side.

Above is what it looked like before.

Below is the process.  Started with Gesso and paints.

More layers and different colors to get dimension.  Pulled out some musical books and started laying the ground work  to my flowers.

Then I added another layer of Book Text.

I also added some Green Rope for the stems...   But wasn't really happy - so layered some pulled out burlap.

I also layed Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloth on top as well.  IT so much fun to work with just cut wet and lay it on top.  let dry.  I then used some of my stash from etsy store I turned them upside down but on the other side is $dollar signs.

Also used some from my black collection to layout the 5 things.

I also pasted down my 5 things that I value which is on black paper and I wrote it out with Gold Pen.   #1 Family, #2 Trust, #3 Honesty, #4 Hope and finally #5 Create.

I used my Krink Permanent Paint Marker K-42 White to outline my words and around the red flower.

I also added the word Values to the left...

This is my entry for Tracy's monthly contest.

I hope you like - please watch Tracy she does live shows on Monday and has a You Tube channel.

Mixed Media - Canvas - Landscape - Donna Downey Canvas Create Inspiration

So as you all know I'm a big fan of Donna Downey.

I was watching her Canvas Create February Version - she uses pastels..

I had a canvas that I was playin with Paint Spray - Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays and Paint dipping...

Of course at the end it was totally ugly...  I put it to the side Like I end up doing with many canvas.

And what I have learned is that's ok... When your ready - Pick it up....

After watching Donna's Canvas Create I picked this up.

Added Gel medium and stuck Tissue Paper to it... - lots of different pieces I had left over.  Pulled out paints...  Layering up the colors.

 

Added the poppies - and then the black center flower Soft to get more texture.

A close up above.

I then tore up book text trees.

I pulled out the soft & hard pastels and had some fun.

I then pulled out the Inks and outlined the Trees.

 Heres some more photos

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Here's a preview of the next blog Just finished it tonight.  I posted and older version on 1 of my other blogs as something I was working on - and then it got into that ugly stage... in the last 2 days I finally finished.

Mixed Media 10-2-13 Mothers & Daughters Submitting for Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge October.

So I don't always do these challenges from other blogs but lately I have been doing a few.  I came across Lindy's Stamp Gang color challenge for October.   The reason I did this is because I love the colors.

Below is the Color Challenge Block...   So I picked all of them of course LOL

 

Here's my process to get to this:

Started with a White 8 x10 Hard Canvas Board.  I start tearing paper and modge podge paper onto the canvas.

 

So added a few layers - and with some stamping we moved ahead.

These are a bit hard when your starting out.  I usually art journal with no purpose other than to Let out what I'm feeling.   This week has been a struggle with my daughter with the push and pull that comes with a 14 year old freshman.

Added a bunch of Lindy's Stamp Gang products here I didn't want to add more layers of paper so I used Magicals - Red Hot Poker Orange

Silver Frost

Spring Green

Light Purple

Royal Purple

Titer Lily Red Orange

Ponderosa Pine Olive

Added from the sprays Glitz Stpitz Steel Slimmer

Flat Fabio Luscious Lime

Flat Fabio Wicked Witch Purple

Used Airbrush Colors Golden Opeque to drip down from the top.

Used MOdeling paste on a few different Stencils

I used by The Rubber Cafe the Extra Large Daisy #j-1148 - put black ink and then immediatley dropped Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Power Oakleaf Olive then heat gun them to bubble.

Here's some more close up

Adding the Photos and starting to come up with the letters.

I added the photos - glueing down the Letters - anding the stamped girl after I colored her...  Pulled the hot glue gun out and started gluing.

Here's another closer photo

Then I cut out the Stamped Girl.

Adding her to the board.

Adding the flowers - 

And more

After it dried I made some more changes - with the White Montana pens and Black Pens

Added more flowers.

Please go and check out the Lindy's Stamp Gang challenge.  Click here