Here's a video of the progress of finally going in the right direction with this canvas.
It started out very different.
Didn't like this... So I added Joint Compound.
Still didn't like it...
So finally got an idea.
I hope you enjoy... And I hope this shows you to keep going - even if you feel like maybe it's done - it's not done... You keep going until you get this feeling "DONE".
Lots and lots of layers.... Paint - and then took it steps further.
Don't have the video of the last layers
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....
new blog post... mixed media fun birthday canvas...
lots of layers - and metal findings, paper flowers and chipboard.
acrylic paints, and lots more... Video tutorial below.
My daughter has been going to Sweet 16 parties pretty much every weekend...
So i've been having fun making Canvas cards for them.
Then I did a bit more playing... I didn't like the way the hand written part came out.
Tutorial Here...
i just love those days when everything connects together. when the creative juices are flowing.
When you see something on Youtube or a few things on Youtube and things just snap...
This was in my new handmade journal from the TJI Fridays menu that I have turned into my art journal.
More closed up
I hope you enjoyed the look at my art journal.
The video of the process is below.
Thank you for watching
Here's a peak of what is on my desk
Just sharing a video and photos of a canvas I made on Christmas. I was playing with my Color Lab
I just love them - I can make any color I want...
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Here's a sneak peak of what's on my desk.
I have a video Tutorial On a Quick Card I made using my Handmade Gelli Plate
Click here
Here's the Design Team Post I did on Sin City Stamp on how to make the Gelli Plate
Here's some photos
These are the new things that I just love...
Inspired by Anna Dabroska style...
The rainbow of colors...
here's some photos of the process.
I added gesso to the paint brush - then used gel medium and glued on Book Text.
Once this part is done with all the flowers glued on.. I then gesso the altered brush again Using Art Basics - Heavy Gesso White - I love how thick it goes onto the flowers. Once Dry.
Below is a video of the process. Please check it out.
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Using a gift someone gave me after being in the hospital from the heart attack and turned the items in the basket into pieces of my canvas... This one I used the tissue paper and lot of decorative items.
Here are some close up photos. Video of the process is below.
I hope you enjoyed this quick video... Sorry for no music again - I'm still having issue with my external hard drive which all the music is stored on... should have it fixed soon.
Here's a sneak peak of my next blog post.
I hope you enjoyed the video - This is the new art journal which is really a Menu from TGI Friday's that I am turning into my new art journal.
I LOVE IT!!
I used:
We went to TGI Fridays last night with the kids and saw this new menu.
It is SOOO Cool... It's a very hard cover - and has the menu pages within the cover.
I fell in love - and begged the manager if I could have one.
He said sure as long as I bring it in to show him what I did with it.
I got home and immediately sat down and started working on it.
What is first you ask... HA!!! Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White - this is the new Finnabair Product. I just love it - it's so thick and I wanted to be able to covered parts but not the whole thing.
I then attached with Gel Medium strips of scrapbooking paper that I played and created with my Gelli Plate.
I then pulled out Washi Tape and had some fun.
One I used a coat of Gel medium on that - I then pulled out the paint sprays.
I loved how the base came out and then a light went on and I saw this going with some Encaustics.
So I pulled out my melting Pot and Beeswax.
I put a full coat on the cover and did used a heat gun to bond it into the cover.
I then pulled pieces of Book Text and tissue paper and used the wax to get it on the cover.
I had been adding flowers - different brands to the cover as well using either Gel Medium or Beacon 3 and 1 glue.
I added Resins and other Prime junkets numbers and more flowers...
I added color with additional Sprays and Silks to get the colors onto the flowers.
Final touches were added with Inka Metallic Rub and Black Gelotos around the edges.
A coat of Matt Medium sealed it all in.
Supply List
I'm sorry if I miss a few things but here is what I remember.
Finnabair - Art Basics Heavy Gesso - White
Golden Regular Gel Matt
Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays - Peony Scarlet Red, Summer, Shabby Turbie Teal
Black - Gelatos
Beeswax - Ranger Melt Art
Melting Pot - Ranger
Jenni Bowlin by Ranger - #3 Chili Powder
Jenni Bowlin by Ranger - #5 Chicken Feed
Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Antique Bronze
Prima Sprays - Sunshine, Storm Cloud & Turquoise
Silks - Carmen, Blue Flame, Ginger Peach, Teal Zircon and Emperors Gold
Flowers - Prima and misc others
Moss
Resin Pieces
Wood Numbers
Junkyard Findings - Street Signs
Heat It Craft Tool
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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I signed up to take Donna Downey's Workshop... Sculpted Poppy
Here's some close ups
I highly recommend taking this class.... I've used the skills learned in this workshop on so many other canvases. I never really jumped into the Rigid Wrap as much... She gave me the courage to just go for it..
Here's a sneak peak at the next blog. I just started to play with Encaustic
It's been such a long time since I made a video so it was fun doing it again... I don't normally talk at all - just add music - and edit screwed up a bit in the beginning - but I got the video done and that is what matters... I also realized that my external hard drive that has all of my Itunes music seems to be broken my computer can't see it - so another fun thing I need to get fixed... So sorry no music.
I'll do my best for a list of supplies...
6x8 Hard Canvas
Liquitex Light Modeling Paste
Paper Flowers - any brand works these were a mixed of different companies
Silks - Rich Cobalt, Periwinkle, Carmen, Sunburst, Ocean Wave, Spicy Tomato, Ginger Peach
Deco Art - Media - Mister, Red, Yellow, Orange, Turquoise
Prima Butterly Resin & Angle Wing
Paper Flower I made with book text
Washi Tape
Stampendous Embossing Enamels
Black Acrylic Paint
Straw & Ribbon
I just love how it came out.. I wasn't sure in the beginning. but it pulled together at the end.
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So I had a problem last weekend that landed me back into the hospital. While everything is ok now it was alittle scary.
So while I was hope doctor's orders resting - my daughters cheerleading team got together and sent me a wondeful basket. Sorry for the bad photos - but I think you get the idea.
Sent a beautiful flower arrangement
Great candle & a plate of homemade banana muffins that were so tasty.
So what can I do I was so touched. Tears came to my eyes - so I made them Thank you cards.
I did a fall theme..
Mixed media to the max...
First used my home made Gelli plate - the size is 5x7 so these cards fit perfect onto it. Used fall colors - Orange/Yellow first layer - then Blue & Green got the back ground going.
Then pulled out my sprays and stencils and did more layers.
After that pulled out my Dina Wakley stamps and embossing powder and heated some images onto the card.
More stamps to add textures
then started playing with the flowers and Hemp - which came with the basket.
Once it was all in place - pulled out the Heavy Body gesso and got them all the same white color - then used the sprays again to pull the flowers back to the fall colors.
I added the Letter of each of the girls names - and wrote notes onto the back. Once it was done - I grunged it up with gelotos - and also did some black paint splatter.
Also used Prima Flowers Wood Leaves and I also embossed them with the different greens and added them.
It was all so touching to be honest.
I hope they enjoy the cards.
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
Went down the Jersey Shore with the kids and we had a blast in the photo booth. I love the black and white strip - kids got the color one... here's what I did with mine.
Below are some photos of the process. I did alot with Acrylic Paints - Washi Tape - Modeling Paste - Embossing Powder - Stamps.
I added lots of Paper Flowers all brands - prima - etc... ribber metal trinkets - and Prima Resin.
Once I got it all on the piece where I wanted it... I used the Art Design Heavy Gesso White.
The first layer needed more.
So I pulled out my Liquitex Gesso to put another coat onto the flowers.
I used Lindy Spray - and Silks And more to get the colors I wanted.
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After I got the background all done.. I pulled out the encaustics
I put a nice thick layer
Here's some close up of the wax
and more phots now that it's all done.
Here's a sneak peek of another project..
Here's a sampling of the pieces that I have been working on.
Mixed Media lots of textures...
Art Journal - Calendar Book
Mixed Media - Encaustic Canvas Piece
Fall Wreath
Mixed Media - Profile - Be True to yourself.
My Big girl... Mixed Media Canvas
Large Canvas Into the Sky Piece
Flying Unicorn September Kit Dress Form
I'm for sure in a phase right now with the gesso - and then sprays for the rainbow colors..
Altered Paint Brush
Sweet 16 Card
here's anothe peak on the new piece I was working on today.
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.
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.
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..
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...
Finally opened my new Prima Stencils by Jamie Severtson Dougherty "bloom Girl" Stencils.
Not sure why I waited so long other than I clearly have a shopping problem... I need to get everything and then it sits until I open it.
Just going to show some photos on this one I didn't take photos during the process and cleaned up my desk so I didn't get a chance to write everything down that I used.
All the sprays are by Lindy's Stamp Gang
Below is a sneak peak of the next blog. I been playing with the Dress Form that came with the Flying Unicorn September Kit.
Got the kit last week from Flying Unicorn
Add I got the add on Mixed Media Set
OMG!!!! I love this kit... I might have to buy another one just to do another paint palette.
Here's some photos of the process
Used Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays
Did some Different Sprays and didn't like it - so I added Cheese Cloth and sitll didn't like it.
I added more sprays - and other mixed media products - and also started creating a wave
I also added Golden Natural Sand because I didn't like the cheese cloth
Then had some fun adding the gold leaf product.
Added some acrylic paints to the sand to get it closer looking like sand.
Then pulled out flowers.. the colors that came in the kit didn't really o it for me so I used gesso and lindy Stamp Gang to change the colors.
Also still wasn't in love with the sand so added some burlap ontop of it.
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Products Used:
Most came in the September Kit & Mixed Media Add on Kit from Flying Unicorn
Lindy Stamp Gang
TiffanyLou Blue
Tibetan Poppy Teal
Delphinium Turquoise
Steampunk Sepia
Cowabunga Copper
Mission Bells Brown
Prima Marketing - Songbird Vine Pink Item#539054
Prima Stamps - Finnabair - Timbres Transparents
Deep Red Water Droplets Background
Lumiere INdigo & Halo Blue Gold
Inka Gold Metallic Rub Steel Blue
Pinkpaislee - Hope Chest Label Stickers
Heidi Swapp - Stickers
Krazy Kreations - Shaker Box beads (Blue)
Pigment Izink - Turquoise
Silks - Sky Blue
Silks - Silver Bells
Prima Metal & Lightbowl Supplies
Burlap
Golden - Natural Sand
Acrylic Paints
Cut out photo of my daughter surfing
HI All hope your summer is going well.
I ended up getting today off and finally got back in the studio to have some creating time...
I worked on this 5x7 piece today and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE how it came out. Below is the process and a list of supplies is on the bottom.
I started with a 5x7 canvas board I had painted blue & green was going to do something a poppy things but totally went a different way. I used Gloss Super Heavy Gel and then adheared the Tissue Paper
I then used my fingers and added on paints and then used a baby cloth to pull color off so you can still see the tissue paper behind.
I then used the Tacky Glue to make the heart - and then pulled out the cheese cloth and put that onto the canvas.
I then used the different inks to fill into the heart.
Did many layers of the colors to pull the heart together.
I then played with different stamps and washi tape.
I then added Flexible Modeling Paste on a strip. I used the stazon ink around the edges as well Grunge is so cool.
I pulled out an old credit card and just dipped in paint and pressed onto the canvas.
And then stamped
Be Something
I also used watered down of the Acrylic Inks the Orange & Red and with my finger just pressed onto the paper to get the color blend I wanted. I also added this silver stuff I have no idea what it is called I just found it in my stash box... (LOL) yes i'm a hoarder.
I pressed the letters into the Modeling Paste and then pulled out the black acrylic inks and watered them down and went around the outsides of the letters...
I'm in love.
List of supplies
5x7 Canvas Board
Liquitex - Gloss Super Heavy Gel
Liquitex - Flexible Modeling Paste
Hazel & Ruby - Pass the Tissue - Quote Collage
Liquitex Ink - Pyroole Rediiqutex Ink - Pyrrole Red
Daler Rowney - Acrylic Artis Ink Scarlet & Flame Orange & Black
Liquitex Acrylic Color - Basics - Brillant Yellow Green
Liquitex Acrylic Artist Heavy Body - Cobalt Turquoise
Gesso
Cheese Cloth
Aleense Tacky Glue
Washi Tape
Misc Stamps
Pink Paislee - Pen Pals & Switch Board
Staz On - Jet Black
Misc Alphabet Stamps
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Below is a sneak peak on what else I am working on today.
Used pencil to draw out the butterfly
Playing with watercolors.
More playing
Filling out more.
And more..
Used sharpie and then pastels.
And it's done.
Here's a photo of a new canvas I just completed. Sold immediately
Then playing with some 12x12 canvases - lots of layers.
Lots of fun happening in my studio these past few days.
I've made a few other posts on the step by step of those projects.
I hope you enjoy them.
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Was waiting for the kids and playing through facebook and instagram and a good friend posted from a trip he took. Another artists was painting a this event and he took a photo.
Photo Credit: Joseph Cuozzo
My Inspiration...
Below are the photos on the progress. The canvas is not complete so this is part 1....
I took a 12x12 canvas and started to draw with pencil my profile.
I've never drawn a side profile before - so I took to google... here's the inspiration of the side profile.
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Once I got that part done - I cut up the page I printed out to cover the face so I can play with the hair.
Playing with Warm Colors then moving onto Cold colors.
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Between colors I used a dryer to dry it up.
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Started to make the hair crazy.
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After playing with the face - and still need to do more with it but then I pulled in some black as the back ground color.
So far I really like how it's coming together - but this is the first layers.
Used the left over paint for this:
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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On 6/1 I have a Design Team Blog Post on the Sin City Stamps Blog.
Here's a sneak photo...
Used all of my favorites stamps and stencils from Sin City Stamps.
I also wanted to share a canvas I've been working on - it's not completed.
We welcome my son back from his 8th grade Washington DC trip - where I might add I only received 2 text messages the entire time and 1 phone call. Boy it's hard when you realize you are not needed anymore...
The only info I got from him was watching his instagram account.
Here's the money he found I made him a card/envelope (sin city stamps will have that blog next week) inside was some money.
This is what he bought.
Those of you follow my blog or facebook have realized that we recently rescued a dog that through our other 2 dogs into some issues. Here is our new rescue Hollister
We had 1 trainer that basically took my money to sit on the floor and "get to know the dogs" nothing happened. He didn't help at all.
Then we found Fern Dog Training. Working for Fern is Jessica Castellano well she is just AMAZING... 1 night with the dogs yes let me say that again #1 Night and the dogs were different dogs. No snapping at each other - fighting - they are all playing with each other. They are listening. The Mita house was back in order... Highly recommend them.
Phone: 201-388-0266
email: [email protected]
Tell them Lisa sent you - they were so great to us I would love to help them get business.
One of the suggestions was to crate the dogs so they would all have their own space.
So the other day I finally went an got the crates. Of course they were so ugly I had to do some art on them.
The art starts to happen - I used Montana Paint Markers
So it was a rainy Memorial Day weekend here in New Jersey so I decided to catch up on the old and new movies still in the theaters.
Here's my reviews.
#1 - Chef
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
A very good feel good movie - I give it 4 Stars.... Lots of surprise stars in the movie - Robert Downey Jr for one - Scarlett Johansson - and Jon Favreau the kid in the movie is a very good actor so you really feel what he's going through connecting with his dad. Highly recommend.
#2 X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
Now I liked the movie - but I have to warn you if your going to X-Men for the action - this might disappoint. Alot of drama - and story went along with this movie - which I like so I would give it a 3 1/2 - 4 Star rating. If you like the series you should go... But I would be surprised if it pulls in what the past movies did...
#3. - Million Dollar Arm
A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.
Disney as always doesn't disappoint... This is a 5 Stars as far as I am concern..
Such a feel good movie. Based on a true story which are movies I love anyway - this one which I didn't know any of the history before I went to see the movie. I must see!!!
#4. Blended -
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Funny would be an understatement... Freaking so funny I laughed so hard I missed some of the movie - I went by myself so I will probably go see it again with the kids. Another feel good - but with a ton of comedy movie. Being a single parent this one for sure hit a nerve - especially with the kids involved on both sides... I'm giving this a 5 Star rating and another Highly recommend..
Some other movies I saw hin the last 2 weeks that I would recommended are:
The Other Women
Neighbors
Heaven is for Real
Godzilla
Tomorrow brings more movies... I still need to see Spiderman
The Love Punch
yes I know I see alot of movies ... we are a family that loves movies.
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.
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Here's more... playing with the paint colors
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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.
Fun 6x6 canvas that was suppose to be something with flowers and poppies... went a different way this weekend.
I'll list supplies below.
Here's some close ups
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Used the Prima Resin Shells - with _______
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Supplies:
6x6 Canvas - Michaels
Gesso
Chipboard
Julie Nutting - Wood Mermaid
Acrylic Paints - different Blues & Greens
Lindy's Stamp Gang
Ocean Breeze Blue
Time Travel Teal
Delphinium Turquoise
Tiffanylou Blue
Bells of Ireland Green
FW Pearlescent Meadow Green
Viva Decor Steel Green
Washi Tapes
Gold Leaf Medium Adhesive Sizing
Gold Leaf Variegated Leaf Blue Shade
Masking Tape
Prima Ingrild Bolme Sea Shells Resins
Prima Ingrild Bolme Sea (1 piece)
Prima Ingrid Bolme - Oval Frame Resins
Prima Tiny Treaures Assorted Charms Vinitage Trinkets
Beads...
I hope you enjoyed... this was not a 100% completed piece.. I had to set the acrylic seal
HOpe you enjoyed... Now I'm going to figure out what good little girl to give this one too..
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.
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Supplies Used:
Canvas
Sin City Stamps
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.
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.
Hello Blog world... Hope you all enjoyed your Mother's Day
I did what we all love to do... Enjoy the movies.
We went to catch the new movie Neighbors with the little hottie Zac. Here's a few things I walked away with.
Most importantly the kids asked me to reevaulate Raded "R" Movies to see if they can see them. Outcome: STILL A BIG NO!!! Holy Cow what they show in movies today is like my rated X when I was a kid... Shocking.
We caught the movie at the AMC Dine-In Theater - first it's $17.00 a person - horrible just because it's comfortable seating - shouldn't that just be part of what they do...
Then.. Check this out
This is what upset me the most. My daughter asked for a small (Kids small) popcorn - HELLO $8.50 - not bundled package with soda we already had that. No asking for our Stubs card to get the free upgrade - which Medium would still not be worth the $8.50... I am just shocked.
Tried to get a manager after the theater to deal with it - NO LUCK. Waitress once she got the check disappeared. SO Disappointed... Will never go again.
On to positive things...
Did alittle creating this weekend.. A good friend from work because a father and I wanted to do something for him - below are the photos and I'll do my best to have the list of supplies - this was one of those - just create create create...
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Supplies USed:
12x12 Burlap Canvas
Modeling Paste
Gesso
Stencils - Different brands
Scrapbook paper (different colors)
Washi Tape
VIva Decor - Inka Gold - Copper, Steel Blue & Silver
Using a spacula and Gesso I dropped ink onto and rubbed it onto Canvas
Colors used:
FW Pearlescents Liquid Acrylic
Sky Blue
Autumn Gold
Galatic Blue
FW Liquid Acrylic
Process Yellow
Marine Blue
Lindy's Stamp Gang
Time Travel Teal
Ocean Breese Blue
Bells of Ireland Green
Milk Choclate Brown
Acrylic Paints
Faber Castell Gelatos - Orange
Stencils
Prima - Metals
Prima Frames
Flowers - all of them by Wild Orchid Crafts
I hope you enjoy.... It's hard to do a canvas for a "man"...
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:
Terri Sproul's Leaves (cut 1 out)
Lindy' Stamp Gang
Shabby Turbin Teal
Frostbitten Fuschia
Wild Honeysuckle Coral
Website: Lisa Mita Studios
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
What have I done in the last few weeks...
Well here is a few of them.
Spent alot of time this weekend getting new products up in the Etsy Store.
Check them out more to come.
Click here.
Spending alot of my time with my dogs. As they still are getting use to each other.
Other than that have been playing with some art journaling and some canvas work.
This was planning with some acrylic paints - and the Brand New Dina Wakley Stencils and Stamps. hello.... LOVE THEM.
Crew #1 - Falling In Reverse NYC Concert.
We got our hair done before the concert.
Check them out - The Zion Hair Salon Say Lisa or Nicole Mita sent us and they will hook you up.
Here's my color change and cut.
So Other fun things we have been up too. Playing in my Art Journal
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And here's a sneak peek on the next products - very far from done.
Not done yet - but here's another canvas in process.
Me and my daughter did a mini trip to Atlantic City - we stayed at Revel - we got a great rate on Groupon.
Now while they have some issues on a very long line for check in - and then again if you have a questions to stand in the line again. And things are very pricy... we spent most of our time in other hotels. We did the Spa day at Golden Nugget (Highly recommend).
View of our Room
We are ready for our Dinner Out. Tomorrow is our Spa & Shopping Day.
Room Service is always alot of fun.
We Hit the We The Kings Concert on the way home.
Got to see our favorite The New Royalty as well as the opening acts.
Finally we celebrated early a dinner with her friends for my daughters 15th birthday Party.
I have many pieces working right now and I'll load up some photos as soon as they are further along.
I have an exciting announcement - I have been picked to be an artist that is part of the Mountain Lake Harvest Wine Tasting & Art Show - Save the Date: 9/6th Saturday. Great cause benefiting the Parkinson's Desease Foundation. More details to follow.
I will also be annoucing some upcoming Private & Public Classes I'll be teaching.
So I signed up for the Donna Downey 48 Weeks by Donna Downey Highly recommend check it out - you will learn so much.
I decided to start it with doing it on the canvas. Here's a few photos. Mine is not done it's still missing something.
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Once it's done tomorrow. I'll put up part 2 on the blog with more detail and a video tutorial.
As well as a list of supplies.
Thank you for looking and please share.
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
Tomorrow. will be my next Design Team Post for Sin City Stamps
Here's a sneak peek..
You can find the blog here..
Once it's posted I'll come back and add the link to the actual post.
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
So if your have been following my blog then you know that I just got on my 1st Design team and I'm just so excited. The products are amazing - please check them out here
So for the delay on posting my blog... I actually haven't been making art... Had to move the studio downstairs and then we had our own bit of drama... An issue with my little Ella all of 8 pounds biting our neighbor - All is cleared up now thankfully.
Then #2 we had a fire in my daughters room in 1 one of her outlets - very scary but again thankfully no one was hurt. Just a bit of damage.
Then... #3 we had water coming in due to all the snow from the roof and causing some more damage.
And finally #4 today walked in to a very large bird that had gotten into the venting and was caught down by the furnace... I'm going to share the video we made just because I figured it was going to be a funny thing me and the kids working together. So you can see it here. Don't laugh to hard at me screaming like a little girl (with my daughter)... then all of us stressed out and yelling at each other.
And we also get a peek at new products coming out. These are brand new Scrapbook Layouts. Makes me want to go on vacation just to use the layouts.
The blog is totally cool and the other Designers are just so inspiring to me. Here's my blog post from 2/12 I have another one coming up on 2/22 so be sure to check it out.
Above is what my project looked like with sin City Stamp supplies and Frog Dog Studio
Below are some photos of brand new products you can find at the store. These are totally cool 12x12 Scrapbooking layouts - just add your photos.
These are just a few of them make sure to check out the store to see them all they are being posted today.
Here's just alittle sneak peak of my blog post on the Sin City Stamp blog on the 22nd...
So I still love to scrapbooking weekends - even though the way I do pages is very different than traditional scrapbook.. This weekend I had a blast creating pages. Friday (really used as set up) - Saturday started at 11:30 finished around 10pm. Didn't sleep over this weekend because something came over me Friday night I went in to the Animal Shelter to drop off some donated item and this little cutie pie caught my eye.
Those eyes... Calling out please take me home... He is a Smoothed Haired/terrior, Jack Russell - he's a mixed of black and white. Looks like alittle puppy 6 year old. He was found walking the streets of New York City and my local shelter rescued him 2 weeks ago from a High Kill shelter... He's so well behaved so he had to be owned - how someone just put a dog out on the street I can't understand. But he will be happy for the rest of his life with us... He's now getting into the "pack world" of my other 2 dogs...
Here's Ella - our Imperial Shizu
And here's Cleo our Yorkie Poo
Here's a handmade Flower I made. I used a stamp onto cardstock. Wet the paper and used a pencil to roll the edges.. I then got some Prima Flowers used gesso to get them to a white color and then used Lindy's Stamp Gang to get them to the color I wanted and put them in the center. I also used Flower Soft to get more texture.
A gift for a friend... Not done yet (lets see if she reads my blog) LOL...
This a a photo we took at Beachcomber in Seaside Heights, NJ and I just love it... She is a great friend and I wanted her to have alittle bit of both of us.
Here's another piece - I'll have a seperate blog on how I made this - it's still in a work in progress and I need to come up with what I'm going to write on the canvas. This will be for sale in my etsy store. It's a great gift for alittle girl.
Working on 1 more piece but it's not done... I'll post photos on my next blog.
So I follow a bunch of Mixed Media Artist that are always talking about Once Upon A Sketch so I started looking at the website (click above) and decided to give it a try for the January challenge.
Below is this months challenge
I don't usually have something in mind when I start a project but with the sketch it gives you a good jump off start so I really like that concept behind this website. I will for sure continue to use it.
Below is the process.
I used Donna Downey Stencils and Modeling Paste for the above. After it dried I used Transparent Golden Airbruch Colors Quinacridone Red. Daler Rowney FW Acrylic Artist Ink Flame Orange. I put alittle on my craft mat sprayed water into them and just dropped with a paint brush a bit on the poppys and then used my finger tip to blend it around. I LOVE how this came out..
I then used the poppy (flower) clear stamp by Prima I used Opalite Archival - Cypress Frost & Stazon Jet Black all around the page. Added Washi Tape and then used Prima Chalk to chalk up a piece of book text and mounted it down with Gel Medium.
More photos I also made some homemade spray paint yellow and Orange and I sprayed some spot on the page and let it drip you can see below.
Then I stamped the flower stamp again - this time with Close to my Heart Orange. I also added some Glitter by Sparkle N Sprinkle Flaming Orange and embossed it. Then I also took the mini butterfly and used Stampin Up Green Galore. I also created a tag for the journaling part. I have never been good at that part I have pages of scrapbooking page with space for it but I always leave it off... so doing this challenge helps push to do that part. I used the Prima inks on the tag and then stamped with the flower stamp in the Orange and I used my Tim Holtz mini Attacher..
I also took my Pitt Penn Bold because I wanted the Poppys to stand out more and I just went around them and then filled in the sees part.
I stamped from the same prima set the word Sunshine. I added flowers sorry I don't know the name of the bottom one but I know I bought them at Michaels. Then I got a delivery today from Wild Orchid Crafts someone posted them in Pinterest and I bought a few flowers and i have to say I LOVE THEM... for sure will be buying more. it was the perfect add to the layout.
Finally I did a few more steps. I used Shimmerz Paints Dazzelerz Jelly Bean Green to go over the stems on the poppies and up into the buds. I used some black Daler Rowney FW Arcylic Artist Ink onto my craft sheet just 1 little drop and with a tooth brush and water I did a bit of splatter. Took the left over watered down and went around the edge to grunge it up a bit and did the same on the tag.
SOme final close up shots
Supplies List:
12x12 - Tim Holtz Idea-ology Destinations
Stencil - 12x12 Donna Downey Poppies & Peonies
Transparent Golden Airbrush Colors - Quinacridone Red
Daler Rowney FW Acrylic Artists Ink Orange Flamme
Daler Rowney FW Acrylic Artists Ink Black
Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Item# 555092
Opalite Archival Cypress Frost OP-30 and StazOn Jet Black
Close to my Heart Orange Z2138
Classic Stampin Up - Green Galore
Sparkle N Sprinkle Flaming Orange Glitter
Homemade Spray Paint - Yellow & Orange
Prima Ink - Summer Field, Yellow Teal Damask
Book Text
Tim Holtz Mini-Attacher
Pitt Pen - Bold
Wild Orchid Crafts - Red Mulberry Poppy Flower
Shimmerz Paints Dazzelerz - Jelly Bean Green
I put this 12x12 onto a cardboard backing and it's ready to be hung up... I love how it came out and I love having a plan. I hope you enjoyed it.
Please follow my blog if you don't already and feel free to share it.
Here's a sneak peak of my new work in progress abstract canvas.
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.
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.
Video:
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
So I was on such a roll I decided to do another canvas.. this is a very old photo that I just love of me and my kids.. Wanted to get it put on a canvas anyway - so this is the best way anyway... I get to be creative. Below is the process and list of supplies.
This is another one I'm submitting for the Sin City Design Team contest.
So I took a 12x12 canvas. I added gesso. And then I pulled out my Lindy Stamp Gang Magicals - Vavavavoom Violet
I put a few section with the powder and then sprayed water.
When it mixes with the gesso the sparkle factor gets totally cool. I tilt the canvas all over so the drips go down the canvas.
I then added Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals California Poppy Yellow powder in sections as well.
Then iI dry it with a heat gun. I then added some washi tape - and be sure to go over it with Golden Gel Medium or the tape will lift up.
I added in some Silver Frost by Creative Inspirations from my stash I have no idea where I got this ... And I added some Cheese Cloth - it hadds some great dimension to the piece I also paint over it.
I pulled patterned scrapbook paper that is wood Not sure the name but it's from Kaiser Craft and tour up the sides. Used my prima tool to tear it up and distress it. I then pulled out my purple gelato and edged it all up and took a wet paintbrush and and let it drip around. This photo below is prior to the dripping.
I pulled out (3) different stencils and used modeling paste - and then my Black Pitt Pen to outlet parts of the stencil and used my finger to smuge it around.
I then added the background paper and tour up a few others ones from DCWV Old World Stack and edged them with stamp. I then stamped a flower image around the area. And then put Green Acrylic Paint filling it. I also added black splatters.
I then made sure pieces of the background paper tear up and roll up.
I then added what I hope looks like grass (ha ha). it was pieces of green burlap that I pulled out.and then hot glued down. I also added a few of the Prima Resins. I never know if I should paint them or not. I just love them white. I added in some flowers.
Added in more flowers. And "family" with the scrabble tiles...
Here's some close up photos.
And another close up.
List of supplies:
12x12 Canvas
Kaiser Craft Base Coat Collection Wood (not sure of number)
8x8 DCWV Old World Stack
Flower Stamp (not sure of brand)
Stencils - Donna Downing 12x12 Hexagon Grunge
Crafter's Workshop 6x6 mini tiny circles stencil template
Crafter's Workshop 12x12 Doodling Templates - Cubist
Lindy Stamp Gang
Magicals - California Poppy Yellow & Vavavavoom Violet
Creative Imations Silver Frost
Cheese Cloth
Prima Flowers - #558352 Primmers Bleeached White
Shabby Chic Prima Treasures #890889
Tin Holtz (Ranger) Distress Ink Antique Linen
Rub Ons - Not sure brand
Green Burlap (Pulled apart)
Twine.
I hope you enjoyed this process - and like the video... And I really hope I get into the design team - but either way it was alot of fun making them - and it feels really good that I got over my fear and put myself out on the "artist line"
Flowers by Recollections
Here's a good chunk of the portion that I video taped. I'm having some computer issues I think it's time for a new one...
I took a sheet of 12x12 scrapbooking page and a stencils and put gesso on it.
After I let it dry overnight. I then sprayed Lindy Stamp Gang sprays over it and used a paper towel to dry the extra off.
I then layed the stencil on top of it and took Acrylic Paint onto the butterflys. I taped down the stencils so it wouldn't move... it still moved alittle but I liked how it came out. When put the paint on top of it the butterflys really came together.
Below is what it looked like after I pulled the stencil off.
I laided down Doilies, and a piece of the backing from the stencils, I used chip board which I painted with gesso first and then used the Prima Chalk Inks to bring color onto it
I then used a few different stamps and black ink and stamped around the page. I also added some cheese cloth and the Prima Ink Chalk onto them. I also added the flowers onto the page as well
Here's some close up photos.
Use the Donna Downey Banner Pieces and put Acrylic Paints and then outlined them in Pitt Pen.
I also put the stencil back onto the page and outlined with a Fine Pitt Pen.
I also pulled a tag together. I used a stencil with Prima Chalk Ink. And then another stamp "Happy". As well as the round stamps.
Below it's pulled together more I added some stickles black glitter paint around the banner and on the flowers.
Below are some close up
It was a fun process playing with the gesso. The spray in resists it and then you can play with the acrylic paints on the gesso area.
Below is a list of supplies I used.
12x12 Prima Marketing, Inc. Romantique Collection Hedgerow
Amsterdam Brillant Green Acrylic Paint
Artist's Loft Deep Yellow Acrylic Paint
Tri Art Cobalt team Acrylic Paint
Lindy's Stamp Gang
Flat Fabio Summer Lovin SUn
Ocean Beeze Blue,
Starburst Hag's Wart Orange and Tibetan Poppy Teal
Shimmerz Paints Chica-a-dee
Dripped Ink Daler Rowney ProcessOrange and Process Yellow
Prima Chalk Ink - Blue Jay, Knotted Wood, Turquoise Stone and Coltsfoot Stemens
CHip board. Scrap Cogs
Donna Downey Studios - Canvas Banners
Tag
Cheese Cloth
Prima Marketing - Finnabair Butterflys
Pitt Pen - Bold & Fine Black
Twine
Gesso
Prima Flowers
Single mother of 3 wonderful Children and 3 amazing dogs. have always been creative at some level very big into scrapbook artist, rubber stamping, more recently getting into mixed media . And I'm an art journal artist... When I found the Art Journaling the healing began. I tell everyone 2 pages in my Art Journal is better than 30 days of Therapy. I am very happy to announce that I have just been added to my 1st Design Team. Sin City Stamps you can find them at www.sincitystamps.com
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