Hey peeps, I just wanted to let you know that my "Play Along" mixed media project is up over on the Faber-Castell blog! Stop on over & see how I created this project this...there will be a new video each day (here's the first one, and here is the second one), photos & techniques!
Remember to download the free word art here!
I'd love to see what you make so leave me a link to you creation!!
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Who likes vintage? Of course I do, but with a modern twist! Sewing manikins are still hot in the crafting world and so I thought I’d create a canvas for Basically Bare with one using one of the Basically Embellies Dress Forms.
I stared off by painting a 5″ x 7″ canvas using some of my favorite paints and stencils.
Then I pulled out three of the canvas leaves, and one of the small chipboard flowers from the Basically Embellies Bare Basics Blossoms & Leaves, and one of the bodices from the Dress Form set and painted them up. While they were drying I covered the skirt of the dress form with the chevron zig-zag paper. I then adhered the dress form onto the canvas with Golden matte gel medium
Then I just adhered the “leaves” onto the skirt with some more gel medium and added a few embellishments too.
I was careful to only adhere the tops of the leaves onto the canvas so that the bottoms could have some dimension.
And then I just finished it off by stamping on a scripture verse I paraphrased and adding some finishing touches.
Sponsor: Basically Bare
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Whew...I feel like I'm constantly running around lately getting stuff done! (I guess that's what happens when one's over scheduled!)
So, in light of that I'll share a page from one of my art journals....and hopefully catch up on all the other stuff I want to share with you later this week. :)
Originally this page didn't look anything like this...in fact, I hated the original page so I gesso'd over almost all of it and re-painted it!
I also used a Big Brush Pens
I also doodled around the top & bottom of the page but I wasn't loving it too much (what's with that with this page?!) so I covered it with pink polka-dot washi tape. I love that the doodle can still be seen through the tape!
And I used Thickers
Sponsors: Kuretake Zig, Faber-Castell
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Today I thought I'd share a page I made last week in my art journal. As I mentioned before, I don't often share my art journal pages since I do them just for me, but I'm really digging this bird I put on this page and so I'm sharing. ;)
Here's how the page looked when I was just starting out.
{click on any of the photos to enlarge them}
I'd already gesso'd it, did an book-print image transfer, painted the green background, painted with some bubble wrap, and did some teal drippage.
On the enclosure I had already gesso'd it, did the book-print image transfer, and then painted it a couple of shades of yellow.
Next, I stamped the birdcage onto the enclosure.
And you know what goes in the bird cage...
Now, she looks cute like that, but I wanted to kick her up a notch. So I grabbed my Zig Emboss Writer
And then of course I had to use my heat gun on it to melt the embossing powder.
Wallah! Now she's shiny silver!
The only problem is, she looks like she's outside her cage....so I just took my black pen and drew the bars back in.
Ok, I also did the background pages...and words. ;)
Here's some close ups of the flowers in the back ground. They are all Hero Arts stamps.
Also, if you look closely in the scallop border I doodled, you'll see circles in the center of each scallop...you can't tell in the photos, but they are nice and sparkly green thanks to my Zig Wink Of Stella glitter pen
Supplies: Flower & Leave stamps - Hero Arts; Bird Cage Stamp
Sponsors: Kuretake/Zig, Hero Arts
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Here's the completed album I did for Faith Sister True Meaning of Christmas challenge. I really like how it turned out and I may add more pages in the future.
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Here's a two page LO for the "True Meaning of Christmas" album I'm doing for the challenge at Faith Sisters. It was fun to use old pix of our trees through the years.
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So here's the album that I am making for the challenge at Faith Sisters. It's going to be a great one to have over the years. I used Basic Grey's paper to cover a Making Memories Noteworthy album and then embellished it up...didn't take long, & I love how it turned out.
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Whew, today's been super busy, but I just wanted to pop in & show you a sneak peek of what I've been working on for a upcoming 9 week challenge at Faith Sisters....it's going to be so fun! Make sure you stop in & see what the challenge is tomorrow & how others are stepping up to the challenge to create something really special for the Christmas season.
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Did you see this class Jessica is offering for free???? Looks like it will be a good one! As I've mentioned before, I want to concentrate on scrapbooking meaningful pages, not just cute ones....so I think this class will help with that.
Here's a LO I did for a challenge at Faith Sisters. The journaling says: At such a pivotal time in history, I feel privileged to be able to vote in the upcoming election.
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....or catch-up? I hate them both. Yep, I'm behind on my blog yet again. But the good news is that I switched out my cell phone that has been driving me crazy for a new one (and it's pink!) that actually works! I'm SO happy with it.! So hopefully I'll be better at blogging now, 'cuz I can blog from it. :D
Oh, also, today is the last day of the Birthday Bash over at Faith Sisters...so go check it out....there's lots of prizes to win!!
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