Blossom Notebook- Mixed Media

 when your enjoying doing something why stop, really enjoyed the way i made the last notebook, by just opening drawers and picking stuff out so i did it again......

this time a floral theme and completely different colour pallet.

using resin and moulds, stencil and heavy paste, some lace, pearl half beads , seed beads in gel medium to make more texture ,

 then white gesso all over and left to drywell,

 dry brushing with several different colours of metallic paint building the paint up until i am happy with the colours and finishing with gold wax applied with my finger to pick up the texture detail.

 

 

Mixed Media Butterfly

 Mixed Media Butterfly.

Its great to work on different shapes for scrapbooking, i love to mix it up a bit.

another Dt project for Thompsons craft supplies.

for this project i used.....

woodouts butterfly mdf blank

13arts papers end of summer

hobbilicious mdf feathers and leaves

hobbilicious hobbles

finnabair art alchemy wax firebird

finnabair art alchemy sparks acrylic paint phoenix feather

from my stash i used black gesso, 3d medium.

to start with i covered my butterfly with one of the papers and using some sand paper i distressed the edges.

next i gently edged it with some black ink

i mounted my photo onto black card

then i painted my mdf feathers and leaves with black gesso

i fussy cut some of the designs from the paper pack .

then i layered them all on without gluing to decide on my design, i took a photo to remind me of where i wanted everything and then removed it all.

i gradually started to build it all up using 3d gel medium as my glue for my mdf pieces and 3d foam pads with the medium to stick down my paper pieces, the 4d foam pads also adds height to the pieces so you have a lovely 3d finish.

i then mixed together some 3d gel with the hobbles and added round the butterfly edge and across the leaves and feather.

when it was all dry i added some wax to my hobbles edging and the black gesso'd feather and leaves, not completely covering, still allowing the black to dominate.

lastly i splattered with somewatered down black gesso and some watered down sparks paint.

  

  

Today is Full of Possibilities- Round Canvas.

Today is Full of Possibilities- Round Canvas.

well i say round canvas but its not, its actually a place mat, you know one of those old shiny patterned place mats with felt on the back to protect the table, its the bigger one for your dinner plate (i also use the small coasters for your cups) this one had an embroidery flower design, not any more, its perfect, solid, no warping and a fab finish on the back i love using things like this, found them on the car boot, 3 of them for a £1, much cheaper than a canvas lol

i also found the mini candle stick on the car boot £1!! 

i love my Sunday morning car boot hunt for alterable treasures.

i stared with the base gesso and added some texture, stencil and heavy paste, glass glitter and paste mix and some gritty paste.

when all that was dry i added my center arrangement , mdf frame and cogs and some wooden sticks then my candle stick all glued on with 3d gel, i then had to be patient and let it dry and stick well, i did pick it up once and my candle stick fell off, needed to be patient for longer lol !!

the next day when all was stuck well, i added my back ground colour, i love playing with the colour, inking and drying then inking some more, when happy i then started with my flowers, they were a lighter pink to start with but it was just not right so out came the spray ink and then i was happy.

i then got my flower box out its full of all sorts of bits not just the flowers but the pearls on stalks and other random little bits i can poke in here and there it all adds to the touchy feelyness of it all (yes i make up words as i go along too lol)

then i added some wax, silver was a favourite for this one with a bit of red and purple added too, 

lastly it was some splattering on this i used silver and red and then added my title.