Mixed Media Monday

Good Monday Morning!

I am so happy to share a couple of stunning mixed media projects with you today.

First is this amazing layout from Kathy using the Scraps Of Darkness December kit

'Wilma's Winter Wonderland'

She started by ripping the top paper layer on both the top and bottom of the paper, did a lot of distressing a lot the edges, then added some modeling paste along the edges to look like snow. 
She used modeling paste with a Prima star stencil, and when the paste was still wet, sprinkled glitter on the stars to make them twinkle.  She splattered some silver ink and watered down gesso to get the snow falling effect and rubbed on some gesso behind the photo, and  sprayed some Lindy’s “Afternoon Delight Denim” to add a little blue to the layout.

She used a couple of dry embossed die cut snowflake that she rubbed with Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink in “Gathered Twigs” and “Tea Dye” so that you could see the embossing on the snowflakes.  

 

She made a stacked layer of different papers from the kit, an old book page and some colored cardboard (from her stash).  The bottom layer is a piece of burlap.  The sentiment sticker is from last year’s kit, along with the cute snowman. 

She used a corrugated star from her stash that she covered lightly with modeling paste and then used a sweet little flower in the center which came from an older kit.  

She created a circle of jute to surround the photo, and covered it with modeling paste as well.   

The little snowman collage in the bottom right of the photo includes Petaloo flowers from the store and December Scraps of Elegance kit, with a little twine bow behind the snowman to give him texture. 

  

Next up we have a stunning art journal page from Lisa Griffith using the Scraps Of Elegance November kit
'Tracey's Country Kitchen'

Lisa created these beautiful pages using fussy cut images, paints, elements and mists from the kit and add ons.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laura

2 new layout tutorials

Today we have not one, but TWO new layout tutorials, both with our November SOE Tracey's Country Kitchen kit.

The first is a wonderful masculine fishing layout by Tracey:

Tracey says this layout is about her son, who is an avid bass fisherman.  He recently caught this 5 1/2 lb largemouth, which is his personal best.  I know Tracey is proud, and she created this gorgeous layout to preserve the memory.

Here's Tracey's tutorial:

And here are a few close-ups of Tracey's layout:

And we also have a great tutorial from Tiffany, who used the same kit, Tracey's Country Kitchen, to create this layout:

and here's Tiffany's tutorial for this layout:




Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I hope the rest of your weekend is beautiful...

~Melinda

A Festive Christmas Layout with Lynne!

Good Morning!

Today I get to share a wonderfully festive layout from Lynne using the December Scraps Of Elegance kit

'Silver Bells'

She fussy cut the frame and all of the flowers along with the leaves and berries. She layered the flowers and curled the ones on top for dimension. Gold microbeads were added to the flower centers and the berries were accented first with Perfect Pearls in Forever Red then Faber Castell Texture Gems for a little sheen. 

Thanks for stopping by 

Wilma's stunning mixed media Dream

Good Morning!

Today I am going to share a stunning layout from Wilma using the Scraps Of Darkness November kit 

'Amy's Amazing Autumn'

The background was made on a paper  from the 

Bo Bunny enchanted harvest collection.

She used a circle stencil and the title stencil, then added color 

She muted the colors with gesso

After the gesso dried she rubbed over it with the inkpad from the kit and a few splatters with distress stain....then added

embellishments, brads and flowers

  from the October kit.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Mixed Media ATC with Stephanie!

Good morning everyone!

Today I am excited to share a gorgeous project from Stéphanie, using our Scraps Of Elegance November Kit, Tracey's Country Kitchen.

This is the first time she has ever created ATC's, she did an awesome job!

  

Stephanie's idea was to take some designs from the collection and Journaling Cards to place them on her cards.  She used the image transfer technique to superimpose multiple images one above the other, like an overlay. She did a post about the technique, if you are interested you can see her tutorial HERE.

To start her ATC, she created backgrounds with the same color combo. She used Gelatos for the backgrounds, in four different colors - dark brown, aqua blue, navy blue and yellow ocher,

then created her three different backgrounds consisting of a heart, a grid and grid heart.

She used a wash to blend the colors, and added more of her images.

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Laura 

Kathy inspires us in two seasons - Fall and Winter!

Good morning!

Today I am going to share two layouts from Kathy...

one fall and one winter!

First I will share the beautiful autumn layout which she created 

using the November kit 'Amy's Amazing Autumn'

She was inspired by the beautiful BoBunny Enchanted Harvest paper that was in the kit to create the large butterfly. 
She started with the Enchanted Harvest background paper, spread a layer of gel medium on it, and then started playing with inks.  She used two different colors of ink to get a soft yellow with a hint of orange. She used 2 orange, 2 browns, and one black inks to create the splatters!
She stamped at the bottom of the butterfly to give it a look of flight, and then added some script stamping around the edges of the butterfly. 

She drew a large butterfly to use as a foundation for the layout then used 5 different colors of sequins to outline it.

She used one of the BoBunny stickers for her title, and in the Floral Add On are these beautiful Petaloo flowers and leaves. 

The butterfly’s head is a beautiful Prima trinket which was included in a previous kit that she topped it off with some black flourishes from her stash to create antenna. 

She fussy cut several butterflies from one of the BoBunny papers from the kit then folded the wings up for dimension

Next, she moves onto the cold season, with this gorgeous layout
created using the December 'Wilma's Winter Wishes' kit

She started with a sheet of corrugated card and ripped a piece of paper from the Main Kit downwards to create a sledding hill effect.  She altered a piece of lace from a previous kit to give it a rustic look and glued it to the background of the paper. She used Lindy's "Afternoon Denim Delight" Starburst Mist to give the background a hint of blue, used watered down gesso and splattered it all over the layout to create snow coming down, and a Prima stencil from a Scraps of Elegance past kit, and BoBunny's Glitter Paste "Silver" on the background, to add sparkled and dimension. 

The photo was matted with 3 times, the first was paper from the Paper Add-On, the second mat was white cardstock that was punched with a Martha Stewart punch, the 3rd was a brown cardstock.  She tucked in a sticker cut in half from the sticker sheet in the Main Kit and a punched a snowflake to tuck in at the top left hand corner.  

She used the Wild Rose Studio Icy Wind die that is included in the Elements Add-On and covered the diecut with Stickles.  The flowers were from the Main Kit and her stash.

She cut out a sentiment printed on a paper from in the Coordinating Paper Add-On and glued it above the main flower collage in the left corner of the photo.  She used the large BoBunny sticker snowflake as a base for her flower cluster. 

She fussy cut the trees on the bottom right side of the photo from the BoBunny Sleigh Ride paper in the Coordinating Paper Add-On and adhered it on top of a piece of cheesecloth to mimic snow, then the word "Joy" from the BoBunny sticker sheet in the Main Kit.  She covered the trees with the Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients Glass Glitter included in the Elements Add-On and dabbed a little gesso on them. 

She also covered the trees on the left hand side of the paper with the glitter using matte gel medium.  Once everything was glued down, she covered various pieces with gesso, glitter, and microbeads (from her stash).  Here's a photo of the punched mat behind the photo with the beautiful glitter.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laura