Magical Fantasy

The monthly challenge at Mixed Media World is Magical/ Fantasy I got this one done just in the nick of time.  The final product didn't end of where i thought it would be sometimes that is a good thing.
Here we go...

I wanted it to look like a fairy circus, its got lots of texture, lots of layers, and lots of different mixed media products.

Products
Lindy's magicals
White Gesso
Acrylic Paint
Embossing Enamel
Alchemy Paints
Lindy's Moon Shadow Mist
Archival Ink
Distress Ink

I started with layers blocks of pattern paper onto background, also layered some pre cut plaques.

Next i brushed on white gesso through a stencil, then swipes some large chunk gesso with a palette knife.  To add some more texture to gesso, i ran a plastic comb through large chunks of gesso.

Next splatter on white gesso, then pink color spray. (Lindy's Bucket of Blood Red)

Dry.

Mix blue gold opal alchemy paint with water and splatter on.  Mixed white acrylic paint with white gesso and applied through harlequin stencil.

Painted the harlequin with black acrylic paint, and Lindy's shabby turbine teal mixed with water.  Now i wanted some larger blocks of color, so I mixed Lindy's Autumn maple crimson with water and blotting around harlequin pattern.

Its not in the picture but i also added some random stamping on background.

Made my photo cluster, pattern paper blocks and some pre cut banners and plaques.  Ink around pre cut shapes.

I added some more color (same colors as background) along pre cut elements with a paint brush.
Splatter some black acrylic paint.

I added some final touches with embossing powder along corner, I sprinkled on the embossing powder then heat from the bottom so the heat gun doesn't blow away enamel.


I made a nest/ mess with the twine black and white and arranged around the photo cluster.  Tucked in some pre cut texture pattern paper in between photo cluster layers.

I really like how all the splatter looks like sparkles and lighting flies. Looks very magical and fairy like.

Painted chipboard wings and acrylic paint, and while it was still wet sprinkled on embossing enamel so it sticks onto the wings.  The chipboard is to thick to heat from the underneath.

Some Close ups.

Enjoy!
See ya next time.

Friendship

This month FRIENDSHIP is the challenge at Anything but Cute.  I used a vintage photo of a child and a dog- what spells Friendship more than having a pet.  

This is Alex and Zeke when we first bought Zeke home- Look at that smile!!!!  Now it is three years later and he still has that smile, and Zeke is very much our second child.

Now the friendship layout.

I started by brushing on white gesso on background pattern paper.

Added modeling paste through a brick stencil.  Once modeling paste is dry spray with water.  I like to add the water before color so the color blends and bleeds easier.  Next splash with color.  Used Lindy's van Dyke Sepia, Buccaneer Bay Blue, Brushed Nickel, Pegleg Pete's Purple.  I splattered the pegleg Pete's Purple.

Dry

I cut tags, tabs, texture edges, and harlequin with my silhouette from pattern paper and vanilla cardstock.

Distress and ink paper elements. Position everything on the page along with chipboard.  At this point the chipboard and harlequin has been left plain.

I painted the harlequin with Pegleg Pete's Purple, I puddled it onto to get it dark and have slight variations in color.  You could paint before glueing down but i didn't really know what i was doing still I was doing it.

I painted the chipboard with alchemy paints- metallique steampunk copper, opal magic blue-gold, and metallique black berry.  I painted all the chipboard with opal magic blue-gold first then blended on copper and black berry in selected areas.  No rhyme or reason to where i added copper and black berry just painted.

I like how the purple turned out, which is weird i am not a purple person.  Not even sure why i bought purple lindy's spray but hey it works.

I like the contrast of white in the background from the gesso.

Have a great weekend ladies, maybe a gentleman or two.  My family and I are off to Smokey Lake Pumpkin festival in our new to us 1965 Ford Falcon. Below.  The husband is very excited, I figure this purchase is worth a couple scrapbook weekends without his moaning and groaning!!!

13 Arts Challenge- STEAMPUNK!!

That's right folks my favorite- Steampunk Challenge at 13 arts  Here is my take

LOvE this layout.  It was one of those scrapping moments, I tried the background 2 times then the 3rd time BANg it all worked.  Once i got the background the rest was easy.

I started with a pattern paper, that i painted with white gesso.  I like gesso over acrylic paint because it has a transparent effect which is what i was going for.  Next I used gel medium to adhere some old music paper, and tissue paper.  Once all that was dry i applied modeling paste through harlequin stencil.

Allow to dry.

Next i applied black gesso through a numbers/ industrial like stencil. Allow to dry.  Next apply color with Lindy's spray- treasure island, jazzy jivin purple, and van dyke sepia. First i spray some water onto the layout then add color with a paint brush, I like to add color puddles then move them around with the brush. By adding water before the color there are no harsh edges and can move the color around easier.  I don't spray on the color because i can't control where it goes. I also like to add a little splatter by tapping the brush loaded with color spray.

Close up of color puddling with a little splatter.  I like to add the color around harlequin texture.

Next the photo cluster, instead of matting the photo I wanted a more organic cluster.  I cut out butterfly wings and created a chipboard cluster with gears, and rib cage lightbulb.  I really love how this turned out, it was a little flat until I added texture cut from pattern paper and silhouette that tucked into and behind butterfly wings and photo.

I glued all the chipboard together then painted it using alchemy paints. I wanted to have an ombre effect. The alchemy paint worked fantastic gives them a metallic finish which i think is more steampunky.

Close up of paint job.

Now for a few of my favorite spots.

Rustic

The Mixed Media Monthly challenge is RUSTIC, when i heard rustic i think of country decor, vintage finds, rust, and distressed finishes.  Here is my creation.  I usually do i quick tutorial on the creation process but today i am lazy so just some pictures and close ups.

I kept all the colors soft with lots of inking for a distressed finish.  I used vintage photo, walnut distress ink and brown gelatos to add antiquing.

Lots of layering as usual with elements cut with my silhouette.  Loving the silhouette these days I design in Corel Draw then cut.  Works great i can use my chipboard designs and cut from paper.  Much easier for layering.

I used new chipboard pieces, door wreath, panel window, and inspiration words.  I was lucky enough to find a picture that worked with the panel window.

Added texture with modelling paste and color with Lindy's sprays for the background.  Again nice soft colors.


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Summer Sea & Nautical

Page layout for Mixed Media World- Summer Sea & Nautical.  I love Blue so that works, and I have chipboard sea shells then of course a steampunk twist and here you have it

I started with the chipboard and painted in soft colors, vanilla, turquoise, sage green and mauve pink.
Once the chipboard was painted and dry, I lightly sand and ink- gives it a nice distress grunge finish.
Lastly i sprayed with perfect pearl biscotti- this is my favorite adds pearl tint.  I have the liquid spray but if you have the powder just add with water in a mini mister, bingo pearl spray.  The gears i used stampendous aged bronze embossing powder- another one of my favorite things.  (Movie reference A few of my favorite things- Sound of Music)

Seashell chipboard
Compass Chipboard
Edges Chipboard

Next i created the layering elements- cut a bunch of textures, and banners with my silhouette.  Cut layering panels, distress and ink, finally stamped some manila tags, and ink.  Next create the background mixed turquoise paint with modelling paste, and press through a harlequin stencil.

Add color with Lindy's spray- treasure Island Aqua, maidenhair Fern Green, and Delphinium Turquoise.
I just add more and more color until happy.  I like to have the layout really wet, it blends better, and you don't get any hard edges.

I was impatience and didn't let the paint mixed with modelling paste fully dry so that blended in too.  At first i was grumpy but when i let it dry overnight i liked the element or maybe i just needed a break from staring at it.  The final touch was lightly adding some brown gelatos around edges, makes the harlequin pop.

Add all the layers

Off the clean the house... why oh why is there no magical fairy.  I often tell my husband i need a wife- someone who cooks and cleans so I would have the time to craft more.

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Lindy's Stamp Gang- August Caribbean Cruise

Hey 42 followers it has been a busy summer, like summer always is especially in Alberta Canada where we have a very limited summer so you got to make the most of it.  The summer started with my parents camping in my yard for 2 weeks, this helps tons since they watch Alex while i am working.  Then my sister's kids come visit for a few days to visit so it is a very full house. That last two weeks was my holidays and off to Grande Prairie I went, visiting with some family and to see a very old and dear friend who lives way to far away.  The trip was stalled by a visit to the ER when my son's foot looked like it was about to explode, yes I and showing you a pic.

Now my son tells me when he has a sliver, and a big poo why why would he not tell me his foot was really to explode.  Now i know you are thinking how did i not notice its summer he wears sandals- wrong he wears socks all summer sometimes topped off with rubber boots.  I would like to point it was my holidays and i was camping so i had too many drink and now my cousin has to drive us to the ER.  Good Times!

This is my first challenge in a month or more but here it is for Lindy's Stamg Gang  Augsut Challenge

The color challenge, I decided to use greens and blues from the challenge.

I have a thing with bumble bees lately, and i really wanted to use some of my paper clay with Prima molds.

 Lots of sparkle with the use of Lindy's fantastic sprays.

I layered chipboard, paper clay molds, paper mesh.  Loving layers lately lots and lots of layers

I started covering a tag with pattern paper then added texture with modeling paste mixed with art ingredients mica powder.  I started with the brown colored modeling paste, once dry I mixed modeling paste with alchemy opal magic blue gold and applied through another stencil.  Dry

I started adding color, Lindy's
Pirate's Plunder Gold
Maidenhair Fern Green
Treasure Island Aqua (my favorite)
Buccaneer Bay Blue

I apply on to tag with a paint brush, so i can puddle and pool.  The wetter the tag is the more the colors blend, sometimes i spray with water so it blends better.

Here is the finished color, the green along the top and brown/blue along the bottom.  I like to color the modeling paste since the color doesn't color the modeling paste.  The shimmer stays on the top but not the color, I don't like white modeling paste.

Now i guess i didn't need to color the modeling paste since i decided to paint the texture.  I wanted the texture to pop, used acrylic paint and a steady hand.

The Prima Molds are super fun, easy to make then once you add color POW! Liquid color is great since i settles into the grooves creates shadows.  I used the same lindy's spray as the coloring of tag, but a bright blue delphinium turquoise for the center.  Layer color on until you get the effect you want.  The final touch was dusting with mica powder.

I painted some chipboard vines, and honeycomb .
I painted with a combination of greens and turquoise using my distress paint dabber.  I like to use the dabber it blends nicely and I like the sponge applicator.  Once dry lightly sand, next  ink with vintage photo distress ink, the ink will settle into the sanded areas but not on the paint.  Gives it a nice distress look.

Layer it all together.  I cut circle mesh with my silhouette I love to tuck these pieces into the layer cluster, its my favorite thing right now.  Finished with a paper bumble bee I fuzzy cut.

Have a great week.  I am off camping again so not sure when i will be back.