Believe (Mixed Media Project)

My project "Believe" created for the August Challenge over at the Mixed Media Place blog.

Maybe it's the fact that I feel like summer is never going to end where I live, but the second and third photo on the top row of the Mixed Media Place mood board, at first glance, looked like ice on the foliage. I'm not exactly a person who likes being cold, and I live in a southern state, but I've had it with summer this year! It's the middle of September and we are still hitting the mid-90s! Which, according to the weather last night, is a full ten degrees above average! Too, too much I tell ya!

Beside the thought of ice, I really loved the colors in general on the mood board! It's filled with most of my favorites! But once I had blue + white + ICE!! on my mind, I had to go with it! Below the mood board you will find a process video, some more photos, and a full product list.

Process Video:

Close-up Photos:

Products

• AB Studio
• Chipboard Background 30x30 (centimeters) ID-4
• Creative Embellishments
• Holly and Berry Flourish
• Shimmerz
• Vibez
• Frost Bite
• Snow Way Man
• DecoArt
• Weathered Wood
• Crackle Medium
• Ranger
• Tim Holtz
• Distress Crackle Paint
• Clear Rock Candy
• Distress Glitter
• Clear Rock Candy
• Embossing Powder
• Blue
• Snowflake Tinsel
• Simon Says Stamp
• Embossing and Watermark Ink
• Clear
• Krylon
• Workable Fixatif
• Liquitex
• Gloss Gel
• Unknown
• All the artificial foliage. I bought it at JoAnn's ... last year.

Let It Snow!

I came up with this project using the mood board over at Creative Embellishments January Challenge!

I just went through my supplies with winter and snowflakes on my mind, and hoped for the best! LOL!!

For the background I glued down some ReneaBouquet Beautiful Board - Beautiful Bits - Snowflakes & a Beautiful Board Snowflake Accent, then coated it all in Prima Royal Blue & Powder Blue Rust Effect Pastes. For the white paste I first put down some TCW Modeling Paste, then I topped it with more TCW Modeling Paste mixed with some Prima Paper Texture Paste + 13 @rts White Ayeeda Ink + some 13 @rts Magic Power. (All because I didn't have a white grit paste like I thought I did!)

I received the chipboard clock in a swap back in July 2018, I just coated it in "Rustic Brown" Prima Metallique paint and the pearls in a PocketLetter swap in January 2018.

The feathers are from Creative Embellishments, coated in gesso and "White Pearl" Prima Metallique Paint.

The dark blue flower is a Prima flower, and the white flowers are Tim Holtz. The light blue flowers, the butterfly, and the Chunky Glitter Glass are all from ReneaBouquet!

Deer Winter

Deer Winter!

Recently I have been getting an urge to branch out and try my hand at Mixed Media canvas work. When I came across the deer at the 99¢ store I knew I had found what to try and work around! Plus, it went well with the December Challenge over at Creative Embellishments that had already put the idea of doing some winter work in my mind!

Unfortunately I had already started, and almost completed this project before I bought my webcam, so there is no video of my process...which spanned over multiple days! But I did take a lot of close up photos for a better look!

I used Amazing Cast Resin with the Prima Large Flourish Mould them more Amazing Cast Resin to "glue" the flourishes, Tim Holtz Wood Slices, and canvas together.

Products Used:

• ReneaBouquet 
• BB Shabby Snowflakes
• Diamond Chunky Glitter Glass
• Double Side Printed Watercolor Mid Winter's Dream Butterflies
• Magical Miniatures Mid Winter's Dream Double Side Printed Butterflies
• Shimmerz
• Dazzlerz
• Foiled Again
• Paint
• Anchors Away
• Tim Holtz
• Distress Glitter
• Clear Rock Candy
• Distress Crackle Paint
• Clear Rock Candy
• Flourish Stencil
• Wood Slices
• Prima
• Texture Paste
• White Crackle
• Antique Silver Crackle
• Color Bloom
• Summer Sky
• Mould
• Large Fleurish
• Amazing Cast Resin
• Dylusions
• Ink Spray
• London Blue
• Echo Park Paper Co.
• Woodgrain Stencil
• Fabri-Tac
• Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze
• Ranger Glossy Accents
• US Art Supply Canvas (8x10)
• Unknown/Unbranded
• Lace came in with a Pocket Letter
• Blue Glass Beads
• I came across the deer in the Christmas Ornament section of the 99¢ store, and I am a sucker for shiny, blue objects!
  
  
  
  

peace & joy

peace & joy Christmas card

A Christmas card I made specifically for my best friend! She has a "thing" for moose. Her Great Dane is named Moose, she has about six pieces of moose art in her home, a moose hook in her kitchen ... you get the idea! She LOVES moose!!

**The moose cut and the font (Aubrey) are from the Silhouette Store!**




Product List:

• ReneaBouquet: 
• Silver Glass Microbeads 
• the burgundy poinsettias & rosebuds 
• Ranger 
• "Emboss It" Pen
• Glossy Accents
• Tim Holtz 
• Grit-Paste
• Distress Glitter: Clear Rock Candy
• Distress Oxide: Candied Apple
• Distress Paint: Candied Apple
• Paper Distresser
• WOW Embossing Powder 
• Cloud 9 
• Poppy 
• Small Blooming Poinsettia (die) 
• Simon Says Stamp 
• the cream card stock for the card base & poinsettias 
• Me & My Big Ideas 
• Red & white flourish paper 
• Silhouette
• Cameo
• Curio
• Sizzix
• Big Shot Plus
• Unknown 
• the glitter for the moose (it was in a little baggy, I don't know where it came from!) 
• the burgundy card stock 
• the red seed beads 
• Mod Podge 
• Acrylic sealer (it's how I keep the glitter from falling off after it's all said & done! Just a quick coat on top!)

colder weather

colder weather layout! (the shards along the edges of the torn paper behind the photo are Silver Glitter Shard Glass by ReneaBouquets, but I took the photo with no flash so there wouldn't be glare off the shards or the metallic words at the top!)

Over at scrapbook.com, Amanda (scrapanda) hosts the Music Inspiration Challenge! For September I was given the song "Colder Weather" by the Zac Brown Band (lyrics link; video link), and this is what I came up with!

Way back when... (bet. 2002-2007) I lived in Michigan. This is a photo looking out our back door towards the dilapidated old barn that was on the property. I love the snow. I miss the snow. I don't necessarily miss being cold 😄, but I have always found snow to be beautiful.




In addition to the Music Inspiration Challenge, I am also entering this in the October 1st, Stuck?! Sketches Challenge, using the following sketch as inspiration!

As you can see, I rotated the sketch 90°, and instead of rings and splatters, I used snowflakes from two Simon Says Stamps sets, "Frozen Fractals" and "Swell Christmas."

October 1st Stuck?! Sketches Challenge.

Product List:

• ReneaBouquets Silver (Shard) Glitter Glass - (this is the 1st time I've ever used it ... had to see how it worked and all! I already have other projects lined up now [in my head] and I know I have found a new product to LOVE!)
• Simon Says Stamp - "Frozen Fractals" and "Swell Christmas" stamp sets
• Shimmerz AcriTonez: "3 Sheets to the Wind"
• Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Stain, & Spray Stain - Wilted Violet; Nib Water Brush; Distress Collage Brush; Advantus Word Keys; Mini Snips.
• Bo Bunny - Altitude Collection - Christmas - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Blizzard & Noteworthy Journaling Cards; Sweet Life Collection - Chipboard Stickers
• Ranger Glossy Accents
• Prima - Finnabair: Snowflake Paste; 3D Gloss Gel; Metallique Wax - Old Silver & Brushed Iron, Opal Magic Wax - Royal Robes
• Silhouette Cameo: The font for "weather" is "Cotton Candy" from the Silhouette Store 
• Pink Paislee - Merry and Bright Collection - Christmas - Foil Stickers - Word Strips
• We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile and Case - Pink - Includes Crop-A-Dile, Case and 100 Eyelets
• EK Success - Sticko Alphas Stickers - Foam - Large - White
• The lace under the photo and the ribbon on the key were both part of the "goodies" I received from Donna (bonprof) with my September PocketLetter from her! (Neither of them was originally purple, but with a little help from some Distress Stains, all of us got to turn purple! LOL)
• The snowflake cuts I've had for quite a while. They came as a "subscriber bonus" with a Birds of a Feather Kit...and those kits haven't been released since Feb. 2016!
• The clear gem...teardrop...bling also came from a Birds of a Feather Kit, I think circa Aug. 2014.
• 'generic' white acrylic paint
• white gesso