Mixed Media World - Guest Designer - DecoArt Canvas

Hello Everyone!

I am really excited to be here today as the Guest Designer for a brand new mixed media blog called THE MIXED MEDIA WORLD! My friend Ingrid has started a new crafty journey and I am thrilled and honoured to be here to support her with her new venture.

For their first ever challenge they have chosen the theme ANYTHING GOES! This is an easy one ladies, so let's all head to our craft rooms and get messy with it!! For my mixed media project I decided to do my first mixed media canvas using some new DecoArt and Tim Holtz products. Hope you enjoy.

I have been dying to use my new Sizzix / Tim Holtz Mixed Media die set, and this was the perfect project for that. I have used the Latticework die from the set to add some texture on two of the corners and then I threw on some micro-beads and flat black pearls here and there to catch the ink dribbles.

I added this beautiful design below with the new Tim Holtz Flourish stencil and some texture paste. I hand dyed some cheesecloth using Tim Holtz paints Peeled Paint and Broken China.

The background was done with several layers of DecoArt Americana paints in Ebony, Titanium White, Irish Moss and Whispering Turquoise. I used the Weathered Wood Crackle medium to get these wonderful cracks in the paint. I changed my mind at the last minute about what green to use, so the wrong bottle is in the picture.

The bird is also Tim Holtz, from the Flights of Fancy stamp set. I stamped it with Ranger Archival ink Jet Black and then coloured it in with Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters.

The flowers were cut from Joy Crafts Flower 4. I painted them with DecoArt Irish Moss and Whispering Turquoise and then coated them with Crackle Medium. A little Titanium White DecoArt paint on top and then I dribbled Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters distress sprays all over the petals.

The feathers are from the new Tim Holtz Feather Duo set...LOVE THIS ONE!! I used the marbling technique with Peeled Paint and Broken China paints, embossed it, then highlighted the veins with Ebony DecoArt paint. I splashed it with Tim Holtz's new colour CRACKED PISTACHIO ink spray and a little Picket Fence.

I am entering my DecoArt Canvas into the following wonderful challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - B is For...(bird, beads, blue, black)
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Things That Fly
- That's Crafty Challenge Blog - Wings n' Things
- Artist Trading Post - Springtime!
- Take It or Make It - March - Anything Goes with Stamps

- Mixed Media Monthly - Challenge #10 - March - Birds of a Feather

- Country View Challenges - March Challenge - Anything Goes

- Inspiration Journal - Spring Blooms

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That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.

Frilly and Funkie - Saturday Step by Step - Going Green

Hello Everyone! It's time for another Saturday Step by Step over at FRILLY AND FUNKIE!

I have created this mostly green card using some of the fun new products that I purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I do hope you will pop on over and visit me there for lots more photos and a step by step tutorial on how I put this together!

I am entering my Just Because card into the following wonderful challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Things That Fly
- Simon Says Stamp Monday - B is for...(beads, bronze and Bundled Sage)

- Get Creative Challenges - #10 - Must Have Green
- Through The Craft Room Door - Mar 10-16

- Stamplorations - March Challenge - Stamps and Stencils
- Card Mania - #66 March Challenge - Spring
- Wendy Vecchi Make Art - March Challenge - Stencils
(Stencils - Tim Holtz Latticework and Rays. Wendy products - Crackle Paste and Potting Soil ink)

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.

Frilly and Funkie - Bring on the Bling!

Hello Everyone!

It's time for another wonderful challenge over at Frilly and Funkie! This time Jenny is our lovely hostess and she has chosen the theme BRING ON THE BLING. Be it diamonds, pearls or even glitter we need to see some sparkle on your projects. Don't forget, one lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Linda's shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique! Here is my take on the bling.

My shabby roses are cut from Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Florals, coloured with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain, Coated with Glue N Seal and Rock Candy distress glitter. The butterflies are stamped with Tim Holtz French Flight using Ranger Wendy Vecchi Potting Soil and then I coloured them with distress markers Broken China and Salty Ocean.

The beads are pulled off a Spellbinders Rosary chain set and coloured with Alcohol ink Stream. The Tim Holtz Mirrored Stars were also coloured with Stream. The pretty pearl button is coated with Rock Candy distress glitter.

The shabby stamped layers include Tim Holtz Distress Damask, Stampers Anonymous Classics #19 and Tim Holtz Papillon. All were stamped with Ranger Potting Soil ink.

The wonderful bling in the center is a Tim Holtz Gumdrop and it is coloured with Ranger Alcohol ink Stream and centered on a wonderful large filigree flourish.

All of the layers were treated with a combination of Picket Fence Paint, Salty Ocean, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain inks, Antique Linen ink and Salty Ocean and Picket Fence distress ink sprays. The seam binding was coloured with Salty Ocean and Frayed Burlap distress inks.

I am entering the following wonderful challenges:

- Polkadoodles Challenge - Week 9 - Ribbon and Lace

- Fussy and Fancy - Challenge #134 - Ribbon and Lace

- Really Reasonable Ribbon - Challenge #113 - Flowers and Ribbon
- 613 Avenue Create - Challenge 114 - Anything Goes with a Twist / Use Aquamarine
- Fashionable Stamping - Challenge #93 - Springtime
- Creative Craft Cottage - Challenge #35 - Not Quite Straight
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - B is for...(blue, beads, butterflies and bling)

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All of the following products that I used can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique


That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. I read and appreciate every single one! If you have any questions, please let me know.