Creative Moments With Sandy: Mixed Media

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Steampunk Mixed Media Canvas

For my Globecraft Piccolo project today, I have my second try at a mixed media canvas. I began with the wonderful Mini Steampunk Airship Kit. Using Vintage Black, Vintage Copper and Vintage Gold Piccolo Enamel, I heat embossed the various pieces of the ship. I only wanted to use 1/2 of the airship for my project as I wanted one side to be flat for adhering to my canvas. I added a couple of extra gears for more dimension inside the globe. And I added a Steampunk Airship Accent to the nose of my ship. I set that aside.

Next I went to work on my 9 x 12 inch canvas. I used a huge amount of Piccolo's on this canvas. It was great fun to mix them up and layer them. I am not sure I can list them all but will try at the end of this post. I started with the two bubble backgrounds. I added three mesh borders from Cheery Lynn Designs and then just filled in all the other spots. The bottle cap, flowers and clothespin are the only other items that are not Piccolos.

I used my Copic airbrush to add color. I did not have any shimmer paints in the colors I wanted. I did add some shimmer mist over the background when I was done coloring to add a bit of sparkle. The last step was to add my Airship and I found out that I had not chosen wisely with my embossing powders. But I took my Copic marker that I used to airbrush the copper color and colored over the embossing powder on the frame of the ship so it now matches.

Piccolo's used:

A2 Bubble Background

ATC Bubble Background

Vintage Gears Large 2

Small Gears Accents

Vintage Clock Accents

Vintage Cross Accents

Vintage Gears

Mini Keys 1.5" Charms

Star Charms

Vintage Lock and Keys

Filigree Heart Accents

Vintage Flourish Charm

Cheery Lynn Designs

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Mixed Media with Cheery Lynn Designs dies

For my Cheery Lynn Designs project today, I stepped way out of my comfort zone and tried a mixed media piece. Now anyone that knows me well, knows how anal I am and how hard it is for me to do artsy stuff. I began with an 8x10 canvas sealing it with a coat of Gesso. Using lightweight chipboard I cut out a huge amount of dies and then mixed and matched until I found something I liked.

I began with the word "create" die cut with my Lace Scrip Lower Case dies. Below that I added a Burlap border and further down a Gears Mesh Border. Along the left edge I added a Tiny Bubbles Mesh Border. I added another coat of Gesso.

Next I added some chain pieces cut from a Chain Mesh Border, a Clock and a Shuttered Window. And, yes another coat of Gesso.

I continued to add dies, Quills above the window, a Gear above that. I cut a Dreamcatcher in half and put it along the top and on the right side. I used a Sentiment frame behind the bottle cap and another on the upper right behind the metal snap. Below "create" I added Anastasia border (this I cut from card stock as it is such an intricate die) The last piece was half of the center of a Rum Punch Doily. I added some beads to the bottle cap and then coated everything with Gesso.

Using Dylusions spray inks, I added color. I also added some Glimmer Mist so it has a lovely shine. This was hard for me as the anal side really wants to control where the color goes, lol. But I tried to be brave and let the color do it's thing. The last step was my flowers and leaves.

I decided to try cutting the flowers out of metal. I have some soft aluminum, .005 thick 36 gauge. They cut beautifully. And I am loving these flowers. They were so easy to mold and stack. I decided not to color them, I liked the look of the silver. I just added a bit of color to the tips of the petals with my Copic markers. You can see the flower dies I used below. I am happy with the way my canvas turned out and I had fun making it. It took me about 7 hours to complete this project.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Lowercase Lace Script

Shuttered Window w/Flower Box