And last but not least…my Mixed Media for Memory Keeping class. I really, really, really enjoyed this class. Natalie De Souza is the best! I love mixed to begin with, but Nat just really makes you enjoy it even more. Her style is more of a cleaner mixed media when you compare her to people like Diane Wakely and Tim Holtz. Natalie does get “inky” as we call it, but her style is bright and homey. She imparts so many tips and tricks during the class. So, let’s jump into it. My inspiration was my K-Pop idol bias SUGA of BTS (Bangtan Sanyeondan) translation: Bullet Proof Boy Scouts. SUGA is aka Min Yoongi, AgustD, and lil’ Meow Meow. Can you tell I am lovin’ me some SUGA?! Okay, I’m focused now… I used the layout Natalie created because it was perfect for my subject. SUGA loves and cannot live without his coffee.
I changed a few things to fit my subject for my page. SUGA also loves and writes music. So, for my background I embossed sheet
music. His favorite colour is white, so
I wanted to keep the overall page as light as possible. I added the coffee rings using a mini Coke
can bottom and the Altenew Coffee with A Splash stamp set. His favorite coffee is Iced Americano (sadly for him, he has had to switch to decaf recently).
To create the Iced Americano and the Decaf, I used the insert packaging
from a Tim Holtz stencil. In the class
Natalie mentions some kind of transparency she uses to make some of the drips
on her page. I used that same Tim Holtz
packing (the outer packing-clear bag) to create some of the drips on my page. I do not journal on my pages, but I wanted to
incorporate his name somewhere. I had
quite a bit of white space left over, so I ink blended some colours to match
the blending under the stencil and cut out his name “SUGA” in Hangul. I also loved the idea of using vellum behind
some of your photos. his was a fun
project. I planned to do a hole lot more
of the clean mixed media.
Well, that is it for my ACEP level III submissions. I hope you enjoyed my little journey and that myself and Altenew were able to inspire you in some way. I hope also to share some exciting news about the Altenew’s Educator Certification Program soon, so pray for me, stay safe, and stay tuned. Until next time...
Joyce
