Turn an old box into Mixed Media Art!

Hi there everyone!

I'm up on the Limor Webber Designs Blog today! 

Here's a Mixed Media Box I decorated out of a Levis belt box. I just love how you can use things in your home that you'd normally throw away and turn it into art!

The Sentiment is From Jamie Dougherty's Bloom Girl Anneli. 

I really love all of the textures on this box. In the video below you can learn how I layer all of these elements. Sometimes Mixed Media can be a little intimidating when you see a busy project and don't know where to begin or what to do first, such as painting or stamping adding texture paste, etc. 

Here's a video tutorial of me creating this little box and all the different stages and textures you build upon. I hope you enjoy the video and are inspired to create your own Mixed Media art!

Enjoy!

Supplies

Faber Castell Gesso

Gelatos Bubble Gum, Pistachio, Tangerine, 

Black Licorice

Limor Webber Designs “Rugged Edge” Stamp

” Ink Splat Butterfly” Limor Webber Designs 

Stamps by Indigoblu

Lindy’s Stamp Gang “TRES CHIC” Set by: 

Limor Webber Designs

Faber Castell Whipped Spackle

Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter

Finnabair Glass Glitter Gold Rush

Limor Webber Mixed Media Card!

Hello Everyone, Today I have a pretty simple card to show you. It's a mixed media type card. I really love the way it turned out. It was simple and yet so many different textures and elements. Really a fun card!

I love all of the height and dimension from the stickers and the flowers.. leaving a small shadow on the colorful splatter under them. 

If you ever want to add a little height and weight to your card all you need to do is glue a square of cardstock under the first layer. It adds dimension and gives your card sturdiness.  

Enjoy the video!

Supplies
“Splattered Heart” Limor 
Webber Designs Stamps 
by Indigoblu

 Faber Castle Gelatos
Bubble Gum, Black 
Licorice, Chocolate, 
Banana

Art Ingredience 
Glass Glitter Gold Rush

Coffee Break 
Stickers and Flowers

Limor Webber Signatura
Range  A5 Rugged Edge
by Indigoblu

Tim Holtz
Rub Ons

Turtle Canvas for Limor Webber DT!

IT's my turn to post over on the Limor Webber Designs Blog.

Today I have a canvas to share I just love turtles and I thought it would be cute to make a mixed media turtle canvas.. so I did. I just love the way the grass came out, the colors, textures and dimension... it looks so cool in person. 

Here's a video on my project, from start to finish. I hope you like it. 

Supplies
Faber-Castell Gesso
Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle
Faber-Castell Gel Medium
Faber-Castell Gelatos
Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays
Indigo Blu Limor Webber Butterfly Splatter Stamp
Indigo Blu Limor Webber Signatura Range A5 Rugged Edge
Prima Bubble Stencil

Merry Christmas Eve!

 

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve.

We are having Christmas at my house this year and I'm really excited about it.

 

Yesterday I cleaned.

Today I'm going to be setting up the tables.

 Right now Ralph's making me breakfast. :)

 Kids are barely getting up.. well the teenage boy isn't.

 



Today I'm off and I will have to get up and be at work in the morning at 5am. I hope this will be the last year I have to work on Christmas. That's what I want for Christmas!

Good things are happening in 2015! I can feel it.

Here's an ornament I made using the Julie Nutting wooden ornaments. I painted it with acrylic paints and embossed in gold and used crackle accents a the new Prima Finnabair glitter. I really LOVE the way it came out. The photos really doesn't do it justice.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Challenges
Prima Picks - Color combo
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Tic Tac Toe - Ribbon, Glitter, Bow



Supplies -

Prima Etched Wood Ornament - Angel
Prima Art Ingredients - Glitter Set - Luminous
Prima Art Basics - Heavy Gesso - White
Prima Metal Trinkets - Lifetime
Molding Paste
Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter
Acrylic Paint
Crackle Accents
Tim Holts Distress ink pads

 



Snowman Mixed Media Canvas!

 

 Hello Everyone!

 I have a Mixed Media Canvas to share with you for Limor Webber's Design Team. I have taken some bits and pieces of paper and created my own adorable snowman. I've added some fun mixed media elements to give texture and shine and pops of color. I absolutely adore the way this piece has come out.

I hope you enjoy my photos and videos.

Happy Holidays!

 

Supplies

 

Faber-Castell Gesso

Faber-Castell Gelatos
Faber-Castell Gel Medium

Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle

Acrylic Paint

Irrisistible Texture Spray

Art Grip Aquarelles Pencils

Metallic Acrylic Paint



Bloom Girl Sharon Mixed Media Notebook!

Hello crafty friends, It's my turn to post on the Bloom Girl DT Blog!

I have an altered notebook to share with you. I will be completely honest. About 20 min into this project I was like ok, I'm done... this looks HORRIBLE! I almost turned off the camera. Then I was like you know what.. let's go with it.. I can always delete the video and start over.. I might as well try some new ideas and techniques. So I did and I'm so glad I did, too!

 

 

Here's my notebook I came up with.


 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.. I hope you will check out how I created this in my video below,

 

 

 

 



 

Products Used

Prima Marketing's Bloom Girl Sharon Stamp
Faber-Castell's Gesso, Water Color Pencils, Gelatos, whipped spackle and markers
Tim Holts Tissue Paper and Quote Stamp



Create your own December Daily!

 Hi there everyone. It's time for my post on the Limor Webber Blog!

 

I decided to make my own December Daily. I love the way it came out. I just plan on typing out my daily dos and layering them on the page. Simple but it will get done this year!  Here's some photos and there's a video below. Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 

I also took the little mini files that come with the card boxes from Michaels and added them as pages, just for another type of element to the pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the video I hope you enjoy it.

Have a fantastic day!

 

 

Supplies



Prima Chalk Board Paint Sea Breeze

Prima Marketing Mica Flakes
Lindy's stamp Gang Tres Chic Sprays

Faber-Castell White Gesso

Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter

Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle

Black and Aqua Dulce Gelato

Prima Say it in crystal circles

 

 

 

Mixed Media Christmas Tree Card!

 

Hello there my lovely crafty peeps!

 

Today my design team post is up over on the super talented Limor Webber's Blog.

I have made a fun Christmas Mixed Media Card. Check out the Limor Webber Designs Blog for more photos I also have a video up. So go check it out!

 

Have a wonderful day!



 



Guest Designer Post at Faber-Castell!!

 Hey there crafty peeps!

I'm up on the Faber-Castell Blog today-Design Memory Craft.

 

Come check out how I made this super adorable card!!

 

 

 

I'm using Lili of the Valley's new image 'Winter Walk'

Design Memory Craft® Products

Acqua Dolce, Lavendar, Licorice and Earl Grey Gelatos®.

White Gesso

Glass Bead Glitter Gel

Whipped Spackle

Deluxe Water Brush

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mindy Baxter

 

Mixed Media Card Class at This n That!

Hi everyone!

I have gotten a tiny bit behind on posting and well everything since my trip to Puerto Rico.
I hope after this weekend I'll be caught up. Since coming back I have had only 2 days (in 2 weeks) and trying to prepare for 3 local classes, it was my sons Birthday and we had a surprise party oh yeah and Halloween! So it's been a little hectic. I will bounce back. Promise!

Here's a card using a Julie Nutting Stamp that I made for my Class at This n That. That class is THIS Wednesday and it's just about full! So it will be a lot of fun. I can't wait to see my regular girlies and some new faces, too! This class we going to be coloring using Copics and also creating this gorgeous Mixed Media background. The photo really doesn't do it justice!

I'll be posting some photos from my trip soon, too.


 Craft Your Passion - Bright and Sparkly
Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
Without Words - Christmas Prep
The Ribbon Girls - Christmas Card
Copic Marker Spain - Anything Goes
 

 



Limor Webber Designs Mixed Media Layout!

Hey Everyone!

 

It's time for my next DT post over on the Limor Webber Designs blog!

 

I hope you will come check out my tutorial.

 



Bloom Girl and Westcott Blog Hop!

 

 

We are SO excited to present you a STRONG and BLOOMING collaboration between the Bloom Girl line by Jamie Dougherty and Westcott! All the designers have been playing with amazing products from Westcott and we were thrilled to base our projects on the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign that is always held during October.

 

To celebrate this awesome opportunity, both Jamie and Westcott are doing giveaways* to one lucky winner. Nice, right?! To enter the giveaways, you must comment on each blog listed below and make sure to thank our dear Jamie on the Bloom Girls Creative group on Facebook and Westcott on their Facebook page. You can find their products HERE on the Prima website and HERE on the Westcott
one.

*The Westcott giveaway is open to US residents only from Oct. 17th 2014 10am PT to Oct. 20th 2014 12am PT. The Bloom Girl giveaway is open worldwide from Oct. 17th 2014 10am PT to Oct. 20th 2014 12am PT.


Bloom Girl Design Team Blog
Jamie Dougherty
Janine Koczwara
Jeannie DeGruccio
Lisa Adametz
Louise Nelson
Mindy Baxter
Stéphanie Beauchemin
Westcott Blog

Now let's get inspired and start hoppin'

Here's my project. I used 3 of my favorite Bloom Girl Stamps, Summer, Gardenia and Jing. I stamped them on kraft cardstock and then I used my Faber-Castell Water Colored Pencils for the pops of pink in the stamped flowers. I really love the way this came out. I had seen a collage of inspirational words on a canvas and I loved the way it looked so I sort of interpreted that in my own way with this card. Then I stamped a matching candle. Such a cute little gift set, don't you think?

 

I hope you enjoy our hop! Good Luck with the give-a-way!

 

 

Limor Webber Designs FIRST DT post!

 

Hello everyone!!

Today is a very exciting day! It's my first post on Limor Webber's Design Team! I couldn't be more happier to be apart of this! :o)

 

I decided to make a canvas for my first project. I took the colors out of my daughters' comforters and then matched them to my Gelatos®.

 

First I laid a coat of white Gesso, then I created a rainbow using my Gelatos®  and at first it was very bold and the color was a little too bold compared to my girls' room. So I added more water and blotted the canvas until it lightened. Once it was dry I took my Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Black Licorice and went around the entire canvas, I used my finger and pulled some of the black into the rainbow in the same direction. I used the Prima “Bubbles” Stencil  and added bubbles with some molding paste. I shaved off some of all of the Gelatos® and added just a little bit of water over each of the shavings. Then I used my heat tool over them and it was such a cool effect! It bubbled and expanded and left some great texture to the canvas!

 

 

 I added my quote in some sticker letters and then decided to add some Tim Holtz Rub Ons, Crystal Circles. Then I got out this amazing stamp, IndigoBlu Bubbles Background and stamped all around the canvas and also on the wooden butterflies. I was just about finished and I wanted my bubbles to pop out a little more so I took my Water-colored pencils and traced some of the larger bubbles to define them a little.

 

 

 

One more thing I just HAD to add -- Glass Bead Glitter Gel.. just a little on the bubbles!

 

 

 

 

I really LOVE this and so do my girls. I hope you all like it!

Have a wonderful day!

 

Supply List
Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Gesso

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Bubble Gum

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Gold Champagne

Gelatos® Double Scoop® Color – Green Tea

Gelatos Designer Colors – 50′s Diner

Prima “Bubbles” Stencil Elementals

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs “Botanical”

Say it in Crystals Clear Circles

Glass Bead Glitter Gel – Faber Castell Design Memory Craft 

 



Lili of the Valley and Gelatos PLUS a Tutorial!

 

Hi there all my crafty blog peeps!

 

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. I got home a little early from work and was able to sit and play a little. I'm trying to get some new ideas going for my classes and try to expand my little creative mind a little...It sure is nice to explore all of these new craft items I'm not used to. I'm like a little kid in candy store..

 I sure do love these Gelatos® by Faber-Castell. I decided to do a little 'How To' for you all.

So, I hope you enjoy it!

 

I took my Lili of the Valley Grunge Elements Stamps. and stamped a few of them randomly all over my 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 white cardstock with some versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.



 

Then I took my Faber-Castell Gelatos® and scribbled the Pistachio Gelatos® over where the leaves are.Then, I scribbled the Butter Cream Gelatos® over the flowers. along the edges and around the butterflies I scribbled Acqua Dolce Gelatos®.

I dabbed a little water on my finger and in a circular motion I spread the Acqua Dolce color around the butterflies, first. Then I wiped off my finger and again dabbed in water and smudged the Pistachio color. Last, I did the Butter cream. With the remaining coloring left on my finger from the Butter Cream, I added a little color around the butterflies.

 



 

 Wait a few minutes for it to dry and then wipe the embossed area with a paper towel. This will remove the color leaving the white outline. a stunning effect, LOVE it!!

 

 

 Then I took some Whipped Spackle and added some to the center and around the embossed butterflies. Then I took my little poker pen and made some swirls in the Whipped Spackle.

 

 

I decided I wanted to break up the pattern a little so I cut this into 4 squares and put a white mat behind each piece. I also added some faux stitching around each square.

 

After applying then to my card base with the foam dots I decided to take some Glass Bead Glitter Gel and mix some of the Acqua Dolce Gelatos® into it making this gorgeous color that you will just love! I then added this to the corners of my card.

 

 

I used my Spellbinders Dies and my Lili of the Valley Quotables for the sentiment. I added some of my Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, ribbon and lace... and voila!