In My Heart - A Mixed Media Project

 

Today, I’d like to share the project that I made with the November Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie: a frame with layers and layers of mediums featuring a photo I love: that’s my Aunt Bernie holding a very young “me” in the summer of 1947.

Even with the layers, this was a quick project, as all of the mediums dried fairly quickly. I began by assembling the frame and gluing it down with Art Glitter Glue. Once it was set, I primed the entire surface with white gesso. Next, I applied a thin coat of crackle medium (from an older kit) here and there – just enough to add some “see-through” texture. Still using a paint brush, I began to apply the Texture Paste that came in the kit, beginning with the Burnt Sienna, then the Royal Blue and finishing with the Lavender here and there. I allowed it to dry completely, then rubbed it in spots with sandpaper before using my finger to apply the Matte Wax, again just here and there. I finished by watering down a bit of the Lavender paste and lightly going over the surface with a fan brush.

I glued my photo to a piece of chipboard before attaching it to the baking piece and glued it down. I added that gorgeous Prima vine and Quote Chip (inked around the edges) from my stash and called it “done”

A few closeups:

 

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 *****Supplies*****

 ***Très Jolie Mixed Media Kit***

Tres Jolie – Wooden Frame

Prima – Surfboard Collection – Flower Embellishments – Longboard #647155

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Matte Wax Paste – Old White #967857

Prima – Finnabair – Art Extravagance – Texture Fantasy – Patina Paste – Junkyard Treasures #966010

Burnt Sienna

Lavender

Royal Blue

 ***Other***

Advantus – Tim Holtz – Idea-Ology – Quote Chips #TH93563

Golden – White Gesso

Plaid Enterprises – Folk Art – Crackle Medium #694

Ranger – Distress Ink Pad – Archival Ink – Picked Raspberry

Beacon – Fabri-Tac

Art Institute – Glitter Glue

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The August 2021 Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie is crammed with papers and cut-aparts from Craft O’Clock’s Hello Beauty collection, flowers from Prima, a jar of embossing powder from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and a gorgeous chipboard border. To add to that, this month’s Mood Board is full of pinks and greens and touches of lace and Summer; I decided that this was a perfect match for a photo of my granddaughter taken eight years ago. Here is my layout:

 And here is the Mood Board that inspired it:

I started with the chipboard piece, priming it with white gesso, then treating it with the embossing powder.

I selected sheet #3 from the paper pack; I love the stripes and the frame in the center. The photo was famed and matted with a couple of pieces from 49 and Market, with pieces of packaging in between to give it some dimension. I added a few scraps, trimmed to tag shapes and inked, behind this and glued it all down.

Time to embellish: First, I cut the embossed border in half and arranged it on the bottom corner of the photo to create a pair of flourishes. Next, I selected some of the flowers that came in the kit and arranged them in a cluster. One of the resin cameo pieces was treated with the embossing powder and placed under the photo. I filled in the gaps around the flowers with lace from my stash and added a butterfly from the Cards Kit.

I chose a sticker from a Tim Holtz sticker pad for the title and finished my page by splattering it here and there with watered-down gesso.

A few closeups:

 

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*****Supplies*****

 

***Très Jolie August 2021 Kit***

Craft O’Clock – Hello Beauty Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Sheet 3 #CC-HB-34-03

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Border 2

Prima – Magic Love Collection – Flower Embellishments – Magical Love #652777

Prima – Nature Lover Collection – Flower Embellishments – Forest Walk #652975

Melissa Frances – Resin Embellishments – Cameo #CX891

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder – Desert Moon Turquoise

 

***Other***

Paper Heaven – Rose Wine Collection – Cutout Sheets

49 and Market – Vintage Artistry Collection – Sky – Stitched Frames #VAC-32105

Tim Holtz – Idea-Ology – Small Talk Stickers #TH93193

Venise Lace Flower Applique

 

***Mediums***

Golden – Gesso

Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Mini – Walnut Stain

ZIG – Wink of Stella – Glitter Brush Marker – Clear #F20-999

 

 

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