Art It Friday–Show Your Face

I am late posting this week to the fantastic community share the lovely Kim Dellow hosts on her blog which she calls Art it Friday – Show Your Face.

My faces this week are from late April 2015. I haven’t managed to draw anything from May 1st due to life getting in the way and house repairs going on. This will definitely be remedied very soon…

This is the largest face i have ever drawn, it is A3 size on print paper and using pastels that were available on the night. I visited an open evening at my Friends studio, Creative Art Courses, a few people had a draw, this is mine lol.

This is Ergo, she was hand drawn then photographed and digitally altered using an App called Pixlr-O-Matic. Added writing around her wings and in her hair.

Meet Serenna or She Found Her Wings. This is another hand drawn Angel, photographed and altered using the Pixlr-O-Matic App.

Enjoyed drawing her hair and adding the words to her.

Raindrops is the name for this original. Very original you might add lol.

Tried to draw an umbrella but as you can see it doesn’t look anything like one. Like her polka dot dress and the writing.

This is Doris, like her just as she is.

Finally meet Crystal. I find i enjoy adding words to my faces, hope you try this too.

I hope you will use one of your face drawings as inspiration to come along and join in with my new Challenge Blog called Old, New and digital Too. hope to see you there.

Thank you for dropping by, looking forward to your lovely comments.

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Challenge 3 MMW - Vintage

Hi Everyone and welcome to our 3rd challenge at Mixed Media World.

This time the theme has been chosen by our Lovely Deborah Wainwright and she has chosen:

VINTAGE

Our sponsor for this challenge is Glitzcraft.

 

The prize is a £15 voucher to spend in their online store.

I must apologise for the pictures in my post, i have been poorly for the last couple of days with food poisoning and haven’t felt up to doing much.  The light has been dreadful today so the true colours of my project are not really shown.

Also i finished my project before taking any pictures which is really bad of me, as i usually take them as i go along.

I chose to make a Vintage message and key holder, a place to leave your bits and bobs when you come into the house instead of losing them.

Started off by folding an old book (Bibliogami), there were so many pages that it automatically made a round shape.

The glass half marbles (from stash) have all been stuck onto book pages, cut out and then adhered onto the top of the holder. Each one has a specific word highlighted.

Took two old CD roms and painted them with DecoArt Chalky paint in Relic. Added a layer of script stamping then a layer of DecoArt Quinacridone Gold from their Media Range then sealed it using DecoArt Decou-Page Matt Glue/Sealer.

Added washers from stash onto both sides of the CD’s, stuck these with the Decou-Page glue, allowed to dry then glued the book pages between the CD’s.

Made one of the larger Eileen Hull Scoreboard 3 cube dies to house the keys.

Cut out the larger cube then embossed all the pieces using one of the 8 x 8 Crafters Companion Embossing folders.

Covered the inside with map Decoupatch papers from The Range using the DecoArt Matt Decou-Page Glue.

Next i added a number of the Distress Inks to the outside using make up sponges. Think i used Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Dusty Concord.

Mixed a little of the Dioxzine Purple Media Paint with DecoArt Crackle Paste, spread this through the Andy Skinner Stencil called Industrial and applied to all sides of the cube apart from the base.

Tried the DecoArt Sand Texture Paste for the first time, it is fantastic and has a great texture. Added a layer of Quinacridone Gold and Paynes Grey Media Line paints before adding a layer of DecoArt Carbon Black Antiquing Cream. Rubbed this right back as i wanted a hint of colour to age the purple stencilled words.

Hope you can see both the crackle and the sand paste textures, i added some DecoArt Metallic Lustres in Champagne Ice and Majestic Purple to add a little shimmer.

For the mini clipboards i used a Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz die called ATC and Corners. Cut out both the card and then used one of the Vintage papers from our other sponsor The Old Vintage Shop on Etsy. I posted how i made this paper here.

The mini clipboard shape is a movers and shapers die from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.

These have been stamped with the days of the week using a small alphabet set from The Range and a Sepia Versafine Ink Pad.

The mini clipboard shapes have been coloured using Carbon Black, Red and Shimmer Turquoise DecoArt Misters. When dry i added a layer of the Decou-Page glue to seal the colours then added a layer of Quinacridone Gold Media paint to age them. I really love how they have turned out they look very rusty.

After the stamping was added i cut out some of the plastic that the dies are delivered in and cut out some more of the mini clipboard shapes, these have been adhered over the top to give them extra body.

I LOVE creating backgrounds like these on the backs on my mini ATC’s/mini clipboards. The same inks used on the cube were used here except i used different techniques and added stencils from Glitzcraft into the mix.

Do you know that you can get your own bespoke stencils made to order from Glitzcraft? The one i have was designed by me and the lovely people at Glitzcraft had it cut and posted and i had received it within 5 days. Great service don’t you think!

The following colours were layered  up, Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers and Dusty Concord, water was then flicked on them. Using a piece of tissue the water was dabbed off to reveal water blots. Then added a layer of circle stencilling using Peacock Feathers. Next sprayed again with water, let card dry for a few seconds then blotted off the water.

Next up was a layer of script stamping; used a very old stamp and Cornflower Blue Archival Ink. Next a final layer of Barn Door Distress Ink through a hexagonal stencil.

Dried with a heat gun then added a layer of Decou-Page Matt Sealer, found this really brought out all of the layers of colour.

The last little touch was to add one of the chevrons onto the back of the mini clipboard shape. these are the waste from Tim Holtz Frameworks Bigz Die called Chevron.

I do hope you managed to stay with me through all the images and the descriptions, well done if you did lol.

Please remember to visit my lovely DT members blogs to see what Vintage inspiration they have for you.

Amanda

Deborah

Donna

Georgie C

Ingrid

Looking forward to reading your lovely comments and thank you so much for taking the time to drop by.

xxx

Old, New & digital Too, a new Challenge Blog

Hello everyone a HUGE welcome to my first post as the owner and creator of this new Challenge blog. I am very excited that my idea for this blog has at last been realised. I have been working on my idea for over a year but it was in January that i decided to go ahead and make it happen.

Old New and Digital Too.

I have to give a shout out to the very talented Pamellia from My Little Craft Things who came to my rescue when i was struggling to put the blog together. I provided Pamellia with the artwork she then designed our blog. She has done an amazing job and i am hugely grateful to her for getting it up and running.

THANK YOU Pamellia!!!

 

My project has all three of the elements required to enter into our challenge.

My ‘Old’ elements are the flower and leaves, the card stock, twine, Stickles and Treasure Gold which are all from stash.

My ‘New’ is the die i used from Eileen Hull called Mini Album 658982.

My ‘Digital’ is a drawing of an Angel i did which i photographed and printed out using my inkjet printer.

Firstly i cut out a mini album and 5 signatures using the die.

Lined the album using some very old papers with some fab textures before adding the signatures at the end. Took this picture after i had finished the album. Got too carried away playing to take step by step pictures, sorry!

Added corrugated cardboard over the spine area but didn’t glue it down right to the edge as i wanted to add a couple of little embellishments.

Painted the base of the album with DecoArt Vintage Chalky paint. Used Everlasting Chalky paint through an old stencil called Cosmic Swirl.

Sprayed the whole base with DecoArt Turquoise Shimmer mister then went over with DecoArt Media Interference Paint Blue then added a layer of DecoArt Raw Umber Antiquing Cream. When dry i rubbed a lot of it off to get this wonderful mottled effect.

Used a Martha Stewart punch to cut out a design and added this over a piece of thick card stock from stash to create the border. Lightly rolled the edge of the papers to give that aged look.

Added a paper flower and leaves from stock and stamped out the word Breathe from a small set of alphabet stamps from The Range.

Hope you can see the lovely Treasure Gold colours i used.

My hand drawn Angel has been added onto a piece of light card stock and drawn over using a black Uni-Pin Pen. Her hair is courtesy of Stickles and Treasure Gold. Derwent Graphik Line Markers added the little bits of colour to her Heart and lips.

A piece of corrugated cardboard provides her base. Used Treasure Gold in 3 colours here to match the colours of paint i have used.

The front of the mini album.

Flattened out as best i could so you can see from all angles.

The five signatures have been added using some IKEA cord and tied round the back using a basic knot.

I do hope you have found some inspiration and see how easy it is to add all three elements to your projects.

Please visit our very talented Design Team to see their fantastic projects too.

Looking forward to your lovely comments and thanks for taking the time to drop by.

Mo

DT ON&DT

xxx

Spray Away, Spray Away, Spray Away…

Not been able to get the Enya song out of my head since i started thinking about sprays!

I am entering two challenges with this post, one for Paper Artsy and their challenge of sprays and one for Rubber Dance where Bibi has chosen bright summery shades of purple, hot pink and sunshine yellow.

 

I love purple but not so keen on pink or yellow.

For the Paper Artsy plaque i made a wash from Zesty Zing and another from Purple Rain and Eggplant. I sprayed them liberally onto a thick piece of card stock then added Funky Fuchsia by Dylusions as i don’t own a pink Fresco.

Layered the background using stencils from Rebekah Meier – mini rosetta and Ronda Palazzari – mini well rounded using Distress inks Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Mustard Seed.

Stencilled the flowers from Lin Brown PS003 using a clear Gesso. Waited for these to dry then placed the stencil over the top again and coloured with Coarse Black Pan Pastel. Sprayed to set then added script stamp from my stash with Brilliance Moonlight White ink pad.

Outlined the flowers using a white Stabilo pen.

Stamped one of the hearts from Rubber Dance plate I Heart Art onto a piece of shrink plastic using a Blazing Red Stazon ink pad. Let it dry then on the other side i added 3 different red colours of alcohol inks.

Cut to shape then shrank them down, then reheated them one by one and stamped into them with the script stamp i used on the flower, this is called Intaglio, made three of the hearts.

Added DecoArt Metallic Lustres Majestic Purple and Champagne Ice over the top as wanted to blend them with the colours i was using.

 

Here is the one i made for the Rubber Dance challenge, the difference is the background which was made from Derwent Graphik Line Markers and a little of the Dylusions Fuchsia spray. Added water to get the drips and then flicked the pens to get those lovely little splats.

The next steps are all the same as i did on the first plaque, this one is slightly larger.

Finally i added a sentiment from Rubber Dance stamp plate Something Wonderful.

I do hope you like both the plaques, they are so similar in colours aren’t they!

After taking the pictures i have put both plaques onto corrugated cardboard, they look much better, sorry i haven’t taken pictures yet.

Hope you have a wonderful Bank holiday Monday and i hope to see you back here tomorrow when i have a very special and exciting announcement.

Looking forward to your lovely comments, thanks for dropping by.

xxx

MMW Star Designer #2

Hi everyone we are very lucky to have the wonderfully talented Marjie Kemper as our Guest Designer this month.

Congratulations to Ingrid for another wonderful and inspiring Star Designer joining us.

Marjie can be found on:

Pinterest

Twitter

You Tube 

and more places if you visit her web site.

There is a new online class called Inventive Ink – colourful Mixed Media Effects that Marjie has made for Craftsy, the above link will take you to her class.

Click here to go to Marjie’s online Portfolio of Mixed Media projects, where you will find some wonderful inspiration.

Without further ado please pop over to Mixed Media World where Marjie has created a special project for our Brights challenge.

Hope you enjoy your visit and Marjie’s project.

If you are excited about another Star Designer next month please follow our challenge blog when you visit so you don’t miss a thing!

Thanks for dropping by.

Mo

xxx