Art Journal for Expressions Craft

Hello Friends,

Today I made a Journal page using Expressions craft Stencils and Sprinkle mists for my Inspiration post.
These stencils are truly versatile and can be used with any colors, inks and pastes. 

My journal is of 330 gsm pages and are heavy enough for colors and textures. I used my stamps first and created some interest on the page and then sprayed some sprinkle mists to create a colored background. I fussy cut some elements from a magazine and pattern paper and adhered them on the page. Then I added some more stamping. Then I created some more texture using my Expressions craft stencil.

Supplies Used:

Sunflower

Pine Cone 

Sprinkle Mists

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Mixed Media Bottle #2

Hello Crafty Friends,
Today I'm sharing a mixed media project. I wanted to make something with underwater theme and mixed media, so thought of experimenting on a glass bottle. 
I am still learning mixed media but I love using all scraps and make something new. Here I coated the bottle with heavy white gesso. Then used a stencil to make some texture on it. Crackle paste is something I really love to use on my projects, here also u can see the effect.I wanted to make something other than just a showpiece or a vase... so attached a small photo frame to it. I thought the frame will look a bit small so glued a tag behind it. The tag is also a scrap. It's a price tag which got a coat of heavy gesso on both sides then crackle paste and then the colors made it look really good. I love the entire tag and frame area on the bottle. I used charms, small flowers, gauge cloth and most importantly sea shells to give a sea feeling to my project.

Added few beads to give it some more textured and sparkling look. 

So, Let's take a look...

I hope you like the project.

Products used:

Art Basics White Gesso

Ranger Texture paste

Ranger Crackle Paint

Mudra Stencil

Blue Acrylic Paint

Blue Metallic Paint

Green Metallic Paint

Pearl White Metallic Paint

Ranger Heat Tool

Wooden Photo frame

Metal Charm

Paper Flowers 

Beads

Sea Shells

Gauge

I would like to enter the following Challenges:

Happy Little Stampers june-mixed-media-challenge

Stamplorations stencil-sunday-june Challenge

Altered eclectics June Challenge

Rhedds Creative Spirit June Challenge

Mixed Media monthly-challenge-37

Scrapping 4 fun challenges #93

We love 2 create challenge-13-anything-creative mixed media

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Mixed Media Altered Box

Hello Friends...
I'm back today with my first mixed media altered project.
I have altered a gift box which I have kept since long for some experiment like this. I am very new to mixed media and I have never tried so much of layering before on my projects.
So let's take a look...

It's always fun to try something new and I was really excited to alter this one...
First I applied a coat of gesso on the lid of the box. With the help of stencils and texture paste I created the designs on it. after it was partially dry I applied a coat of crackle paste. Once it was half dried I applied another thick coat of the crackle paste. This really looks fabulous and gives this rough and old look to it.

 Then I started coloring. First I applied a coat of black acrylic paint all over and once it is dried I cleaned the surface with a wet cloth. Then I applied turquoise blue metallic paint and golden metallic paint alternatively with dry brush technique.Then I added some small stones which I collected from the sea-shore on our recent holiday and colored them too with green acrylic paint and then dry brushed with golden. Then I applied gesso on some chipboards and once these dried colored and glued on the box. I also adhered 3 metal dragonfly and a tag which I distressed at the edges and adhered on a chipboard.
Finally I added some rhinestones here and there for some bling.

 For the box I glued some tissue on the outer body and colored with black acrylic paint. Once that dried I dry brushed it with turquoise blue and golden metallic colors for the same effect as the lid.

Some more pics of the box...

The Crackle paste effect

I'll keep my travel album inside this.

Supplies Used:

Cardborad Box

Gesso

TimHoltz Flourish Stencil

The Crafters Workshop Mini Art Stencil

Ranger Crackle Paste

Acrylic Paint ( Black, Green)

Metallic Paint ( Turquoise Blue and Gold)

Papericious Chippies

Metal embelishments

Stones 

Rhinestones

Tissue Paper

Tag 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

1. Happy Little Stampers January mixed media challenge

2.Creative artiste mixedmedia Challenge #22

3. Countryview challenges january-2017-anything-goes

4. Rhedd's Creativespirit January Challenge

5. The Artistic Stamper Creativeteam January-2017-creative-team-challenge

6. Mixed media mojo January Challenge

7. Avenue 613 challenge-193 anything-goes-optiona Totally Technical

8. Altered eclecticsChallenge

9. Mixed Media monthly-challenge-32- Put a Stencil

10. Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge stencil-sunday-january-8

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