Time To Create using the January 2024 Mixed Media Kit

 Welcome back everyone, 

I hope you are having a great week, its almost Friday. yay! Today I am here to bring you a new project I created using the January 2024 Mixed Media Kit. This was so fun to create I really like being able to just use mix media and just go with the flow. There's no staying inside the lines and you can just do what you feel. Here is the video tutorial I created for you to view that gives a little more details. 

Let's get started on this beautiful Time To Create canvas. Here are the supplies I used. I used the January 2024 Mixed Media kit along with the stencil from August 2023 Mixed Media Kit. 

I also used ephemera from the August 2023 Scrapbooking kit and 

only the stencil from the Mixed Media Kit.

First I started off with applying gesso to the round canvas. Set aside to let dry for a bit. It dries really quick. 

Next apply gesso to your chipboard pieces. This chipboard piece is the Split Mandala 3 I have it linked here for you so you can go straight the store. This chipboard piece is so pretty. It's one of my favs.

After the gesso dries on the Split Mandala Chipboard pieces Paint them with white paint. This is very important before you apply the embossing glaze. If you skip the painting the gesso with cause the embossing glaze to bubble on the chipboard when heat drying. 

Next I sprayed on my dress sprays from my stash I did use two of the distress stains from the October 2023 mixed media kit ominous twilight and specimen, from my stash I used tattered rose and peacock feather. I felt these sprays coordinated best with the distress embossing glazes we would be using.

After I applied my sprays I used my heat gun to moved the paint around to get the 

desired look on my canvas. 

Next I placed the modeling paste from the kit onto the stencil.

Take off the stencil and you are left with your pattern. 

While your paste is still wet apply the embossing glaze on top of the paste. I used each of the different color of glazes. Then use your heat gun to dry the glaze on the paste, this will cause some bubbling but move the heat gun around, don't stay in one place very long. 

Here is what my canvas looks like after we are done. 

Now we are going to emboss the painted chipboard pieces. You will use the versamark pad and place it straight down on the end of the chipboard piece, so the piece is wet. 

Then sprinkle on the embossing glaze. 

Use your heat gun to set the embossing powder. 

Then you will get the versamark and place it on the edge of the pumice stone you just embossed and wet the section with the versamark pad. Do this throughout the chipboard piece. Sprinkle on the next color which is wilted violet. 

Get the heat gun and dry the embossing glaze. Do this each time you apply the embossing glaze to your chipboard piece. 

Once finished with both pieces of chipboard apply glue to the back and adhere on to the canvas. 

Here is the finished the canvas with the chipboard pieces attached to the top and bottom. Now it's time to decorate. 

Here is the finished canvas with the items I used from August 2023 Scrapbooking Kit, as well as some items from my stash. 

Close up of the what the Split Split Mandala Chipboard piece looks like once you are done embossing the glaze on top. Doesn't it look so pretty. I just love how it turned out. 

I hope you enjoyed the step by step tutorial today, and I hope you give this a try. It was so fun to create this piece. I find mixed media so relaxing. I have the links below to all the items I used in this tutorial. Thank you so much for joining me. 

Happy Crafting

January 2024 Mixed Media Kit - https://tresjoliekits.com/collections/mixed-media/products/mixed-media-kit-2024 August 2023 Scrapbooking Kit (used some of the ephemera) - https://tresjoliekits.com/collections/scrapbook-kits/products/scrapbook-kits-2023?variant=42539386142906 August 2023 Mixed Media Kit (used the 6x12 stencil from Prima Marketing) - https://tresjoliekits.com/collections/mixed-media/products/mixed-media-2023?variant=42539386405050

October Mixed Media Kit (used the distress stains) - https://tresjoliekits.com/collections/mixed-media/products/mixed-media-2023?variant=42626790129850

Roses with A Cup Of Tea

Good Morning ya'all, 

Hope you had a fabulous weekend. Today I am sharing an ATC that is a shabby chic look over at the Crafty Card Gallery. Hope you all like it as our them this Month is "Flowers", which is perfectly fitting with spring in the air, right?

ATC's are Artist Trading Cards which measure 2 1/2 by 3 1/2. I making these little cards as they do not take a lot of time and there is not a lot of room. So they are something quick and easy to create when you want to craft but don't have a lot of time. 

Here is what I did to accomplish this ATC - 

I used Blue Fern paper collection - Blush cut my base down to 2 1/2 by 3 1/2, fussy cut the teacup, bird & flower and heart with the little message inside the teacup. I added glossy accents to the heart and teacup. Crystal stickles to the fussy cut rose. Liquid pearls white to to the metal key and Say it with Pearls by Want 2 Scrap - white pearls in the corner and left side. I adhered lace in the middle of the card and placed the Prima Rose along with the gold heart button and fussy cut heart, teachp and other items ontop of the Lace from Reneabouquets, and the glitter glass is adhered on the background and placed my Reneabouquet butterfly to finish it off. I did distress the edges of the paper and used TH distress inks broken china & spun sugar around the card.

Here is a close up of the little letter. 

You can read what it says, it's so sweet. 

"A feast of flowers here behold 

A thing of joy to see, 

But ah! to me 'tis/'lis sweeter far

To feast mine eyes on thee!"

here I added liquid pearls to the center of the key. 

 In this pic. you can see a little bit of the 

Chunky Glitter Glass I used for the background.

Supplies:

Paper - Blue Fern - Blush

Inks - TH distress inks - broken china & spun sugar

Accessories- Want 2 Scrap - say it with pearls; Buttons Galore - gold heart button; Glossy Accents; Stickles - crystals; Liquid Pearls - white; Renea Bouquets - lace, metal key, butterfly, glitter glass; Prima Marketing - pink rose

Challenges Entered:

ARTastic Challenge Blog: April Inspiration - Let's get inspired again

PDE Linky Party: Ch #120 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #107

Craft for the Craic: Anything but a Card

Crafting with Friends: Challenge19

A Vintage Journey: #40 Spring Is In The Air

Crafty Calendar Challenge: April Challenge

A Beautiful Mess: Challenge #1 - Always Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge #195 Anything Goes

Thank you all for stopping by and hope you were inspired by my project today. Please leave some love here and visit some of my teamies posts over at the Crafty Card Gallery and leave some love for them too. They are all so talented. 

Wishing you a fantastic week and

Stay Crafty! 

Deborah xxx

My Romantic Garden

Hi all,

Here is the second post for today. I know it doesn't happen very often. lol

I had entered into a swap at Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance and we were to make canvases, But I couldn't post until I knew my partner had received it. For this I used many items the canvas is 8x10 and I painted it with black colored gesso.

Of course I couldn't help but use the TH technique again. I just love this technique it is so addicting and you can use it on just about anything. So I am entering this this into the TH 12 Tags of 2016 - February.

Here is my canvas, you know it's only the third one I've made.
Supplies:
Canvas - from JoAnn's Craft store
Ranger - Texture Paste; Liquid Platinum embossing powder;
Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous - Urban Grunge & Flights of Fancy; Idea-ology - brads, Adornments - nature;
Prima - cradle robin (nests); "lovely" sentiment is from a Prima wooden set (can't find the name)
Reneabouquets - Garden Gate Metal Key (you can also find a few of the other items used at Reneabouquets)
BoBunny Juliet Collection -  NoteWorthy - bird and flower paper, the sentiment "My Romantic Garden", flower brad, and clock. (Scrap of Darkness & Scrap of Elegance July Kit 2015)
From Stash - Hampton Art pigment ink - silver; Encore pigment ink - copper; Viva - Rusty Paper; Doilies - heart and circle; metal corner piece (I think momento); Roses from stash (bought at a destash); Chipboard - BlueFern (chipboard from ScrapOfDarkness&ScrapOfElegance Store); Gold lock from stash. I used E6000 adhesive, Art Glitter adhesive.

Started with a white canvas painted with 2 coats of black gesso.

Used the silver ink stamped TH script stamp various areas around the canvas.

Then used my stencil and paste covered it, sprinkled Liquid Platinum over

the top of the paste let dry for about 15 -20 minutes. After dry used heat gun to 

obtain the raised effect. 

I then glued down the lrg paper, the nest and metal

under the nest so it looked cradled. 

For the Chipboard I painted Rusty Paper on it and then wiped off and inked

some copper ink with a touch of black ink around them. 

Adhered my words to Film Strips and popped up with pop dots. 

After I adhered everything down securely I went back over the canvas 

using the embossing technique again along the sides of the canvas and 

along the frame. 

Entering in the following Challenges: TH 12 Tags of 2016 - February; 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: SoSS #53 - M is for Mixed Media

Love to Create Challenge Blog: Challenge #5 - Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes

Mixed Media World:MMW#11: Love is in the air

Pile it on: Pile It On #102 - Paint

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #103

A Vintage Journey: A Vintage Journey - February Challenge - Industrial

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog: Challenge #11

Well I hope you like it. I thought it turned out pretty close to what I envisioned and my partner said she liked it. 

I think it's great that Tim creates these tutorials every month of every year showing how to use all of wonderful inks, pastes, stencils and items. It allows us to use our own talent or ideas to create something different and unique. I am looking forward to learning more techniques this year with TH 12 Tags of 2016. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are inspired in to try this fun technique. 

Hugs, 

Deborah xxx