Mixed Media Tags = Messy Fingers

Oh yes.....it's a messy one today.


I've had fun creating these ATC tags over at Papermaze today.

I've put together a whole step by step tutorial.
Lots of photos and techniques.

Thanks xx

Hello 2014 - A Years Review

A little bit of Mixed Media fun today.
It was nice getting messy fingers again.

I like to make a final LO for my yearly scrap albums each year.
It's a nice way to say goodbye to the year.

This year I made up some mixed media tags to display my photos on.

I used my January Cocoa Daisy Kit.

The LO was rather colourful and I needed the white to break it up abit, so I printed my photos off with wide white borders and added some white ribbon to each tag.

The chipboard alphas were wood vaneer, so I sanded them down so they appeared white.

There are a few more of these wonderful kits left if you fancy grabbing one.
I'm just left with a few scraps now. It's a great kit.

Have a lovely Saturday xxx

Mixed Media Tags with Chipboard

Sometimes you just love creating a project more than others.
This was one of those moments. I loved every moment of this creative process.
I shut myself away for a couple of hours with my inks, mists, masks and pretty chipboard that was sent to me by Scrapmatts for my guest designing spot.
This is what I made.

 

I really enjoy making tags, there are so many things you can do with them. This time I added them to cards.

 

 

I have a whole step by step tutorial over on the Scrapmatts blog here today if you would like to see how they were made.

 

Thanks for stopping by today xxx

Dressing Up

I'm a little behind my blogging.
I had a few nightmare days last week.
My pc died....again. just 11 months since the last time.
Thankfully everything is always backed up but it's the inconvenience of it all.
Ade rebuilt it for me, but as always, things are never as straight forward as they should be.
Then my big printer that I use for work wouldn't work and I kept getting the same error message coming up.
I really thought I was going to have to get a new one.
Thankfully Ade ended up fixing that too.
6 days later, after working from the lounge room, from a laptop,  I finally moved back in to my studio and then had so much work to catch up with. Thank goodness it's not my busy time for work.

So I do have a few projects to share here.
The first is a fun step by step tutorial that I put together for Cocoa Daisy this week.
The December Kit was launched on the 26th Nov.
In each main kit there is a really cool set of Maya Road Chipboard Alphas.
I love messing around with anything like this.
So as a design team, we each showed off this week what we did with ours.
You can see them all on the blog this week here.

I got really artsy with mine and put a step by step tutorial together here showing how I dressed my alphas up.
They ended up looking like this. But all the stages of the making process are on the CD blog.

     

 

I loved putting this together : )

I hope you like the tutorial.

Happy weekend xxx

Christmas Class

I have a Christmassy Class coming up at Sparkle Dreams in Swindon next month.
It's on Sunday 17th Nov 10.30-1.30pm.
It's a really fun class.

 

Lots of paints, inks and glitter : )

See here for more details on how to book.

Lisa xx

Mixed Media Art Class

Good Morning.
I'm really excited about this next class that I'm teaching in Swindon.
I was actually sad to leave the canvas behind at the store : (

It's a large canvas 14x20'' and has fab textured and layers. It looks worn and loved.
You can choose your own quote to go on it. I picked this one from Walt Disney.

The class is on Sunday 7th July in Sparkle Dreams in Swindon.
You can see all the details here.

It's going to be a fun and very messy one : )

Good Ol' Gesso

Gesso is one of those products that I just can't be without anymore.
It's a must for me.
I use it on it's own as a base or I mix it with other products too such as paints or sprinkle over some glitter. It's so fun and versatile.
I get asked so often during classes what I use it for.
Here's a couple of projects that I've used it on. 

Here is an older LO that I made for the Craft Stamper Magazine last year.

Papers:Fancy Pants Designs - Summers End

I loved the old wall that Hollie was stood up against. It's like an old tunnel at the Royal Virgina Gardens. It was a fun afternoon with Dad and my sister and her family. We got a bit lost, the little boys needed a wee ( and a #2) and there was no toilet in sight. Not like you can just let them go behind the bushes eh!! It's funny the things you remember : )

I wanted to bring out the old brick wall and had a really good Cocoa Daisy Wall Stamp. I laid on some gesso for my background and added some molding paste too. I used a little orange ink on the brick wall stamp and pressed it in to the gesso and paste to get this great effect. I splashed a little gesso around too.

I also altered this old table last year.
I bought it from a thrifty store. It was dark brown and rather boring. 

 Ade was always complaining that we needed a coffee table, but I didn't want one stuck in the middle of the room. So this seemed like the perfect idea. It's small enough to pop around the side of the sofa, but he pulls it out when we have a coffee.

I cleaned and sanded it down a little and then covered it in old book pages and painted over with gesso once dry. I hand cut a big heart and misted over and typed up these words to add. I covered it in modge podge and it was finished. I have to say I'm so pleased with it. It fits in with our lounge room perfectly and over a year later still looks as good.

I also added some Bakers Twine to the table legs and used gesso over the top.

It makes a great primer. I always use it on canvases before I start painting. I also enjoy adding it to patterned papers if they are really busy. It tones them down a little.
 There are lots of different types to buy.
Just experiment and have fun.
That's what this is all about eh?!!
  
xxx

Christmas Extravaganza at Sparkle Dreams

Hiya,

We are having a Christmas Extravaganza day at Sparkle Dreams in Swindon on Saturday 15th December from 11am-3pm.

There will be demos all day along with makes and takes and big offers on too plus mince pies & cupcakes : )

I will playing with Mixed Media supplies all day and also have a little taster class if you fancy giving it a go at 12.30pm. We will be making teeny canvases like this. (the easel comes with the canvas)

It's just £5 per head for the mini workshop and that includes all your materials and you'll have a mini piece of art to take away with you. The class will last about 30mins.
And you don't have to make a Christmas canvas. There will be examples with a little house and a heart too or you can just do your own thing : )

Solance and Sandie will also be there demo-ing scrapbooking and using Tim Holtz distressing techniques if you fancy stopping by.

Free refreshments all day, all ages welcome, beginners or advanced.

See here for details.
My mini workshop does need to be booked pleased as we are limited with numbers so please call up Sparkle Dreams to make your booking.
 01793 855472 

Thanks : )
xxx

More Cocoa Daisy Sneaks with Painty Fingers

I'm sat here typing with hands covered in inks, paints, paste and glitter.
I've been having fun today : )

Tonight is the December reveal at Cocoa Daisy!!!
It kicks off at 9pm EST.
Christine has some exciting new sneaks on the blog today. You can see here.
I love seeing what the other girls have done with their kits.

We are talking about the reveal on the MB here today.
And lastly from me a final sneak at what I've been up to today.

With my messy fingers : )

Don't forget to check out the reveal tonight and join in with the fun here.

Lisa xxx

Live in the Moment Journal

Good Morning,

It's a quick one form me today.
I've had the most fun weekend away with some lovely ladies in Paris.
I have some fab stories to tell in my upcoming scrapbooking pages : )

Today though I have my most recent mini album to share. I displayed some photos before I taught the class in Swindon but some of the ladies have asked if I could share all the pages here, so here you go.

The Mixed Media Mini Album
Cover

And a close up. The heart is made using glossy accents, beads, paints and stickles.

The opening page using up old thickers

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I chose to document our wedding in Florida.

I decided to add all the stories and journaling after it was made.
I used vellum to make a small pocket.

I may actually add a couple more pages to include our meal at Seaworld after. I changed into a long aqua coloured dress and we all had dinner at the Underwater Shark Grill. So much fun : )

Thanks for popping by today.
I hope you also had a fun weekend xxx