Hello, Hello!

Hello Hello!

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather. And all my fellow Canadians had a great long weekend. It was gorgeous!

Enough about the small talk. I wanted to share another altered clock I did a little while ago. I love the bright, playful colours of the blue and green together. It also is another Dollar Store clock I picked up.

As usual I ripped it all apart (truthfully I wanted the interior pieces for another project). After that I cut a piece of cardboard in the same approximate size as the clock face. Since I took all the guts out I needed something to act as a flat background base for me. I adhered it using some Gel Medium and a couple of dabs of hot glue. I then proceeded to cover the entire thing in White Gesso. I then had fun with placing different fabric, paper and foam flowers on and inside the clock. Once I was happy I again adhered them all using Gel Medium and a few dabs of hot glue. I dug out some fun metal embellishments from my stash and found them a new home in the clock. Any of the 'open space' that didn't have an embellishment got some Gel Medium and Micro Beads. I just wanted something to fill in the open spaces. I used a thin lace ribbon around the entire edge of the clock exterior as well. And you guessed it. Another layer of White Gesso. After that layer dried it was time to have fun again with some Adirondack Alcohol Inks. I used the colours Lime Green Colour, Sunshine Yellow, Stream and Light Blue. I had a lot of fun as I always do blending the different colours together. I was very happy with the way it turned out as it was just a 'What the hell' kinda piece. I hope you enjoy!

Thanks for looking. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. They are always appreciated. :)

-creatively.mixed

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Hello!!

I have been super busy over here. I took on some DIY projects while spring cleaning and have been busy creating in the evening.

I am going to share just a fun little piece I did the other day just to help with getting my creative juices flowing. I love tiny art and this is a tiny piece.

It is a piece from with in a computer. I used a variety of embellishments layered on top. They are adhered using Gel Medium and after they dried a layer of Black Gesso. I used some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine spray and acrylic paints to colour the piece. After all that was dry I adhered the metal embellishments with Gel Medium.

I am quite pleased with the turn out and I hope you enjoy it too! Feel free to leave any questions or comments below.

Have a great long weekend!

-CreativelyMixed

Punk Love

Hello All!!

Sorry that it has been a few days since my last post but real life has been very busy around here. I hope everyone had a wonderful National Scrapbook Day last Saturday!

I have returned though with a new project that I had a lot of fun making. It is another altered shoe but this time its one of my old college high heels. I felt like pulling the nostalgia out so I did them with a flare of 'Punk Love'.

When I was in high school I was the weird girl with short multi coloured hair, with spikes sticking out of all parts of by clothing and body. I had ripped clothes and dark eyeliner. I was a punk by all means. And I loved it.

I am also entering this shoe into the More Mixed Media Challenge for the month of May. The theme is 'Pink'. I started out by adhering all sorts of metal and plastic embellishments to the shoe. I also used some wood veeners for the lettering along with lots of buttons to cover the heel of the shoe. Once it was all placed I used white Gesso to covered the parts I wanted to be Pink. I then used Adirondack Alcohol Ink to colour it pink and sprayed Rubbing Alcohol to spread the colours a little more. I know some turned out looking a little more purpleish then I wanted but I just went with it.

Like I said before I am entering this as a piece in the More Mixed Media Challenge. Go check out the challenge and the other great inspiration pieces.

I had a lot of fun doing this shoe and honestly I think I am going to do the other one to the pair shortly. Just haven't decided what them to do it in. I hope you enjoyed! Feel free to leave any questions or comments below. They are always appreciated! :)

-CreativelyMixed

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge 24

Happy May Everybody!

Today I am going to share my first piece done for a Challenge Blog. I am extremely pleased with how it turned out. The challenge is for Mixed Media Monthly. The challenge is `Butterflies and Blooms`. Check out the challenge and create your own piece!

 

I just happen to be loving using flowers and butterflies right now in almost every single project I make so this was a perfect opportunity to create.

I started with a 8x10 Canvas Board and a small 2x2 Canvas. I adhered 

 the mini canvas to the board and embellished it with some old hard, dried paint brushes, flowers, buttons and metal pieces from my stash. I of course used of butterflies and many flowers. Once I was pleased with the look of everything I covered it with White Gesso. After that was dry I painted it pure white with Liquitex White Acrylic Paint. I used a colour I have been really into lately a turquoise blue. It is Adirondack Stream Alcohol Ink.  When I was pleased I attached a small butterfly to the corner of the mini frame and voila!

So go check out the blog Challenge! I hope you enjoyed. Feel free to leave any questions or comments below.

-CreativelyMixed

Flashback Friday

Hello Again,

I wanted to share a Flashback of a project I did a little while ago. I have mentioned my unknown fascination with using butterflies in my work but this one was done a little differently.

This was a wooden 4x6 frame that I picked up at the local thrift store for $1. I thought I would try and see what would happen if I didn`t use a canvas and just the glass with paper and Gel Medium. I let it dry and it gave this beautiful texture and weathered look. I adhered some different embellishments including paper flowers, fabric flowers, twine, buttons and metal embellishments from my stash. I painted everything with Liquitex White Acrylic Paint. After that dried I used some Adirondack Alcohol Inks in Stream, Sunshine Yellow, and Magenta. I love the effect the inks give and how they make it look like watercolour. I decided I would do something a little different and recycle a piece of packaging from the alcohol inks. I used Stazon Black Ink and my Martha Stewart Butterfly Rubber Stamp and stamped on the plastic packaging. As soon as it dried I used my small, sharp scissors and cut it out. I bent the wings at the body and adhered it too the center of the frame.

 I love how happy and colourful it looks. I am definitely going to use these colours again soon together on a project.  Hope you enjoy it! Feel free to leave any questions or comments below. Have a great day!

-CreativelyMixed