A Mixed Media Father's Day canvas

 

 

 



Hi and welcome to my blog. My favorite aspect of mixed media is that you can take so many types of art forms and mix them together.. stamping , stencilling ... it all works beautifully together to create one of a kind works of art!! Anything But Cute Challenge blog  encourages us to have fun with this style with great monthly challenges. This month 's challenge is Make it Masculine and the DT has great projects to share and inspire so go check them out!!



 Today I wanted to share with you a mini canvas I made for my hubby for Father's day. My husband works out of country so I wanted to make something portable but at the same time durable. I found some thin 7X7 canvas at a local boxstore which are perfect for this type of craft. I started off by using a brick stencil and Prima Art Basics Modeling paste. I love the chunky texture and it's a perfect medium for adding lots of layers of colour!

 

I love how this canvas looks already and I haven't added anything yet!!

 

I then added layers of color with Lindy's Stamp Gang and Tim Holtz Distress ink sprays. I usually end up going for more brown tones in my masculine mixed media projects but this time I wanted a different look so I used more gray and yellow tones with splashes of black and white.

 

 

Next, I pulled out some background stamps. They are great way to add layers without bulk.

 

Now onto the next steps.......

 

 

I heat embossed some chunky argyle pieces that I custom made with my Cricut Explore with a Ranger puffy black embossing powder and for a bit of shine, I then spritzed the pieces with Prima Bloom spray in Precious Stone. I adhered a few strips of washi tape to the two corners. Then I added some Prima embellishments, buttons, ribbon, and a stamped sentiment from CTMH set Family Love , some AC enamel dots, and here is the finished project......

 

 

I love how this turned out and I can't wait to give it to my hubby!!

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.... have a great creative day!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer scrappin' time!

Good morning! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend! Mine has been pretty quiet, but that's okay since things have been kinda crazy busy here lately! I wanted to share a few scrappages that I've been working on. Normally I don't get many pages done during the warm summer months as it's always been too hot in my craftroom but my new room ( still under construction!!) is much cooler with a big window that lets some cool evening air in!


 I'm all over the place with my pages ... everything from camping to my daughter's Confirmation... take a look:

 

 

 I used an overlay from the just released Artbooking cartridge from Cricut and exclusive to Close To My Heart to create the photo mat/template for this travel layout. The chevrons and "on this day" tag were also created using the Cricut. The journaling tags are a project life item ( can't remember which brand!!)

 

 

 

This layout uses up some really old paper from my stash ( I don't think the company exists anymore -that's how old!!!). I used stamps from CTMH Family Love  stamp set The pearls and crochet are from Prima.

 

 

 

 

 

This was a super simple page ... all shapes were cut using my Cricut . The car and camper were made with the Campin' Critters cartridge and the journaling tag was made with the g

Going Places cartridge, the map was also made with the Campin' Critters cart. Now I just no find some camping pics for this layout!!

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, I made a 2-page layout to document my little boys first fishing trip on the ocean.He did great

  , although he did get a little seasick! This layout uses stickers from my stash and a "gone fishin'" sign from Campin' Critters, a journaling pocket from Going Places and some fun fish papers I had in my paper stash.



Well, I'm off to enjoy this beautiful day... thanks for stopping by ! Have a great day!