Love you - Mixed Media Card

I recently took Susan K. Weckesser's class Silent Night Christmas Card Folder from The Art Studio @ SNR (you can keep the file on your computer once bought).  In the class she gave me tons of great ideas two of which I used two on this card  - making my own background and doodling.

 

For this card I used a paper bag and modge podge to create the background, plus a few tips from Susan's class on how to make it pop and make it feel "worn".  I also used her stamp "Motherhood is a Verb"as part of the background in black ink.

Here you can see the full background of the card using her tips of doodling and making it look worn before I added all the embellishments.

A close up of the her wonderful stamp "Motherhood is a verb" image and embellishments I used on the card.  Here you can also see a couple of strips of the great paper that Susan K. Weckesser has designed.  I used the cream with the brown lines on it as vertical and horizontal strips.

I always love to find new fun ideas to create projects - check out the class to and get some great tips from Susan!!

Supplies Used
Paper bag
Patterned Paper - Susan K. Weckesser
Stamp - Susan K. Weckesser
ribbon - other
Ink - Ranger
Mediums/mists - Plaid
Doily - Recollections
Flowers and leaves - Prima
Chipboard diecut - Pink Paislee
Sticker - Prima
Bling - Prima
Pen - Faber Castell

 Enjoy!!

"Run for the Cure" - mixed media scrapbook page

Hello Friends! JJ here again. Today, I'm sharing a scrapbook layout featuring mixed media techniques:

After covering my background with gesso, I added border strips with Susan's stencil and some texture paste:

I added a little colour to the background with Inktense blocks and blended with gesso.  Then I added some stamping, including the banner from "Create Your Day", and some texture stamping with a stamp from the ABC.123.Washi set. 

I wanted a little more bright colour, so I spritzed some Dylusions spray through a Want 2 Scrap stencil.

You can also spot stamps from In-Circle-Me, and Insta-Cute in these detail shots.

Thank you for visiting!
JJ Sobey


Susan K Weckesser supplies:
Live in Color paper collection
borders stencil by The Crafters Workshop
ABC.123.Washi , Create Your Day, In-Circle-Me, and Insta-Cute stamp sets by Unity

Partner products:
Arrows stencil and pearls by Want 2 Scrap
Dylusions sprays

If LOVE were Bricks...A Mixed Media Project

Hello Creative Lovelies!

Keri here and I am very excited to share my project with you today.

Recently I was working on a project and I had mixed some modeling paste and yellow acrylic paint (I was working on a yellow brick road.) When I was done with my "road" I had a ridiculous amount of product left, so I grabbed a piece of 8x10 gray matte board, my Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Brick Stencil and just used it all up.

Then...now what?

I let it sit for a few days and then came up with the idea of just doing a CRAZY colorful background to match Susan's whimsical paper and go from there.

Here is what I came up with:

As you can see, the little house from Susan's paper fit PERFECTLY nestled with my yellow bricks.

To give you an idea what's underneath all that, here is a pic of what it looked like with just the bricks and Tattered Angels Paints. 

To get this effect, I sprayed my Tattered Angels like "normal"  here and there and also took the caps off and pressed the sprayer. This causes big "blobs" to come from the bottom of the tube and gives a really distressed look. 

To add to my grungy background I:

(1) used Susan's "Splatter", "In Circle Me" and "A Little Bit of Washi" from Unity Stamp Company all over the background. I also used the "Splatter" stamp on my pink Thickers for my "LOVE" word.

(2) painted on bubble wrap with brown acrylic paint and stamped it.

(3) used a clock stencil (also from The Crafter's Workshop) and a gold paint.

(4) added some random white rub-ons (this was a great use for some ANCIENT Basic Grey rub-ons I had!)

I also distressed my little house so that it matched my background better and added some dimensional glaze to the hearts. 

This project is in honor of my amazing hubby who has helped me build a home for my kids that I always dreamed of growing up in. 

Until next time friends...remember to make your art intentional, not an afterthought.

XOXO,

Keri 

Sail Away Card - Anita Bownds

Hi everyone ,

Anita here sharing a card using the Susan K Weckesser stamp Sail Away 

and a little tutorial video of how I created the clouds on my card

It is super easy to create clouds

here is my finished card

I used watercolours to paint the little boat and I added vellum over the waves and machine stitched around 3 edges and filled with glitter and a few sequins

Products used

White Cardstock

Susan K Weckesser stamp Sail Away

Core' dinations colorcore cardstock - pastel

blue ink , black stazon ink ,pearls,glitter,sequins,watercolours

machine stitching,flowers,leaves, vellum, artline pen black, black rhinestone

Happy Crafting

Inspired by the Heart

I am sometimes asked where I get my ideas...what inspires me?  The answer is simple.  It depends.  Sometimes it's an event.  Sometimes it's a photograph.  Sometimes it's an image.  For this canvas, I was inspired by the little pink hearts that appear on one of the whimsical papers designed by Susan
 Weckesser.

The Live, Love, Create paper (see below) has this charming little house on it and the door is full of sweet little pink hearts!

It reminded me of an anonymous quote I had heard, "It takes hands to build a house but only hearts can build a home."  Our theme on the blog this month is mixed media so I chose to make a canvas.  I used Susan's Fly Away stamp set to create the sun and clouds you see below:

I detailed the house using another stamp set, Grandma's Needlepoint, by stamping little bits of stitching with black ink.

I stenciled, used rub ons, trimmed out washi tape, and even added a heart charm to my canvas.

I couldn't resist adding little puffy heart stickers from my stash - I love the dimension they add!

I layered paper over the canvas, washi tape over the paper, and chevron bling  on top of it all!

Final touch was a few strips of washi tape in the upper left corner!

Whatever inspires you, I hope you find the time to play and create today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Susie Bentz
Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member


Products:

• Fly Away Stamp Set by Susan K. Weckesser for Unity Stamp Company
• Grandma's Needlepoint Stamp Set by Susan K. Weckesser for Unity Stamp Company
• Live, Love Create paper from Want2Scrap
• Beautiful Bling Borders - Chevron from Want2Scrap
• Heart with Swirls Charm - Antique Silver from Want2Scrap

Other products:  Kaisercraft rub on, TCW stencil, inks, washi tape, Mod Podge, tissue paper, black pen, music paper, ribbon, heart stickers

A Whimsical Card

Hello friends!

Emmy here with a new project to share! This time I decided to create whimsical card for someone special. I used Susan K. Weckesser Whimsical Papers and Unity Stamps "abc.123.washi" stamp set.

For my background I used mint cardstock, which I altered with stamps and masks. To create the frame under my sentiment I used white cardstock and the alphabet washi stamp from Unity Stamps "abc.123.washi" stamp set. 

I fussy cut my sentiment from Susan K. Weckesser "Live in Color Tags" and adhered it with mounting tape to my project. 

To finish off my card I added flowers and swirls, die cut from Susan K. Weckesser Whimsical Papers.

I hope I managed to inspire you today!

Have a lovely week!

Emmy

Less is more.

I'm sure a lot of people are under the impression that the term 'Mixed Media' means lots of layers, paint, mediums and general painty messy fun.

Although I adore the 'painty messy fun'  bit it doesn't always have to be the case. Sometimes less is more as they say.

This piece in my journal started out with the image of the skyline from 'The Purpose of Art' stamp set, coloured with alcohol pens and layered onto scraps of card, was intended for a card, but the colourful buildings gave me a better idea.

Just taking my Micron pen and more alcohol markers I went out into the Spring sunshine and just started to doodle and colour. I can tell you this was so satisfying I can highly recommend it.

I also took a silver Painty pen by Kuretake and touched in the windows with silver.
 

 

The words 'Live in Color' were stolen from the bottom of a sheet of Susan's Live In Color paper.

 Jaine for the Susan Weckesser team.

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