A 'Rusty' Happy Birthday

It's our Colour Week at Just Us Girls

and our Host Bobby has chosen one that

screamed Mixed Media to me.

See what I mean!

I knew cogs had to have a place here and there are plenty.

The background was inked up umteen times with

the colours above. The cogs were also but with so many

different products giving them a very effective result.

Apart from the cogs I added some plaster's tape

to the bottom..

My Happy Birthday is from Happy Little Stampers.

Attached to navy card stock and onto brown base.

I really enjoyed making this and finished with

extremely colourful fingers. 

Check out what our Guest Cornelia and the Team created.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you 

choose to use these super colours in our Gallery.

You could be our Chic of the Week and in the running for

Guest Designer with us in June.

Will pop this over to the Watercooler Challenge
for their AG with a masculine twist.


Thanks for  dropping in

Playing with Mixed Media Mediums at STAMPlorations

Hello there! I have a quick post this morning to let you know

I am up on the STAMPlorations Blog

sharing with you a tutorial on how I made this card.

There's lots of lovely layered bits and bobs.

Why not pop over Here to read how it all came together.

Love to read your thoughts.

PS I will have another Mixed Media Tutorial

again next month for STAMPlorations.

Till next time

HELLO - it's Reminder Time

Hello and Welcome to today's Reminder for 

STAMPlorations 
Check out  the Stencil Challenge Post Here

I have made a pretty floral card as the seasons change

from Winter in some parts and here where I live

Summer is over and the cooler temps of Autumn

are so welcoming. 

I started with a smooched background

with Tim's Oxide Inks then again randomly

through my ARTplorations Barley Stencil

and ARTplorations Weaving Stencil

with Distress Grit Paste which give a nice

rough surface.

While I waited for that to dry I

inked up the frame and sentiment from 

STAMPlorations Frames-and-Flowers

then added  some colourful flowers from

STAMPlorations Beautiful-You (Out of Stock)

Here are the STAMPlorations products I used

Thanks for dropping in and hope you get a chance
to join in the Gallery this month.
Till next time

'Be Brave' for Bleeding Art

Today is the day I get to show you the rest of my

'First Mixed Media Project' as part of the 

New Extended Design Team at Bleeding Art

I decided to try something a little different. We all have loads of
unused cd/dvd's don't we? Why not dolly one up then.
I made this a little while ago and in the meantime my notes
on how I made this have gone missing. Lucky some of the photos
have the products I used which will help.
#Note to self - use a notebook to keep all my DT makes
together till they are blogged.
Here goes!
After covering my dvd with black gesso I stenciled 
with texture paste roughing the surface slightly.

then painting with Art Alchemy Metallic Paints in

Golden Moss and Lime Peel.

Adding some some Apple of my Eye heat embossing

and Art Alchemy Waxes in Mint Sparkle and Rich Copper

to  my dvd and torn corrugated cardboard.

Added  some wire, glitter, beads and die cuts

Then to my chipboard dragonfly

After the dragonfly cracked (lol) I started adding

Art Alchemy Waxes in Fire Ruby and Mint Sparkle.

Here's a close up. Isn't it gorgeous!

There is lots of waxing over the dvd and the background die cuts.

Added my appropriate sentiment from STAMPlorations

blended to match and finishing with some ink backed pebbles.

There is sooooooooo much more 

Magnificent Mixed Media Makes from 

my Junkie Mates so please go over to our  Bleeding Art Blog

and see for yourself. 

Off course we would all love to see

your project in our Gallery where

we're not only Mixed Media all of the time

but Anything Goes all of the time.

but wait there's more

There's even something special happening 

with this month's Challenge! 

With all this self isolation happening this will be

a fun way to get those kiddo's getting

 messy and arty! You never know what talent

they inherited from you. 

I know this was a long post and I thank you

for hanging around to the end.

Hope you enjoyed my Mixed Media Make.

Till next time -