Wednesday 3 February 2016

1st attempt at mixed media!

Just wanted to share with you a project I've been working on which is my first attempt at doing some mixed media.  Been wanting to dabble but not really plucked up the courage till now!  So I took a piece of mountboard 12"x8" and covered it in deco mache paper, once dried I added some stars by stencilling through some metallic off cut with blue ink, then I a brown ink pad and went round the edges, put a top layer of decopatch glue on and left it to dry while I coloured the fabulous KennyK image, which is a limited freebie but you need to join the Facebook Club.  She is coloured with a mix of my marker pens and pencils, then I used my new Spectrum Sparkle pens, oh wow they are gorgeous, I had up until now been using Sakura Stardust pens but mine are old and drying up and not so reliable any more and I loved the fact that these have brush nibs, I am certainly not disappointed!  Unfortunately the sparkle doesn't show in the photo but I love their subtle addition to the image.  Anyway enough raving! I added a piece of mesh then cut out the flowers from some Kraft cs and beautiful papers sent to me by a friend in Poland which I have been saving to use for the right project and as this is for me I thought I deserved them! lol.  Once I'd made the flowers I then coated them with the decopatch glue and fixed them in place with some hot melt glue.  I used glossy accents for the flower centre and added some micro beads.  The sign is made from some s/a cork sheets I bought recently and the 'Jacs Playground' is cut on the Cricut from s/a white paper.  For my first attempt I am pleased with how this turned out, might just have to buy myself some acrylic paints and put my Cricut to good use making some stencils.  This was a lot of fun, a bit messy, but a lot of fun! Now I just need to decide if it is going to hang on the door to the craft room or the craft room wall!















I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Aloha Friday #64 ~ Favourite colour combo~ blue and brown
Simply Create Too #101 ~ Sparkle pens, new cork sheets
Creative Fingers #101 ~ Anything Goes
Just Us Girls #328 ~ wild card week ~ Tic Tac Toe ~ Dies cuts, stamp, flower

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes
Not Just Cards #29 February
Ruby's Rainbow #122 ~ Anything Goes
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6 comments:

  1. a very cool card!

    thank you so much for playing along with us at ruby's rainbow challenges!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  2. Well your first attempt at MM is a great success! Thanks for playing along with us this week fir our Wild Card Tic Tac Toe challenge!

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  3. Great project, Jac! I love the colour combination you used! Thanks for joining our Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs! :o)

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  4. I love this so much! Such a lovely creation!

    Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Designs and good luck!
    Hugs,
    Karen.DT.xx
    www.kernowdesigns.co.uk

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  5. Fab project hun and good for you for taking the plunge. I keep toying with the idea but I don't have the time at the moment - or the materials to play for that matter. Can't wait to see your next attempt

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