A little bit of whimsy
Hello and welcome. This time I have created two bright and cheerful mixed media tags. I absolutely love using my vintage book pages from my Nan's books as a foundation for so many of my projects. these tags are no different.
Here you can see the foundation of my tags. Over time I added colour to the background with PaperArtsy Fresco finish chalk paints. I cannot list colours because in truth they sat on my desk in a pile of backgrounds and half completed projects. Slowly acquiring layers of paint left over from other art projects I was working on. Waste not want not.
I will let you into a secret. I am starting to think that I have a rather chaotic mind. My husband has always said that I have a "Butterfly brain" flitting from one subject to another and expecting him to keep up.
The backgrounds etc. usually wait and I find that there comes a time that they will speak to me asking to be used. I also have little pots on my desk with lots of fab things left over from other projects, either I have made too many, they didn't make the final cut, got distracted and began something else or I changed my mind on a half finished piece of art. It does limit my desk space which seems ever decreasing!
Then one day I will pick something up and it all seems to come together like it's meant to be.
Back to the tags.
Once the backgrounds got to a certain point I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them.
I created them separately so they are not identical. Different stamps and colours of embossing powders. I don't do compartmental making, I just can't sit and make lots of the same thing or die cut for hours. (Apart from when I get the gel plate out or my sprays then I do make quite a few at once.) I totally understand the benefits, especially at Christmas, however it just doesn't suit me both on either a health or enjoyment level. Each to there own, I am a firm believer in creating for fun, do what makes you happy.
The above are the stamps I chose.
I have missed playing with my coloured pencils for a while so it was a treat to find that I was able to play with them without any trouble.
Some close ups. I really enjoyed creating these.
You can see the dimension that the double sided foam pads gives the florals.
List of supplies
Tags
book pages
texture paste
stamps of your choice
embossing powder of your choice
Chalk paint
coloured pencils
stickles
glossy accents
embossing ink
Archival ink I used jet black
embossing powder
glue
seam binding and ribbon
Gorgeous makes, I do the same on almost all levels, I felt like you were telling my story. You introduced me to mixed media, I've only been hearing about it in the past years.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for popping over and commenting. I am delighted that you enjoyed the post, it's so nice to meet other like-minded people. Mixed media is so much fun isn't it?
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