Virtual Crop - Mixed Media Madness - Friday/Saturday/Sunday Recap 6 Layouts

 

 Once again doing the Victoria Maria virtual crop Mixed Media Madness.  I love these even though this the weekend it was held this month there were other things going on and I had to leave the house a couple of times for events.  This of course made it so I got less completed during the crop but 6 layouts is still not to shabby.  

 

My first layout above is of my Grandmother, my Mom, Aunt and Uncle.  I love this photo and the mixed media on this one is Distress Oxide Ink with a lace stencil to create the floral background.  The paper and die cuts are Pretty Little Studios Miss Sadie Rose from my March Scraproom kit.  and I used an old border die as the border strip.  Love how this turned out.

 

 This Valentine layout is of the gifts for my family for Valentines this year.  A friend of mine makes these beautiful cookies(and their yummy).  I was so excited to give them to everyone.  Cookies are always a hit.  The challenge was watercolor.  I cheated I have a watercolor paper pad and used that since the colors were ideal.

 

Emily with her first set of mouse ears she was really little.  Lots of stamping on this one which was the challenge the background is all stamped with Echo Park Stamps the cameras are also stamped and Magic Starts Here as well.  The title I created on the Silhouette along with the Mini heads and bows.  Paper is by Basic Grey(I use it sometimes when I'm not saving it).  

 

 

 Longdogs, always together.  Much to Vienna's dismay I think sometimes.  I altered the chipboard title and the heart strips are cut from watercolor paper I painted.  Paper MME, vellum hearts are Studio Calico.

 

 

 I don't do a lot of masculine pages but I was excited to get to use Simple Stories Bro. & Co. from a Scraproom kit last summer.  The background is done with a Memory Box stencil and embossing paste.  Some little letters from Jenni Bowlin and a tag and some stickers from my stash.

 

 Lastly for this crop I did a layout of some birthday pictures of my brother.  I used Doodlebug paper and embellishments.  Stenciled the dots background with Distress Oxide ink and cut the title with my Silhouette.  Some of the 70's and 80's pictures I have are damaged by light but they are all that I have so they will all be documented eventually.

I know I didn't get a lot done this crop and Victoria Marie gives you a couple of weeks after to complete them.  I just find I'm so much more motivated during the crop weekend.  After it's over I tend to move on to different projects.  Maybe I'll come back and finish something half done but that's about it.  Still I think 6 layouts on a weekend I had other things going on is Awesome!    And it's always fun!

Hope someone is inspired by this.  Thanks for stopping by

Scrappy Saturday - Victoria Marie Online Crop It's Fall Y'all - Saturday Challenge 1 & 2

 

These are a bit backwards.  Above is challenge 2 which was to use a quote.  The pictures are from Emily's  4yr old preschool trip apple picking.   I did loving using this base page I created awhile back from larger scraps.  And I'm loving this color scheme for a Fall Page which matches the kids shirts and the green of the trees.  I got to use a wonderful birthday present to create my quote mini tile letters from the Stamp Market.  Very exciting!   The apples are a Martha Stewart punch and the title are Thickers in Navy.

 This is challenge1 and is about Fall changes and transitions.  I love the sticker that says Always Forward Never Back.  The pictures are from our trip to the Sunflower patch a couple of weeks ago.  I tried really hard to get good pictures of the Bee's at work.  They were not interested in me taking their photo though.  This paper is from our August Scraproom kit, it's by Photoplay.  I added clear gesso to the white card stock and did a little mixed media on the background.

Controversy/Conspiracy - Scrappy Saturday

This is a cute pic of the girls with their new palettes from Jeffree Star.  Emily is the best big sister she went and got them for both she and her sister.  It was an exciting day.

For this layout Dianne and I decided to do a 80 embellishment and mini mixed media challenge with each other.  For the mixed media part we picked a Missy Widden layout to guide us since she is the Mixed Media queen and I need a lot of guidance.  Unfortunately mine is  a straight up scraplift.  It didn't turn out as nice as hers but it made it a little easier to do since I feel unable to do mixed media on layouts.  I do love how the rainbow water colors turned out with all of the similarly colored embellishments.   This color scheme made it fun for me to pick out 80 items to put on my layout and it's exciting putting a little dent in our stash.  I think we will do this again but increase the numbers to put a bigger dent in our stash.

Hope everyone is hanging in there and staying busy during the lock down.  Thank you for stopping by today.

Mixed Media Canvas via Ms. Decembers Bombshell Challenge

This months Bombshell Pin Up Ms. December Amanda Philips has challenged everyone to create a canvas using Mixed Media Techniques.  I am a collector of all things mixed media.  Mind you I did say collector, meaning I rarely use them......  So I took this opportunity to play around with a canvas from my stash along with a bunch of Golden and Ranger products. 

First I painted the heart with Barn Door red crackle paint and allowed it to dry.  Then I proceeded to spray and mist the heck out of the canvas.  All of which came off later when I applied my matte medium.  Never the less I tried to age the canvas.  I then stamped the stars from Tattoo Background onto the background with Archival Ink Potting Soil and heat set it.  Then I stamped the keys from Bombshell Angel and Mermaid Treasure all over the heart with Adirondack Snow Cap also heat setting.  After this I stamped the flower from Butterfly Queen with Momento on a second sheet of paper, colored them with Copic then I aged them with Distress Tea Die and cut them out.  The key was cut with the Silhouette and the letters were cut from a Memory Box Die Typewriting Upper Case.  I used my Golden Matte Medium to glue everything down and seal the canvas adding a bit of Golden Acrylic Iridescent Bright Gold to ad a bit of shimmer around the canvas.  Once it was dry I covered the entire canvas with Distress Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy and pushed some Walnut Stain Distress paint into the cracks once it was dry.  It finally looks aged which is good since everyone once in awhile the background became white white again.  Not really what I wanted.  I think I may create a companion piece to this canvas I love how it turned out so much! 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Bombshell Blog and maybe participate in Amanda's December Challenge this month for a prize!  Gotta love it!  

Have a wonderful Wednesday!  Thanks so much for stopping by.