Little Outbursts of Creativity: Mixed Media

28 posts categorized "Mixed Media"

Saturday, 21 November 2015

Mixed media cards

Today it was time for my mixed media project for CiLi in Papers, usually I make a page in my Art Journal but this time I wasn't in the mood so I made four mixed media cards instead. Well, they aren't so much mixed media as made with some supplies I usually don't use as often on cards.

This one is embossing paste with embossing powder on top.

This one are a plaid that I painted using Distress paint. I masked off the stripes using post it tape to make them equally wide. I like the layering of colors because you can see the stripes in the color since I added it with the dauber.

Here's just the left over from the previous card.

I went a little crazy with the Distress Paints, I drew triangles and made free hand lines and went nuts with the stamps. Very artsy, not my fav but I was in the mood to play so I decided on keeping it because as long as you have fun it doesn't have to be perfect, right? I do have a bit too much OCD to do this all the time but once in a while it's fun!

See you soon! Until then, have a great weekend and take care :)

Nov 21, 2015 6:00:00 AM | Cards, CiLi in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn, Mixed Media, WOW Embossingpowders

Sunday, 04 October 2015

Art journal Saturday on a Sunday

I was going throu all the blogsI subscribe to, wondering why my Art Journal page didn't turn up. As it turns out, you actually have to make the post for it to show up in the feeds. Who would have known ;) So here it is, better late than never. This is for my bi-weekly mixed media posts for CiLi in Papers.

I made a background using Spectrum Aquas on gesso, it turned out really soft and pretty. Then I used stencils, gold texture paste and doodled all over the page. It took a good while but I enjoyed to let my mind wander and listen to a good audio book while doing this page.

I think those little tiny dots are my new thing. I think they are super cute!

Well, I better get doing more crafty stuff instead of typing up blog posts that I already should have written ;) See you soon!

Oct 4, 2015 1:14:16 PM | Art Journal, CiLi in Papers, DT, Mixed Media, Spectrum Noir

Saturday, 19 September 2015

Failure is a bruise - Art Journal

It's time again for my bi-weekly mixed media post at CiLi in Papers and this time I was really happy with what I made. I started with a well gessoed page. I love the soft look of watercolor on gesso, it has a lovely dreamy feel and this background is one of my all time favourites. I used my SpectrumAquas and scribbled three colors (Peach, Yellow and Charcoal) on different sized acrylic blocks for stamping. Then I spritzed water on them and pressed to the page. I dried with my heat tool and repeated until I covered the whole page. It looks so pretty!

I used pieces of a brown paper bag and glued down on the pages. I covered them in gesso and distress paint to match the page and stamped on them with an alpha from Lawn Fawn. Let's pretend that I did not switch two letters in the text... I added white shadows to make the words pop a bit more. I added shading with the Charcoal SpectrumAqua around the paper bag pieces and then I splattered some Black SpectrumAqua on top of it all and called it a day.

Seriously, how pretty are the colors of the background? It's so random how it will turn out and I love it when it is a success!

Sep 19, 2015 6:00:00 AM | Art Journal, CiLi in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn, Mixed Media, Spectrum Noir

Saturday, 05 September 2015

Psychedelic art journal page

I really shouldn't listen to 70's rock while creating. This page looks like the Scooby Doo party bus and I'm not sure what happened. I think I just wanted to use my Aqua Tints to color it and I only have the Bright and Beautiful set and Essentials right now so I for some reason decided to use ALL of the colors at once thinking it would be fun to keep the warm colors in the speech bubble and the cold colors outside. It started looking a lot like Halloween before adding the turquoise and then it just went to the dark side of the 70's from there. I hade a good laugh and don't mind. It's just an art journal and I had a good couple of hours doodling and coloring everything.

The fun part and the part that I will take with me to new, a bit more sane, projects were the stencilling using Aqua Tints in gold and silver. I used a bit of cut and dry foam to pick the color up and dabbed it over the stencils and I really like the effect. Will be seen in future cards and projects I'm sure.

So, not everything needs to be perfect in the Art Journal as long as I have fun. This is a page I made for my bi-weekly mixed media posts at CiLi in Papers. I hope you got a good laugh at least. The journaling says POW and then smaller: All of a sudden it will happen. It's a slogan from a lottery ticket in Sweden meaning that one day it's your turn to win and I believe in the power of positive thinking. One day something amazing will happen to me.

Sep 5, 2015 6:00:00 AM | Art Journal, CiLi in Papers, DT, Mixed Media, Spectrum Noir

Friday, 04 September 2015

A small art journal page for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

I'm up at the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog today for a guest post making a small art journal page. If you click here you can find the full post with an instructional video and list of materials used for my project. That small art journal is so darn cute and very fun to work with.

I hope you like it and if you come back tomorrow I'll have another art journal page for you, a big one with lots of psychedelic colors. That's what happens when you listens to '70s rock while crafting ;)

Disclaimer: I received product from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft to create this project, but all opinions are my own.

Sep 4, 2015 3:16:16 PM | Art Journal, Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft, Guest DT, Mixed Media, Tutorial, Video

Saturday, 22 August 2015

Glorious mess - art journal

I'm up at the CiLi in Papers blog for my bi-weekly mixed media project. This time I brought out the Gelli printing plate for some mono printing. I have only used it once before with not very awesome results but this time I was more happy with the results. The differece being I picked a few colors for all the printing, just some random acrylics of different brands I had in my stash. Less colors=less chance of a muddy mess. I also used more color on the plate so it didn't have time to dry. The third thing I changed was the paper. Last time I used regular printing paper and I wasn't very happy with it. I saw a video where someone used the backside of old one sided scrapbook papers and I had some of those from ages ago that had no sentimental value at all. I used them and I think the results was better this time. I didn't use many masks since the paper was thicker and didn't really show the intricate details of the masks as much as I wanted. But I still love how a few of the papers turned out. I made this Art Journal page with one of the sheets. It was a bit dark so I gessoed over the middle and saved the prettier outside parts.

I really love the texture from layering prints this way. The second and third print is always very pretty.

Here are some of the different results I got. I love that pink one in the middle and the green-ish ones. Very fun! I hope you got inspired to do some mono printing! See you in an hour or two for my second post today, this time for WOW! I hope you'll be back then <3

Aug 22, 2015 6:00:00 AM | Art Journal, CiLi in Papers, DT, Mixed Media

Thursday, 20 August 2015

Just say yes - art journal

Today I'm up at Faber-Castell Design Memory Crafts with another guest post, a page in my art journal.

For all the info on how I made it and a list pf supplies, hop on over to the full post here. At the same time take a look around at all the inspiration, it's a great place for all kinds of information and inspiration if you love Mixed Media and great products.

Disclaimer: I received product from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft to create this project, but all opinions are my own.

Thank you for stopping by! I do have some happy scrappy news that I hope I can share with you real soon :)

Aug 20, 2015 4:13:31 PM | Art Journal, Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft, Guest DT, Mixed Media, WOW Embossingpowders

Saturday, 08 August 2015

Airbrushed canvas

Instead of an art journal page I made this canvas for CiLi in Papers today. I used the ebrush with my Spectrum Noir markers and some masks. It was really fun playing with it and I love the result. I only added some gel pen and watercolor pencils as finishing touches.

I only used three colors of markers for the background, added a shade darker through the masks and I love how many different shades I got when the colors overlapped.

I'm thinking I should do a couple of more canvases to hang in a group, It didn't take too long since there wasn't any drying time in between layers.

I hope you enjoyed the inspiration. I hope I'll see you soon again! Have a lovely weekend!

Aug 8, 2015 6:00:00 AM | CiLi in Papers, Crafter's Companion, DT, Mixed Media, Spectrum Noir

Sunday, 26 July 2015

First Guest post for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Hi friends, today is my first guest post at Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft. I made a couple of Mixed Media cards using their fabulous products. Lots of color and lots of fun. Please visit their blog for a full how-to description and list of the materials used. Here's a sneak peak of what I made. Click here to go to my post on the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog.

Disclaimer: I received product from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft to create this project, but all opinions are my own.

Jul 26, 2015 12:40:15 PM | Cards, Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft, Guest DT, Mixed Media

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Cards made on a crop

Every summer I go to Orust island for a crop. This is sort of the highlight of the summer, spending the whole day with some of my favourite crafty friends. Here are the cards I made for the challenges I had time to create something for.

First challenge was to create something using mainly the color green I think. This was the first card I made but I actually made another card for this challenge so this was just a warm up ;) Stamps from WOW Embossing powders and Lawn Fawn and I colored using the Gansai Tambi watercolor set.