April 1~New Challenge Mixed Media Mojo~Recycle/Upcycle: Twist Flowers~ CC3C #25~Rhedd's

Welcome April!


April what a fun day for so many reasons! No jokes...well at least not yet....

Today starts a fun new Challenge at Mixed Media Mojo! The theme is Recycle/Upcycle with a twist, Flowers....make of it what you like, just have fun and please share with us, we love to see your creations!

And a big joyful WELCOME to all of our new DT members! Please hop over to leave them some comment love:)

                                                         Click HERE to join the Challenge:)

Here is my project to share for your inspiration(hopefully!)


It started this clothing life as a wonderful shirt with cherries....

Then was transformed to a Springy canvas! The above picture I used flash on and it is still a bit harsh. In person it is much softer. I was impatient and rushed my photos...then I made more in the soft morning window light...

The butterfly is a Unity stamp, my current favorite. I stamped it onto a book page in Jet Black Archival. I colored it using Distress Inks, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Barn Door progressively. Once done I used my water brush to further blend the colors. Then of course the paper rippled...but I like how it made the butterfly have movement..magic!

Distress Paint and my Tim Rays stencil for the sun shiney fun.

I die cut the trellis using my Tim Frameworks die. Wonderful tip, there is a Challenge featuring the use of these dies, HERE. It is the Compendium of Curiosities Vol 3, Challenge hosted by Linda. This one is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium with a super wonderful $50 shopping spree!

You can start to see it here, more of the background layered in with stencils, stamps and mini stamps.

Please click pictures to see any bigger if you like :)

And the flowers:)  I love paper flowers! I made these using my Tattered Florals die. I used magazine pages with various imagery. Some of them are pictures of flowers.  I used the brads to hold the layers together. They were too flat and bold....so I crunched them up.

Then I sprayed them with Distress Stain Spray and splattered them with Distress Paint. I love how the  spray stain and paint made them more translucent quality. It really toned down the bright magazine imagery!

I am also entering this in the wonderful challenge hosted by Linda, the Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3, Challenge #25. If you are not sure what this challenge is, it is to follow along with Tim's book of techniques. This fortnight's features the Frameworks dies. Each Challenge has some wonderful prizes. This one has a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from Inspiration Emporium, hope you will visit the super shop HERE.

Another wonderful place to share your Mixed Media/Altered Art is at Rhedd's Creative Spirit. It is always Anything Goes as long as it is not a card, ATC or scrap page. The DT's art is wonderful and all the makes shared are amazing, do hop over and visit! I am linking to the April Challenge.

Thank you for following along!  Sharing the fun with Mixed Media Mojo, our April theme is Recycle/Upcycle, twist, Flowers.


Happy April!
~hugs~

~kim

Compendium of Curiosities Vol 3 Challenge #14~CC3C #14~Colored Crackle

Hi Happy Friday!

This is my project for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14, Colored Crackle. You can see all the details and wonderful inspirational pieces at Linda's blog, HERE.  This even number challenge is sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique with a fabulous $25 shopping spree, see her wonderful goods at her awesome shop HERE.

The Compendium Challenge this round is to do the Colored Crackle technique as shown in The Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3 book by Tim Holtz.

My inspiration for the actual project came from Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper prompt this week, Sewing & Stitches and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Good 'ol Days.

Please click the photos to see them bigger:)

My grandmother was a seamstress and always made clothes and doll clothes. I always remember her wood cabinet for her sewing machine kind of a medium brown wood. And she liked blue. I do not have any photos of her but I found some awesome treasures in my stash to make this all work.

Crackle texture is addictive and fun! This is the second project I made this week with them and I love it! Just wish they sold it by the gallon!lol

The photo images are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash pad Lost and Found. I love this stash, the papers are so pretty, I really have a hard time using them! 

The stamps are Holtz, Blueprint Assortment. Also a wonderful Unity set with lots of sewing coolness! 

The paper under the sentiment tag is a dried empty teabag. The thread is the string from the teabag.

I used various stencils with texture paste for the patterns. After is was set, I followed the Crackle Technique as outlined in my copy of Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3. Get your copy, it is well worth it! I am horrible at remembering techniques, so it is really cool to have them all assembled in a great book:)

Thank you for looking, I hope you like it and if you have a moment, I'd love it if you left a comment:)

I am sharing this with:

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #14: Colored Crackle sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Good 'ol Days

Hels Sheridan Sunday Stamper:Week 332 Sewing & Stitching

Unity Friday Friends with Flair Link up

October 9~ 31 Days of Halloween Challenge Day 9 AND Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #12

Happy Thursday!

Wow, Thursday already, time is really flying!

Welcome Hoppers and Curiosity Seekers!!

Welcome to Day 9 of Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween challenge! To see all the details and Scavenger Hunt clue, go to Terra's blog HERE. Make sure you check out today's cool Scavenger Hunt giveaways! See our fabulous sponsors HERE.

My Wicked Blogger post is also for the Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3, Challenge #12. These bi-weekly challenge is hosted by Linda and you can see all of the fun details at her blog HERE.  This even numbered challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. If you need an item, order from them, they have super prices and they ship fast! And the shipping is super reasonable so you can buy more stuff:)

Here we go, project 9 of 31 done for your viewing pleasure!  The Compendium Challenge 12 has us do Distress Phototinting. You can see the process in the Tim Holtz book, I won't go into the details here. I recommend the book highly! And this technique is loads of fun!

I present Mr. Grumpy Boy. He is a vintage photo I found at the Graphics Fairy.

You can see it in his eyes. This is one grumpy Georgie who says nope no way no how am I going to have fun and dress up! Ridiculous enough Mum made me sit for this Hallowe'en portrait in this stuffy coat! So poor dear is immortalized in this portrait for generations to come! 

I could not resist this image an almost anti Halloween card but I still made it dark and moody, but hahaha no orange!

Thank you so much for Hopping here today and maybe your kind words can make him smile today and they always do me!
~hugs~

~kim

I am linking to Compendium of Curiosities Challenge 12 sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Compendium of Curiosities Vol 3 Challenge #11~CC3C #11~Dreams Wings

Hello!

Happy Thank-Goodness-It's-Friday!

No clue where the time has gone! LOL I am coming in just under the wire with my project for the 11th Challenge in Linda Ledbetter's playtime for the Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3. See all the fun-ness HERE. And WOW it is so close to the end of the month, yikes! So I am barely in time for Gauche Alchemy's Challenge Country Chic and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes! Mixed Media Monthly has a fun color theme inspiration, love the orange!

This Eleventh is sponsored by the Inspiration Emporium with a kind $50 shopping spree to one lucky random winner! Please do visit our most kindly sponsor HERE. bowties are cool
Likewise the ever talented and source of all creative goodness for this wonderful challenge, Mr. Tim Holtz has donated a wonder surprise pack for the Crew's Choice Award! Yay!

This creative prompt for this bit of fun is found on page 52, Effects Powders in the Compendium of Curiosities Volume 3. Please get a copy, it is such a wonderful investment!

Here we go. This was such fun and has led to a new addiction, these powders are addictive and a MUST HAVE! I have never played with them before, the first challenge was finding  a shop that had some in stock locally, always a great excuse to go shopping:) My shop had one color left, Tea Dye. And I love it!

Next challenge came in photographing the project. The light was not cooperating, was too flat to show off the yummy texture. ~Insert sad face~    then this morning, yes, just almost right now, I had left the tag on my art table in my fancy art- studio- that-was-my-kitchen. The sun was shining brilliantly across said difficult project and YES! perfect!

WARNING many pictures below :)

Click to see 'em bigger

The background to my tag is cut from a manila folder. I stamped the roses in Distress Paint Seedless Preserves using the bottom part of a celery bunch. I love the roses you can make with the celery!

All of the butterflies are coated in the Tea Dye powder, but I varied the underneath colors to see what would happen. The glossy one below was kinda an oops, I coated it with some Ranger Crackle Accents but it did not crackle. No clue why other than the bottle is really old. But I love the effect anyways and it is a nice contrast to the bumps on the rest:)

I stamped the key shape with Distress Ink then embossed it in clear. It came out with another fun texture.

No doubt the stars of this show are the butterflies and vine. They are lovely and I can't wait to get more powders to make more!

I think that is all, thank you SO much if you are still with me all the way down here:) 

~Hugs~

Have a great day!

~kim

Linking to:

The Compendium of Curiosities V3 Challenge 11

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

GaucheAlchemy September Theme: Country Chic Flower Board and Rustic-ness

Mixed Media Monthly September Challenge: Color, Orange and Pink