Mixed Media, Lindy's Stamp Gang Challenge

HI everyone!  Back again to share my latest project and entry for Lindy's Stamp Gang's color challenge for August.  I went with a mixed media piece since I want to spread my crafting wings a bit and get into that medium a bit.  It's fun and liberating because you just kinda throw whatever you have onto your canvas or plaque or whatever backing you use.  The only thing you really need to make sure of is the "flow" of the piece, to make sure the vibe is right when you look at it.

Here's the color prompt -

Love the colors here!  Our sky has looked like this a couple of times this summer.  We always say "it's gonna be a hot one tomorrow" when the sky looks like this.

Here is the first pic of how the piece started, you'll see it didn't end up that way since I moved it around so much :)

So, as you can see, this is how I had it to start with. The word be was from glitter letters I have and it just didn't work.  So I played and moved, moved and played till this -

Sorry about the ghostly glow in the first two pics bottom left.  The glare from the window peeked out from under my background.  I like how this finished up after playing musical pieces with it.  Here are the colors I used -

Alpine Ice Rose
Mad Hatter Mint
Primrose Gold, which there's no link for yet

Pretty much everything came from my stash.  I'm a frugal little crafter, making my own  chipboard accents when my cricut will allow it, and digging into my stash trying to just use what I own.  The great thing about this medium is the re-purposing aspect.  A plaque that I was no longer using, and there are two more which I'll probably do something for Halloween with!  Taking your pile of paper scraps and just placing them all around.

You can also watch my video -



So I'm having fun with this, not quite there yet, but with each project growth will come :) Hope you liked it and thanks for stopping by!

Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Challenge

Hi everyone, I'm back with another project that really made me happy.  Tim Holtz put up this challenge on his *BLOG* using his tattered floral die from sizzix.  I got such a great deal on both flowers and leaves from Joann's, they were 20 bucks for both!  That made me decide to join in.  If they weren't on sale I would've just been a bystander :)  Any way, I thought really hard about what I would do and I decided on doing an altered canvas, this is my very first one!

I have seen so many of these on the web and I have really liked the look of them, so while pondering I decided to give it a go for this challenge.  I think it came pretty good for my first shot.  Here are the pics -

I used my glimmermist on the canvas, then just layered all my elements bit by bit.  I made the flowers out of white cardstock with this awesome bunch of adjectives printed on it, that's it above.  I think the words describe me. In this last pic and maybe the one above you can see I used crackle paint in rock candy.  The butterflies I covered with a bit of white paint then barn door distress stain.  Of course NO project of mine is complete without some stickles, hence the title "shine brite" and yes, I know it's not spelled right ;)  After cutting and giving a slight distress to the letters I dipped them in my Utee, man I love that stuff! Mod podge and some inking on my lace along with my rhinestone bling and voila.

The prize is a package valued at $175 bucks!  Woohoo, I would love that!  Hope you like it :)