ScrapSenSations: Be You

Hello Happy Scrappers

I hope you have all had a wondeful Christmas 💞and may the new year bring you health,
happiness and many hours of crafting joy😁

Today I am sharing a Mixed Media creation that was inspired by #Mixedmedia challenge.

I love the colours used in the Moodboard - so peaceful and delicate.

The details of the competition are below, please click on the Moodbard - December Challenge,

So please join me below for my little tutorial and I hope you are inspired to join in the fun.

To begin....

I used the lid off of a Fruit box.
I then embossed card with a Brick embossing folder and die cut the door.
I also used previous die cuts, ribbon, paper and foam roses.
I have placed photos below of the products I used for ease of reference.

I glued down the embossed card covering part of the top and bottom gaps.

I painted the whole board and card with white Gesso ( I did the same with my other die

cuts, MDF bits and flowers)

I spread texture past on the edges to smooth out the ridge of the card onto the board.

Once this was dry I spread Crackle paste randomly over the board.

Once the crackle was dry, I stencilled Modelling paste onto the board and the door for

additional texture. Once dried, I coloured the Board and Door with Dye sprays - Mixed Media &

Lindy's Sprays.

I added several layers of colours (colours are listed in the photo under products used)

Drying in between each layer of spray colour. I used the Black Water colour pencil and

a thin paint brush to highlight the crevices in the stones.

Once I was happy with the colours, I decided on what embellishments to use and

where they should go.

BUT I forgot to mention that I heat embossed some flower stamps with white embossing

powder:

REMEMBER: You can use white gesso to lighten the colours if you feel they are too dark.

Just rub a little over the area and the gesso will absorb the colour and look lighter. If you

add Gesso and you want it to stay white (to highlight) you need to dry it quick once added so

it does not absorb the colour underneath.

Once I had an Idea of where the embellishments should go, I glued the door onto
box board to give it a lift and then adhered it to the board. I used this as my main
focus point and built around this.

Once my enbellishments were glued down, I then coloured my flowers with #lindyssprays
and #imaginationcrafts Mixed media sprays. I did this so I could get the colours to flow
from the board underneath to the flowers, Some roses have two different colours, as I
let the one colour "bleed" onto another flower and blended the colours. Both these Dye
sprays are water based and blend well with eachother. If the colour you have used is too
dark, just spray it with water and dab the flower with kitchen towel, it will lift some of the colour.

I must confess that the MDF and Resin moulds were initially pink, but it was too bright, and I
thought of adding green, but mixed a little of lindy's poppin pink spray with My Mojito Green
and I got this awesome purple colour - the colour was delicate enough and looked great.
What a lovely accidental mix 😏

I did have some embossed die cuts in my stash already - so I was happy to use these in my
project.

Once the flowers and embellishments were dry, I added white glitter, Decorative Glitter Sand
and small art stones with Gel medium.

I used #NUVO expanding mouse - Worn linen, on my finger and highlighted the stencilled
texture and the the tips of the flowers, as well as the MDF and resin embellishments.

Least but not last - I added my words/phrases that I printed from the web. I edged the phrases
with #Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo. I used carton cut offs to lift these off the board.

Once the phrases were adhered to the board, I used the Water colour pencil again (black)
with a thin paint brush to create a shadow underneath the words, hightlight the borders of the
door and the edges of the board.

And Voila.....