"Glitz and Grunge" Canvas Board - Rusty Gears and Sparkle!

Hello sweeties!

I have something different to share today. I am going to call it "Glitz and Grunge". It is actually on a mixed media paper that I glued to a heavy watercolor paper, so the project is 12" x 12". Once I started adding so many mixed media layers, I had to glue it to some very heavy watercolor paper.  I would suggest to create something like this on a canvas board instead.

I love a teal and coral color combination!

You can find a more full list of products at the end of my blog entry.

Here is a nice closeup of the Tim Holtz sprockets that I painted with black gesso first, then the DecoArt Rust Effects. I randomly decided to add a piece of white string under the gears. I still don't know why! Does anyone else out there do things like that? Haha

So this is the bottom right side of the make-shift "canvas board", and if you look very, very hard, you can see that I have collage pieces under all of the layers. If you notice, vertically I have a Blue Fern Studios' ephemera piece that says "Life is Messy". If I could go back and do this project again, I would make sure that many of the words I used from various ephemera would have been noticeable.

The layers of gesso, modeling paste, acrylic paints, Lindy's Gang paints, glitter, and prills, the paper became very heavy. For this project, this is the first time I tried to use a glazing medium.

Crackle paste, cheesecloth, glass bead gel... If you look close, you can even see some Little Birdie Craft's coral flowers under the glass bead gel and prills.

Here is a more complete list of products I used:

13arts

Stencil - Demask

Stencil - Always the Music

Ephemera

Lindy's Gang

Spray - Sandra Dee Sepia

Spray - Whale Watch Blue

Magicals - Sea Grass Green

Magicals - Tibetan Poppy Teal

Liquitex

Black Gesso

Basics Acrylic Gesso 

Matte Gel

Golden

Glass Bead Gel

Crackle Paste

Modeling Paste

Tim Holtz

idea-ology - Sprocket Gears

Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo

Texture Paste - Transparent Gloss

Stencil - Crackle

Little Birdie Crafts

Flowers

DecoArt

Stencil - Crackle

Designer Finishes Rusted Metal Kit

Glazing Medium

USArtQuest

Prills - Coral

Blue Fern Studios

Glitter - Black Ice

Glitter - Blue Ice

Glitter - Russett

Ephemera

Well, I hope I inspired someone to try something new. I have a lot to learn about how to use a glazing medium, but I look forward to the challenge!

~Jessica Fischer~

"Amazing" Mixed Media Layout - Baby's Colorful Birthday!

Hello my friends,

Today I have a colorful layout for a beautiful little girl's first birthday.

I used so many different mists, glass beads, and glitters that I cannot list every single one. The background paper is Canva paper which is nice and thick. It is a bit hard to see, but behind the oval frame and on the right side of the page, I fussy cut some flowers from an old 13arts collection.

I used a 13arts stencil with modeling paste. Before I put the colors on the paper, I used Ranger Translucent Gloss Gel and a Tim Holtz Lines stencil, then while wet, I sprinkled on many different glass bead colors and glitters.

The mists used on the page are from 13arts and Lindy's Stamp Gang. The chipboard piece with the colored gems on it and the title chipboard are both from 2Crafty Chipboard. My chipboard was embossed with Fine White Ranger embossing powder first. On the frame and the title piece, I used a Blue Fern Studio's stamp and blue embossing powder. 

The white and blue flowers are from Prima Marketing. The small pink flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and I sprayed them with Lindy's Stamp Gang Autumn Maple Crimson. The white roses with pink tips are from Wild Orchid Crafts also, and I added Blue Fern Studios glass beads to the tips with Matte Gel.

I hope I was able to inspire you today with a bright, colorful, rainbow, and glitter layout on a white background! Until next time my friends!

~Jessica Fischer~