Mixed Media

 I try to participate in 52CCT every week, but I do get behind. This week I made one card that incorporated 3 challenges. Colors: pink, purple, and blue; Theme: tags on cards, and Technique: Mixed Media. The sketch is from Atlantic Hearts. This card ended up being big: 7.5”x5.5”. It seems I’m not very good at mixed media, but it was fun to try something different. I spread some texture paste on a stencil for the tags and watercolored over them when they dried. I painted some pearl paint over crackle medium around the edges. I don’t know think the crackle worked with the pearl paint. I stamped a Merry Christmas  tag, but it got covered up with paint and just looks kind of dirty. I don’t know. Maybe some of you could give me some pointers. Then I added some bows and embellishments.

Materials used:

Cardstock: Sky, Pansy Purple, Baby pink, White Daisy

Paper: Die Cut Mat Pad (K&Company, not CTMH)

Stamps: Yuletide Carol Scrapbooking Workshop 

Ink: Archival Black

Other: Texture Paste, Pearl Paint, Watercolors, Fundamentals Assortment, Brushed Assortment, Laughing Lola Assortment, Black Gem Flourishes

Country Teddy Bear

 Today I made a funny little card that reminds me of decorations people had in their homes back in the 1990s. Teddy Bear’s picnic or something like that. After I picked my papers, I found this little thumbprint bear in my scraps and I thought it looked cute. Very country.

I am participating in Color My Heart, Heart 2 Heart, Double Trouble, and Use Your Stuff.

I used some non-CTMH paper I got from Hobby Lobby for the plaid background. I won some CTMH paper from Double Trouble, and I used some of that for the green plaid panel. I think it is the Holly Jolly paper pack. The cardstock is Bluebird, Pansy Purple and Honey.

I used the dimensions of the sketch from Heart 2 Heart, but I rotated it. The colors I pulled from the Inspiration Photo at Color My Heart were green, red, yellow, purple, and blue. I used green and plaid for Double Trouble and joined up with Use Your Stuff.

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Bluebird, Pansy Purple, Honey

Paper: Holly Jolly, 12 Days of Christmas (the Paper Studio, not CTMH)

Stamps: Countdown

Ink: Willow