Hello, everyone!! I hope you all had a great holiday. Can you believe that the new year is just around the corner? I know after this crazy year, we are probably all very excited at the prospect of new beginnings, but also maybe wary at the same time. I hope that wherever you are, you're doing well, and feeling hopeful!
I will tell you, I had a really hard time with this project. I had no idea what to do. I finally landed on my default- a journal page. I used some of the collage papers I made in my last project, along with some rust dyed fabric and other bits I have hanging around.
The first thing I did was stamp with some acrylic ink, then on top of that I glued down a layer of rust dyed fabric. I have been really loving the texture the fabric brings, and sometimes the rust really pops when you glue it down.
I painted with some more acrylic ink and coffee, did some more paint stamping, and then started my collage. I knew I wanted to use the flying heart images, so I really built my collage focal point around that.
For the feet of the cube I painted the top part black, the bottom ball part with white gesso and when dry with Pebeo Vitrail Colour for glass Orange Gloss.
I attached strips of Aluminum foil tape
For the tea candle I stamped a strip of Aluminum Foil tape
I am Elitia Hart, metal art instructor and mixed media explorer, and this is my first post for the 100 Moons Creative Collaboration blog. I almost always use some form of metal sheet in my projects and am so excited for the opportunity to incorporate Artfoamies, 100 Proof Press Rubber Stamps and Rubbermoon stamps into my work.
When I first saw the images of 100 Proof Press stamps used to create these two small mixed media and metal tiles it reminded me of a poem by Christy Ann Martine :
" You can't keep her in a cage,
clip her wings, tell her lies
say that fragile birds
were never meant to fly.
Watch her live behind a rusted door, latched tight,
her spirit slipping away so you can keep her in sight
Scorpal Sook Wang Double Sided Adhesive Tape Sheet+
Acrylic Block , scissors
Lead free Pewter Sheet 36 gauge or Aluminum 40 g
Aluminum Foil Adhesive Tape
Craft Foam sheet and hard smooth surface
Teflon Tip Embossing tool or pencil
Blending Stump/Paper Pen
Small piece of Mat board or cardboard
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Instructions :
Please use these notes along with the video as I got a little frazzled during filming and might not have addressed the order of business as well as I could have : )
I used the Rubbermoon Kae Pea Doily Stencil ATC Size with Dreamweaver Stencils Metallic Silver Embossing Paste to surround the spiral. Once the embossing paste is dry you could apply another coat of satin Rustoleum Lacquer.
I cut strips of Aluminum foil adhesive tape and attached it to the edges of the tiles burnishing it well to adhere. I used a texture wheel on the foil to add some engravings and then applied black ink with the Permapaque marker, wiping away the excess ink while wet.
The Metal Embossing :
I stamped the 3 images on lead free pewter sheet (you can use aluminum 40 gauge too) with Black Stazon Ink. The images were placed on a thin foam craft mat and I went over all the primary design lines using a teflon tip tool. The metal was flipped over and on the back relined just on the inside of the primary line created from the front. I used a paper stump (blending stump) to push out the inside of the design and then placed it face up on the hard surface flattening the background. The concave areas on the back were then filled with Mod Podge Dimensional Magic and left to dry overnight.
Once dry, I applied Sook Wang double sided adhesive tape sheet to the back of the metal pieces and used scissors to cut out the girl and egg. The Bird girl was attached to mat board and the edges folded over.
All the metal pieces were a sprayed with Rustoleum Clear Satin Lacquer prior to adding the colored alcohol inks.
Once the ink was dried I used foam dots to attach the rectangular piece to the tile adding some height. The small girl was attached to the tile by removing the backing tape of the Sook Wang tape and the egg with a foam dot.
Spray the completed tiles again.
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Hope you had fun watching and learning- I certainly enjoyed the process!
This Summer I have had SO much fun being part of an online class named Flower Power, taught by such a talented and generous teacher, Kristen Powers. Using some of the techniques I learned in class, I created this blog project.
In this particular painting, instead of drawing out my own Flower Pot, I wanted to do something different. There is a RubberMoon Stamp Named...Four Flower Pots, that I really LOVE. In the piece above, I used this single stamp TWICE in order to have a row of colorful painted bouquet of flowers.
Close up Photo of Finished Mixed Media Painting
To Create this project, I used the above materials. Watercolor Paper, Watercolor Paints, Acrylic Paints, White Gesso and the Four Flower Pots Stamp.
I didn't want to use the Full Stamp twice on the painting for Composition purposes, so I used the "Masking" technique with a "post- it" note to partially cover some of the stamp.
This is the result of "Masking" the Stamp.
The following Photos are of the Painting process learned in the Flower Power Online Class found over at the The Moon & the Maker by Kae Pea.
Moving along...using Watercolor Paints & Gesso for the Background and Base, Acrylics and Watercolors for the Flowers and Pots.
Adding Gesso to the background and base gives the painting a softer look.
Adding more Color to the corners and scribbles on the background with the paint brush end gives the painting more depth and interest.
Before taking Kristen's online class, I would not attempt painting flowers. Now I have so much fun with it, and I have learned that I can still paint fun and whimsical flowers without losing my own Artistic Style. I hope you have enjoyed this post, because I sure enjoyed painting it!!
This Summer I have had SO much fun being part of an online class named Flower Power, taught by such a talented and generous teacher, Kristen Powers. Using some of the techniques I learned in class, I created this blog project.
In this particular painting, instead of drawing out my own Flower Pot, I wanted to do something different. There is a RubberMoon Stamp Named...Four Flower Pots, that I really LOVE. In the piece above, I used this single stamp TWICE in order to have a row of colorful painted bouquet of flowers.
Close up Photo of Finished Mixed Media Painting
To Create this project, I used the above materials. Watercolor Paper, Watercolor Paints, Acrylic Paints, White Gesso and the Four Flower Pots Stamp.
I didn't want to use the Full Stamp twice on the painting for Composition purposes, so I used the "Masking" technique with a "post- it" note to partially cover some of the stamp.
This is the result of "Masking" the Stamp.
The following Photos are of the Painting process learned in the Flower Power Online Class found over at the The Moon & the Maker by Kae Pea.
Moving along...using Watercolor Paints & Gesso for the Background and Base, Acrylics and Watercolors for the Flowers and Pots.
Adding Gesso to the background and base gives the painting a softer look.
Adding more Color to the corners and scribbles on the background with the paint brush end gives the painting more depth and interest.
Before taking Kristen's online class, I would not attempt painting flowers. Now I have so much fun with it, and I have learned that I can still paint fun and whimsical flowers without losing my own Artistic Style. I hope you have enjoyed this post, because I sure enjoyed painting it!!
