Mixed Media Canvas

This canvas was made for my swap partner and sweet friend Kelley in a Facebook group. 

I had so much fun creating, I ended up making her two! 

This is the first one.

I started off with a piece of plain chipboard. 

I used different mixed media techniques to create this piece...

Lots of gesso and texture paste with stencils were used. Along with some sprays and inks. Paints. Perfect pearls. Embossing powders. Cheesecloth and book page. Scrapbook paper cut in half circles with mini staples. Metal and chipboard embellishments.

One of the requirements was for it to hang. 

I created my hanger using black wire and curled another piece around it.

It turned out to be a really fun project.

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Artist Trading Card

Here is another ATC I made using a gelli print for my background. Images from a kit at Deviant Scraps and words from that big ol' book of quotes that I found at a garage sale. I also added some inking and glitter glue.

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Gertie - Blind Contour ATC

This hand drawn ATC started off as practice for blind contour drawing. 

I ended up adding to it to bring it more to life. 

She reminds me of a "Grandma Gertie".

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Unstoppable ATC

I done an image transfer for this ATC. It's one of the first times I've tried transfers and am not very good at it. I believe it's a technique that will take much practice. I added a word from a magazine and embossing powders.

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Bird Lady ATC

I used one of my gelli prints for my background on this ATC. The beautiful bird lady is from a kit at Deviant Scraps that I printed, cut out and adhered down. The words are from a quotation book I found at a yard sale. Inked all the edges to finish it.

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Exist ATC

Hello! For this artist trading card I used crumpled tissue paper on my background. I built up the area for the eye with tissue paper to give it dimension. (You can't really see it in this picture) I painted and sealed the tissue paper. Next, I covered the entire card in layers of embossing powder. The eye is a Tim Holtz stamp. To finish it, I wrote the word Exist on top of the heat embossed card with my white pen. It really came out pretty cool!

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Clowns ATC

My background is a gelli print that I made. I added some machine stitching and a couple of fun clowns from a kit at Deviant Scraps and finished with some washi tape at the bottom.

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Gelli Print ATC's

Both these ATC's I made with my Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. I used the Tim Holtz Alterations on the edge - Townscape die to make a stencil/mask. I outlined the houses with a pen and added clouds and words.

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Imagine - Mixed Media Tag

I made this mixed media tag for Lori, my swap partner in a Facebook group. I added lots of texture by using texture paste through a stencil and then painting it. There is also torn book pages underneath adding more texture and layers. I heat embossed the hot air balloon on for my main focal point. Next, I added some washi tape. Heat embossed around the outside edges of the tag. I stapled the stamped word on using my Tim Holtz stapler. To finish it off I added fibers.

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Dream - Mixed Media ATC

I made this ATC for Lori, my swap partner in a Facebook group swap. I started off with one of my gelli prints for the background. The tape measure is a paper embellishment. I then added random machine stitching. For my butterflies I stamped them onto gelli printed paper and cut them out. I added embossing powders and texture paste.  Finally, the word dream was stamped on to finish it.

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Okay ATC

Another gelli print as my background with some added machine stitching. Everything else from kits at Deviant Scraps that I printed out with my computer and printer. The girl I designed in Photoshop Elements using pieces from the kit "Something Else" by itKuPiLLi Imagenarium at Deviant Scraps. Pin It

Mixed Media ATC

This started off as a gelli print for my background. I added machine stitching randomly. The flower and the lady are from a kit at Deviant Scraps called "Something Else" by itKuPiLLi Imagenarium. Next I used texture paste through stencils. I added glitter glue and a quote from a quotation book I found at a yard sale. Pin It

Stanley -Blind contour ATC

This is another one of my drawings that started out as blind contour.(Draw without looking at the paper)

 I colored him with colored pencils. I made my background using stencils and ink. I thought he looked like his name should be Stanley.

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Bon Voyage ATC

I used scrapbook paper for my background. Everything else is from kits at Deviant Scraps. 

The boy and his wings are from the "Stitched with Love" kit by Hidden Vintage Studios.

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Gelli Print Brothers ATC

My background is a gelli print I made and cut to ATC size. I then added some stamping and doodles. The two brothers I printed out and fussy cut. They are from a kit at Deviant Scraps called Down The Rabbit Hole by Hidden Vintage Studios.

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Glittering Dreams ATC

I made a collage background of different pieces of gelli prints I've made. I added pink heat embossing to the edges.  The girl I designed in photo shop using pieces from a kit from Tumble Fish Studio over at Deviant Scraps. The flower and words are from kits at Deviant Scraps too. The butterflies were some embellies I had in my stash.

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Eye On You ATC

I made my background using crumpled tissue paper. I then gessoed it and painted it blue. Next, I used an eye from a kit at Deviant Scraps. I embedded it with lots of different embossing powders. The words I just printed off from my computer.

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Space Princess ATC

On this artist trading card I used one of my gelli prints for the background with some green heat embossing around the edges. All the images are from kits at Deviant Scraps. This card was made for someone on the make me happy thread at ATC's for all who wanted a space princess.

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