My teabag art for today is a mixed media dream catcher

My teabag art for today is a mixed media Dream catcher.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I added some strips of paper with Matte medium, brushed over it with white gesso, then I applied 2 portions of a paper doily at the top with a strip of lace.  Stitches were done on my sewing machine and then I also stitched on crochet floss.  I used Dylusions ink spray in Melted Chocolate, and Tattered Angels spray in Camel.  I added some sticles in scattered straw to various places.  The feathers and title were from a stamp and Die set by Kaisercraft called Dreaming.  I added 3 flat backed pearls to the lace.

Live a big life Art journal page

"Live a Big Life" art journal page in my Dina Wakley journal.  Products:  White gesso, Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Blue Raspberry and Mustard Seed, Heidi Swapp Color shine in Sweet Cherry, red acrylic paint, ephemera from Tim Holtz, hand painted watercolor image, chip board and wooden words, metal arrow, gold embossing powder with versamark ink and stamps from Carabelle-studio SA60210

An art journal completed today -- this was a mixed media piece

I just finished this art journal page titled "Create".

Products used:

White Gesso

Carabelle Studios background stamp "Moroccan tiles"

Clear and gold embossing powders

Versamark ink pad

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Forest Green

Heidi Swapp Color Shines in Citron and Chartreuse

Chipboard circles

Green and gold Mica powders

Gold Leaf

Metal lightbulb paper clip

Sticker word Create

"The Little Things" Mixed Media Layout for Entry in Kraft Plus Feb 2015 Challenge

Hi Everyone,

This layout is my entry into the challenge "Mango Breeze" that is being sponsored by Kraft Plus and you can find the details here.  The requirements for their challenge was that the layout should be on a base of Kraft cardstock and that you should incorporate some or all of the colors from their mood board.  Here is my entry:

The Mango Breeze Mood Board for this challenge was this:

I absolutely loved the colors against the Kraft background and was very please with how the layout turned out.  I have listed the products that I used below:

My Minds Eye - Kraft Fun Day Papers

My Minds Eye - Celebration Tracker Paper Pack

Recollections - Love Letters Paper Pack

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Turquoise Blue, Mustard Seed, Vintage Pink

Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Sweet Cherry and Georgia Peach

Faber Castell Gelatos in Squid Ink, Blood Orange, Aqua Dolce

Glossy Accents 

Homemade Paper Fluff

Checkerboard Dollar Store Stencil

Ruler Washi Tape

Sizzix Ticket Die

We R Memory Keepers Tab Punch

Cotton Crochet Twine

This was a really fun page to do!  Thank you for looking!

"They Lift Him Up" Mixed Media Layout for entry into the Feb 2015 challenge at Scrap Around The World

This is my latest layout that I completed.  I am entering it into the Feb 2015 Scrap Around the World Challenge here.

The Mood board that they provided to give you inspiration is below:

The first thing that inspired me from this mood board was the sentiment.  It reminded me of a conversation I had with my son a short time ago.  He told me that never did he imagine that he would have four children (he was an only child).  But more than that, he never imagined how much love he would feel for each and every one of them.  He said it overwhelms him sometimes.  The second thing about the mood board that called to me was the color green.  I tend to shy away from the color green so I decided to challenge myself and use a shade of green in this layout.

The following is my layout and the products that I used:

Products:
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Drywall Tape
Cheesecloth
Balloon SVG from Lettering Delights (cut on my cricut)
Arrows also cut on the cricut
Prima Romance Novel Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Remnants Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Curiosities Stamp Set
Hot Off the Press "Bike" stamp set
Kaisercraft "36" clear stamp
Vicki Boutin's In so Many Words Stamp Set
Kaisercraft "Rocks" Stamp
Prima "Welcome to Paris" Stamp Set
Hero Arts "Joy Ride" Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Wild Honey and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks
Heidi Swapp Color Shine "Chartreuse"
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists "Mustard Seed" and "Vintage Pink"
Texture Paste
Cotton Crochet yarn
Old book papers
Memento London Fog Ink
Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
Mod Podge

Thank you for looking!

Nightmare Before Christmas Clock

My daughter in law is obsessed with Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Movie so I told her I would make her something with the Nightmare Before Christmas theme so here is my take on it.  I hand painted the background of Tim and Sally and bumped it up in front of a handpainted rendition of a scary halloween background that I painted, added a decoupaged RIP headstone, a handpainted pumpkin, some diecut and distressed leaves, some jute twine and a die cut spider.  For the clock itself, it is a Tim Holtz Ideology Assemblage clock that I added a time mechanism to. I gessoed the clock, then  painted it in flat black acrylic paint.  When that was dry, I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Haunted Shadows Glimmer mist which gave it a purple tint. I then cross stitched some little patchwork pieces to mimic sally's dress and added them to random places around the clock.  I died some flowers and seam binding using Tattered Angels Haunted Shadow Glimmer Mist and Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine.  I stamped some random stamps and embossed them in silver embossing powder randomly on the clock.  The flowers are Kaiser craft and some from bargain city, a scary tree svg file I found on a google sear, I use black diamond stickles on the tree and the spider, florist wire for the spirals and added  a skeleton, a skeleton hand, and a bat charm.  She said she loved it!  Thank you for looking.

4 Generations

"4 Generations" Scrapbook Page. This photo was taken when I visited my son and daughter-in-law in May of this year. This photo is 4 generations - my mother, me, my son and his 4 children. All handmade flowers - the paper collection I used was FabScraps Timeless Travel and I used Hot off the Press Roses in Harmony die cuts. The texture in the background was done with IStencils 05-00031 R SC stencil and texture paste. I used Penny Duncan SVG cut files for the large dark rose flower and leaves and the petals of the flower were stamped with the Heartfelt creations "Vintage Word" Background stamp. The roses, rosebuds and small white flowers were made with the Carl "Vinca" punch. The beige flower was made with the Heartfelt Creations Stamp and die and then colored with Tim Holtz distress markers.  All of the flowers were sprayed with Tattered Angels Pearl glimmer mist.  The bead charm was handmade with beads and findings I had in my stash, The pocket watch was cut from Graphic 45 "A Timely Point of View" paper and I layered it on some chipboard and then onto a lace paper doily.  Thank you for looking!