Mixed Media tags with Sheena Douglass

Hello fellow crafters!

I hope you are well. Sheena has brought us some lovely new crafty things! Her new launch is mixed media tags, accompanied by floral dies and stamps as well as butterflies and more! As these dies are mixed media they allow you to cut out mount board and lots of other materials.

With this one, I had the idea of a rainbow of butterflies moving across the tags. The butterfly kaleidoscope is a such a fabulous, intricate die and has a matching stamp. There are also pattern stamps to add extra texture to your projects. I connected these mount board tags with black card joints and then covered the back with black card tags for a clean finish. The front tags were cut with Sheena card. We were also lucky enough to get to play with the gorgeous new harmony ink pads from Crafter's Companion! 😊 These are wonderful, blend beautifully, and can also be used as watercolours, they were combined with Sheena's sparkle pens for the butterflies.

I also created a card to show the different sizes, there are actually five to play with in the contemporary tag set, and as always, Sheena has brought us some uplifting sentiments. The background behind the die cut butterflies, was made by randomly painting drawing gum across the card, to give the feel of marble. I wanted the butterflies to really stand out, and it would also be in contrast to the gold embossed patterns on the card base. 

And now on to lillies! I thought they would make a nice contrast against the black for this wall hanging. 

A second card with the Lily and the tag, as you can see these are great for cards or as a stand alone tag. The Lily die is really easy to decoupage too as it has guidelines of where to cut, and you know me, I do love a bit of decoupage! 😊

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these projects. Can't wait to see what you make! 

T.T. F N

Adele

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Playtime with Imagination Crafts

Hello peeps! 

Well, what lucky Inkoids we are! We were so excited to get the chance to play with crafty goodies from Imagination Crafts! 😊😃 I do love mixing it up a bit with mixed media! The team have been able to play with the absolutely gorgeous Starlight paints! These are super sparkly folks! 😎 And, alongside the stencils, structure paste, gilding wax and glitter mediums you can really go all out for texture and technique! 

This creation was structure paste through a selection of the stencils, each drying in turn before applying the next. Elements were added, it was then painted with black gesso and rubbed over with the white pearl wax. For the shows we were also working with Sheena's Threader stamps, Beautiful butterflies and Blooming Brilliant. I stamped and embossed with black and then painted them with the paints, decoupaging the larger flowers. I used the uplifting sentiment as a focal point which I could then apply the glitter medium too. 

Thought I'd share with you the base I began work on before adding everything, so you can see how the layers were built. Stencils, with structure paste, wooden elements adhered with structure paste, a few die cut cogs and a key and lock from Sara Davies. String to add more interest and texture, and I also wanted to hang keys from this, I was later able to apply white pearl wax to this too once it was painted black. 

I'm a big believer in recycling and I think most crafty peeps are. So this is an upcycled old wooden box lid. Again, I was able to use several of the stencils to create this composition, it takes longer, waiting for each layer to dry, but it is definitely worth the wait and allows you to do so much more with them. 😊 I then painted it with the Starlights, and I think you can tell from the photos how shiny they are. For highlights on the pocket watch and cogs, I applied gold glitter medium with the brush. Extra spots and markings were also added to the butterfly.

Rice papers were combined with the stencils and texture paste for this project. The centre is a canvas sheet with the stencilled images, then shaped to look distressed. As this board was flat I tied strings from it so it could be hung, this also allowed me to adorn it with charms to add to the vintage feel. Sheena's stamps were again used to compliment the Imagination Crafts designs. 

The rice papers are lovely for creating a pretty notebook, which would be a perfect gift for someone.

And if you have a gift to give, you need a gift bag right? Here, I stencilled through with the paint first, then once dry, applied gold glitter medium through the text stencil. The rose image was then mounted on gold card and on to the front of the bag, with added charms and ribbons. 

I loved playing with these products and you will too! So much you can do with them. 😊Now what will you make?? 

Crafty hugs

Adele

xx