MMW#16: Under The Sea

Hi there

Are you ready for another challenge?!  Yup it is that time again and I want to say a huge thank you to all those who entered last months. We LOVE seeing your creations, watching you take part and joining in with us - thank you so much. We will announce the winner and features next week. For now... lets see what challenge we have in store for you today...

Under The Sea

Check out the amazing creations from our oh. so. talented. team.......

Janka

Lena

Seahorse

Drift wood, hot glue, black spray paint and Golden heavy body "teal"

Maria

Hello! 

Maria Lillepruun is here with you today! For our July challenge - Under the Sea - I made an art journal layout where I played around with lots of various media. I used scrapbooking paper, medical bandage, lace, texture paste, spray inks, alcohol inks, toppings and other decorations to create my misterious undersea world.

 (video tutorial will follow)

Georgie

Laine Kammeraad

Looking good, right?!!

We'd love to see what you come up with and here's the prize:

£20 Gift Voucher for

Pretty awesome huh?!! So lets get messy, we'd can't wait to see what you create!!

Hugs

MMW

xx

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MMW#15: From Scrap To Masterpiece

Hi Folks!

Georgie here with you today, as our dear Ingrid is taking some much needed time out.

Firstly apologies for being a week late with this post, but we're here with a new an awesome new challenge that is sure to tempt both beginners and advance mixed media makers...

But first, from our previous challenge - our winners:

Winner:

Kavi from Kalalayaa's Art Studio

Runners Up:

Autumn from Sew Paper Paint

Ekaterina from Sparkles of Imagination

Suzy from Suzz Stamping Spot

CONGRATULATIONS!!! These pieces are just amazing!! Please feel free to grab the relevant NEW badges from the side bar and proudly display them on your blog. Speaking of new we have a new FB page for sharing mixed media pieces, why not join us there too..

Please could the winner email Ingrid - ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail . co . uk in order to confirm if interested in Guest Designing and to claim their prize.

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So now on to our new challenge for this month:

From Scrap To Masterpiece

This month the prize is a £15 voucher from our Sponsor: Craft Story (www.craftstory.ru)

Just take a look at what the DT have whipped up for you this month:

Lena

Janka

Georgie

Maria

Yulianna

Hope you get the chance to play along with us this month - we do love seeing all your gorgeous creations!

Hugs
Georgie
xx

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Tutorial by Janka: Sophocles

Hello and welcome to all mixed media enthusiasts!

I hope you love nature, because today I'm going to create using a natural substrate. I chose to work with a tree bark. At the beginning, I didn't have any idea of what the result should be, but I got the idea from a little cast I made not so long ago and I went for it! The overall idea for my project is the famous quote by Sophocles: 

"He who throws away a friend is as bad as he throws away his life."

To recreate this, you'll need: 

tree bark
cast or resin
white gesso
black gesso
white crackle paste
soft matte gel
sprays to add colour
alcohol inks
beads
mica flakes
rub-ons
metal embellishments
wire
glue

How to:

1. Use a mould to create a relic and cover in white gesso

2. Add black gesso to the inner part of the tree bark and allow to dry

3. Add white crackle paste using a spatula and allow to dry naturally (ideally over night). You will end up with gorgeous crackle. Wherever you added a thinner layer you'll end up with smaller cracks and the areas with more of the paste will have bigger and deeper cracks.

4. Use a spatula or a brush to add soft matte gel here and there and sprinkle these areas with beads and mica

5. One everything is dry, use the white gesso to highlight raised areas of the added elements. Make sure that everything is dry before adding a bit colour using sprays. I used a yellow spray by Studio Calico and an alcohol ink Adirondack, Rusty.

6. Add a more vibrant colour, in my case Adirondack, Aqua, add a rub-on to the right hand side bottom and glue metal embellishments. I altered the metal plate using alcohol inks. These are great for altering metals.

7. Adhere the relic with the wire using a strong glue.

More photos: 

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial! Have fun exploring the mixed media world! There are 10 more days to join our challenge 'Glam Grunge' so join the fun! 

We also have a new FB Group that you can join HERE. 

Take care! 

Janka xxx