Mixed Media Canvas with Paint, Stamps and Stencils

Mixed Media Canvas by

Welcome to my little creative corner. I got my mixed media on for this project and got inky and painty hands to prove it and one messy desk! Mixed media allows us to do whatever we are feeling and it is ok. Use any product, any technique..just make art. It is very liberating and IndigoBlu makes it easy with so many great paints, stencils, papers and more. Plus, I got to use up a bunch of my scrap IndigoBlu Mixed Media Papers, too!

Supplies Used:Indigoblu:  English Cottage Acrylic Paint, "Park Lane"  Grand Tour  III Stamp Set, Texture 6" x 6" Stencil, Roman Numeral 6" x 6" Stencil, Mixed Media Papers, various, Slap It On.
Other:  Tattered Angels: Baseboard in Ivory, Glimmer Mist in Viva Pink and 8" x 10" canvas, Ranger Archival Black Ink, Tombow ABT N15 black brush pen, Faber Castell PITT Pen in Magenta, White Gesso.

Start with your paper scraps, apply the Slap On and adhere to the canvas randomly. We will be covering it with gesso so do not worry about placement.

Cover the paper with white gesso without covering all the images. Keep a hint of the images.

Using a stencil, add heavy texture paste and allow to dry.

Add some of the Park Lane paint to the front over the edges and front texture portions.  Water it down a bit so that it is not too overpowering on the paper.

Sprtized the Glimmer Mist and Baseboard and spread with a paint brush. Using your pens outline some of the squares from the stenciled portion. Add a stamped image to give it its final piece.

Enjoy!  Thank you for coming by.

Candy Rosenberg

www.AVintageGirl.com

Antiquated Pencil Box

"An Antiquated Pencil Box"

Good day from the USA, everyone!

Candy here with a fun little pen holder. I have been obsessed with pens and paper all of my life.

Sadly, I believe I have taken out many forests of trees in my time on this earth. I recently got a cool little box with a monthly maker kit that I just adored. Alas, it had to be covered and what better than the gorgeous IndigoBlu papers!

IndigoBlu Supplies: English Cottage Acrylic Paint "Miss Moneypenny," Cartography Mixed Media Paper, Roman Numerals Stencil 6" x 6." Other Supplies: Beacon Adhesive 3-in-1, Prima La View Antiques Cloches, bare pencil box, paintbrush.

This fun pencil box lent itself to covering with this beautiful "Cartography" mixed media paper.

The beautiful copper color went really well on the paper and with its luxurious thickness it works so well with stencils.

Add the Miss Moneypenny to the outside of the box to complete the look.

Here I added the La View Antique Cloche, gives it a great three dimensional look.

I hope that you have been inspired to dress up any bare box you got lying around!

www.AVintageGirl.com

A Mini Piece of Art- Chipboard Artist Trading Card by Candy

Mini Piece of Art by Candy Rosenberg

I am on an ATC kick these days, they are limitless little pieces of art that you can use anything and everything to create one! Small 3.5 x 2.5 inch trading card size artist trading cards. I started with a precut, rounded chipboard ATC card and just started grab stamps, stencils, paints, buttons and a pen!

Supply List

IndigoBlu: TreeMendous A6 Red Rubber Stamp, Roman Numeral 6" x 6" Stencil, English Cottage Metallic Paints: Emerald City, Cinderella, Silver, Copper
Buttons Galore: Spring Bird/Nest. Other: pen, beads, ink

Start with your TreeMendous stamp. I inked with Imagine Crafts green and brown inks directly on the leaves and tree trunks to create the background to follow with paint.

Outline the tree trunk and start painting in with the Metallic Copper. Then using the Roman Numeral Stencil using the small flowers and Cinderalla Metallic paint to create the flower blossoms.

Paint slightly over the lines that you drew to make it blend giving it a painted look. Add whisps of colour where the trunks are.

Add the Emerald City green on the leaves giving them more dimension. Cut the backs of the nest and bird buttons and adhere directly to the tree to finish the look. Don't forget to add a few beads as the centre of the flowers.

The final Artist Trading Card with little added lines on the flowers and some inspirational words.

To learn more about ATCS, click here at Wikipedia.

Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I created to inspire you to get creative!

Candy Rosenberg
www.AVintageGirl.com

Mixed Media Canvas

Hello, Solange Marques here. Today I'll share with you an altered canvas using IndigoBlu products:

First I covered the canvas using IndigoBlu GeeSso Good White and after I applied modelling paste on IndigoBlu Stencil -Roman Numerals.

I made a collage using IndigoBlu Emporium of Curiosities Mixed Media Paper Pad and I used stamps from the IndigoBlu Tasty Textures set and IndigoBlu Sarah's Choice set;

I also used Beeswax and IndigoBlu Copper Kettle Mega Flakes:

Finally, I sprayed diluted IndigoBlu English Cottage Artist's Acrylic Paint Hot Cocoa on some places;

I hope you enjoy it! 

Picture Panel Portrait

Hello, Kay here. I found a broken photo frame, the glass long gone and the front beyond repair but the backing panel with the stand was intact so it has been up-cycled as the base for my framed  'Lost Family' member.

The panel was primed with white Gee-Sso-Good!,  fine texture paste was used through the Texture stencil on the right side. When dry the edges were painted with Goldfinger Metallic Paint .  A 12x12 sheet from the fabulous Arts & Crafts 'After Morris' Mixed Media Paper Stack was applied using Slap-It-On and trimmed. 

The whole panel was washed over  with diluted  Goldfinger paint. Course texture paste was then applied through the Roman Numerals stencil, when dry the texture paste was painted with Goldfinger metallic paint and shading added with a soft pencil. 

The script from Tasty Textures was randomly stamped over the panel with StazOn. Another Tasty Textures stamp was further stamped over the panel this time with FlitterGlu and the edges of the panel lightly sponged with the FlitterGlu pad, this was then gilded with Manchester Tart Mega Flakes.  

The pink roses and butterflies from two sheets of 6x6 Floral Fantasy Mixed Media Card Stack were fussy cut, shaped and lightly splattered with dilute Goldfinger. The edges of the A6 'AA man' from Lost Family Mixed Media Card Stack was distressed and had Mega Flakes applied. These were arranged with lace and pearl trimmings and then glued in place.

Do check out the new Mixed Media Papers, they are fabulous to work with, taking all sorts of treatments and always look superb.

Hope you have enjoyed this make as much as I had making it!

Kay x