Dare to Dream Canvas

Do you know how hard it is to get a project done when you have a little four year old man coming in to check up on you and ask questions about what you are doing?  I'm sure many of you do.  I had my youngest grandson visiting for a few hours today.  He brought his trains with him and built a railroad track all over the living room floor.  I was in the craft studio trying to get this project done to enter in a challenge.  He would come in every five or ten minutes to climb up on my lap to see what I was I was doing.  I don't think I'm on time for the deadline but will enter it anyway just so I can share it with you.  The challenge is over at Ink on My Fingers.  You can get there by clicking HERE.  I absolutely love the work of Hels Sheridan.

Paint, ink, matte medium, ink and paper.  An after of crafting doesn't get any better than this.  I just hope I can get the all the stains off my fingers before church tomorrow when I get to see my oldest granddaughter baptized.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

I Love Spray Webbing!

Oh yeah, you got that right!  Tuesday night found me at my local craft store taking a mixed media class that showed us how to use the spray webbing.  It was so much fun.  I learned a lot and I now feel more confident about creating mixed media.  I can't wait until next month's class!

We used flowers cut from aluminum cans.  The birds and tree limb are cut from cereal boxes.  The background is a piece of brown paper sack adhered to a 5" x 7" canvas.  Once the paint on the background was dry, we sprayed the webbing.  I thought it would be heavier and thicker but it isn't and gives a very cool texture to the paper.  I'll be making more of these in the future.  I see Christmas gifts happening.  :-)

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Michelle Brown Postcard

A few weeks ago, I attended a Mixed Media Postcard Art Tutorial given by Michelle Brown.  Mixed Media Art was celebrating it's 4th birthday.  At the end of the tutorial, Michelle gave us the opportunity to win one of the postcards she made.  All we needed to do was leave a comment on her blog.  Low and behold, I was a winner!  I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the postcard.  Well, today the wait ended.  I can't wait to make one of my own!

Isn't it great!  Now I need to save up some cereal boxes and make some of my own.  She makes it look so easy.  She also has a book I purchased, after I took my first class with her, and it is one I go to often just to be sure I haven't forgotten anything.  You can find it on her website.  Be sure to check it out clicking on the link above or on the postcard.

Thank you so much, Michelle, for the postcard and for helping me learn more and more about mixed media art.

Thank you for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe!

Marsha

Summer Sunburst

Today's card is mostly Stampin' Up!®  I love the sunburst in the Lifestyle Crafts Celebrate 2-Pack Embossing Folder set.  I have several ideas on how to use it on one of my Mixed Media canvases but that's for another time.

Stamp Set:  Trust God; Ink:  Pacific Point; Card Stock:  Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight; Accessories & Tools:  Dazzling Details, Lifestyle Crafts Celebrate Embossing Folder, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

It's clean.  It's simple.  It's bright.  It's cheerful.  Now I'm off to work on my plaque and, hopefully, get one of my Mixed Media canvases done.

Beautiful You Mixed Media Book

Saturday morning I had the privilege of being in a class taught by Cheryl Mezzitti.  To find out more about her visit her blog at http://cherylmezzetti.typepad.com/alter_this/.  She is an energetic and very hands on teacher and the class was a joy to attend.

We didn't have time to complete the whole book but I came away with many more ideas and new techniques I can incorporate on other projects.  For now, here is the cover of the book.  Once all the pages are done and I've put it all together, I'll set up a special page just for the Beautiful You Mixed Media Book.

I used products I had never heard of before and had no idea even existed.  The Twinkling H2O is a fascinating product.  We used chipboard and card stock and ribbon and lace and my head is still swimming from all that I learned.