Mix it up Monday January

I love to push my messy side on mixed media and love when inspiration hits! 

Here's my take on Mix It Up Monday at Paper Issues.

 I was scrolling Instagram in December and saw this amazing Christmas tree done with green ribbon by Audrey Yeager.  

She mentioned her YouTube process video and ribbon cut file.  

I had the snowy tree pics which honestly is a favorite part of winter in MN.  

I love seeing the trees heavy with fresh snow!

I was super excited to use all of these fun trees, snowflakes, and Brr papers/blue-green paper from Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa.

Lots of pics below to show the process:  Using the tree cut file- added gesso above it. Added acrylic paint in layers using packaging plastic. Then I dried it before adding the white ribbon. Weaved the ribbon through the holes. (I should've watched her video again.  I made mine really full with ribbon as it was hard to know when to stop!!

 Added paint in layers-- added white, yellow, and blue paints--mixed varying shades of green.  I thought I would use the green ribbon in the picture--and then opted for the snowy white!

I threaded through all of the ribbon. I added the splatters of three colors of green mist. I decided the tree looked too messy with the excess green paint on the perimeter, so I added the hand stitching with white thread.

It was so much fun to dig through all of my Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa collection kit for this. I completely love this collection and really didn't get a chance to use much of it yet!

Also, how cute is that B &W mini flair from Feed Your Craft?!  I love it for my date!

 The title was so much fun to mess with and use the trees and snowflakes included on the sticker sheets, ephemera, and Snow and Cocoa chipboard.

 I thought the top edge looked boring so I added scraps and sewed them down.  These little banner pieces from the sticker sheet and cut apart paper worked well!

I hope you are inspired to try something new!  It is the perfect time to stashbust your ribbon, mixed media supplies, or collections of paper you haven't cut into yet!

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A Winter Quote to Love

Happy New Year!  I can't believe it's already here!  Today we are full of surprises and new things at Paper Issues.  I am playing along with the new challenge based off of this quote for the month.  Take inspiration from any of the words, the colors, the snowflakes, etc...  I made it super easy and found the exact quote on the Simple Stories Winter Wonderland paper!

I love all of the design pieces included with the Simple Stories Winter Wonerland collection.  I used 12x12 cardstock stickers, ephemera bits, and other snowflake cut files to add to this pretty snowy background.  I also added flair from Feed Your Craft as the snowflake and saying was the perfect for this design theme.

I totally have a love going with white acrylic paint.  I love the look it adds to a LO and in this case it adds a look of snow.  Perfect for winter designs!

My little guy's face peeking out from his frosty hat makes me smile!  I love these word stickers on the 12x12 sticker sheet.  They help the eye to look throughout the page and in this case, I wanted the eye to look over to his little face!

Have a wonderful day!  Enjoy this first day of the new year!  We hope you'll play along with this new quote challenge this month at Paper Issues!

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Mix It up- the Red Cup Edition

Today it is all about mixed media at Paper Issues for a new Mix It Up Monday with Dona!  This month she is challenging us to keep it mainly a gray, black, and white LO with a pop of color. 

I focused on using some of my Elle's Studio Tis the Season items for this layout.

Here's the quick process I did for this mixed media LO:  

 I started out by applying clear gesso on my white cardstock.  I dry it immediately with my heat gun to minimize warping. 

 Next, I applied layers of silver mist from Mr. Huey's and black ColorShine mixed with water for the packaging technique. 

 Then, I added splatters of gray and white watered-down, acrylic paint.  I added splatters of paint on my black cardstock before I cut it into circles.

I stamped my title using the fun Malia alphabet stamps from Elle's Studio.  I cut the Elle's Studio Countdown paper into smaller circles to break up the red and black.

Elle's Studio has such cute acrylic pieces to go along with their collections.  I loved this good cheer piece and how it worked so well to be part of my title.

I used some flair from Feed Your Craft.  I love the black and white love sentiments!

The stitched silver metallic thread stars were fun to sprinkle throughout.  The metallic thread is always a struggle to work with, but I love the results!

I covered up the big green Starbucks logo on the larger cup circle.  It ended up being too distracting!  Elle's Studio Countdown paper to the rescue!!

 One last close up pic!  Thanks for checking out the details on this fun Mix It Up Monday at Paper Issues!  I hope you are inspired to get messy with your projects!

I hope you find some time this holiday season to include some of the details of your December into your projects!  Upcycle a red cup, napkin, ticket stub, business card, receipt, etc...  It is fun to see these items on your projects to compare and reflect back on in a few years!

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New Issue at Paper Issues: You Knock My Fox Off!

We are starting a new issue for October called You Knock My Fox Off!  We are up on the Paper Issues blog today with some inspiration to get you started!   Here are some ideas to play along: use fox/woodland animal embellishments, create something about the people you love, have an element hang off the side of your project, Fall/Autumn, Halloween, photos of doors, use the PI fox card. We can't wait to see what you will come up with!

I used American Crafts Shimelle's collection, Go Now Go for my fall inspired layout.  I love how her Live patterned paper can be toned down with a large maple leaf cut file doubling as my photo mat.

I have been hoarding that cutest fox flair from a Studio Calico kit from a year ago.  It fit perfectly with this issue and was fun to finally use it!  My daughter just donated 11-12 inches of her hair this past June, so we both were in awe of how long her locks were just a year ago!  I said she fit the word "foxy" for her long curly locks of hair.

The bronze glitter foam Thickers were easy to bend to go along the edge of the leaf for my title.  The clear stickers were the mini title and I added the clear leaf stickers to cardstock and cut them out for layering around the fox flair. I used several cardstock stickers to layer around the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my process for working with Shimelle's Go Now Go fun patterned papers and stickers.  I also have her adorable wooden buttons that I should've added, but completely forgot about until this very moment.  Those will be on my next layout with this gorgeous collection!!

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