When I decided, at the last minute, to take part in The 100 Day Project my only plan was to "leave the house every day and take a photograph". I certainly wasn't planning to do anything more complex than that. To be honest, my main intention wasn't really artistic: I just wanted a bit of… Continue reading Art card: fencing
This is a bit of a "throwback Thursday" post. I made this panel, photographed it and even processed the photos when I made it last year; the one thing I didn't do then was write up the blog post... This was only the second mixed media panel I had created. After the darker feel of… Continue reading Peacock panel
After finishing the back, it was time to move on to the main event: the rocket. Not 3D-printed but made out of air-dry clay instead. My other half hadn't had any joy trying to find a design he liked so I found a likely illustration, pointed at it and asked "something like that?". He said… Continue reading Rocket monolith: the front
My other half asked me to make him something with a rocket. The idea was that he would find a rocket design he liked and 3D print it and then I could paint it and create a background for it. I decided to use one of the MDF monoliths in my stash; that way he… Continue reading Rocket monolith: the back
I am definitely enjoying playing around with mixed media projects — I've spent most of my crafty time in March getting my hands covered in glue and paint (apart from those odd occasions when I actually remembered to put on disposable gloves). I am very much still at the stage of experimenting and am happy… Continue reading Spring flowers panel
This wasn’t going to be a Halloween piece. This was originally going to be an autumnal scene. My starting point for this was a challenge to use half a bag of multicoloured sequins from the September Craft Box subscription. They’re not on here. They’ve been hand sewn onto a foam heart on a completely different… Continue reading Creepy tree panel
My first mixed media canvas panel. I'm not sure what the original inspiration was, but I had the idea of standing inside a room looking through a window at the moon and once I had enough of a picture in my mind, I started creating it on canvas. The canvas is 8" square. Not huge,… Continue reading Shiny objects canvas
I love my Copics, but I also love trying new things and playing with different styles and techniques. And well… anything that gives me an excuse to go shopping for more stash! At the end of last year I decided to leap waaaaaaay out of my comfort zone and try some dimensional mixed media. I… Continue reading Winter box
For me, dimension pretty much means popping something up on foam tape on the front of a card. There have been a few exceptions — an action wobbler here and there and a box card that I now realise never made it onto the blog (adds to todo list) — but certainly nothing that wouldn’t… Continue reading Wedding: Mixed media
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