Love Yourself First for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenges

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This month over at Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenges our winner will be our Guest Designer for the month of July how exciting xx

This is the very gorgeous granddaughter of a friend who likes to take selfies lol

It's good for me cause my kids are older now and it's really hard to get photos of them at all

So I just steel hers and she gets the pages which she loves

I love the washed out colours in the background and how they flowed

through the stencilled pattern







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Family is For Memory Maze

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This project for Memory Maze is for a very special friend who lost one of her family members Uncle Lyleczku one of her beloved poodles

I painted the canvas in Pomegranate Dylusions paint then stencilled over the top with impasto once it was dry I rubbed Vintage Gold wax over the top of the raised area to make it stand out more

I used the Family from the Family Hearts set and painted it in the same colour and rubbed it over with the gold as well then rapped the stem from the flower vine through it

Here I used Graphite paste through the Mini Noughts and Crosses Stencil so I could put some hugs and kisses because that's what this stencil is for me  

I used some of Tim Holtz word quote stickers and the ones I used were -

Hello my darling 

with brave wings she flies (I coloured out the s)

adventure awaits you

I thought they all suited his new adventure he was having up in heaven xx

Products I used 

Mini Noughts and Crosses Stencil

Family Hearts

Make sure you check out the Memory Maze Blog and see what the Design Team have been up too and catch up on what's new for your local store to get in for you

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Bird for Colour Blast April Challenge

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I loved this months challenge at Colour Blast Creative Corner Facebook Page because I got to use another Owl picture and my owl stencil

I used the Colour Blast Colour Paste in Snow White it's so shimmery I love it

I used 3 of the Shimmer Dusts In Peacock, Lollipop and Duke on the background of the canvas 

I love how vibrant they are but you can water them down and make them more like water colours if you want and then you can also mix them to make other colours

I used some art stones for some more texture and dimension

And of course I had to add an Owl embellishment I painted his belly with the Shimmer Dust in Lollipop because it looks like a heart

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What a Wonderful World For Helmar

Hi Everyone I'm sharing my first project I created for Helmar

I started off with a canvas that I had layered plaster (like you use when you have a broken arm) roughly over it, once it dried I painted it with black gesso 

I then sprinkled a variety  of Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical's to give a colourful background, I love the way they go into all the grooves and give you several colours in the one colour

I then sprayed some muslin with the Helmar Spray Adhesive to attach it to the canvas with out it being stuck completely down I still wanted it to have movement

I used the Helmar Gemstone Glue to adhere the little diamonds into the metal cabochon - it's great because it dries clear and they look like they were always there  

These Flower Sticks are from Memory Maze and I painted them with some watercolour paints I had on hand

I used my favourite glue the Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive for adhering everything to the canvas

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Hello For Memory Maze

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My turn on the Memory Maze Blog so make sure you head over and check it out and see what the rest of the Design Team have been up too

This photo is of my cousin and her husband letting everyone know they are expecting a baby 

Such a beautiful photo and such joy all round for everyone

Noah will be the best big brother ever

So I used the Pavement Stencil with Impasto and then used some Oxide inks to add some vibrant colours to match the photo

The Adorable word I painted with the Mermaid Lagoon Oxide and then outlined it with white pen

The Hello is and experiment that Memory Maze is trying out so if you're interested make sure to contact your local supplier and they can contact us to get some made 

I coloured it with Squeezed Lemonade

A few embellishments and some art stones and we're done

Products I used -

Arrow Words

Pavement Stencil

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Unicorn for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenges

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This project was inspired by a new friend that helped me with some healing

(it's part of her Job) she has a business OptiMystic Xzavia she's an Intuitive Healer who

also does yourChakras, massage, past life healings and lots more

you can find her on Facebook

Anyway I made this for her as she was only supposed to spend an hour with me and

ended up spending over an hour

I started with a white plastic frame and painted it with the Finnabair Patina Effect Paste Brass 

then used the Frank Garcia Artisan Powder in Trianon Patina with some

 water in all the grooves of the frame and then on some of the edges

The background I used some modelling paste

Once that was dry I used some Lindy's Tea Pot Purple Spray and some

 Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Peacock Feathers with a brush so it went

into the grooves of the Memory Maze Wire Door stencil 



I also coloured a lot of the embellishments with the same colours so it all blended

I used some metal to break it up a bit as well

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Toffee Crunch for White With 1

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This month over at White With 1 the colour is Toffee Crunch isn't a yummy colour 

This is a photo of my gorgeous daughter taken down at the 12 Apostles 

I used the Tim Holtz Oxides in Vintage Photo for my Toffee Crunch  colour 

I used some plastic to rub the ink pad on the sprayed it and then dabbed over the stencilled area

I inked the Dream Catcher  from Memory Maze with the Vintage Photo Oxide ink and stamped with a dotted stamp randomly over my layout with the same ink

I used impasto with the Pavement Stencil from Memory Maze I like the shine that the impasto gives

Then embellished with a few ephemera pieces, metal, flowers and some art stones to finish the page off

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Shabby Chic Clock for Memory Maze

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I created this Shabby Chic clock using the Vintage Bird Cage from the Memory Maze store (check with your local store and make sure they stock them)

Make sure you visit the Memory Maze Blog to get some inspiration from our Design Team

I created a YouTube video of the process so please give me a thumbs up and if you haven't subscribed please do I'd really appreciate it xx

I love shabby chic it's so feminine and pretty and of course i get to use flowers 

I used Ranger Oxides to paint the little flowers and leaves on the Prima frame just to give a little bit of colour 

Well I used Ranger Oxides to colour everything from metal to the stenciled heart on the background board 

  

 

Product I used -

Vintage Bird Cage

The oxide colours I used were -

Tattered Rose

Squeezed Lemonade

Peeled Paint

Mermaid Lagoon

and the bird cage was coloured with White Gold Art Alchemy Wax

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