Keep Calm for Memory Maze

Hey Everyone Suzanne here for a Memory Maze blog post

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I found this quote on Pinterest - don't they have some great stuff to find on there

So I decided it would look great on a canvas in my favourite colours

I used the Heart Butterfly Cog Stencil with clear impasto in Radom spots on the canvas

I glued my Flourish Chipboard down using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue so this was in place when I started to paint and would be covered at the same time as the canvas (I did have to use a brush along the sides of the Flourish so I could get it fully covered)

So using Impasto paints by Finnabair - Raspberry Pink, Poppy Red, Pumpkin and Lemon Peel I blobbed each colour at the top of the canvas and scrapped them down then where the lines where I blended them with a wipe so they mixed a little and created slightly different versions of each shade

I used an old paint brush and added some of the Raspberry Pink Impasto to that and after stamping a pair of scissor I painted in the middle of the handles instead of trying to fussy cut them out

To the right side of the canvas I added lots of wire for some interested and texture

I love the embellishing stage of any project and what you can use is endless I had a packet of tiny pencils which I thought was perfect for this canvas 

I used a little bottle with some liquid like an ink or spray 

I added a little tea pot because I love to have a cuppa while I'm creating and I love that crafting is such a social hobby 

I used the light bulb because isn't that the symbol for an idea LOL 

A little clock for the time that gets away from you when you get engrossed in a project

And then the words are from one of Tim Holtz's word stickers, and from Flutterby Designs Stickers and a Flair Button I love of their products they have make sure you check them out

I then went over everything with Art Alchemy Metallique White Gold Wax for a bit of shimmer and to tone down all the black

Then of course flowers, art stones and a few flicks of white gesso and thats it

Memory Maze products I used :-

Flourish Chipboard 

Heart Butterfly Cogs Stencil

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2 projects for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

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This Month on the Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog we are having the Challenge 

Our sponsor is Deco Art and they are giving a great prize of a Mixed Media Starter Kit

We have had a few Designers that have had some things come up and couldn't do their projects this month so I am sharing two projects

Make sure you check out the Blog and see what the rest of the Design Team have created

The first I created a canvas of one of my favourite photos of my son on his christening day 

His God Mother was holding him but all he wanted to do was talk to me my sweet little man

I used an old KaiserCraft paper I had in my stash that I cut up and used across the top

I used paint in a blue for the background of the canvas then used a diamond stencil with impasto

Then over the top of the stencilled pattern I added some a cream colour and wiped back some of it to add another dimension

I added a few embellishments and some Art Stones using some Helmar Tacky Craft Glue 

The 2nd is the Page - Ballerina Baby
I created of my daughter's niece (there are 3 at this stage) when she wasn't quite 1 making it look like she was standing in 2nd position, her aunty was a Ballerina for quite a long time so it's highly likely that one of the 3 girls will dance

I used a stencil in the background then used a pale turquoise paint and added some water to it so it was thinned down
I left it a bit darker over some of the other areas
And added some to the Art Stones I added randomly around the embellished areas

I then added my embellishments including a special event ticket which I thought was cute and of course flowers and bling

I used my Scan n Cut to cut out the word Ballerina and then painted them in the same pink paint that I splattered over the background

I had a little rub on of the word baby and thought it was perfect to go under the word Ballerina

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Baby Girl For Helmar

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My turn on the Helmar blog

This time I decided to create a layout showing how you can use a few different glues depending on what you need to adhere to your layout

Helmar have every type of glue you could ever need 

I started off with the Acid Free glue to adhere the different papers together and then to the cardboard  

I used the Craft Glue (this is a clear thick glue) to adhere the cardboard to the background paper that I had stencilled on I wanted to make sure I used thicker glue to make sure it stuck because of the stencilled pattern

The Fabric glue for the lace and then some Liquid Scrap Dots to give the butterfly some height without having cardboard or foam that you have to try and cut to fit to size 

For the rest of the embellishments I used 450 Quick Dry Adhesive because I know it sticks everything from the chipboard to the metal 

The Baby Girl chipboard is from Memory Maze and I painted it with Finnabair's Impasto Acrylic Paints - Rasberry Pink and Snow White, then stamped over it with a background stamp that I have in my stash 

I also randomly stamped over my background paper which is a 7 Dots Writer's Block Sincerely which is an older range but you can still get at some stores

The butterfly is a sticker sheet that is just butterflies from an old range from Kaisercraft so are the words sing, laugh and dance 

Lots of embellishments that I've had for a while in my stash 

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Strong For Memory Maze

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My turn on the Memory Maze Blog and couldn't wait to use the BOHO Skull and Feathers with a Dreamcatcher Chipboard Set I love this set it's awesome there is so much in this set to use 

I saw this Quote online and thought it was so true and wanted to use it 

I started of by using some of the Colour Blast Bling Colour Paste, then used some of Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint - Rusty Red, Pink Blush and Vintage Rose adding water here and there to mix the colours a bit and to also make them lighter and darker in different areas

After the paint dried I went over the paint with the Colour Blast Bling Colour Paste with the Skin Stencil so the Bling Colour Paste would stand out more

I used the Colour Blast Bling Colour Paste on the Chipboard Feather which is also from the BOHO Skull and Dream Catcher set I love how when you heat the paste it bubbles so it gave it lots of texture

I added some flowers, some Bling in a little bottle and scattered some Art Ingredient Art Stones mixed with some Helmar Tacky Craft Glue  

I used some Colour Blast Colour Paste Snow White on the head of the skull and then the Antler I used the Rust Paste to make it look old then added lots of flowers to the top of the head for more dimension 

I added the Art Stones and some of the  Rust Paste over the top of the flowers and then randomly added some Art Pebbles 

Memory Maze Products I used - 

Moroccan Chi Stencil

Skin Stencil

BOHO Skull and Feathers with a Dreamcatcher Chipboard

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Be Different for White With 1 Challenge

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This months challenge at White With 1 is such a pretty colour

Here's what I did

I love owls and when I came across this photo on google I had to use it 

It's too cute not too

I had a little pack of papers from a raffle I won it's for the Instapix Cameras they had stickers and other papers but this one was perfect

I stamped around the edge of the paper with a KaiserCraft Doily stamp

I used a piece of lace and sewed it so it made it look like a tutu then embellished over the top of twitch some flowers and art stones

The Butterfly was from a KaiserCraft sticker sheet that has been around for a while and that was just  the right colour too

Because I love owls I have lots of embellishments and had this one for a while and didn't want to use it but this was the perfect page for it
The Flair button was just right

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