Mixed Media Roots and Wings Tag

Stretching my mixed media skills with this roots and wings tag. There's a new face on Instagram these days, Nomadic Soul Diaries! NSD presents us with a star-studded cast of designers, a rhapsody of sponsors, and mouth watering color schemes. Rush over to their insta for all the details!!!

@nomadicsouldiaries

 January's Challenge:
Create a tag any size/material

Use feathers
Main color must be blue

 I started with plain white cardstock 4x6". I used my favorite stencil and smooshed Nuvo Embellishment Mousse all over it. I used Aqua glaze medium to paint a journal card from my Gypsy Moments paper pack.

Strips of vintage lace peak out from either end of the journal card. Chipboard gears are stitched to the tag with gold braid. From the ends of the braid hang wings die-cut from cardstock and gold foiled paper. 

Although the wings should count as having used feathers, I added two pale blue feathers at the top. I crowned my Wings and Roots tag with a blue blossom and called it good.
Can't WAIT to see everyone's interpretation of this challenge!

Supplies:
Cardstock:Recollections
Journal Card:Canvas Corp 

Embellishment Mousse:Tonic Studios

Stencil:Kite

Wing Die:Spellbinders
Feather Die:X-cut
Flower:Prima
Chipboard:Creative Embellishments

Craft On!

~charity~

Fairy Palace With High Impact Paint

Today's show -n- tell starts as a 3-D wood puzzle and ends a Fairy Palace with Tattered Angels High Impact Paint. For a detailed tutorial including construction tips stop by the

Canvas Corp Blog

 The intricate details on the towers and walls are made with Calambour: Touch 3D Glossy Effect. This water based gel can be applied with a paint brush or through a stencil with a palette knife. Several hours are needed for drying time, but the results are stunning.

 Here Ducat Gold is applied through a Pebbles stencil.

 Light blue was added to the castle walls through another Pebbles stencil.

 The upper level of the castle is decorated with Rich Gold through fine, brass stencils.

Calambour 3D Gel and Tattered Angels High Impact Paint are the perfect pairing for this fairy palace!

Scrap On

~charity~

Mixed Media Layout With Rainy Day Symbols

Today's creativity produced this Mixed Media layout that is rich in pink and rainy day symbols. I spent the weekend with a dear friend in rainy Tacoma. We had a fabulous time hanging out. Along the way we found this sign that defines the greatest quandary of all time!

~ Good Times ~

 To come up with my pink texture I mixed modeling paste and acrylic paint. I was very thrifty and used the back of a damaged photo for my palette. A butter knife served as my palette knife.

 I had to mix two batches of pink modeling paste. The first batch I spread thinly thru the honey comb frame. The second I used to fill the umbrella/rain boots silhouette. To add texture I used a produce netting. 

 My inspiration for this layout came from Laurel Seabrook's Inspired By blog. I choose the color, the friends having fun, and the rainy atmosphere for my prompts. This is the offered image: 

Along with the modeling paste I also did a lot of stitching. The burlap is stitched to the cardstock and the tabs are stitched onto the photo mat. The two pieces of cardstock are stitched together using a Sew Easy with a Loop-de-Loop attachment.

Supplies:

Patterned Paper:Blue Fern Studios

Modeling Paste:Liquitex

Acrylic Paint:Tattered Angels

Stencils:Peachy Cheap Die, Studio Calico, Memory Box
Brads and Tabs:Echo Park
Embroidery Thread:Prism

Sew Easy: WE R Memory Keepers

Craft On!

~Charity Hotrum~