Mixed Media Butterfly

 

Resin Art

Hi friends if you have been crafting for a long time I guess you must have accumulated a lot of bits and bobs which you don't feel like binning but don't really like using either. Sharing an idea to use up those unwanted unused paraphernalia...a mixed media collage project!

Mixed Media

Altered an old brown plastic frame to make this project. Gave multiple coatings of gesso and white paint to myriad ghastly coloured beads and odd embellishments to make the white background .To make the butterfly  I  found I didn't have a lot of pretty pink  embellishments so had fun making new flowers using snippets of shrink plastic. 

Brought it all together with a sprinkling of pink flower sequins and a resin pour!

Hope you like this idea 

Linking to  

Pixie's Snippets Playground ---used all snippets literally to bring the whole project together

NBUS Challenge

All Sorts Challenge- Anything with option "wings"

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Frame it

Creations in Pink

Shopping Our Stash - B for Butterfly

Edited : Thrilled to be chosen as Top 5 at All Sorts Challenge- Anything with option "wings"

Heart Shaped Home Decor

Hi friends my country has begun a 21 day lock-down to combat the  Corona virus situation and for me personally these are very trying times as not only am I an ENT Surgeon but so is my husband ; and my mom, who turned 73 recently, is an anesthetist. We are statistically in the  high risk category for contracting the disease .
I know many of you across the  world are in difficult situations and I can only imagine the  challenges each of you must be facing in these unprecedented times.
In this post I am not going to post any advice.......I am sure you are getting enough of that from face-book and other social media.
I am just giving you a few seconds of diversion!

This is the gift I made for my mom for her 73rd birthday . My mom loves flowers and bright cheerful colours and loves decorating her home.
I made it using an MDF heart from  Crealies . Covered the  MDF with thin pattern paper

Stenciled bricks using crackle paste and the  Crealies brick stencil .

Added lots of flowers made with Crealies  dies and foamiran

I added one of my favourite sentiments " Celebrate"  which may seem difficult  in the  present scenario but maybe we can "celebrate" life itself and remember to count our blessings in these trying times.

Added dark pink shadows in areas for highlighting 

And added tiny pearls for texture

And here is how it looks

I made the  matching  card using the  Crealies  Cardzz Love die

Layered the  "Love" shape  using glitter foam and pattern paper and added heart shaped lock and key from the  new " Mix and Match " die set.

I hope you liked my project .

Stay safe.

Crealies  Mixed Media:
MDF No. 2  Heart
Crealies Dies/Stansen:

Mix and Match No. 1
Cardzz No. 156
Crea Nest Lies XXL No. 72

Duo Dies No.54

Set of 3 No.51

Set of 3 No. 56

Text Dies No. 14

Puzzle Shaped Home Decor

Hi friends...sharing a mixed media project in the  shape of a Puzzle which I made as a birthday present for my husband who loves gardening, flowers and birds!

I made it with the  new MDF Puzzle from Crealies which is a very large puzzle and has  lots of room to express your creativity!

I painted the  Puzzle with a coat of gesso and decoupaged spring themed elements from a paper napkin onto it

Applied a brick stencil design using crackle texture paste and stamped a chicken wire design in the  gaps of my design

Made flowers to match the  design on the  paper using circles!

Added cute little birds behind the  flowers!

And of course I had to add my favourite sentiment die from Crealies  "Smile" on a banner. I used the  Crealies  sticker sheets to die cut the  smile...the  sticker sheets are so useful to diecut and stick delicate diecuts such as the  text dies.

I added the  new Crealies  gear dies here and there both inside the  design and on the  back of the  puzzle.

Added tiny pearls at various places for a lovely texture

The cheerful bow from Crealies  is never out of place!!

Stringed some tassels on a leafy ribbon to finish of the  Puzzle

The whole piece can hang using a metal and satin handle which is actually a handbag handle!

I hope you liked this project.

Crealies MDF :

Puzzle

Crealies Dies/Stansen :

Crea Nest Lies XXL No 84

Duo Dies no.39

Duo Dies no.41

Partz No.32

Set of 3 no.41

Set of 3 No 56
Set of 3 No 59

Text Dies no. 13

Crealies Stamps/Stempel :

Bits and Pieces No 163

Crealies Stencil:

Stencilzz No 203

Crealies Basics:

Crealies Make a Sticker

Crealies  Foam Adhesive

Floral Easel Card

Hi friends sharing an Easel card I made with Crealies  dies featuring handmade  foamiran poinsettias ,and  various mixed media elements including handmade resin doves.

I love making flowers using foamiran and usually most flowers are time consuming but these were super simple to make...just die cutting , inking the  centers , adding the  pollen and topping off with a sprinkling of glitter.

I love how I can mix and match the  nesting dies of Crealies  as they all fit perfectly together. In this card I used 4 types of circle dies sets and the die cuts from all these sets coordinate perfectly!

I made the  cute doves using resin and a Martha Stewart silicon mould.

Added tiny white and pink "flower pearls" inside the  circles...these always add a lovely texture to a project!

Added "Celebrate" as the  sentiment and a tiny resin bow to finish it off!

Easel Card

I hope you liked my card. Here are the  supplies used

Crealies  Dies :
Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.7
Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.49

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.69

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.84

Duo Dies No.54

Partzz No. 30

Set of 3 No .52
Text Dies No. 14

Altered Bottle

Altered Bottle

        Hi friends sharing a special DT project for  Cuttlebugmania  Challenge  " Summer ". This project is very dear to me as I have tried to capture memories of  our family's summer holidays to the beach and depict them on a bottle !

Bottle Art

Beaches and bottles always go together don't they so hehe I altered a bottle for my project!

Altered Bottle

After a liberal coat of gesso I  used Finnabair white crackle paste through Scrapberry's Dotted Pattern Stencil on different parts of the bottle to depict the foam of the sea!!

Stenciling

I love this crackle paste...it is so easy to use! Here is another project using it : Mixed Media Altered Book Tutorial 

Crackle Paste

For the "ocean waves" I stencilled  Ranger's texture paste through Carabelle Studio Geometrie 1 stencil

Mixed Media Altered Bottle

This is one of my favourite stencil designs and here is another project showcasing it : Mixed Media Box Tutorial

Stenciling

I like bright cheerful project so used a pastel blue paint to ink up the bottle.

Altered Bottle

One of our favourite activities as a family whenever we visit a beach is to collect sea shells and so I just had to add this sentiment stamp saying " To find a seashell is to find a world of imagination". I made the frame using Sakura air drying clay and a mould.

Altered Bottle

The lid of the bottle has sea gulls, a tiny bottle, shells, crystals and pearls...in fact all the treasures of the ocean with a liberal dusting of sparkling dust!!!

Altered Bottle 

One of my most memorable summer holidays was to Goa beach and one of the highlights of that trip was the thrill of seeing dolphins swimming in the ocean!!!

Altered Bottle 

On another summer holiday ...to my home in Kerala...all of us got a chance to steer a large boat...and hence I added a wheel [ a joyrcrafts die cut inked with Distress Inks  and jazzed up with rainbow glitter]!!

Altered Bottle 

I also used clay to make star fishes ...to depict yet another holiday memory from Goa....being able to touch star fish!

Altered Bottle 

I added corals we got from Langkawi beach ...an amazing serene beach in Malaysia

Altered Bottle 

Altered Bottle 

The shells are from my treasure trove ...shells collected over the years from beach holidays!

Altered Bottle 

Couldnt resist adding a gorgeous lace and a large crystal heart!

Altered Bottle 

The "treasures of the ocean" is a stamp heat embossed in gold, die cut and dressed up with crackle paste!

Altered Bottle 

This side has " the voice of the sea speaks to the soul"!

Altered Bottle 

The sand dollar  is a real one ...collected from Goa beach!

Altered Bottle 

This side of the bottle  has leaping dolphins and a compass to guide us in journeys yet to come!

Altered Bottle 

I hope you  liked my "memory" bottle idea!!
Supplies :  All from Crafters Corner
Dies :  Memory Box Diving Dolphins, Poppy Stamps Birds in flight, Joy Crafts  Anchor-Ships wheel-Lifebuoy,Spellbinders  Curved Matting Basics A and B.
Stamps : Crafty Individuals Cl 272
Mixed Media Supplies : Ranger Texture Paste  Matt, Glass beads Gel, Finnabair Art extravaganza White Crackle Paste,
Dress My Craft : Sparkling Dust, Rainbow Glitter, Mini Pearls, Mini Micro Pearls,

Dont forget to participate in the  Cuttlebugmania  Challenge with a " Summer" project using dies or embossing folders. Jannie always has wonderful prizes for the winner.

Linking to  

613 Avenue Creates , All Sorts Challenge,  Word Art Wednesda , Eclectic Ellapu June , Class Design Team Challenge June
Pixie's Snippets Playground - used lot of snippets...snippets of paper, snippets of clay, snippets of lace!