September Already?!?!?

Howdy Mixed Media Peeps! Can you believe it's September?!?! Well, I cannot. I do NOT want the summer to be over, just a bit cooler so I can open my windows and get fresh air into my house! There are still more pool days, cookouts and more deck time to come and I'm savoring every minute!

With a new month comes a new Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!! This month's challenge is Photo Inspired.

I LOVE how differently the team interpreted the challenge and you can see all the projects on the blog. I drew on the colors for my inspiration. I wanted to create a layout, mixed media style. I haven't made a layout in months and was feeling the urge. Here's my project...

I prepped my white cardstock with clear gesso and then created a watercolor background using Distress Spray Stains in shades of blue.

I used a few stencils with Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Inks. I also added some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Spray Stain for a pop of yellow.

Next I layered coordinating patterned papers and a doily. This would be the mat for my photo.

Then I added my photo, painted a Heidi Swapp wood veneer word with Dina's Black paint, added some red thread behind the papers and a few epoxy dots and done! This is such an easy and fun way to create a water colored background!

 

Our guest designer this month is the Uber talented Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. I have had the opportunity of taking several classes with Julie and I love her teaching style and sense of humor. You HAVE to stop by the blog today to see her creation - it's amazing!!!

 

WE also want to welcome a new Design Team member to our group >>>

Lisa Adametz. Please stop by her blog and see her fabulous work. Welcome Lisa!!

 

Our sponsor for this month is Angela Magnuson owner/creator of Unity Stamps Company! Angela is offering one month FREE to Brave Girl University!!

Click on the link above for details! This is a fabulous prize!!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and we really hope you will join us in this month Photo Inspiration Challenge! We would LOVE to see your interpretation. See you later this week with another mixed media tag, Tim Holtz style!!

 

SUPPLIES: 

Bazzill Basics 12 by 12-Inch 25-Sheet Cardstock, White	Liquitex Professional Clear Gesso Surface Prep Medium, 32-oz	Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body 2oz Acrylic Paints-Black	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9-Ounce, Peacock Feathers	Ranger Tim Holtz March Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9 oz, Mermaid Lagoon
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains 1.9oz Bottles-July-Blueprint Sketch	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9-Ounce, Broken China	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9-Ounce, Stormy Sky	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9-Ounce, Squeezed Lemonade	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains Bottles, 1.9-Ounce, Salty Ocean
Ranger Tim Holtz June Distress Ink Pad, Hickory Smoke	Tim Holtz - Distress Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layered Stencil, 4.125 by 8.5-Inch, Bubble	Crafter's Workshop Templates 12	Coats Thread & Zippers Dual Duty XP General Purpose Thread, 500-Yard, Atom Red
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 817 Kushgrip Non Stick Micro Serrated Snips, 7	Ranger 15-Inch-by-18-Inch Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool	American Crafts 36-Sheet Amy Tangerine Plus One Patterned Paper Pad, 6 by 6-Inch

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Gotta Love a Challenge!

Hello bloggers! Happy November! I hope you had a spooktacular Halloween.
 I'm signing on today to share November's fun challenge on the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog.

 Our fabulous sponsor this month is Unity Stamps so our challenge is to use stamps on any project. Now, how fun and easy is that! We crafters all have stamps of some variety so dig them out and join us in this challenge. I decided to create a card this month. I used a few Unity Stamps from several collections to create the scene on my card. The ADORABLE owl is from the September 2014 - Happy, Thankful & Blessed SMAK Kit and the leaves and branch the little owl is perched on came from the April 2014 - Wildflowers & Wings SMAK kit.  Here's the card ...

The base of the card is Distress Watercolor paper from Ranger - LOVE this paper. It's already cut to card size and ready to get inky! I embossed the owl onto the watercolor paper and then used a variety of distress inks, water and a brush to color in the owl. The distress inks work so well with the watercolor paper - they practically do the job for you. The sky and grass background was so easy - I brushed water on the paper and then added ink and let the water do the work. I stamped the leaves on a separate piece of watercolor paper, colored them in with the same method and cut them out.

 

So let's see what you come up with! Please join us in this month's challenge and you will have an opportunity to win a prize from Unity Stamps!!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and we hope to see your project over on the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge