Mixed Media Mania YT Hop ~ Fall 2018

Howdy Folks.....I am super EXCITED and extremely HUMBLED 

to be apart of the Mixed Media Mania Fall 2018 YouTube Hop!
Featuring incredible Mixed Media artists

and a slew of Amazing Prizes from the following sponsors.......

Ranger Prize Pack
Blitsy $50 Gift Card
Marabou $50 Prize Pack

DecoArt Mixed Media Set

Thermoweb $25 Gift Card

Joggles $25 Gift Card

Shawn Petite 10 winners will win 2 stencils

Viva Las VegaStamps! Grab Bag at Every Stop

UmWowStudio Digital Downloads at Every Stop

7 Dots Studio $35 Prize Pack

Finnabair

Amazing Casting Products Modling Putty & Casting Resin

Gelli Arts $50 Gift Certificate

Mixed UP Subscription worth 80 Euro

AALL & Create 2 winners $35 Prize Packs

Red Lead Paperworks 3 Prize Packages (containing 2 stencils & 3 stamps)

ArtFoamies 1 Grand Prize $100 Coupon Code plus 5 additional winners of $30 Coupon Codes
Amy Tangerine Signed copy of her book “Craft a Life You Love” plus scrapbooking supplies
Brush Magazine 5 Digital Copies of 9/28 Issue

iStencils 4 winners $25 gift Cards

Funkie Junkie Boutique $25 Gift Certificate

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!!

Here is a SNEAK PEAK.....of my journal spread!

My video can be found HERE

To go to the BEGINNING of the YouTube Hop go HERE

I will also be giving away a prize package....
OH THE FUN!!

MAKE SURE TO 

Comment on my Video and Subscribe to my YTchannel

to be in the running!!
for my prize and other GREAT prizes!!

PRODUCTS USED:

RANGER (sponsor)
Distress Collage Medium ~ Vintage

Multi Medium ~ Matte

Archival Ink Jet Black

ARTFOAMIES (sponsor)

Art by Marlene ~ Circle Salad  Fenced

Balzar Designs ~ Writer's Block

Rebekah Meier's Designs ~ Mesh

Canvas Corp Brands

Glimmer Glam ~ Rustic & Camel

The Crafter's Workshop
Heavy Body Acrylic Paint
Spun Sugar
Black Licorice
Kale Smoothie
Raspberry Sorbet

Stencil ~ Brick Background

White Gesso
Light & Fluffy

Official Contest Blurb :

All prizes are sponsored by individual artists & mentioned companies. This contest not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.

Alumilite, Red Lead, Amy Tangerine & Ranger prizes for US residents only.
All other prizes are international eligible unless otherwise stated by individual artists.
Prizes will be awarded on a random basis using a number generator from comments on videos.

Contest runs from 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time October 5th 2018 to 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time October 11th 2018.

Winners announced October 19th 2018 via http://deedeecatron.blogspot.com & http://www.inkyfairydesigns.com

To enter to win:
No purchase necessary. Subscribe to artist channels. Comment on each video in the hop.

Your entries must comply with YouTube's guidelines : https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/policies/…

Any personal data collected during this contest will be for our use only. Your information will not be sold or given away.

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY!!

...because I can!

Hello my faithful followers!

Thank you sooo much for taking

the time to stop by my blog!

I am soo EXCITED to say 

I have dusted of my videography skills

and for the first time in 2 years I have

loaded a video onto my YouTube channel.

Please be gentle on me.....

I have been in kinda a "valentine" mode!
soooo....I came up with the great idea to create some
Little Love Notes.

From there came the inspiration for

my latest Art Journal spread!

And a third project....

created from the left over

Perfect Paints ~ Polishing Plasters

as shown in my video!

Here is my finished tag...

Leaves cut from Canvas Corp Brands

Pure Mistable Paper ~ Linen ~ White

colored with

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Glam ~ Organic Garden

I colored a heart cut from

Canvas Corp Brands ~ Burlap

with

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Barn Red

And the adorable chippie hearts

Sketchy Hearts MASH by UmWowStudios

painted with

Tattered Angels ~ High Impact Paint ~ Antique Gold.

....all of this from ONE IDEA!

HOPE you have enjoyed my creative journey...

never quite know where it'll take me!

Creativity.....a GREAT thought diverter!

what do you do.....

when you mojo gets up and walks out the door??

That happened to me at the beginning of the new year....
there was so much going on....
sorting and packing my life,
dramatically downsizing my belongings...
then there were the holidays
and all that entails.

So when the new year rolled around I was
exhausted and spent!

I had not a creative cell in my body....
I just walked around my craft area,
as lost as last years easter egg!

I knew the only way to break my creative doldrums was
to......JUST CREATE!

SO I DID!

I pulled out my art journal and just did it!

I had wanted to take step out photos but that never happened.

(sorry)

The thing about an art journal.....

is exploring the process!

I began by adhering various pieces of

vintage lace,

curtains and

cheese cloth to my pages using

watered down Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco

I LOVED the look and feel

but I have to say it took a lot of Stucco!

I then drew some random flowers and cut them out of

Rebekah Meiers ~ Fabric Elements ~ Gauze Fabric

I pulled out a few bottles of Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic

True Blue

Grape

Hydrangea

Coral

Cantaloupe

Rain Slicker

Peony

and let the coloring begin!!

LOOK at all that YUMMMIE texture!

I then painted on a layer of 

Shimmering Matte Acrylic 

Moss Green

When it was dry I created a mixture of equal amounts

Perfect Paints ~ Perfect Glaze Medium

and 

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Aged Copper.

I applied a layer of the above mixture

let it cure for a minute

then I wiped it off!

Before I adhered down the flowers with

Ranger Multi Medium Matte!

I pulled out a couple of 

The Crafter's Workshop Stencils

Beaded Curtain and

Kasia's Letters

and stenciled with

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Shadow

and a bit of Gesso.

Now in all truth....

this is not one of my favorite!

But it helped me break through to my creative mojo...

and things are just a flowing now!!

I finished off my pages with one of

Yvonne Blair's new stamps....

LET IT GO!

In each flower I wrote something I want to let go in 2016.

What do you do to jump start your mojo???

DREAM BIG!!!!

I began an Art Journal to help explore my creativity.

And it truly stretches me because you have to stay
pretty FLAT....SOOO VERY HARD FOR ME!

I don't have any problems with color....
it's just where you go from there! 

The beauty of Silk Acrylic Glaze is that has little to no water in it
so when you use it on book pages....
they won't wrinkle!!

I painted on layers of Silks...
Apricot Nectar
Yellow Rose and
Stargazer.

....and through
a Mini Harlequin stencil.

I then smeared some Embossing Paste through
Mini Chickwire Reversed.

How cool is the Ephemera Bits Washi Sticker Tape??!?!
Kinda lovin' the stuff myself!!

Add a bit of Gold ~ Precious Metal Effects Paint
spritzed with water....
and watch the goodness move!!

This is where I get stuck....
So...I stepped away from my project.
That's when the inspiration hit!!

I cut hand drawn flowers from various Canvas Corp papers.

Pulled out some Twinkling H20's and began coloring.

I pulled apart a Petaloo flower and
painted on some Gold ~ Precious Metal Effects Paint
and added a vintage button as a center.

For the leaves, I used a Lovely Leaves Stencil
and a bit of Golden Green ~ Ferro Special Effect Paste. 

I created shadows by smearing the Pitt Big Brush Pens.

And there you have it....
I have to say I truly enjoyed this
creative discovery!

PRODUCT LIST:

SPLASH OF COLOR
Silk Acrylic Glaze:
Apricot NectarYellow RoseStargazer

Precious Metal Effect Paint:
Gold

Ferro Special Effect Paste
Golden Green

Twinkling H2Os

Paper Goods
Ephemera Bits Washi Sticker Tape

The Crafter's Workshop
Mini Harlequin
Mini Chicken Wire Reversed

Canvas Corp
Kraft Paper
Linen Paper
Flute Paper

Wendy Vecchi ~ Studio 490
Embossing Paste
Black

Stencils for Art
Lovely Leaves

Faber Castell
Pit Artist Pen Big Brush
Magenta
Warm Grey