Paper Hearts and a Challenge

Soooo.....I was talking with Cheryl Mezzetti upon her 

return from the Scrapbook Expo in Grapvine, TX.
She was ECSTATIC about the response of
her PERFECT PAINTS

(I'm not surprised!!!)
She spent the weekend sharing the AMAZINGNESS
of her products and my post today
is about a "challenge" she gave me.

#1.....mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics

with Polishing Plaster

#2.....mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics 

together to create another color

I had already begun a canvas and had been unsure
at that point, where I was going with it....
I now knew...
I had a "challenge"!!!

I apologize, there are very few step out photos,
this was truly a creative endeavor,
one to get lost in....and I did!

I began with a 14" x 18" canvas,
and cut (3) hearts from various vintage papers
and adhered them to the canvas.
I pulled out several The Crafter's Workshop stencils
and applied various Perfect Paints mediums through them....

Organic Matter Mask ~ Perfect Clear Texture Gel
Netting ~ White Stucco
Raven Mosaic ~ Cayenne ~ Polishing Plaster
when dry I painted on a layer of
Perfect Glaze Medium
over the entire canvas.

....my response to challenge #1

mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics

with Polishing Plaster

I stepped right out of my color box on this one...
Shimmering Matte Acrylics
Ballet Slipper and
my new LOVE ~ Vintage Mercury
which I folded into
Organic Sugar ~ Polishing Plaster

I masked off my hearts

with the original heart patterns

and lathered on the concoction!

Now came my answer to challenge #2

mix Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics 

together to create another color.

My color choices

Coral and Aged Copper

I added a bit of 

Perfect Glaze Medium to help with opacity as
I wanted to see the music in my large
"Paper Heart".

Each heart was "colored" differently.

Did I say.....

I LOVE Vintage Mercury??

Each time, using the leftover "color" on the

background of my canvas.

Suddenly, I was stuck....

I had no idea how to finish the canvas!

Until I received a box from

Canvas Corp Brands with

their new Mixed Media Origins Collection

ahhhh.....there it was

a pair of wings on the Grace paper.

I spritzed the paper with various amounts of water

and painted my "color" onto the wings.

I then cut the wings out....oh the LOVE!

I wanted to share with you

 a few more close ups of my canvas....

There are sooo many layers to this project

I can't even begin to tell you about them....

adhering string

painting tatting

coiled wire

toothpicks

big brush pens

vintage sign letters

and do overs!

.....all to achieve the finished project....

I hope you enjoyed my creative journey.....

I KNOW I DID!!

I hope you have a creative day.....

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???

Together we can.....

What a WONDERFUL summer it has been....
I was SOOO BLESSED to have the opportunity to
to spend the week on the Maine Coastline...

I wanted to remember the AMAZING time so I created
this wall hanging.

I had picked up a "wooden palette fence" piece

at a local big box store.

This is what the "wooden palette fence" looked like
(minus the paint)
before I began my creative process.

I went to my Perfect Paints stash and pulled out

I scooped out some Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco

and GENTLY folded in a bit of

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Halo and Aged Copper.

The key to making this work is

NOT MIXING the products together completely.

I applied the mixture with a palette knife to achieve this

"weathered fence" look!

HOW AWESOME!!!

I stapled a bit of Chicken Wire to my "fence"

and created a flower spray

using various Petaloo blooms

Botanica Bloom

Mini Pearl Daisies

and Petites

along with a bit of ephemera.

I love the quote I chose to finish off my piece....

"Together we can face any challenges...

as deep as the ocean

and as high as the sky."

I hope you have enjoyed my creative process....

wishing you a

WONDERFUL,

CREATIVE DAY!!

Laugh, Create, Inspire, Execute

As part of a business class I am taking,
I had to pick value based words from a large list of word, that appealed to me....

then reorganize the words into 4 groups with similar meanings
 then choose one word for each group, creating my
 4 Most Important Words that represent me....
I chose....

LAUGH

CREATE

INSPIRE

EXECUTE!

As part of the assignment I was told to keep the words
in front of my face....

so I created a canvas

using items from my "MISFITS" stash....

The background of my canvas was created using
TONS of the Crafter's Workshop Stencils and Perfect Paints.

I love using those "cast offs" that never made it onto
other creations....

To bring it ALL TOGETHER,

I sprayed the entire Petaloo flower cluster with
Crushed Shells ~ Glimmer Mist.

I pulled out my stash of Tim Holtz ~ Alpha Parts
for my 4 Words!

There you have it.....

Products Used:

Perfect Paints

Shimmering Matte Artist Acrylic
Lime Green
True Blue
Cajun Pumpkin
Rain Slicker
Red Wagon
Halo

Expresso
Bright Gold

Polishing Plaster ~ Oyster Bay
Fluid Medium & Varnish

the Crafter's WorkshopTCW484S ~ Netting
TCW478S ~ Beaded Chain
TCW324S ~ Cubist
TCW484 ~ Netting

Canvas Corp BrandsTattered Angels
Crushed Shells ~ Glimmer Mist

PetalooLots of goodness