A NEW Mixed Media Tutorial Video! {Featuring Dusty Attic & Tresors De Luxe Lace!}

Hi Everyone!  Today I'm so excited to share with you a video on a new mixed media canvas I made using lots of my Dusty Attic Chipboard, some gorgeous Tresors De Luxe laces (I love the way the intricate laces bring up texture on the canvas design!) and lots of just odds and ends from around my house!  I will admit I do not have a lot of mists etc. in my stash so you will see that I used some mists mixed with simple acrylic paints and even a small mister filled with some steeped black tea (a tip from Finn) that I used to give the canvas a vintage look.  Here are some closer looks (Scroll down to view the video).

 

I made the bloom in the corner from some simple satin ribbon!  I will share another tutorial on this in the future.  It's also fun to used household things like bottle caps, loose beads, bits of brass from old jeans and of course little bits of  Dusty Attic chipboard.

 

 I used some stencils and texture paste to create more texture relief on the background of the canvas.  I find the busier you make the embellishments and texture, the better the finished design turns out.

You can really use any color of embellishment when doing one of these style canvas's (blooms can be a color you  have in your stash that you never use!) because you end up covering it all with gesso.

Here I used one of my favorite Dusty Attic Scrolls (Scroll #1) and I layered cheesecloth underneath for extra texture.  I tried to show all the steps in the video without making it crazy long (it's about 20 minutes).....I edited out adding some of the embellies because I think you can only watch me for so long gluing on all the nic-nacs.  So grab yourself a cup of tea (or coffee) and relax and hopefully enjoy my little tutorial! :)

 

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.  I hope this has inspired you to try a mixed media canvas, it's messy but a lot of fun!  Here is a look in a nutshell at all the fun Dusty Attic goodies I used for this canvas...

 

Dusty Attic: Chicken Wire Panel, Scroll Border #1, Cogs #1, Jumbo Cogs, Vintage Keys, Wrought Iron Trim Set, Scalloped Circles, Nuts & Bolts, Dusty In Color (Dusty Pink, Pesto, Hot Chocolate), Hinge (not shown in photo), Dusty Roses (Claret, Caramel).

Bo Bunny's Mama-razzi2 and Their Amazing Background Stamps!!

This is a page I made for the Winter CHA for the Bo Bunny booth using the gorgeous new Mama-razzi2 collection!  I love the way the papers work well for both masculine and feminine style layouts!.   I used loads of their coordinating embellishments on this page and some of their new blooms and lace as well. 

 One of the really cool new things that they brought out at this last show is the Background stamps! I used a few of them on this page above.  One is a texture stamp and the other is a script stamp. They have everything from brick walls, chicken wire, stains, script, flourishes and geometric designs!  You can view them all HERE. 

This is another layout I made for the Winter CHA for the Bo Bunny team, this time using the C'est La Vie Collection.  I had a cute pic of my little Great-niece Kiera that I wanted to scrap and this collection had all the colors in the photo!  

Again, I used a variety of the coordinating embellishments from C'est La Vie on this page and lots of the background stamps as well, including the Distressed Textures stamp, the 'It is Written' stamp set and the 'Flourishes and Such stamp set.  Here are more close-up shots of the page.... 

 

I'm just crazy about both these paper collections and I love the way the stamps help create a page that is uniquely yours!  Hope you all have a great and scrappy weekend! xo