Love is in the air-Mixed Media

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  I made this tag to go onto a gift bag.

 

I wanted to use a large stamp I had.  Choose a designer paper that is neutral.  I stamped all over a 12x12 page with versa mark and then heat embossed the image with red embossing powder.

 

Then I cut a size to fit a card, a couple of tag sizes.  You can choose what you want to use it for-even a layout-it's your choice.

 

 

 The sentiment I simply typed up on my computer and printed and matted on black card stock.

 I hand drew a heart out of some old cardboard I took out of a frame.  Using my gelatos, I scribbled the color on it, used my finger to smudge until it was well blended.  I did ink the edges with walnut distress stain.

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Karen Conner

Mixed Media Canvas with photos

Happy New Year!!

Want to share a canvas I did using modeling paste and gelatos.

 I prime the canvas with thin layer of gesso before I start.  Mixed glue ink into my Liquitex Modeling paste before smearing it thru my brick stencil using a palette knife. Allow to dry.

 I rubbed 3 different colored gelatos onto the canvas in the bare spots. 

 With a damp paint brush, I smeared them out and around the bricks.

 Spritzed the whole canvas with water-use as little or as much as you want.  Pick the canvas up and allow the colors to run together.

 To get the mottled look-I started drying with the heat tool and picking up really wet areas with a paper towel.

 I highlighted the bricks with the dark grey gelato and for the lighter areas a white pitt pen.

 I spritzed the middle area with brown smooch.

 Using MME DP and layered my pictures and added some chipboard accents.

Here's the finished wall hanging.  The sentiments were printed on my computer.

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Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great Friday.

Karen Conner
 

Memory Box dies and Gelatos

I hope you and your family had a great Christmas!

 

1 wanted to share some Memory Box die cuts today.

Here's a few that I have.  They are so intricate.  They turn out so well!

 Here's a gift bag project I did.  Started by mixing some blue ink with some medium modeling paste.
Smeared over top of a brick wall stencil and allowed to dry overnight.

 Using Faber Castel gelatos, I colored in between the brick with a paintbrush.

 I dabbed some yellow and gold gelatos on most of the flower frame die cut.  Blended with my paintbrush.

 I printed a FREE digital print from Graphic Fairy.

 To adhere my pieces, I used Scrap Dots under the digital image after I fussy cut it.  I used Scotch quick dry glue on the other pieces.

 You can see the dimension of the scrap dots on this side shot.  I love how it raises it as high as you like. 

 I used the gelatos to make my letters. I rubbed the gelatos directly on the foam letters and then dabbed it lightly onto a damp paper towel.  The water helps activate the colors.  I stamped it directly onto the bag.

Here's my finished bag.  I tied some lace and ribbon onto the handle to finish it off.
I hope you like it.  I LOVE how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Have a blessed Friday!

Karen Conner

Live in the Sunshine

Although I love this time of year, there are lots of people that are extremely down.

Lots of reasons-loss of a loved one, finances, etc.

I wanted to do an encouraging piece for today.

I even did a You Tube tutorial on how I made her HERE

 I started with a wooden plague 11x14.  I drew and colored my girl on heavy watercolor paper and cut her out.  Finished her after I glued her on the plague.

All the supplies I used can be found at the shop:  Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium
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Supplies: 
DCWV designer paper Old World
Derwent Colored Pencils
Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
Stazon Black
Traditions Acrylic Paint
Stencils
Gelatos

Friday Technique is GELATOS

Owls are really popular and so are Gelatos.

 

Here's what they look like  They are in tubes much like chapstick.  They are water soluable.  You can either use them straight or with water.  Adding water weakens the colors.

I followed a tutorial on you tube by Andrea Gomoll here.

 I started with a gesso'd background.  the started scribbling on the gelatos.  You don't even have to be neat with it.  Cause once you get it all over in the design you want, you take a lightly wet paintbrush and smooth the lines out.  I then used several stencils all around with different colors of gelatos.  I used a script stamp here and there too.

 I cut the pieces for the owl out of pages from a book. Stuck them down with Glue and Seal.  I colored the owl using brown, grey, yellow, red.  Used my finger to smudge the gelato.  When you get it like you want, outline it with a ziggy black liner pen.

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Thanks for stopping by-please let me know how you use your gelatos.  I'm loving them!!

Thanks
Karen Conner

Friday Feature-Gelatos & fabric

I've just gotten some gelatos.  Wanted to give them a try.

The gift bag was plain white.

I started by drawing some circles with yellow, grey and pink.

To activate them, you use water.  I used my aqua painter and "painted" the background.

 

My second step was to use my script stamp and brown archival ink.

I then took a small stamp (it came with my set of gelatos) and stamped randomly with pigment inks.

I used yellow & pale green.

 To make my flowers, I collaged fabric onto a packaging envelope (pulled out of the trash) then ran it thru my big shot using a Stampin Up die.  I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage photo ink.  Added some pearl embellishments for the centers.  The leaves were cut with my cricut.

 As always, I wanted to bring in something vintage-so I layered string pearls, lace & ribbon to tie my tag to the handle.

 I attached my flowers with dimensionals.  If you've ever used them-they stick really well.

Hope this will inspired you to make your own gift bag.

As always-you can get most of these supplies from our shop @ Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium -the prices are ALWAYS 20-25% lower than retail. 

Thanks for stopping by!!  Have a blessed Friday!

Karen Conner