Baby album for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog

Hello friends! Hope you're all well and have getting some creative time. I have a part-time job at a golf course and we just reopened last week; one of the office staff surprised me by sporting a pretty substantial baby bump! Turns out she's just trying to get a few things organized before her maternity leave, so I was glad of the chance to see her. I decided to put together a mini album as a cute little gift.

I had some adorable baby girl themed papers I had won a while back in a Facebook draw, and they were perfect for this project. I added some buttons, pearls, ribbons and lace along with some texture paste stencilling. The pages are all made to hold a 2x3" photo, which can be gotten by collaging 4 photos onto a 4x6" template, which is how I usually print mine out at the local photo kiosk.
There is a fair bit of fussy cutting here, as well as some coordinating stickers and diecuts which were included in the paper pack; I mounted many of these pieces with foam tape for added dimension.

This was a simple but enjoyable project, and it was fun to work in such vibrant, cheery colours.I hope you enjoyed seeing it and wish you a wonderful June! xx Lynne

"Dashing" mixed media layout for Creative Artiste;

Hello there crafters! I can't believe May is here already; April was a busy month for me and seemed to fly by. I really wanted to start doing more layouts again, and decided to create a masculine layout for my "Silver Screen" album, which contains pages about favourite classic actors and movies, and this guy is my very favourite actor from the 40s/50s.

I used Blue Fern Studios Chesterville collection, Gypsy Soul Lasercuts chipboard and Tattered Angels mists and glazes.Papers and embellishments were distressed with brown, white and black inks, and I added bits of black thread here and there as well as machine stitching the paper strip below the photo. A variety of buttons from my stash were added, as well as a few items cut from the Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman collection. The corrugate behind the photo was simply painted grey and lightly rubbed with ink.

It was fun to get my grunge on with this page; I like the contrast between the grungy background and the more formal photo-it's a bit of a metaphor for the versatile actor that James Stewart was.

Thanks so much for stopping by-hope you enjoyed seeing my page. Happy May! Stay safe and find time to be creative when you can....hugs! xx

"Hands of Time" clock for Bleeding Art

Hi there arty friends! LynneJ here with my first DT post for Bleeding Art, and I wanted to do something unusual and a little quirky:

The chipboard grandfather clock is a 3D kit from Gypsy Soul Lasercuts, and I had so much fun creating this. I used dark grey wodgrain paper to cover the body of the clock, using the gear-patterned paper for the pull-out drawer and the inside back. I added a few black rubons to the sides of the piece, added some Stone Effects spray paint very lightly here and there

The cool-looking piece on the face of the clock is from a real timepiece! My friend gave me some of the watch and clock parts she had gotten from her father-in-law, who was a retired clockmaker.I just rubbed a little Finnabair Metallique wax in Rich Copper onto the surface as well as onto my metal and chipboard gears and the clock hands to make them coordinate with the gear paper.



The phrase, "if the hands of time were hands that I could hold..." is a lyric from the theme song of the 70s movie "Brian's Song" and I have always loved this line and have been wanting to use it on a project for a long time-so glad I finally found the right one! I cut the hands from a photo I had from a kids' class I taught years ago.The lyrics are stickers attached to strips of vellum and twisted a bit for interest.I had recently watched a story with an angel character in it who was losing feathers from his wings, and that inspired me to add the feathers in the lower opening.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my project; I'm so happy for the chance to join up with an awesome and talented group of crafters and share my creations with you. Thanks for stopping by; stay crafty and stay safe....hugs, Lynne

"Crazy Cat Lady" canvas for Creative Artiste

Hi there! I created this piece for an online auction to be held as a fundraiser for a local cat rescue organization. Thank goodness for our online world, especially right now as we are all practicing  social distancing. 

I used some of my beloved Gypsy Soul Lasercuts chipboard kitties, a few diecuts, paper flowers and bits & pieces from my stash, added stenciling with homemade texture paste, gessoed the whole thing then added Tattered Angels glimmer mists. Hope you like the finished effect! May you all stay safe and healthy in these complicated times, and spend some of your extra home time creating something interesting and beautiful! hugs!

"Home" cutting board for Creative Artiste

Hello friends! My daughter picked up a couple cute wooden cutting boards at Dollarama and asked me if I thought I could use them for some sort of project, and I was definitely intrigued by the thought; it's always interesting to find new backgrounds for my assemblage creations!

Because I didn't want to colour the entire piece, I glued my arrangement onto a piece of thin cardboard rather than directly onto the board. I then painted that with tan acrylic paint before adding mists in shades of teal, green, yellow and gold. (I also used these steps on the letters and hexagons so they would coordinate) then rubbed Art Alchemy metallique waxed in Lucky Emerald and Polished Brass over some of the surfaces.

I used DecoArte moss paste here and there along the edges, then rubbed with the same waxes. A little gold thread wrapped diagonally and an ornate leaf chippie from my stash completed the look.

I love to use dollar store items or thrift store finds as bases for my creations; I see them as a fun challenge, and I hope you enjoy seeing them.Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful March!!

Altered Tool Box for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog

Hello there crafty friends! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and are settling into 2020.I have had this project in mind for a while but it wasn't easy to find a metal toolbox-everything is plastic nowadays! My hubby found this beauty for me while he was out and about. While getting ready to move, I amassed a fair collection of my own tools which I kept separate from hubby's stuff, and the idea of a funky toolbox of my own was born.

I started out with black satin spray paint; it really is a true black, but the weather has not cooperated  and the lighting in my photos seems to give a golden hue.

This was "before"....

I attached the embellishments with Gorilla Glue, which I had never used before...they really do mean it when they say on the package that the product expands when drying-be careful not to use too much or you will have chunky bits here and there...ugh! That being said, it did a wonderful job adhering lace, metal, chipboard and plastic items to the metal toolbox.

I then sprayed another coat of black over the entire surface before adding the Art Alchemy waxes. I used Brushed Iron, Rich Copper and Lucky Emerald. There were a few spots where I used some distress embossing powder in Vintage Photo before adding the wax, just for a little rough texture here and there.

This was so fun to create and I love how it came out; the waxes blended beautifully together to create a really interesting effect. They work so wonderfully on black surfaces....love them! Hope you enjoyed seeing my latest....have a terrific February!

Sympathy Card with Craft O'clock papers

A dear friend of mine lost her brother recently, and I wasn't able to get together and share condolences in person, so I wanted to make a special card for her. These beautiful papers from Craft O'Clock were perfect with their soft colours and lovely flowers that I could fussy cut and pop up for dimension. I inked everything with olive green to add a bit of interest and contrast, and used dies from my stash for the cross, foliage, and sentiment. The sentiment originally had a box around it, but it looked to big and bulky on the card so I trimmed it off. I cut a little deeper between some of the flower petals so I could lift and curl them just a little for added dimension.

As you can see, I kept the design fairly simple, as the elements themselves had plenty of detail. Unfortunately I had already mailed it when I realized the photo was less than wonderful, so please forgive the uneven lighting and shadows. Wishing you a great day, and I hope any cards you make are for happier occasions...xx