Love you mixed media canvas

Hi everyone! Playing around with a 8.5 x 11 canvas and ended up with this mixed media tribute to love.

I started with some newsprint designer paper and a bit of mod podge. After it dried, I added a layer of molding paste. To get the texture, I used the Ranger texture tool. I really like that there are several to choose from on the ring and had fun playing around with them.

Once the molding paste dried I added some color using Faded Jeans and Pickled Raspberry spray stain. I blotted it off here and there to dilute the colors a bit.

The heart cut outs are done using the shakers die from PTI. I cut them out of thin chipboard and painted them. Once dry I stamped the word Love from Winnie and Walter and then heat embossed it.

Roses are from Kaisercraft that I glued on. Leaf dies are from Memory Box and Elizabeth craft designs.

Lastly, I tucked a swirl behind the solid heart and added the silver dragonfly.

I think this is my favorite piece of mixed media so far! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentines Day!

ETA: linking this up to the Great Impressions love, love, love challenge.

Santa in sleigh

Hi everyone! It's one layer time over at Less is More and the theme this time around is snow!

The Santa in the sleigh stamp comes from Plum Purdy and is colored with Copic's.

I used my snow stencil that I just got from Simon Says Stamp to layer on some molding paste for the snow. I also dusted it with glitter while it was still wet to add some sparkle.

Off to get my Christmas tree once my DH gets his act together. He's been goofing off on FB instead of paying bills and it has put us behind about two hours. I just should have left his rear end and home and did it myself! Ugh, men!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Clean and Simple 303 - seriously

Hi everyone! I really liked this CAS sketch #303 and had to give it a try.  Here is what I came up with!

I used some molding paste and a stencil from The Crafters Workshop to get the texture on the back ground. Once dry I dusted it with gold mica powder to give it some sparkle.

The seriously die and the awesome sentiment are from Lil' Inker Designs. I used the fishtail banner die from MFT to cut out the "awesome" and then popped it up using foam tape.

The old Sizzix primitive star die is used to cut out three stars using a thin piece of chip board. I glued them all together and then added the gold mirror cardstock. This gave it a bit of depth and thickness which was easier to pop up on foam tape.

Thanks for popping in! Have a great weekend!

FMS #121 - sunset

Hi everyone! Here's my card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #121.

The sun is made using a polka dot/circle stencil from crafters workshop and Golden molding paste. I used Ranger distress dye's to color it. I started with scattered straw and ended up adding quite a bit of wild honey in order to get the color I wanted. Love the texture it added.

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. I used Prismacolor pencils to color the water and shadow. Navy and white cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

Off to take care of some Cinderella chores before the big game! Thanks for stopping in!