Mixed Media – Home decor

Hi ya, Joy here today with a fun home decor project for today’s mixed media inspiration.
I’ve had this project in my head for a while and I actually want to make a series of 3 for my niece’s bedroom. 

I used a piece of canvas fabric in the hoop and glued the fabric to the inner hoop so I could work on it without the frame on it. This made it easier to use the stencil I chose and it kept the outer hoop clean.

I chose 4 paint colours and sponged it onto the canvas, I overlapped the colours and it’s not perfect. I wanted the final project to look worn.

I printed off the sentiment be brave using the Miss Molly font. I then used that as a template to poke holes into the sticky-back canvas. The piece I stitched into was about 3″x4″.
After I finished stitching, I trimmed down the canvas and pulled out some of the threads to create a frayed edge.

After everything was dry, I used some Matte Medium on the back of the stitched sentiment to help hold it on securely. I really wanted to pattern to stand out so I didn’t add any more embellishment. I’m considering sewing on a few sequins if my niece likes the sparkle. 🙂

If you have any questions let me know in your comments. Thanks for stopping by the SN blog.

Octogonal Lace stencil

Sticky-Back Canvas

Dina Wakley – Heavy Body Paints

Ranger – Matte Medium

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Countdown to Christmas – Day 18 – Snow Globe

Bonjour friends,
Today is the last day in our 2016 Countdown to Christmas, we hope you found some inspiration with all the projects the creative team has been sharing.

I wanted to create some small gifts for some friends this year, so I decided to make some homemade snow globes with the wire trees from the Snow & Cocoa collection. I think they turned out pretty cute.

I used some jars from the dollar store, some other craft supplies I had leftover from a craft project I did with my nieces & nephew, including fake snow & glitter spray. I also used a glue gun to keep everything stuck to the lid.

The star on the tree is wood veneer and the snowman was stamped, die-cut and I added a little colour with watercolour crayons. The last little addition once I put the jar on was a bit of twine on the lid.

If you’ve been creating some holiday projects we’ed love to see them, head over to our Friends page on Facebook and share. Happy holidays!

Countdown to Christmas – Day 17 – String Art

Welcome to Day 17 of our Christmas countdown.

I love string art! Recently I saw somethin on pintererst and was inspired to give it a try.

I used a wood board plaque from Jillibean.  I found a snowflake image on google that I used as my template. I positioned the template where I wanted it on the board and started hammering in the nails.  I left the nails protruding a little.

Once all the nails were in place, I started wrapping the string.  I wrapped each one twice as the baker’s twine was a little to fine.

Once the string was all wrapped, I tore the paper from underneath.

This is the finished product.  I love how it turned out!

Personalized Wall Clock Tutorial

Hello!
It’s Laura here with a super easy project for you, and it is such fun.
My husband and I (well, actually, more like my husband!) are in the process of renovating our daughter’s room, to make her a big girl’s room. He is in charge of the actual construction, and we (my daughter and I) are in charge of decorating.

One of the things I saw in a website that I loved was a personalized clock. Until I saw the price. Yeah, not happening. I can make it myself; I was determined. lol With all the craft supplies I have on hand, it should not be too much of a challenge.

First, I needed a clock. I picked up a cheap one at the Dollar store.

I then gathered my craft supplies; paper, stickers, glue. For this project, I used Bella Blvd Illustrated Faith’s collections; ‘Whatever is Lovely’ and ‘She Blooms’.

I then took the clock gently apart. Set aside parts.

I then took the face cover, placed on the patterned paper I chose as a background, and traced a circle. This will fit onto your clack face, therefore being your background.

Then cut out the circle.

The background circle should fit onto your clock with no issues. You may have to trim a bit here or there.

Now onto the really fun part. The decorating!

I knew I wanted to use those flowers from my page, so I fussy cut them out.

I placed them where I wanted them to be on the clock. Added a bit of glue to adhere them.

Then I turned over the paper to trim the excess papers.

I added more glue to the flowers. As you can see, I had trimmed a hole in the center for the hands. Don’t worry if it is not an actual circle, as you can masquerade it, like I did.

I then took letters and other stickers to personalize it.

Once you are finished, place your face onto the clock body.

Attach the hands, and the cover.

You make paint, or decorate however you want, the outside body of the clock. I ha asked my daughter what she thought, and she suggested some glitter. Oh boy. We compromised with some glitter tape.

And there you have it ! A personalized wall clock, at a fraction of the price of the ones in retail. My daughter loves it, and I am quite pleased with the outcome!

Thank you for letting me share with you this lovely project!
Laura

Mixed media on Monday’s

Hello, hello nerds.
I really like the look of watercolours but I don’t own a watercolour set so for today’s project I used distress inks and a watercolour pen. I primed the wooden sign board with gesso before getting out my modeling paste & stencil.

There’s nothing wrong with your eye’s, the words are a little askew. Sometimes things don’t work out and I decided to move on and add some colour.

The stencil I used is from Donna Downey and it’s one of my favourites. I applied plain modelling paste with a palette knife and allowed it to dry. Using my craft mat as a palette, I pressed my ink pads onto it so I could pick up the ink with the water brush to apply it to my project. It took several layers of ink to get the bold colours you see.  

I also used distress inks to colour the flower and attached it with matte medium. The project was missing a finishing touch so I went back in with a chicken wire stencil and more modelling paste in random spots.

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Donna Downey Signature Stencils – Intention

Finnabair – Art Basics – Modeling Paste 8oz – Opaque Matte

Tim Holtz – Distress Inks

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Day Five – Love is in the Air

Day Five’s project comes to you from Nerd Girl Monique.

Design it Yourself Christmas

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Today we have a spotlight on the new Simple Stories collection

These projects came together quickly with all of the fun tags, banners, stickers, chipboard & other embellishments that are available in the Design It Yourself Christmas collection from Simples Stories. I have a great start on my Christmas gifts and I still have a bunch left for more. 

I’m a list maker and it’s nice to have a pretty notebook for all my shopping lists, to do items and any other stuff I need to keep track of this holiday season.

These cards are a mixture of the other new holiday collection from Simple Stories called Cozy Christmas. I think these two collection go together So well. I’m looking forward to using them for documenting my December next month.

For my last two projects, I used the Frameables to make these two holiday decor pieces. One of these will be in my sister-in-laws stocking and I had planned on giving the other to our neighbour but…..I like it so much it might have to stay with me 😉

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the Simple Stories DIY Christmas collection. Next week Fleur Smith will be sharing some super fun projects using this collection too.
Take care and we’ll see you again soon.

Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Frameables 8/Pkg	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Enamel dots 60/PKG	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Chipboard stickers 2 sheets/Pkg	Simple Stories – Cozy Christmas – Sn@p cards
Hero Arts – Pigment Dye Ink – Unicorn White	12×12 American Crafts Black Cardstock	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Icon stickers 8 sheets/Pkg	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Holly Jolly double-sided paper
Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Candy Cane Lane double-sided	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Candy Cane Stripe paper	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Evergreen Chevron paper	Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – A2 die cut Card Layers 80/Pkg
Simple Stories – DIY Christmas – Tags & Twine	Tim Holtz – Christmas Blueprints #4 – cling mount rubber stamps	Tim Holtz – Layering Stencil – Christmas	Tim Holtz – Layering Stencil – Festive
Tim Holtz – Layering Stencil – Holiday Knit

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