Exciting News & the January Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

I am very pleased to announce that I am now part of the design team for the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog! If you haven't checked out this blog, now is the time to start. Every month they host a fun and interesting challenge following a variety of themes. There is always plenty of inspiration to be found there from the design team and participants! For January, the theme is Time Flies.

I immediately pictured a project with the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and his troubles with being on time. I made a little mixed media piece using Eileen Hull's Needle Book die, stamps, stencils, other diecuts, scanned ephemera and a whole load of DecoArt Media products. (I think the kitchen sink is in there too.) Hold on to your seats for a whole bunch of photos…

There goes that rabbit!

I cut the cover out of scoreboard and brushed it with gesso. I left the coverage uneven because I wanted the subsequent paint layers to look variegated. I stamped the rabbit with archival ink over the gesso.

Back cover

After stenciling on the back I glued the white flowers in place on the front and back of the cover. I also brushed them with gesso before applying paint. I like the mottled effect you get.

The text and illustrations I scanned from a vintage copy of Alice in Wonderland. I printed out pages of text to cut up and sized the illustrations to fit the inner pages. After gluing the text strips in place I gave everything a coat of gloss varnish to seal it. Then I used a Pumice Stone (color) Distress Marker to make drop shadows and smudged them with my finger to blend them out a bit.

Thanks for stopping by! Please go and check out the new challenge and all the inspiration from my teammates and our guest designer Cheryl Boglioli. She is providing an awesome prize pack for this challenge! Join in and you could be the lucky winner! =)

Happy New Year and get crackin' because…
TIME FLIES!

Needle Book	Mini Clock Key & Pocket Watch	Tattered Flower Garland	Wonderland Collage	Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack	Finnabair Art Extravagance Texture Paste 8.5oz-Clear Crackle
Deco Art Media Varnish, 4-Ounce, Gloss	Deco Art Media Varnish, 4-Ounce, Ultra Matte	Deco Art Media Gesso, 4-Ounce, White	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Primary Magenta	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Quinacridone Gold	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Cadmium Orange
Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Translucent White	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Payne's Grey	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Quinacridone Violet	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Phthalo Green-Yellow	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Primary Cyan	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Green Gold
Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Phthalo Turquoise	Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint, 1-Ounce, Diarylide Yellow

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