Friday, April 1, 2016

The Mixed Media Monthly April Challenge – Dimension


Howdy everyone! It's time for a new challenge – no foolin'! This month we want to see dimension in your projects! We also have a special guest designer with us this time – the fabulous Wendy Vecchi!! Stampers Anonymous has donated two of Wendy's stamp sets and stencils to be given away to two lucky winners. Be sure to join in the challenge for a chance to win.

I created an "ode to Wendy" for my project. ;-) (Another ATC binder – seriously! I still need another one too LOL.) I pulled out all my Wendy stamps, stencils, inks, pastes, and the rest and went to town. I think I qualify as a fan; I have a lot of her stuff!

Yes, I know – another ATC binder. My collection keeps growing!
I started out by prepping the binder cover with a coat of Matte Distress Collage Medium and also glued the paper doily on with it (topping the doily with another coat as well). I colored it with Distress Crayons by scribbling a bit of color onto the doily, working it into the crevices, and then blending it with my finger and a touch of water.


I also added stencil details using metallic paste and crackle paste.

Here you can see how I scribbled a bit of Distress Crayon onto the dry crackle texture paste. A little color goes a long way! I dipped my finger into water and then used it to blend the crayon. I like how it worked its way into the cracks.


The heart is done with Wendy's graniteware technique. It's all embossing powder and ink! (See HERE for a graniteware Easter egg I recently made.) I added a twist with a double embossing technique I thought of (see it on this rooster ATC). Emboss your base layer (the blue) and then stamp on top of it with Versamark or embossing ink. Sprinkle with contrasting embossing powder and then re-emboss the new section. It will magically meld with the bottom layer! Use a light touch – it will spread out too much if you overheat it. Here's a detail:


All the flowers were stamped onto Wendy's newsprint paper that I had glued to Clearly for Art plastic and then fussy cut out. Clearly for Art is magical stuff! It is a heat sensitive material that gets soft when you heat it with your embossing gun so you can form it into different shapes. It quickly cools and holds the shape! Don't like it? Heat it again and reform it! It is great for creating dimension. I gave all the flowers and leaves a bit of curl so they would pop off the cover.

Another close up detail!
The bird is covered with Crazing Distress Collage Medium. It gives the surface a subtle crackle effect. I rubbed Distress Ink and Distress Crayon into the surface to bring out the crazed pattern.

Whew, thanks for sticking with me for this long post. Be sure to go and check out the challenge and see all the fabulous projects from the team! Remember you can have a chance to win one of the prizes below just by entering the challenge. =)


Many thanks to Stampers Anonymous for donating to our challenge!


Thanks for stopping by! The supplies I used for this project can be found at Sizzix or Simon Says Stamp. Follow the links below and a shopping you may go. ;-)



25 comments:

  1. Lovely spring canvas! Beautiful layers and textures!!

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  2. Wow Lisa, that is so gorgeous, amazing layers, textures, colours, it is truly beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing it, Deb xo

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  3. Wonderful mixed media piece, love it!!

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  4. "Ode to Wendy"...love it! :) I bet she loved it, too. I like the way the crayon looks on the crackle- how awesome!
    Happily your newest follower!

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  5. wow! Such eye candy! I'm a sucker for a doily and this one is part of an amazing arrangement…love it!

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  6. This is an awesome piece or art! Nice colors and textures too.

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  7. What an awesome "ode to Wendy"... yep, with all that product I think you qualify as a fan! Thanks for sharing which techniques you used, I think I'd like to try the graniteware technique.

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  8. A lovely project! Love all the different layers and texture x

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  9. Beautiful project. Love the layers and dimension!

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  10. really pretty!!! I need to figure out how to store my ATC cards...this is a really pretty storage solution!

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  11. This is positively dreamy Lisa! xx

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  12. This really is a wonderful ode to Wendy, I love the layering and the brick wall element is amazing! Anne x

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  13. enjoyed the step by step pics and the final creation is truly pretty!

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  14. This is super sweet! I have the bird die and have been waiting for inspiration. Thank you for giving me a bit of yours. TFS!

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  15. Lovely texture and super nice colours, super!!!

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  16. Fabulous layers of texture and stamping creating real depth and dimension - this is wonderful.
    Alison x

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  17. This is pure joy! I Love the layers and the femininity of this project! So pretty!

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  18. Amazing work!!! Thank you for putting so much work and effort into this challenge inspiration!

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  19. I love all the rich layering of textures in your beautiful book cover design. The color scheme is fantastic too. Blessings!

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  20. Wow fabulous texture, dimension and techniques. Thank you for your inspiration on this wonderful project x

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  21. Awesome work Lisa..Love to follow your creation.. Thanks Dear:)

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  22. Absolutely gorgeous Lisa. Love how you used so many things to create such great textures. Thanks for sharing your process as well.

    With smiles
    Laine Kammeraad

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  23. Sweet colours, beautiful layers, great canvas!

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