From Maya Road Coasters to a Bird House

Hello...hello. Martha Richardson back with another project from the fabulous July Mixed Media Kit.  

For this project I used 6 of the 8 products offered...I love that these Frog Dog Studio kits work so well together!

The July Mixed Media Kit includes:

Maya Road 3" Vintage Memory Box with Coaster Album

 .5 oz Bottle of Crackle Accents

 Bottle of 'Peeled Paint' Distress Paint

Bottle of 'Antique Linen'  Distress Paint

4 oz Jar of Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium

Roll of Prima Washi Tape (colors/design may vary)

Package Tim Holtz Hinges

'Pretty Bird Notes' Ephemera sheet from ARTChixStudio

MY BIRD HOUSE

For this mixed media project I used the coaster album that comes with the Maya Road Memory Box. When I create any project I literally lay out all the products I want to use and spend time, hours or days, walking by and looking at them while my idea comes clear in my mind's eye. I never have a plan until I can see it and how it will come together. Then I get to work...often my projects evolve through the process but they look pretty close to what I've intended them to be.

I love how I can match my metal hinges with my project using the DISTRESS Paint.

I'm thrilled with my Bird House...sometimes I need to encourage myself and this sits on my Art Journal desk as a reminder. I'll be back with a fun art journal page on Mon. 7/22...I hope you will check back to see what I've created. 

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Mini Canvas Fun with Twinkling H2Os and Alcohol Ink

Hello creative souls...today I'm going to share my third project created from the June Kit. I had so much fun creating this mini canvas, these small canvases rock and I'm going to add them to my collection of MUST HAVE products. So let's get started!

PREPARING CANVAS

When I prepare a canvas I want to create as many layers as possible...it adds depth and interest to your creation. Since these are small canvases adding just the paper pattern to it is perfect.

ADDING COLOR

For the next step of adding color I had to create a new sample as I lost the photos of the original canvases. This will not go to waste as I already see the sample in another project. Further down this post you will find tips on working with Twinkling H2Os.

ADDING DESIGN

I love this step...I call it my stash buster step! Working on projects such as this really helps use up all those wonderous things that you bought yet haven't used. The 3rd photo is from the actual completed mini canvas project.

ADDING TEXTURE

Let your imagination go on this...look around the house to see what can be used for this step. I never throw away any plastic cards as I'm always looking for something to scrape paint or modeling paste on {pssst....a little birdie told me that you will see some of these products popping up in future kits}.

ADDING EMBELLISHMENTS

Another stash buster using remnants from other projects...fabric flowers, brads, wood shapes, etc. The 3rd photo shows my completed mini canvas project on top of my sample canvas....hmmmm...that might work.

LUMINARTE TWINKLING H2Os

When I first tried TWINKS years ago I wasn't overly impressed...then I took a class and learned the most 

important step which I'm sharing with you now. 

The only problem is now I need all the TWINK colors!

Let me just say that this June kit is fabulous...I had more fun creating my 3 projects with it. For this project I used 7 of the 8 products. I love the fact that I had at my disposal everything I needed...no running to the store or ordering online...they were all here in this kit!

Thanks for stopping by and allowing me to share with you. Stay tuned for the July Kit...I can't tell you anything but it is fabulous! 

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How to Create a Tag from Acrylic

Hello creative souls...Martha Richardson here. By this time you have received your June Kit and hopefully broke into the supplies and started creating. I'm so excited to share with you today a project I made from the piece of acrylic plastic and the Dockside Picnic Alcohol Ink set that came with the June Kit from Frog Dog Studio. Here is the finished tag and this photo shows the translucent qualities of using it as a tag.

So let's get started. Why use alcohol inks...because they are awesome!

The hardest decision was what to do with the acrylic sheet. Once the lightbulb went on then I knew that I would turn it into a tag with some help from my Vagabond.

 I didn't end up using this metal token but here is the process I used to give it color.

So there you have it! There is enough of the acrylic sheet left to create a small gift tag. I hope you will give this a try...if you do let me know how it worked for you!

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