April Mixed Media Kit: Mixed Media Necklace | Self Reflections

Hello All! Wendy here to share up my mixed media necklace titled "Self Reflections", this month for Frog Dog Studio!  

Yes, it's totally wearable.  Hey, nothing like handmade jewelry to put a pep in your step, right? Ha!

I absolutely fell in LOVE with the April Mixed Media Kit because everything coordinated so well together (again this month as I now say this every month, ha!) in such beautiful harmony.  

 

Those tissue papers are just perfect for framing and to.die.for in rich colors of blue, silver, and reds. I was a fan of Staz-On before but with these colors, I'm now a bigger sucker/hoarder.  We have more colors in stock too in the Frog Dog Studio shop...

The April Add-On kit with Amazing Crafting Products is NO exception, definitely a must-have to finish off some rather rad art creations.  Definitely grab it up too!

I've put together a "behind-the-scenes" video tutorial for you on the Frog Dog Studio YouTube Channel and my Life. Paper & Soul YouTube Channel.

Enjoy!

Check out the full supply list later today on my blog here.

Hope you enjoyed my project today! 

xo | Wendy

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Just a Tin Box....

Hi and Happy Wednesday!

Tina here today with one of my favorite projects from the March kit, a vintage inspired tin, full of little details and whimsy.

When I first thought about creating my little tin, I wasn’t sure what was going to be included on what products I was going to use, so I started with a piece of the Tim Holtz Foil Tape that was included in the main kit.  

I ran a sheet of the foil tape through my embossing machine, and ‘inked’ it up with Alcohol Ink and Distress Stain.  I removed the adhesive backing and adhered it to the edges of my tin.  Super easy, but created so much texture and color.

Next, I worked on the inside background of my tin.  I cut a piece of the corrugated paper to fit inside my tin, painted it with the Adirondack paint dabber included in the kit and applied adhesive and rusting powder to age.

To Glitz up the inside of my tin, using an embossing dauber, I applied embossing ink and the Sticky Embossing powder to the inside walls of the tin.  I heated the powder to activate the adhesive.

I applied German Glitter Glass from my stash and heated to set it in place.

 

To finish my tin, I applied several strips of the Tim Holtz paper tape included in the kit to the back of my tin, and aged with several shades of Lindy’s spray mist.

The embellishments inside the tin are mostly items from my stash, that were further aged with crackle paint, embossing powder, and alcohol ink.  

As they say, little packages are always the best.  :)

I hope you enjoyed my project today.  Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great week!

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March Mixed Media Kit: Mini Book | In A New York Minute

Hello All! Wendy here to share up my third project this month for Frog Dog Studio!  
One last crush with the March Mixed Media Kit!

Check out my previous project, “In A New York Minute”, and video tutorial here using the 5x2x3.5in tin from the March Mixed Media Kit.  

Also, I made a second project with the  smaller 2.5×3.5x1in tin found here.

As promised earlier this month, I planned to created a mini book to fit inside my altered tin. My fiancé & I took a trip last Spring '13 to NYC, his first time and my 4th time, and each visit is beyond the experience.  I wanted to make a mini that captured my fav photos highlighted from our trip together.  

While in NYC, we made a pit stop at The Ink Pad, the mecca of rubber stamps and just pure stamper's paradise!  So, I added in this Time Squares stamp on the cover of my mini.  It just spoke to me as perfect to kick start my mini.  I could have been spent HOURS in that store and the fiancé was SO patient and supportive to find the store with me in the pouring rain. Ha!

So, let's dive into my mini...

I wanted to enhance my mini with lots of clocks representing the fast pace of the city, the hustle and bustle of movement of people.  I used the corrugated paper that comes in the March Mixed Media Kit for a couple of pages in my mini.  This paper is perfect to rip up and give the worn and tattered look.  There are several clock stickers for perfect use from the Tim Holtz sticker book in the kit.  Then, I also added The Dusty Attic rusting powder (included in the March Mixed Media Kit and here) and Ranger Paint Dabber in Pebble to accent my metal and wood embellishments.  

You can check out my video here for more on the rusting powder technique.    

More of the rusting technique is used on these pages for the embossed and metal accents.  Also, I was inspired by the Alicia Keys song, "Empire State of Mind" (I might have been humming it a time or two in creating this project, ha!).  One does feel such inspirations and dreams in this city of bright lights.  

On a side note, I intentionally kept the majority of my photos as black & white for uniformity in the photography with a splash of color on a photo here and there and for better flow of the embellishments.  

The iPhone photo of us two is a bit fuzzy but sometimes fuzzy photos capture the sweetest moment.  We were hitting the town to see "Phantom of the Opera".  The fiancé was quite a bit jet lagged from Europe but was a trooper for the long opera night and dressing up.  I used the ticket stickers from the Tim Holtz sticker book in the kit to represent the cinema/theater night together.  

Here are a few more pages...

Check out the full supply list later today on my blog here.

Hope you enjoyed my project today! 

On a side note, April Mixed Media Kit is already in my hands and I'll see you next month to kick off projects with this kit!  

ANOTHER amazing kit to come...

xo | Wendy

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I Have a Passion--For the March kit!!

Good morning! Melissa here today to share a tutorial with you on how I created a whimsical and layered tin using Clear Cast Resin from Amazing Craft Products and our Frog Dog March kit.

I started out by dripping several different colors of alcohol ink onto the inside of the large tin from the kit:

Next, I used some collage bits from my stash and the kit. I loved the Tim Holtz stickers, especially the large clocks. I added that to the background, as well as the metal clock hands. When I liked the look of the background, I poured in a layer of the clear resin and swirled in some of the silver Alumilite Metallic Powder with a popsicle stick. I set it aside to dry overnight.

While that was drying, I took the chipboard piece and covered it with a mixture of the Clear Resin, Alumilite blue dye, and Alumilite pearlescent metallic powder. I mixed it all together, then gently poured it over the chipboard while spreading it in a thin, even layer. I did the same with one of the chipboard gears. Those were also set aside to dry overnight.

The next day when everything was dry, I began to assemble the entire piece. I attached the chipboard angel to the top of the tin to make a sort of shrine and decorated that with a Prima flower, the resin coated gear, and other ephemera. At the base of the tin, I added some more of the little Prima flowers I found in my stash and beads.
Here is the final product with a few close ups:

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March Mixed Media Kit : Altered Tin | A Wish

Hello All!  Wendy here to share up my another project for you using the March Mixed Media Kit!  

The awesome thing about this kit is that you receive TWO alterable metal tins.  
Check out my previous project, "In A New York Minute", and video tutorial here using the 5x2x3.5in tin from the March Mixed Media Kit.  I'm still working on my coordinating mini book that will go inside the tin, and that will be revealed up on 3/25.

In this project, I used the smaller 2.5x3.5x1in tin.  
Such a sweet small tin and again along my theme of “Make Mine Mini”, where you’ll see a ‘mini’ project or two....from me during the month. 

This tin would would also be perfect for including ATC cards too!

I really love the vintage photos in the Tim Holtz Salvage - Crowded Attic sticker pack included in the stick.  You get a LOT of stickers in that booklet!!  So, I chose a couple of vintage photo stickers to incorporate on the cover of my tin.  

I used an alpha print dry embossing template in my stash to make the background on the foil tape sheet attached to the tin.  Check out my video tutorial on how to make the rusted tin effect using the Tim Holtz foil tape sheets and rusting powder included in the March Mixed Media Kit.  The rusting powder (sold out for now, but MORE is being ordered) is pure MAGIC!! I can't get enough of it!!

Plus, the amazing product from Lindy's Stamp Gang, Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabber in Pebble, and Jacquard Piñata Alcohol Ink in Mantilla Black are also included in the March Mixed Media Kit.

I used some clear acrylic fragments in my stash to mount on top of the photo stickers.  Then, some rubons were used to adhere on top of the clear fragments.  

For the inside of my tin, I chose more stickers (i.e. ticket stubs, calendars) cut to size and fit inside the tin lid and tin bottom.  More of the rusting powder technique was used in altering these stickers.

I hope you enjoy my project!  

Full supply list will be posted up later today on my blog.

Check back here on the blog on 3/25 when I share up my last project using the March Mixed Media Kit.  

xo | Wendy

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