April Mixed Media Kit: Altered Canvas | At the End of the Day...

Hello All! Wendy here to share up my altered canvas titled "At the End of the Day", this month for Frog Dog Studio!  

You can check out my first project this month here where I created a Mixed Media necklace with the April Mixed Media Kit along with a  video tutorial.

My last take this month using the April Add-On kit with Amazing Crafting Products that was just ALL sorts of amazing.ness and team up.  I know my projects using their product will continue WAY beyond this month!  You just want to play play play....

  
So many of the embellishments on my project was created using the Amazing Casting Resin, Amazing Crafting Products Alumilite in Silver Metallic Powder, and Amazing Crafting Products Yellow Dye (not pictured above) along with the Amazing Clear Cast (pictured above).   

I will create up a video tutorial later this week and link you back here on this blog post with the 'behind-the-scenes' into the making into the florals and butterflies for my canvas.

In the meantime, here are some more pictures of my project...

If you loved the colors in the April Mixed Media Kit, just wait until you see the May Mixed Media Kit!!

xo | Wendy

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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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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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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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March Mixed Media Kit: Altered Tin | In A New York Minute

Hello All!  Wendy here to share up my first blog post as design team member for Frog Dog Studio!  I absolutely fell in LOVE with the March Mixed Media Kit because everything coordinated so well together in such beautiful harmony.  My first project created for this month uses the 5x2x3.5in tin from the March Mixed Media Kit.  

I created the project titled, "In A New York Minute".

So, to add a bit of interest to my blog post, I made a quick video to give you a ‘behind-the-scenes’ into my process.  

My favorite items included in this kit is The Dusty Attic Rusting Powder.  All I can say is, “I NEED more!” Ha! This powder is pure magic!!

Check it all out here in my video…

Check out the full supply list for the project on my blog here.

Also, I’ve committed to one project in my monthly series, “Make Mine Mini”, where you’ll see a ‘mini’ project (i.e. mini album, mini canvas, etc) of some sort from me during the month.  I’m excited about this ‘mini’ series and look forward to inspiring you with the Frog Dog Studio kits! 

xo | Wendy

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Luminarte SILKS Acrylic Glaze Sparks Up A Mini Canvas

Hello everyone…Martha Richardson here. I have a quick project to share with you today. I  found a 6x6" mini canvas that I created for a class sample. It wasn't completed but I really loved the colors and design. When I received the SILKS in the Dec. Kit an idea started coming together. It started with the question…how will Silks look on top of other acrylic paints…will it add some pizzazz to the canvas?

The answer is YES to the questions and I now have an art piece that I LOVE!!!

Here is the class sample partially finished…loving the colors!

Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade applied in upper left hand corner.

Getting ready to apply Fern and Carmine.

Close-up of Canvas…pretty glimmer!!

Finished 6x6" Mini Canvas

What a difference the SILKS Acrylic Glaze made when added to an already completed canvas…from dull to GLIMMER and SHINE!

I'd like to take this time to thank TIna Walker for believing in me without really even knowing. This will be my last post with Frog Dog Studio. It was a hard decision to make because this Frog Dog Studio, Tina and the design team members seriously ROCK!!!!! I'm freeing up time as my husband and I are putting our house on the market and moving further south.

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