Make It Monday #118

Hello and welcome to another linky party at Make It Monday! Once again we are excited to see your creations fill the gallery and inspire all of us. The design team was free to create anything we wanted since there were no sponsor images to work with and I opted to create a  mixed media tree. I was inspired by a project that Christy Tomlinson made last December and I'm finally getting around to making my own. Next, I'd like to do a Christmas themed tree for my home and my goal is to make a mixed media piece each year that I can pass on to my kids and my future (like way--way--way off) grandchildren lol.

The tree is super simple to make, I chose 7 dp's and a small tag from the Fancy Pants-It's the Little Things collection and placed them in the order I wanted...

each section was cut to size with scissors and set aside. Next I chose a crossword puzzle dp from the Kaisercraft Timeless collection and tore into sections then decoupaged onto my 6 x 12 canvas...

I did not want the background paper to overshadow the dp's I used for my tree so I poured white acrylic paint into a disposable bowl and diluted it with water. This is an easy way to create your own transparent paint and then I brushed a light coat over the paper...

with my background toned down I am ready to decoupage my tree layers starting with the trunk and working my way up. I stop and dry each layer as I go and if you have a heat tool that's great, if not a blow dryer set to low works just fine. ;) The next step was to shade the blocks so they look like they are a part of the canvas instead of floating on top of it. I prefer to use Faber Castell Pitt pens and normally you choose the predominate color and use a matching pen to shade. I was looking for a dramatic look, since the colors are fairly light, and shaded each block with black instead. I followed up with white enamel accents by Ranger to outline the sections and highlight each one. A fringed kraft flower, from Maya Road, was layered and adorned with a Prima pebble in the center to act as a tree topper. Recollections paper roses and MS butterfly punches add dimension to my project as well as visual interest. Now for some close ups.

Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Paints in Altered Orange, Dab of Yellow and Landscape Green were smeared (yes, smeared is the technical term here lol) in random places over the background paper and I used punchinella (sequin waste) to create random dots for background texture. Rub ons and stamps add more texture and it all came together in the span of a few hours.

Now, are you the least bit curious who my Pick of the Week is...

Congratulations to #156 Karen H

 

who created these enchanting Christmas Rosette Wands

 

This photo is a tease because she created 12 wands in

all and each one is truly magical. Click Karen's link

above to view them and be inspired. Thanks Karen for

sharing your talent with us at MIM!

 

 

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Lori Hairston and Lisa Minckler
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* Lori is gifting a $20 Visa Card to a winner at MIM who comments on her VOSP links and mentions that they came over from MIM.
Winner will be announced on regular post day at MIM.

 

There will be many other opportunities for prizes, but in order to win the gift offered by Lori at MIM, participants MUST comment on her links and mention MIM, but they are also free to play along with all the other links as well.




Thanks for visiting me today and please drop by my teamies blogs as they have more inspiration in store for you. Also, I hope you'll check out *our very own* Lisa M's fab blog hop and play along to win some extra moolah. Everyone can use a little extra cash this time of year. ;-)

Crafty Hugs,
Lisa xx