Picture Mosaic + Tutorial

Hello everyone,

Its time for a new sketch at Stick It Down...

I went in a very very different direction this month...
I made a mosaic of small pictures of me and my hubby...

Let me take you through a pictorial tutorial of the layout...
I used the sheet of tiny pictures that comes when you print photos at CostCo...
I drew a circle on my cardstock...this will be the guideline for my mosaic...
You can choose any shape here

I cut out all the tiny photos and laid them out face down...

Then I added double sided tape on all of them...

The next step was to arrange them in the mosaic style around the chipboard alphas...

When I was finally satisfied with the arrangement, I took off the backing of the double sided tape one at a time...The final step was to attach my cardstock to one with this fancy border...
It did take time...but I am loving the end result...

And oh...if you are wondering...A & P are our initials ;)

First Ever Canvas...

Hey everyone,

I worked on canvas for the very first time a few days back and I loved it...
I bought a few more canvas boards the next day :D

I am sticking to smaller sizes of canvas right now...

Its time for the reveal of my very first work on canvas...TADA...

I created the background applying acrylic paints with a credit card...
and the drawing was done with paint markers...

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Inspired by the blue skies, green grass and flowers of Spring

Anything but Cute - Inspired by the colours of the moodboard

The Colour Sisters - Inspired by the blues and greens from the colour palette

Emerald Creek Dares - Anything Goes

The Heart full of Colours...

Oh...the peace you feel once you transform an idea to a project...

That's exactly how I felt after completing this journal page...peaceful and happy...

I love to use a supply in as many ways as possible...the supply here is gesso...
I used it as a primer on my page....
Also used it through stencil...and................

Created resist on the background with gesso...
The texture you see is the gesso resist...

And oh...I also used gesso for the splatters...a versatile product...ain't it! ;)

Supplies used:

Bright Gelatos set

Design By Ryn stamp

Finnabair Bubbles stencil

Dyan Reavely Black paint

Distress Inks

Gesso

I am entering this page in the following challenges:

Gesso Resist on background-

Gesso Resist on background...inspired by the topic itself -

Bubbles stencil-

Mixed Media Journal page -

Muted Palette Layout

Hello everyone,

Its time for a new sketch over at Stick-It-Down...

The sketch I created for this month is a simple one...and I am loving the interpretations of the Design Team...do check their lovely layouts

I played with a muted palette for the scrapbook page I made inspired from this sketch...

I used a lot of stencils in the background with few distress inks..to mute the colours, I covered the diagonal panel with with a printed tissue paper...

I added a tinyepoxy sticker for the title...I also popped up the photo with foam tape...

I also added 2 altered chipboard flourishes...

To alter the flourishes, I covered it with gesso...also added crackle paste randomly...finally added some colour with Distress Ink and some Archival Ink...

Stencils used -
Tim Holtz Gothic
Stamplorations Old Rose Prints
Rebecca Baer Honeycomb
Hampton Art Lattice

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

     

   

Creativity never goes out of Style

Hello everyone,

I recently made a journal page...

Background was done with distress inks and white acrylic paint...used one of my favourite stencils... the Rug stencils by BalzerDesigns from The Crafters Workshop...
Found this image in a magazine...and I just had to add some doodling :D

Hope you all like it...