Stampington and Company has information on how to use Color Burst inks for a lovely water color background or to use in combinations with stamps for colorful mixed media style collage art and cards. Click here to check it out.… Read More ...
Project: Halloween Shadow Box
This amazing Halloween Shadow Box was designs by Zoe from I Girl Zoe. She’ll take you step by step how she painted and covered each box with paper and filled it loads of cool embellishments. This awesome project would be … Read More ...
Project: Edgar Allan Poe Flip Frame
I love Edgar Allan Poe so of course I flipped when I saw this amazing flip frame project featuring Poe! This cool and creepy frame uses lots of layers of pattern papers along with metallic embellishments for the perfect Halloween … Read More ...
Project: Rustic Fall Mixed Media Canvas
The rustic look is really trendy this year for the holidays. Burlap, torn paper, rough touches of paint, shades of brown and orange are great for fall projects like this mixed media canvas. You can buy canvases already wrapped in … Read More ...
Projects: Alice In Wonderland
I’m a HUGE fan of all things Alice in Wonderland, the books, the movies, animated and live action, I adore it all! And I often use Alice as an inspiration in much of my work, adding her and her Wonderland … Read More ...
Technique: Mixed Media Art Canvas with Drip Technique
This stunning mixed media art project has so much fun texture. Sue Carrington will show you how to use Gel Medium for this interesting drip technique on a canvas, adding stamped and brightly colored floral images for a wonderful piece … Read More ...
Project: Recycled Coaster Art
Do you have any chipboard coaster laying around, I have a huge stack I use for parties. You can recycle those coasters into art buy die cutting a shaped hole in them, layering them and making a niche’, add some … Read More ...
Inspiration and Freebie: African Scene
Holy cow! How amazing is this African campsite scene? Laura Carson made this fantastic diorama using images from collage sheets along with small paper mache’ boxes and tins for the trunks. She’s got lots of photos on her blog along … Read More ...
Technique: Stenciled Brick Background
Over at the Eclectic Paperie blog Kim will show you how to make an realistic looking brick background using stencils, embossing paste and paint. This makes the perfect backdrop for stamped images like she used on her beautiful mixed media … Read More ...
Technique: Texture Stamping
Here’s an amazing way to get depth and texture with your rubber stamps. Allison stamped her flourish background stamp with gesso and then applied ink and glitter sprays over top for this fantastic technique. Find her tutorial over on The … Read More ...
Product Review: Imagine Crafts
I recently got the chance to try out some cool brand new products from Imagine Crafts. These products work perfectly with all types of rubber stamping, mixed media, jewelry, home decor and collage art projects.
For my piece I … Read More ...
Project: Mixed Media Journal Page
This wonderful journal page reminds of an old stained glass window in an ancient castle. Linda Cain used paste, stencils, paint, rubber stamps and more to make this artful mixed media creation. You can find out more by visiting the … Read More ...
Technique: Custom Envelopes Decorated with Custom Stamps
Don’t send your wonderful hand stamped cards in a plain envelope, make the envelope as pretty as the card! Mark Montano shares how you can make your own large custom stamps using embossing folders and thin sheets of fun foam. … Read More ...
Techniques: 10 Ways to Use Ink Sprays
Ink sprays and mists are so much fun to play with and they are so many techniques you can do with them, they can be used on cards, scrapbook pages, collage art and home decor projects using papers and fabrics.. … Read More ...
Project: Collage Art Bird House
I’m in love with this amazing mixed media bird house project! The Layers of Ink blog has step by step photos to show you how to alter a plain wooden bird house using paints, inks, showing how to add color … Read More ...