Mixed Media Monday = Maps

Pauline is our special guest host on Mixed Media Monday this week - and she has chosen "maps" as the theme. I was lucky to find this map in a vintage book and it was perfect for the background. Thanks for the fun challenge, Pauline!

So cute and funny!

I just had to add this to my blog - it's great!

Mixed Media Monday - Transparencies

This week on Mixed Media Monday, we have the fabulous Femmy as guest host. Femmy chose the theme "transparencies", and I found this lots of fun to work with. This piece is done on a piece of matt board, 6 inches by 4 inches. The different "ingredients" used include collage papers, page from an old book, gold German scrap painted and inked, lots of distress inks, and a transparency, that I burned the edges of, and painted with matt gel medium to take the shine off. Thanks for a fun challenge, Femmy!

Mixed Media Monday - Paint

The talented Natalie is our guest host on Mixed Media Monday again this week, and this time she has chosen "paint" as her theme. Great opportunity to pull out the paints and a canvas board (this one is quite large for me - about 20 x 25 cm, or almost 8 x 10 inches). I used tissue paper and modelling compound for the texture. There is quite a bit of gold paint used to highlight the texture, but unfortunately, it doesn't show too well in the scan. I don't know why, but German Scrap seems to find it's way into everything I do lately, LOL! Oh, and that's a little chipboard flourish in the upper right hand corner.

Published!

Today I was very excited to receive my copy of Artful Blogging in the mail. This is a wonderful new publication from Somerset Studios, and Mixed Media Monday was given a four page spread! Different participants in the challenges were featured in the article, along with a question and answer interview with me. My piece of artwork that was featured is the bird piece - the first image on the page. If you would like to see the full article, I have it up on the Mixed Media Monday site.

Mixed Media Monday - Playing Cards

This week on Mixed Media Monday, we have Fatma as guest host again, and she has chosen playing cards as her theme. I finally used one of these large (9 x 12.5 cm or 3.5 x 5 inch) playing cards that I've had in my stash for years. I used gesso and inks for the background and finished it off with an image, some German Scrap and some computer generated words.

Mixed Media Monday - Hats

This is the piece I designed for Mixed Media Monday this week - the theme is hats. I couldn't resist this image - the hat really intrigues me, LOL. The piece is done on mattboard, about 10 x 15 cms or 4 x 6 inches. I used a lovely subtle swirl design paper, which I distressed, and finished it off with the help of rubons, German Scrap and computer generated words.