Mixed Media with Creative Jump Start

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a few projects I made for Creative Jump Start.  I have been having a great time watching the videos, learning some new techniques and relearning a few others.  What a great way to get the year started.  Gotta love new mixed media techniques

This first technique was one Nathalie shared... to use dusting pads (swiffer) to make embellishments.  What a cool texture those pads offer.  With the help of some Design Master Color Tool Spray I was able to get the pad to be a gorgeous blue.  Oh, and the Design Master Spray, left the fabric totally soft and pliable.  Gotta love that!

 Oh, hint, hint...this card also contains some goodies from the February kit from The Sampler.  hee hee

 Next up, A fun tag featuring a technique using masking tape from Marjie Kemper...um, wait...masking tape?  All I have is painter's tape.  sigh  Well, I tried.  I wasn't quite as successful with this technique as I had to gesso over my blue painter's tape to get a uniform background.  And of course, in the process lost a lot of the texture of the tape.  Guess I will need to pick some tape up and try again

Don't you love that girl....she is a stamp from Prima, Jamie Daugherty's new Bloom Girls.  Love it!

 The last project today was a quick and easy tag made with a packing tape transfer technique from Kaz Hall...yep, got plenty of that kind of tape.  lol.  I haven't done an image transfer in quite some time so this was super fun.

Well, that's it for me today.  I still have many ideas floating around in my head and hope to continue to be inspired all year by these videos.  Hope you had a crafty weekend.

Hugs.

Creative Jump Start

Hi everyone!  Well, I am so far behind watching videos for creative jump start...but I am trying.  I made this page the other day to showcase this super fun wrapping paper roll by Suze Weinberg.  Loved it!

That said the idea of hanging it in my house didn't quite do it for me.  While quite lovely, it reallly didn't suit my style.  Anyway, I decided to do it on a much smaller scale...attaching it to an art journal page.

Instead of a paper tube, I wrapped an old pencil (one that had already lost 1/2 its length.  lol  The background was made by adding some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals to my gelli plate and then misting with water.  I think it made kind of a cool background.  Just saying.  lol

As behind as I am, if you haven't started you are even more so.  Go, run, hurry!!!  Sign up now.  You will have access to the videos till much later this year.  Creative Jump Start www.nathaliesstudio.com

Oh, and one more thing.  The winner of the Prima Haul Video contest is....
Skyann Smith!  Skyann, I will send you an email to get the deets on where to send your package.  Thank you to everyone who played along.  Be sure to be on the lookout for another fun contest soon.


Hugs.

Gelli Plate

I started out the year so strong and now look at me...the month is not even up and I am terribly late today with a post.  lol  Blame it on my crazy weekend.  The boy was home from college so we spent lots of time hanging out, being a family...and we went to Cirque de Soleil.  I know...excuses.  lol

You may notice that I am working on a new blog design.  So hard...and all I do is tell my good friend Heather what to do...the poor thing just has to listen to me whine and complain about what I want it to look like.  Thank goodness she is such a good friend to get this done for me.  Big hugs and shout out!!!!

Today I have just a quick share.  I finally broke down and purchased a Gelli Plate.  After watching so many others use it, especially on the CJS videos (you still have time to sign up...) I had to try one for myself.  So much fun.  I used a big foam stamp from Donna Downey and the bottom of my paint bottle to make the design.  Loves!!!!!  Of course didn't know what to do with it once I made it...but I made it, lol, and that is what counts.

I really like the background before I added the photo...but I do love my shoes.  roflmao  I think I may move some stuff around and see if I like it better.  sigh  I used some gorgeous Liquitex acrylic paints for the color, and of course, the bottom of my bottle of Liquitex gesso created the circles.  lol

OK, well...it is the middle of the day, so I really should be getting something productive done.

Hugs.

Nancy

MIA - Yep...I went missing

Hi everyone!  Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a great holiday season.  Mine was full of family, fun and a bit of creativity.  I will be heading to the Prima Art Venture next week and then onto CHA and this week the Creative Jump Start with Natalie Kalbach.  I am pretty sure if you are interested there is still time.  I am really working on making 2014 a creative year.

Not to worry tho, I have been being creative during the holidays and do have a few things to share.  First, how about my Banner of Hope for CHA.

I will be back soon with another post to show you more of the things I have been creating.

Hugs.

Nancy