A little mixed media & some news~

Hello my friends!

I have been holding something in for awhile now and I'm so happy to finally be able to share it with you. I have been accepted as one of the newest designers on the More Mixed Media challenge blog! I am super excited about this and I thank Lozzy so much for choosing me to be on this amazing team! So with that being said, today starts a new challenge! The challenges are on the 5th of each month so mark your calendars!! So for this lovely month of March, the challenge is anything goes with the color green! So cool right? You can create what you want but just use some green somewhere on your project. :)

Want to see what I made? You will literally be shocked! Yep, shocked. I made a home decor piece. I found an unfinished wooden tissue box at a consignment shop about a week ago for  $2 and I knew I had to grab it! My only mistake was not taking a photo of it first before I started to work on it! But I did remember to snap photos as I started to work so here ya go!

This is the first picture I remembered to take. I was just starting to paint the box in white gesso. 

Here it is all covered in white gesso and drying. 

I took some shades of green gelatos (sorry don't know the names) and a couple of golden colors and started to color on the tissue box top. I used a baby wipe to blend the colors together. I continued adding color until I got the look I was going for. 

In this photo, I have already added the patterned paper to all four sides of the box. The paper that I used was very old and from my stash. I honestly do not know who made it but it is gorgeous and has a "hunter" green color going through it and it is very sparkly in some areas. Love it!  On the top of the box, there are some strips of paper that were from the same paper collection that I adhered down. To the sides of the paper on each side, I added some white gesso to give a "messy" look and I also added some rub N buff gold leaf. 

Here is a closer look at the "messy" of the gesso and gold leaf. And as you can see, I also added this beautiful lace trim all around the box. This lace was also in my stash. :)

This is the box all finished up now. This is the back side of the box and now you can get a better look at the patterned paper that I used. You can also see the gold leaf and gesso throughout the sides and now you will start to see how well this box turned out in the next couple of photos. 

Here is the front of the box. .... :) 

Notice the beautiful florals and that metal embellishment? You will see a better view in this next photo ....

Here is the top of the tissue box all finished!!! 

So if you look closely, you will see some "netting" right around the opening of the box, where the tissues come out. This was some netting tulle that I had and I decided to use it. I thought it would give a nice texture and it sure did! I also added the metal vintage bicycle and the metal vintage key (it is tucked in with the florals next to the bicycle) for a little more added interest. The florals are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the metal pieces came from Live & Love Crafts. I added in a few pearl sprays as a personal preference and those are also from Wild Orchid Crafts. If you look closely, you will also see that I took some of that same patterned paper and added some to each side on the top of the box. I just love the flourishes and the natural sparkle in the paper! It is hard to see but trust me, it is very pretty and sparkly!

Here is a closer look at the metal vintage bicycle and that pretty netting tulle that I added around the opening of the box. You can even see the sparkle in that pretty green flourish in the patterned paper a little bit! I also added some green Viva pearl pen to the bicycle to bring in a little bit more of that green color.

Here is the floral cluster next to the bicycle. This is where I have that little metal vintage key tucked in. I added various sizes of flowers, making sure to incorporate some green ones for our challenge!

This is a photo of the floral cluster on the opposite side of the box on the top corner. It gives you a closer look and if you look carefully, you will see those green patterned paper swirls in the background and how they are glittery! I also used my Spectrum sparkle pen in clear, to add glitter to my flowers. Here you can see how they are so pretty and sparkly!

Well my friends that is my mixed media project for you for today! I truly hope that I have inspired you to take something unfinished and make it into something beautiful! It is definitely OK to make something 3D or for the home sometimes! I had to much fun creating this tissue box that it has made me already think of what I want to do next! It was quite a good feeling and a nice surprise to make something other than a card or tag. :)
 Here are few more photos!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Please make sure to stop by the More Mixed Media challenge blog and link up your project using the color green! You have 4 weeks to complete a project until the next challenge starts. Remember, a new challenge starts every  5th of the month. And Lozzy the owner, generously gives 3 winners a choice of 3 sets of her digital papers!! And her papers are awesome! And each month, there will be a top 5  favorites in addition to the main winners! So make sure you play along with us! I cannot wait to see what you make!!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug-March AG

Allsorts #405 Spring
Crafty Friends #52
Imagine That-AG
Scrappers Delights #64
SOSS #79
Altered Eclectics
Classic DT Challenge #12
Craftaholics-March Use Green
Crafts and Me Springtime Challenge
DL Art Thankful Thursday #199
Eclectic Ellapu-Spring
Marianne Design Divas #14
Pink & Main #19
House of Cards- Photo Inspiration

Until next time..

Enjoy life's blessings~

D.I.Y. Fall Wreath Project

Hello my friends! Boy this weekend sure has flown by rather quickly for me but it has been a productive weekend. I was able to spend a good amount of time in my craft room working on challenges, Christmas cards and projects. I did manage to take a break from "Christmas" for a little bit to find time to make a fall wreath that I have been wanting to make.

 

About 3 weeks ago I was in WalMart and they had a great sale on wreaths and fall decor. This is what set my mind on wanting to make wreaths. These wreaths were $2 so I picked up two of them, one to make for now and one to do for Christmas time.

 

So here is what the wreath looked like before I started working on it.

 

I ended up getting out my hot glue gun, glue sticks, ribbons, florals and pine cones and within an hour, this is what I had finished

 

 

 

This wreath cost me about $8 to make! I am very happy and pleased with how this turned out. I have this hanging in my living room above my television. It looks so pretty!! I cannot wait to start working on my Christmas wreath. Well thats it for now and I want to say thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a great Sunday afternoon as I will be watching some football and catching up on school work.

 

Hugs,