Webster's Pages Mixed Media!

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Good morning, sweet friends!! I've got a post up at the Webster's Pages blog for the first time, and let me tell you- THAT is exciting!! I got to work with their beautiful new Park Drive collection, and decided to go in a different direction with it, using an 8x10 canvas. I've also put together a little tutorial for you to give a little insight into how I achieved my background.

Let's take a look...

"The Eyes Have It"

I really had a lot of fun putting this one together. Sometimes it's just liberating to let yourself go and do whatever...and truly, Webster's Pages products are PERFECT for a mixed media project like this one. Here's some step-by-step instructions for you if you're interested:

Step 1: Mix red and pink gelatos together, applying color to the edge of the canvas. Spritz the canvas with water and use your finger to blend colors together.

Step 2: Apply gesso. I simply scooped some up with a folded scrap of photo paper and scraped it across the canvas. Some punched bits of paper got mixed in with the gesso, but the smattering of confetti was okay by me :).

Step 3: Lay a mask across the top of your canvas and spritz brown mist, then pink mist over it. Do this at the top left and bottom right corners. This gives your canvas a bit more depth and dimension. (And any mask will work well!)

Step 4: Add papers! I hand-cut a section of this paper:

Then I crumpled the paper and then added it to the canvas. Next, I cut the hot air balloon from the B-side of th paper along with some of the flowers on THIS SHEET, our Margaret paper. A few banners, a touch-up of gesso and the canvas is photo ready.


I loved this little quote from Air Supply - sometimes I just like to sit and peruse the internet for quotes and poetry related to kids...just to get me thinking, and to remind myself of how fortunate I am to have three little ones to call my own :).

Step Five: Add some texture paste to the upper right and lower left areas of the canvas, giving the canvas that last bit of detail to make it even more interesting.



Just add some bling and pearls and you're set!

Webster's Pages Products Used:

"Park Drive" ~ Margaret Paper

"Park Drive" ~ In the Paper Paper

"Park Drive" ~ Trails Paper

"Girl Land" ~ Storyteller Alpha Stickers

"Girl Land" ~ Bling Srip

"In Love" ~ Bling Strip

Other Products Used:

Scrap FX Decorative Frame B Oval

Tattered Angels "Coffee Shop" & "Cotton Candy" Glimmer Mist

Martha Stewart White Texture Effect

Authentique Word Stickers

Doilies

Gesso

So glad you stopped by! Take care and we'll be seeing you soon :),