Hi there and crafty week to you all! I hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed that autumn sun! Today I'm sharing something I created for Mixed Up Creative and was published in the site in July 2018. The article was called "The perfect blend".
The idea behind this piece was to do something with a small budget and use recycling and re-purposing. I also tried to steer away from the bought mediums and use something else. There's a step by step tutorial at Mixed Up Creative site for the project. You need to join the site in order to access that and many more step by steps and videos. You can do so here (link).
I love mediums, patterned papers and embellishments! But you can go a long way with a small budget, if you think carefully. Especially if you are into tea tones and vintage vibes, you can find papers quite easily and inexpensively from old books. Embellishments can be found on flea markets and bottom of one's pocket. What's more difficult is to find good mediums. You can naturally use spices and tea/coffee as colorants, but what I always try to emphasize is that put your pennies to the mediums!
Whether it being a layout, card or a big mixed media piece, you usually can use your imagination and ingenuity when it comes to the materials for the project but you'll soon be put off if you try to use a gel medium which doesn't hold or a gesso which doesn't prime. Usually the mediums also go a long way. They might be more expensive in one go than a couple of patterned papers, for example, but usually go a lot longer than a couple of papers.
The layout is about our trip to London some summers ago. I used tea as my colorant in the page as what would fit Britain more than tea? I also added some stamping to the project so the only bought medium in the page is an ink pad. I also hinted that buying a set of alpha stamps might be a smart thing to do as then you have an unlimited access to letters for titles and details and background work! Stay tuned for some more letter stamp ideas, hint, hint.
There's something new each week at Mixed Up Creative and most of the articles published are step by steps or video tutorials. New articles are shown and announced each Friday - just in time for the weekend - and last week another piece by me was published. You can see the add above. If you'd like to join the online platform, please use my affiliate link (link) and then claim 10% lifetime membership discount by popping in the discount code Tutor10 exactly as written.
Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great start to the new week!
Materials: 7 Dots Studio, Lawn Fawn, Ranger
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