Linda's Mixed Media Board

Here are the various stages of Linda's lovely board which is

vintage in flavour and so very Linda.

Linda covered her board with torn vintage printed papers, a doily.

Using stencils and embossing paste in random areas and a light touch of gesso.

Lace and muslin have been attached and several

die cuts along with flowers and charms.

Lastly here is the finished board which is I think fabulous, I love the

gathered lace under the central tags and the colours used for the die cuts. Very Parisian!

Linda's finished board.

Back tomorrow with our May Pennant swaps.



My Mixed Media Board

Here we go with my board, though I did not have enough boards for everyone,

so I salvaged an old chess board that a friend gave to me, I used the back of it.

 

 

 

I glued the photograph onto the board after covering two layers of gesso,

then brushing over the photo with more glue (I used matt Mod Podge) to protect it. 

 I then used a few stencils and embossing paste (homemade).  Glued down the lace

and started to add the various treasures/junk that I had ready to fill it with. 

 

The photo is of my two wonderful grandchildren and was taken last year when

we visited Butterfly World in St. Albans. 

They have enormous terra cotta pots everywhere and this photograph was inside a broken pot.

 

The frame surround on the photo is from an old clock I took to pieces. As you can see there are numerous items here unrelated.  My intended theme was to be "Time Flies" hence the clock and watch face relating to our grandchildren that grow so quickly. 

 I could still add these words somewhere later.

 

 

 

I used acrylic ink sprays to build up the layers of colour,

 taking care to dry between each colour.  Finishing with a shimmer spray

 (distress inks mixed with Perfect Pearls and water in a mister).

 I also added tiny accent beads before spraying.  Leaving the centre a lighter

colour to lead the eye to the photograph. 

The actual board is lighter than it appears above.

 

The following a few closer shots.  Since taking these photographs

I have highlighted some areas with white gesso.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really enjoyed working on a larger area and will definitely make another when

I find the time.

 

More tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 



Jane's Mixed Media Board

The following photos show the various stages of decorating this wonderful quirky

board by Jane, this is very different and filled

from boxes brought along of all manner of components,

 transistors, capacitors, nuts, bolts, watch parts, circuit boards, fuses,

coiled wire and much more as you can see.

 

 

 

 

Jane started by adding a design with embossing paste (diy paste)

which you can hardly see in the background but it is there!

 

Lots of hot gluing for these heavy

components, we nearly ran out of spare sticks!

 

 

A few more elements have now been added, but far from finished.

 

 

Close up to show the height of components

 

 

 

 Jane chose the photo of her son (who is an Engineer) was of his PhD ceremony,

then used the items as her theme around

the board which I think looks really impressive.

 

Jayne's Finished Mixed Media Board

 

Finally Jane sent me this photo of the fantastic finished board,

where some of the components have not been painted over.

 

 It is fabulous and I love the embossed background design.

 I am sure her son will love it.

 

A closeup of the embossed background.


 

More tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mixed Media Boards

Over the next few posts I shall be sharing the wonderful finished boards

that the members of our Craft Club had great fun with.

Everyone started with a 12" square mdf board, I had sealed one side

 ready for everyone to decide on how they would decorate them,

several ideas were given beforehand including a fabulous

inspirational video by Einett Kessler, which you can find here 

 

Some of us concentrating!

 

 

We all brought along our boxes of treasures to glue to the board, (well some people would

call it junk)  most of us worked completely out of our comfort zone,

but we threw ourselves into it and couldn't wait to see how

they would all take shape. 

Paint, gesso, stencils, inks and extra embellishments were also available.

 

Here we will start with Tanya's masterpiece,

an absolutely awesome Mixed Media art piece.

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Placing of pieces on the board

 

 

Using photographs printed onto canvas of her son Theo, she surrounded

these with personal items relating to Theo. 

 

Part finished

 

 

Tanya was the only one of us who decided to use black gesso which has been 

used to great effect, finishing with shimmering ink sprays and alcohol inks. 

 

Tanya's Mixed Media Board

 

 

 

More next time!

 

 

 



Medal Board

Not my usual crafty share but something I worked on recently for my

son Robert's birthday.  Three days spent in the shed with painting

and drilling, but worth it when I gave it to him and saw his look of surprise. 

 So here it is, a board to hold his medals and on the left, hooks and

bulldog clips to hold his running bibs. 

 

After I had finished painting (3 coats of paint) I didn't like the patchy finish,

 so I gave it a good sanding and it ended up with a sort of denim finish

which I preferred.  I stamped the verse on the left with Archival Ink,

 for "Celebrate Every Mile" letters were from my hoarding pile of Grunge board die cuts

painted with silver Distress Paint.

 

 

Medal Board

 

 

The verse below seemed appropriate as he is a huge film fan.

 

 

Running verse

 

 

 

He runs regularly and has completed quite a few half marathons both here, Paris and Helsinki..

However I may have overdone it with the hooks, but he has plenty of time to fill them up!

 

Medal board

 

I purchased a large sheet of mdf  and after cutting the above board

I asked the diy shop to cut the remainder of the sheet into 12" square panels,

ready to use at one of our craft group meetings.  

 A mixed media board is on the cards, just got to organise it now.

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APRIL PENNANT SWAP

For the background of my swap this month, I used torn layers of papers glued to chipboard, then metal tape around the edges.

 



My swap

Here are all the lovely swaps we enjoyed at our last craft day from those taking part, it is really interesting to see how different they are. I will have a great banner at the end of the year to hang in my craft room.

 

Liz and Pamela

 

Myself and Tanya (lovely cat theme)

 

 Until next time..

March Pennant Swap

Here we are in March which has brought with it better weather and our latest Craft Group meet up!

 

Below are the fabulous banner pennants some of the group made and swapped this month.  As you can see there are lots of different techniques and styles.

Linda and Liz



Tanya and Me

Pamela and Annie


 

The room was a hive of activity all day with a mix of crafts.  Jane brought along her Embellisher machine and several of us had a go, a couple of us where smitten and may well take this up at a later date.  I must say I could see that it could be addictive, a great way to use up fibres, ribbon and such to produce unique artwork on felt backing.   Below you will see the result of a short play with different fibres, don't laugh as I am sure I could improve with practise.

Embellisher - my sample piece

 

Happy crafting until the next time!!!