Triangular Mixed Media Canvas- Live Beautifully (with Pictorial)

Hi friends!!
Happy Monday :)

Mixed Media is a beautiful style of art and it is a huge field with so many sub-categories. It is a great way to give a new life to old, discarded things around the house & make something beautiful out of them. In this style of art, multiple media are used to create one piece, for example, acrylic paints, sprays, dye inks, gesso, gel medium etc We usually try to create a lot of texture and dimension using different techniques, products & tools. 

I'd like to share a Triangular Mixed Media Canvas- "Live Beautifully" today. It was a lot of fun to make. For the canvas, I wanted it to have nice, cool, fresh colors preserving some white space so I chose blues with a little bit of yellow. I created dimension by adding chipboard pieces in between all the layers (while adhering them). 

Mixed Media Canvas- "Live Beautifully"

Here are some photos of the canvas:

Pictorial: Step by Step Photos of the Process

1. Applied Prima's Heavy White Gesso to the canvas and then applied Modelling Paste through Tim Holtz Gothic Stencil using a palette knife

2. Altered the color of the flowers by spraying them with Lindys Sprays

3. Created clay embellishments with IOD mould and air dry clay. 

(Tip: Sprinkle some powder in the moulds before adding the clay to make de-moulding easier)

4. Added blue shades of color to the canvas using different mediums, sprayed with water to create an organic look & also created ink splatter 

 5. Heat embossed the Dusty Attic Chipboards

6. Altered the butterfly chipboard by applying heavy white gesso and then sprayed with Lindys Spray

(used this method as I wanted the butterfly to match the color of the flowers)

7. To emphasize the relief/raised surfaces of the clay embellishments, applied some blue paint to them with my fingers and then some white gesso to tone down the color and give them a shabby look

8. Colored some bandage gauze with Lindys Spray

9. Created the composition and adhered all the elements with 3D matte gel. 

Added texture to the canvas with a paste of art stones, 3d matte gel & platinum glass glitter

10.In the end, added a few art pebbles with glossy accents & created white splatter with watered down white gesso. 

Supplies from Crafter's Corner Store:

(If anything is currently out of stock, please email info@crafterscorner.in to place a preorder)

1.  Finnabair Art Basics- Heavy White Gesso

2.  Finnabair Art Basics- Modelling Paste

3. Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Gothic Stencil

4. Lindys Gang Sprays- Yellow Hues, Blue Hues

5. Finnabair Art Ingredients- Art Stones

6. Finnabair Art Ingredients- Mini Art Stones

7. IOD Vintage Art Decor Moulds- Escucheons 2

8. Finnabair Art Basics- 3D Matte Gel

9. Finnabair Art Basics- Soft Matte Gel

10. Finnabair Art Ingredients- Melange Art Pebbles

11. Dusty Attic Chipboards- Live Beautifully, ATC frame #3, Flutterbies #1

12. Distress Paint- Blueprint Sketch

13. Catherine Pooler Inkpad- Something Borrowed

14. Dylusions Paint- Calypso Teal

15. Prima Watercolor Confections - Decadent Pies

16. Metal Palette Knife

17. Finnabair- Glass Glitter- Platinum

18. Glossy Accents

19. Versamark Watermark Mini Inkpad

20. Ranger's Super Fine White Embossing Powder, Lemon Yellow Embossing Powder

21. Dovecraft Embossing Heat Tool

22. Dress My Craft- Big Rose Buds White

23. Dress My Craft- Poppy Rose Cream

24. Sakura Air Dry Paper Clay

Also, if you would like to check out my first three blog posts (in the series of Beginner's Guides), please click on the below topics.

Crafters Corner 101: Website Navigation

Stamping 101: How to Get Started in Stamping

Embossing 101: Beginner's Guide to Embossing

As always, we love to see your gorgeous creations using supplies from the Crafters Corner store, so please do share them with us in our Facebook Group- Crafters Corner Showcase using the apt hashtags #craftwithcrafterscorner #dressmycraft #crafterscornerindia, on Twitter and/or on Instagram. And please remember to like/follow Crafter's Corner Facebook Page, Instagram & Youtube Accounts for updates on sales, giveaways, free tutorials and new product information. 

Hope you have a great day!

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti Datta

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Prima Marketing - Paper clay and Vintage Art Decor Mould

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? Well I'm so excited for today's post!! 

A lot of you know I'm a huge fan of Prima Marketing and I absolutely loveeee their products from their papers, embellishments to their cutting dies! Their entire range is to die for! 

CHA 2016 Prima marketing came up with a lovely product range 

A product I had been desperately waiting for was Prima Marketing Paper Clay and Prima Marketing IOD  Baroque Moulds

And FINALLY ITS HERE!! 

Prima Marketing came up with 6 Gorgeous moulds they designs are amazing they have a very vintage- shabby chic feel to them. These moulds are food safe so they can be used for decorating cakes as well. They also came up with a special clay to be used in these moulds for making Gorgeous embellishments and its called Paper clay its a very light weight clay and it air dries. The results with this clay are great! For todays post I will also be using Art Alchemy paints and Aritisan Powder which is another great product by Prima! 

So without any more delay 

Lets get started! 

Take out the clay from the packaging and cut of a medium size piece

Make sure you pack the clay back properly and store it in a Air tight container. Since the  paper clay is an air dry clay you don't want to leave it out.

I started with dividing my clay in three pcs and then working them. Make sure you knead the clay a bit before using. When working with the clay you have to be careful not to over work the clay . Just work with it till it becomes little warm and soft.  

Here's how it will look  once done. 

Now I took a small piece of the clay and started pressing it in the mould 

Move around the clay with your fingers and make sure you have a clean edge to the design 

To any uneven level or any cracks I like spraying the clay with a little water and then making it as flat and even as possible 

Here's how it looks. If your clay gets dry while you are filling the mould You can spray the clay with  little water and work it between your hands it will become soft again. 

This is how it will look when semi dry . You can see the edges turning white - means the clay is drying. 

Once its semi dry I flip the mould.

 I like drying my molds upside down I just feel it makes it easier for me to take out the embellishments

Now slowly pull the mould upwards to release the embellishments. You have to be very careful while doing this step. The clay is a little brittle and if you don't remove them carefully the pieces might break but don't worry we have a way to fix it in case it happens! 

Ooopssiee see what happened while removing this delicate one from the mould.

But don't worry we have a trick for this :p

Option 1 is to just glue it to your project in pieces but nah that's no good there should be a way to fix this right?

Soo what you have to do it take a soft paint bush and a mini mister with some water. Spray on the cracked area join the pieces and rub your paint brush over it applying little pressure.

And Voila you are done! 

Now you can use these embellishments in their original colour or colour them up using various mediums I am going to show you two New Prima products I used to colour these beauties

I am using Parthenay Astisan Powder - color Umber here 

This is an amazing product perfect for adding a vintage touch to your embellishments 

Take some powder and using a brush dust your embellishment I like using circular motions while doing this step as it helps getting the powder in all the edges

This is how it will look when done. You can use it as it is now or follow the next step. 

Take a damp cloth you can use a wet wipe too for this step and slowly buff up the piece 

removing the powder from the top layer of the embellishment 

Creating a two tone embellishment :)

The next medium I used is The Art Alchemy Paints- I've used 2 colours Opal Magic Rose Gold 

and Metalllique Steapmunk- Copper Both the paints are amazing the only difference is the Rose Gold has a translucent finish and the Copper has a opaque finish. 

Ive tried the copper paint on various surfaces and the look is amazing I hihgly recommend eveyone to invest in these paints! They are perfect for adding some glam to your projects and they work great for mixed media!

Hope you all enjoyed today's post! Feel free to ask any questions. 

Have a good day!

Lots of love

Anchal Sapra

PRODUCTS USED

Iron Orchid Designs Paper Clay

Vintage Art Decor Mould Baroque #3

Parthenay

Metallique Steampunk Copper

Opal Magic Rose/Gold