MIXED MEDIA LAYOUT WITH HEARTFELT CREATIONS

'' Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows

That's what the sunflowers do.''--------    Helen Keller

Hello friends,

I am Anita here with a new creation and more inspiration from Heartfelt Creations. It's really a happy moment for me to be chosen as one of the semi finalist for HC DT call 2016.  And so this gave me the oppurtunity to create many beautiful and different projects with this brand. And my love for Heartfelt creations is growing everyday. As I am creating and experimenting, I am challenging myself to do something new, something out of my comfort zone....to go just a little beyond the usual flowers and the many cards that I had been making.

My friends and my wellwishers demand to see something new each time and so I being in love with Heartfelt Creations look beyond the usual...thus creating...jewellery !!!!!yes !!!! I have made beautiful neckpieces with HC products ....and then came another bouncer----I bet you CANNOT CREATE CAS WITH THESE .... WELL !!!!! I,ve overcome this too with not one but seven CAS cards all with HC products and believe me !!!! they are so much fun to make and look classy as well.
Then came another thunderbolt .... MIXED MEDIA ?????
This was the comment----''These are not for mixed media... you see ...You get special stamps for that purpose..and so on etc. etc...''  So no mixed media with Heartfelt Creations ????
NO!!!! Proved wrong again....

Heartfelt Creations can be used to create wonderful mixed media canvases and layouts, art journals etc. I have stepped out of comfort zone... to Create Mixed Media !!!!!
The end result is of course so beautiful... I myself was taken aback... oh !!!! the beauty of sun flowers... I could feel my stress, my tiredness drain away as I looked at those blooms against that multi layered background... 

So to all those Mixed Media lovers... go for HC products and believe me !!! you will not regret it.
Here are the pictures of my product and after seeing these , you will very well understand, why Heartfelt Creations has become my first love !!!


Here are the detailed instructions for making this layout.
 A.Make the Flowers and Leaves

1. First make flowers. Choose any flower you want, I have chosen the Sun Kissed Fleur stamp and die set .
 2.  Stamp the image with Archival Dandelion ink along with some Archival Coffee ink .
 Stamped enough to make at least 8 to 10 flowers.
3. Then I cut them in my Big Shot and coloured the flower die cuts with a mix of Archival Dandelion, Butter cup and Sepia.
4. All the flowers are shaped and moulded on the Deluxe flower Shaping Tool kit.
5. For the center , I applied glossy accents and then added Prima Micro Beads mixed with Earth coloured flower soft.
6.Apply a little Rangers Crackle paint on each petal to give a little gloss and texture to the flowers.
For the leaves, I stamped images from the Open Leaf and Classic Leaf stamp and die set.
I used Library Green to stamp the image and cut it on my Big Shot.
 I used Archival Leaf Geen, Library green and coffee for colouring. Some leaves are just cut without any stamping and coloured.
7. Finish Moulding the leaves.

B.Prepare the background

1. Now let us prepare our background. I would advice you to keep all items to be used altogether so that you can play with them and use them as you want.
2. For my background, I chose the paper from the Classic Sunflower Paper pad.
3. Apply a light layer of Liquitex Gesso to tone down the print.
4. I applied some more texture with Stencils and modelling paste. Try to be uniform all over keeping in my mind that no part should look more overbearing hiding the other elements.
5. I have used several pieces of chipboard pieces and adhered on to my board with Rangers Gel Medium. You can see, how I covered some chipboard with twine. Some chip board die cuts placed here and there maintaining the symmetry and balance of the layout.
6. Sprinkle some beads at different places to add texture. Once dry, I covered the board again with Gesso. A few buttons, in one corner break the montony.
7. Now comes the colouring part......
8. I have liberally used acrylic paints from Plaid....These are creamy and beautiful... and Please try to use your finger tips to spread the colour.
9. Spray areas mist made from water and perfect pearls.
Dry well between each layer with your heat gun.
 Apply some Viva decor Inka gold on the various parts to add that golden sheen matching to sunflowers.
10. After this dries, apply  some more gel medium on areas where you want more golden hue.   Sprinkle some superfine gold embossing powder and heat with a heat gun.  See the powder melt away  to such a beautiful golden hue.
11. Sprtiz with Perfect Pearls spray mist and dry.
12.  Add some die cuts from Ornate collection .
Follow up by sticking flowers  and leaves made before to complete the arrangement and see the beauty unfold.

 

My style of mixed media with Heartfelt Creations. I hope you love this too.

So I believe,,, nothing is impossible and art has no boundaries... So Challenge me with something new and HC products.

HC products feel me with hope and determination to create something new and different.
And all I need is your love and support. Please do vote for me HERE to see me reach the finals. To achieve something two things are needed---Luck and Hardwork. Luck is not in my hands and I will not let you myself down with lack of hard work.

Do check in the store for all the supplies

Classic Sunflower paper pad
Deluxe flower shaping kit
Sun Kissed fleur Cling stamp 
Sun Kissed Fleur Die set
Italiana grapevine die
Open Leaf stamp set 
Open Leaf die set
Classic Leaf stamp set
Classic leaf Die 
Ornate borders and pockets die
Fleur borders and Pockets Die
Tim Holtz stencil-wild flower
Liquitex Gesso
Rangers Multi Medium matte gel
Prima Micro beads Bronze
Folkart -bark brown
Folkart-Citrus Green
Folkart -sunflower
TCW stencil mini Cubist
Art Basics Opague Matte Modelling Paste
Perfect Pearls Aged patina
 RangersSuperfine gold embossing powder
Viva decor Inka Gold-old gold
Chipboard charms and accessories from store.

So I you really think , I have done some nice work, do leave a comment.
Crafters Corner has the best range of Mixed Media of various brands and is a heaven for the lovers of mixed media. And the entire range of Heartfelt Creations is there for all of you explore and experiment.
The craft table is all yours ----
Happy Crafting !!!!

MORE SIMPLE CARDS WITH HEARTFELT CREATIONS

Hello Dear Friends ,

I,m Anita here  with some more Heartfelt Creation inspiration. You all must be wondering why do I stress so much on using Heartfelt Creations in my projects. The reason is very simple....I am a versatile crafter who loves flower making and Heartfelt Creations is all about beautiful flower creation. You pick up any die, any stamp or any paper, the primary focus is on flowers. One can create most amazing flowers with them. And as you will see various projects under this brand, you will find heavily layered cards ( I, too make them that way!!!) adorned with flowers and intricate dies. Also multifold cards, altered art etc etc. Yes !!!! These are perfect to create most intricate projects.

But , what about those, who like their cards and projects simple and easy making. The crafting world has one section of crafters who love making CAS cards or cards with minimum embellishments. So should they not use Heartfelt creations!!! Are these only for heavy card makers or intricate and advanced flower creator. I do not think so. The HC series is so versatile, one can create the most beautiful simple classy cards with them. Each series, whether Sunrise Lily, or Botanical Rose or Delightful daisy,,,,,take any one of them, these come with coordinating paper pad, stamps and dies. So beside the main flower stamp and die, a crafter like me has a lot of options to play with other stamps and dies to create diverse projects.

 In my previous post on Heartfelt Creations and CAS cards, I showed you how one can made most elegant quick cards with their HC products.

Here again, I bring you some cards, that are simple and easy to make and yet they are not heavily decorated with flowers. So , all those out there, if you all are CAS queens who like simple cards , this post is for you all.

So get going and see how I have created each card from different series of  HC.
Crafters Corner has the entire range of Heartfelt Creations supplies and so no hunting around for them...old or new releases... we have them all under one roof.

This post is Picture Heavy with explanation so be patient. Take some coffee and relax and feast your eyes!!!

Here comes the first card.

In this card, I have created a textured background with Rangers Texture paste and Tim Holtz stencil Stripes. Then , I added some colour to my texture by spraying some Tumbled Glass Distress spray. I made the spray in a Tim Holtz mister by adding some water and Tumbled Glass re inker.
Then I tore the top right corner to break the montony of my card. Here I added some Blue shimmer card stock.  I made two flowers with the Delight Daisy Stamp and Die and also cut out some leaves from the same. I coloured the flowers with Archival Butter cup ink and the Leaves with fern Green Archival ink. Then I shaped my flowers on the HC deluxe flower shaping tool kit. This is a fantstic one in all toolkit for making flowers.
 I layered my flowers and used Prima Glass Beads and flakes for the centre. The sentiment is from the Peacock Paisley paper pad and I applied some Rangers Crackle paint on top.I also added some beads and flakes near the flower to add more depth to my flowers. And the card is complete.

My second card

The Second card is my favourite because it has watercolouring. When I started with this card, I could never imagine that such beautiful backgrounds can be created so easily with Heartfelt Creations stamps. Here, I created the background, by doing some no line quick colouring. I stamped the Botanical Wings Rose bouquet stamp with antique linen ink and then used the distress inks, Fired brick and Peeled paint to colour the image. I did this very quickly as I did not want a perfect colouring, just some shabby shading . Then I sprayed some water and dried it. There !!! The background is ready. 

This was followed by some flowers from the Botanical Wings Rose Stamp and die set. The flowers and Leaves are coloured with the same inks as above. 

Third card

I loved the way, my third card turned out. Here I created a textured background, using the Tim Holtz embossing folder. We have a wide ranger of embossing folders in our store so, you can choose any one. I distressed the background with Pumice Stone and Bundled Sage distress inks and then Misted it with Perfect Pearls Spray mist. This added a beautiful sheen to my card.

I painted two images from the Botanical Rose Bouquet Cling stamp and coloured it with my Zig markers. I layered the two together and finished the center with Sunshine yellow Flower soft, Twine and some lace scrap. I added some corrugated strip at the back to add a little grunge effect. The sentiment is from the Classic Sunflower paper pad.

Fourth card

My final card is again too easy to make and yet it looks so pretty. 

For this I again created a textured background with an embossing folder . I used a Pattern paper from the Peacock Paisley collection and distressed it with Rusty Hinge ink. Then I cut out a  circle from the same paper and also cut two die cuts in black from the Ornate border and Corner dies.

Then flower is made same as above from the Delightful Daisy die set. I have coloured it with copic markers and finished the flower center with some maroon flower soft.

The sentiment is from the Classic sunflower paper pad. 

So That completes my post about Simple heartfelt Creations card. I hope you enjoyed going through it. Now, I,m sure even those who are not the heavy layered card makers , will really feel more easy to use these wonderful stamps and dies to create quick, simple and elegant card.

Here is my first post about making the CAS cards.

Now, that you love Heartfelt Creations as much as I do and would love to see me make it to the final design team . then Please Vote for me HERE

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Have a great day and Happy Crafting.!!!