This Makes Me Smile

Hello all! I've been off my blog for a little bit and my projects are piling up! So here's a final one using Kaisercraft's Kaleidascope collection. Lots of fun fresh spring colors here using many mixed medium techniques.

So I just loved mixing black and white with all these bright floral patterns in this paper line collection . I gave the base sheet a coat of clear gesso and misted away. The photos never show how much shimmer these Heidi Swapp & Lindys Mists really shine on the page. Lots of texture layers going on here with the cardboard, drywall tape & threading.

In between the layers are all these colorful prima & Petaloo blooms. The wooden buttons, flowers & resin piece are all Prima dabbed with just a little Viva Inka Gold for shine. The floral stenciling is in a super heavy gesso and checked Prima stencil is formed in a Liquitex heavy body black acrylic.

And how cute are these Prima fountains? This one came colored white so I dabbed some Ranger Patinas on it bring out all the gold tones on my page. Thanks for having a peek!! Misha

Moments Together

Hello all, today I'm sharing a fun spring page using Kaleidascope papers and lots of mixed media techniques. I gave the background a light coat of gesso then misted the page in Heidi Swapps Color Shine in Chatreuse, Primrose, White & Geargia Peach. These mists are so vibrant and pair perfectly with the colorful papers in this collection. I also added Perfect Pearls and Goosebumps to the background.  The stenciled the chevron design in texture paste and used black gesso to add to circle stenciling.

The chrysanthemums are Dusty Attic chippy painted in Timmy Distress paint in Broken China and accented in Viva Inka Gold rub. The torn book page was painted with Luminarte Silks and stamped.

Well thanks for having a peek! This was a fun page to create of my little darlings.  Have a beautiful day!

Love You Maddox

Hello everyone! So today I'm posting a fun LO for the Bohemian Spring sketch challenge at Swirlydoos. The papers here are Authentique and Kaisercraft Kaleidoscope I used several mixed mediums on the page and NO Flowers! I think any page could benefit from blooms so it was a challenge leaving them off here.

Here's the sketch from Swirlydoos:

And a few close ups. 

I painted the metal pieces with Ranger Patinas. I gave everything a coat of gesso and dabbed with Tim Holtz distress dabber paints and misted with Heidi Swapps color shine. 

I used texture paste to

create the dart board stencil and used more of the dabbing paint in weathered wood and broken china. Between the layers are torn cardboard, drywall tape, Prima wood doors and washi tape. Well it was lots of fun creating this grungy LO and getting my hands covered in "stuff!" Thanks for stopping by {{Hugs}} Misha!

Cherish Everyday

Hello my friends, I wanted to share a little mixed medium canvas I created. The sweet face in the pic is my daughter Melania who has the best "pout so I can get my way face!" She is so lovely and joy that I do truly cherish everyday!

Here's a couple close ups, lots of blooms & embellies coated in gesso then misted with touches of silk  acrylic glazes. Chipboard String of Hearts is Dusty Attic.

Here's a few steps along the way. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Hope you get inspired to create something beautiful. Follow me on Instagram where I post inspiration for my projects. {{Hugs}} Misha!

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

Hello and happy Saturday! Today I'm sharing a LO from Swirlydoos Bohemian Spring kit. This kit is filled with lots of bright summer colors including papers from Kaisercraft's Kaleidoscope collection. I did use lots of mixed mediums here to bring out all those bright colors of spring!

Here's a couple close ups of a mix of blooms between lots of textured layering. I add Prima water color note cards in here too which are quite fun to paint.

These darling little bulbs are from Prima's Junkyard findings and they came with the hanging wiring, too cute!

Here's just a few products I used for this page...

Well thanks for having a little peek at my work. Hope you have a creative & beautiful day!! {{Hugs}} Misha

Us

Hello everyone and hope y'all are having a great weekend! Since Mother's Day is tomorrow I made a little MD off the page of my two baby bluejays and me. This photo was from my DDs last birthday party which was so fun for everyone.
So this little frame frame came in the April Swirlydoos main kit. I painted it in MS paints in Beach Glass and Summer Haze. I added a little Fab Scraps chipboard at the top to give it more height. Since this frame will sit on my desk, I added my favorite colors of flowers and embellies. The teal & black butterfly is from Ang's Little Scrap Shop on Etsy.
Well thanks for stopping by!! Happy Mother's Day to all moms!
{{Hugs}}

I painted the metal medallion in Vintaj Patinas in Verdigris and Nouveau Silver.

Today is Perfect

Happy National Scrapbook Day! Hopefully you have had some time today to participate in all the online challenges and fun going on all over the cyber scrapbook community. I know I am inspired to play along and will be posting several projects this week as challenge entries. For today I've created a final LO from the Tiffany's kit and although this is a girly girls kit, I'm taking this in a different direction. I couldn't leave my son out and I just love this photo of him in his little suit. Wish you could see his fancy chucks on his feet, ha ha.

For this page I made my own small butterflies using a new MS stamp and punch and just jazzed it up a bit with pearls and Stickles. These Prima resin clocks were a perfect pair to go with the Blue Fern chippie clock. The Prima wooden butterflies I inked with black coal.

For the clock, I applied a coat of gesso, painted it silver and beetle black around the edges. I used an old prima stamp on the clock and dabbed a little Tim Holtz distressed glitter to give it some sparkle. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I appreciate all your comments and hope you have a lovely afternoon! {{Misha}}