A Fun Mixed Media Tag To Make You Smile by Lynne Mizera

Hello Everyone... Lynne Mizera here today wishing you a Happy Fall Day! And I just want to share, "I LOVE FALL!"  The bright, sunny days and the cool, crisp air just makes me Happy.  So when I sat down today to create something "Mixed Media" for my Susan Weckesser creative team post this tag is what appeared... Doesn't it just make you smile?

I used Magenta Nuance pigment powders to create the background and to paint up the Susan K. Weckesser Tumbleweed Houses stamps, of course I added Ranger Stickles and Liquid Pearls until the entire tag just sparkled.  I think this tag would be just lovely on a birthday present instead of a card.

You can see all the steps in my process over at My Blog, where I have been up to my eyebrows in all things Mixed Media this month... (No Really!  I have paint in my eyebrows... Grin)  And I hope I helped to inspire you to try something painty and inky today.

Lynne Mizera
for the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team

Susan Weckesser products used on this project:

Tumbleweed Houses stamps

 

Woodland Gnome Hideaway

     Mixed Media Mania!  I love mixed media and I love to recycle in my art.  Hi!  This is Joyce Shaulis here today to show you how to make a cute gnome woodland hideaway using an ostrich egg shell and Susan's fabulous mini POP inks and her adorable gnome stamp set. 

To begin, I used the mini POP ink from Clearsnap, in Mystery and Susan's co-branded stamp set,
What's up Gnomey?  I stamped out multiple pieces on white cardstock.

For the background of the hideaway scene, I smudged Ice ink on a half of sheet of rice paper.  I then smudged Sky over top of the Ice.  On the other half of the rice paper, I smudged Fresh ink and then Cocoa on top of that.  Neutral or white tissue paper could be used as well if no rice paper is available.

 

 

I then used the mini POP inks like watercolors.  I pressed the ink pad onto a foam palette and then I was able to paint with a watercolor brush.  For this project, I used Ice, Sky, Fresh, Cocoa, Mystery, and Shimmer. 

  

Next, I brushed Decou-Page on the inside of the ostrich egg and smoothed out the inked rice paper.  I overlapped to cover all areas.  Wrinkles give a nice textured affect.  I then brushed overtop the adhered paper with more Decou-Page.

 

 

Using the back side of the "Live in Color" scrapbook paper, I cut small pieces in geometric shapes approximately 3/4" x 1/2".  I used modeling paste and a palette knife to smear small sections of paste and then I directly adhered the cut paper pieces.  I applied the paste about 1/8" thick or less.  I covered the whole exterior of the egg with the paper mosaic.  I allowed it to dry overnight, then I coated each paper piece with the Decou-Page.  I let this dry and then I sprayed the whole exterior and interior with a matte acrylic spray. 

  

 

 

I cut out all the gnome stamped and painted pieces.  I edged them all with the Mystery ink.  Then with hot glue, I glued wood picks to the back of all the pieces for stiffness, allowing about 1/4" of the pick to stick out from the bottom. 

  



 

 

I stained three wood balls with Ice, to be used as feet for the egg.  I adhered the balls to the bottom of the egg with modeling paste.    

 



  

 

 

With natural items like bark, wood, alder cones, acorns, I started hot gluing them inside the scene working from the back to the front. 

  











 

  

I continued to decorate the woodland hideaway, adding natural pieces and putting in my gnome.  I used reindeer moss and glued all around the edge of the egg, adding acorns and the painted leaves. 

 

 

 

I glued in the painted mushrooms and flowers.  I then embellished with tiny dried straw flowers. 

 





 

 

I hope you enjoyed my mixed media piece.  I am sure you can be creative and find other items to use for a woodland hideaway if you don't have an ostrich egg available.  Thank you for visiting and feel free to leave a comment. 

 

 

Joyce Shaulis     Susan K. Weckesser Creative Design Team Member

 

 

Susan K. Weckesser Products: 

 

What's Up Gnomey?  https://www.unitystampco.com/

Mini POP inks https://ww.clearsnap.com/  Mystery, Kiss, Fresh, Shimmer, Fresh, Cocoa, Sky

Live in Color  scrapbook paper

 

Other Products:

Decou-Page https://decoart.com/

hot glue and glue gun

rice paper

empty ostrich egg

3  1" wood balls

straw flowers

modeling paste

acrylic matte spray

nature findings: wood, bark, acorns, alder cones

 



 

Mushroom Smiles By Steph

Hi everyone, Steph here and  I've used the amazing What's Up Gnomey? stamp set and the newest Colorbox® Color Pop Archival Dye Ink by Susan K. Weckesser.  This is an amazing stamp set and I love the ink pads - they are amazing colors.

 

I began by stamping the mushrooms on a panel of white cardstock using Mystery Ink.  I wanted to add color to the mushrooms so I used a water brush and added color with  Cocoa and Fresh Inks.  Next, I stamped some rocks under the mushrooms with Cocoa ink.

 

Using Fresh ink, I created some grass under the mushrooms, then using Sky ink I washed in the sky, leaving some white areas as if clouds were about.

I used the leaves as raindrops, stamping them with Mystery Ink.  The panel was then matted with blue cardstock then added atop a red card.  Smile, from A Little Bit Washi, was stamped in Mystery Ink, inked with Sky and matted with blue cardstock.

For additional dimension, Smile was added to the card with foam adhesives.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph Ackerman
for Susan K. Weckesser

Hello Friend

This is a new stamp set from Susan Weckesser.  Isn't she the cutest!?!

I cannot wait to send her to my...friend!  Hello there!

Details:

1. Card Base:  K&Company - Poppy, 4.25 x 6 inches, corners rounded.
2. First Layer:  Susan Weckesser paper - Live in Color.  I had the Silhouette cut a waves design into the paper without cutting all the way through.  I used the SK -Doodles stencil with SK Color Mini Pop - Ice and Sky to create the waves.  The waves were created with the same stencil and SK Color Mini Pop - Ice and Snow.  Then I did the edges with SK Color Mini Pop - Ice.
3. Image/Sentiment:  SK stamp, Cryogen paper, colored with Clean Color pens.

Kim Rippere

Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member

Tumbleweed House Cards

Hi everyone, do you believe we are already in September?  Steph here today and I've created a couple of cards using Tumbleweed Houses.  This sweet set is perfect to celebrate friends and family who are moving or perhaps settling into their own homes.

Using kraft cardstock, I chose the LiveLoveCreate paper for the background then added Spellbinders die cuts to hold my sweet houses.  I inked the edges of the die cuts with Color Pop Metallic ink in Shimmer.

I stamped the houses with Color Pop Mystery Ink then colored them with Copic Markers.  I fussy cut them for the cards.

The houses in this set as so sweet, you could mix and match them, stamp them together or stamp them individually.  I used the sentiment from Grandma's Needlepoint, stamping it in Color Pop Kiss Ink.

I added some clay elements using products from Makin's Clay as accent pieces.  The assorted sized clouds were the perfect touch above the houses as were the tiny flowers.

I hope I've inspired you to create today.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph Ackerman
for Susan K. Weckesser

Create Your Own Rainbow Contest

Do you create your own rainbow?

I sure love to!

Whether the day is cloudy and grey or I am feeling a little blue, I love to get crafty, artsy, and a little bit creative to put a smile on my face. It really does work.

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CREATING IS CONTAGIOUS , CREATING IS HEALTHY, CREATING IS JUST PLAN FUN!

GUESS WHAT!?

We are having a contest and we want to see how you create your own rainbow! Someone is going to win a complete package of NEW Susan K. Weckesser Inc. designer Color POP Inks by Clearsnap Inks. (All 8 new colours!) & my new Unicorn Stamp co-branded with Unity Stamp Company.
Here's the details:
1) Share a picture of how and/or why you create your own rainbow on Facebook or Instagram. You can share it on Susan K. Weckesser Inc. FB page.
2) Make sure to tag @susankweckesserinc with the hashtag #createyourownrainbow .
Find me on Instagram HERE!
3) Leave a comment on this blog just saying, " I create my own rainbow!"
4) Tag a friend who creates their own rainbows too!
But there is more!!!
All of the Susan K. Weckesser Inc. Creative Team members are having this Create Your Own Rainbow Contest own their blogs too!!!! And they are all giving away Color POP Mini inks away too! So go check out their blogs! We can't wait to see how you create your own rainbow!

Susan K. Weckesser Inc. Creative Team:

Larissa Pittman

Katie Lamb

Lynne Mizera

Katy Leitch

Brooke Bock

Steph Ackerman

Kim Kendall

Debra Davison

Kim Rippere

Joyce Shaulis

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Mini Tag Journal Using At Ground Level Stamp Set from Susan K. Weckesser

 Hello Folks!

I am thrilled to show you this fast and easy tag book I made this month.

I am still enjoying my new studio space.  It is a great place to create.  Many of my supplies and tools are right at my fingertips which makes creating easy and fun.

I started by stamping some shipping tags with 

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Ink by Susan K. Weckesser in Fresh.  For the first one I stamped directly on the tag.  For subsequent ones I stamped my acrylic block and then pressed my tag onto it.  I used a baby wipe to smear the color all over the tag before it dried (and to clean up my block).  Then I wadded up my tag and smoothed it out.

 Next, I used stamps from the At Ground Level set to stamp each tag. I added word stamps from the An Artful Ornament stamp set for one of the pages as well.

Then I just had fun by adding some extras with the Doodle Stencil, trims, and some more of the 

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Inks by Susan K. Weckesser. I used a tassel from my trims box and a piece of ribbon I removed from some flowers to loosely tie the tags together.

This would be such a fun project to do with your kids one afternoon.

I love shipping tags.  I buy them by the huge boxful from office supply stores.

I often tea dye them though I actually use coffee. I also dye them using dye and a ziploc bag.  I do them in large batches so they are ready to go when inspiration hits.

For this project I used:

Lace scraps

yarn scraps

 pieces of ribbons

Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Inks by Susan K. Weckesser

At Ground Level Stamp Set

An Artful Ormanment Stamp Set

glue/adhesive

Scissors

Brooke Bock, member of the 2016 Susan K. Weckesser Design team.

HOME - decorative wood mirror

Hi!  This is Joyce Shaulis with my August project theme, Exploring Our Backyard.  I chose to create something with mountains as that is where I grew up, and now we live in the foothills, but get to view our beautiful Rocky Mountains every day.  Today, I will show you how to create this decorative wood mirror using the Susan K. Weckesser products.

 

 

With the blue scrapbook paper, use Mystery and Sky Color Pop Mini inks to stamp "Celebration of Simple" triangles.  Stamp three in Sky and two in Mystery.

 

 

 

With a small brush, paint snow caps with Titanium White paint.  Brush Primary Blue along right side of mountains.  Cut out the mountain shapes. 

 

 



 

Insert a scrap of cardstock onto the mirror to keep it paint free.  Mix Primary Blue and Titanium White to make a light blue color.  Paint frame front with the light blue mix, leaving the last fourth of the frame natural.  Now paint the bottom fourth with Sour Apple.  Paint sky area with Shrimp.  Dry brush Canary on top.  Dry brush light blue over the Shrimp and Canary.  Lightly dry brush the remaining blue area with Shrimp.

 

 

 

Stamp on white cardstock with Mystery, using LeMason house and houses from the Tumbleweed House set with two clouds.  Cut out the sun from Live In Color Tags sheet.  Color stamped images with markers and colors of choice.  Cut out images. 

 

 

 

Use the Primary Blue and a cosmetic sponge to add a scalloped border with the Doodle Stencil. 

Use Canary and dotted line with stencil to border the mirror.   Stencil or hand paint a fence in Titanium White,  Use the flowers from the Doodle Stencil with Shrimp and Canary in front of fence.  Paint stems and leaves with Sour Apple. 

 

 

 

Paint a thin border with Primary Blue around mirror.  With Titanium White and cosmetic sponge, use sequin waste to lightly stencil over the light blue area.  With an old paintbrush and Decou-Page, glue on all cut out images.  Refer to photo for placement.  Add painted butterflies with a small brush.  Stamp HOME down left side of mirror with Mystery and a letter stamp set. 

 

 

 

Paint all four sides with Shrimp.  Add stripes in Canary and Sour Apple.  Add detail lines with Primary Blue. 

 

 

 



 

 

Darken the suns rays with coral marker and add dots to sun.  With charcoal pencil, outline the houses, mountains, sun, clouds, and fence.  Smudge these areas with a Q-tip.  Also, outline the frame edges with the charcoal pencil and smudge.  Completely coat frame front and sides with Decou-page.  When dry, spray with Americana Acrylic Matte Sealer.  Remove cardstock from mirror front. 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this project and would to see your version of "Exploring Our Backyard" using Susan K. Weckessers wonderful inks, stamps, and stencils.  

 

 

Susan K. Weckesser products:

     Mini POP inks in Mystery and Sky  https://clearsnap.com/

     Tumbleweed Houses,  LeMason house stamp, Celebration of Simple https://www.unitystampco.com/

     Doodle Stencil tcw stencils https://susanweckesser.com/shop/page/2/

     Live in Color Tags, scrapbook paper

 

Other Products:

     Americana multi-surface satin paints in Canary, Shrimp, Americana acrylics in Titanium White, Sour Apple, Primary Blue.  Americana acrylic spray matte finish, Decou-Page matte  https://decoart.com/

     Zig Memory System Pens  https://kuretakezig.us

     Linen Blue scrapbook paper  http://paperstudio.com

     white cardstock

     wood framed mirror (10" x 10")

     charcoal pencil

     brushes

     sequin waste

     fence stencil

     cosmetic sponge

    

Joyce Shaulis     Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member



Backyard Bird {Art Journal}

I adore the flowers in Susan Weckesser's paper.  I knew that I wanted to create a backyard flower garden art journal page with them.  I have wonderful flowers and plants in my yard so this will always remind me of them.

Hope you enjoy this video!

Kim Rippere

Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member