SO CREATIVE MIXED MEDIA/PERFECT PAINTS

Hello, friends! Welcome back! As promised, I have a super fun project to share with you today! Today, I'm playing with various mixed mediums to create lots of fun cameras...and I want to run to the candy store after looking at this gem. I totally want to eat the decorative brads-they look like candy. LOL

To begin, I taped down the Camera stencil from Simple Stories onto the chipboard using a low tack tape. Next, I mixed a little bit of Wisteria ColorSparx with the Perfect Clear Texture Gel to create a lilac hue. I told you a few weeks ago... purple is starting to wear on me...LOL I used a palette knife to pull the mixed media through the stencil and then used a scraper tool to smooth the mixed media so there are no lumpy spots.

Next, I grabbed the Rainstorm Shimmering Matte Acrylic and mixed a little bit of it with the leftover purple medium. I added a bit of the Rainstorm Shimmering Matte Acrylic throughout the stencil using a palette knife. I used the scraper once again to smooth out the mixed media through the stencil. Then, I smeared some of the blue off the scraper all over, keeping the scraper flat, across the stencil to get some of the blue on there.

Then, I added a little bit of the Ballet Slipper Shimmering Matte Acrylic throughout the stencil. I wanted a little touch of pink... I felt like I needed a lighter color to make the purple and blue pop. And it was just what I had envisioned.

I let this dry for a few hours before embellishing the cameras. After it was completely dry, I glued decorative brads and enamel dots to the lens to make them pop. Don't they look like candy? Tell me I'm not the only one?

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I kind of want to make another one on a 6x6 board for my scrap room.

What do you think? Love it, hate it? I enjoyed the process of mixing mediums together to create this fun piece. It was very therapeutic for me. I hope you found this project inspiring! Thank you so much for visiting today and don't forget to check out all the fabulous mixed media mediums in the shop, here.

Nicole