AMMCC10 - Happy Birthday to YOU

I have lots of favorite things going on with this project!  I'll start where I started.  LOL.  With a color challenge. 

And an ugly piece of designer paper.  ahem.  **cough cough**  I know, I said favorite things.  But, it's my favorite now.  And look at the dark woodgrain paper!  It has an embossed woodgrain.  I love it!  OK.  I digress.  Back to beautifying that...ahem...ugly paper.  What was ugly about it?  It was slick, shiny and a harsh funny looking brown. 

 

I had several tries in getting this paper to look nice when stamped on.  I should mention also that SU! Field Flowers has a learning curve.  OMW!  I have seen beautiful stamped images with this set...but um...I used many sheets of scrap paper trying to figure out that the...ahem...I digress.

 

 

And I tease GARFIELD about his kitty kat ADD?  hee hee OK.  Beautifying ugly designer paper.

 

Vanilla Ice Cream acrylic paint alone just didn't cut it!  It needed some tooth on that slick shiny wood panel designer paper.  I mixed some Vanilla Ice Cream with some gesso...and wow!  Um...that's acrylic paint + gesso.  ;-)  And now that I think about it...Vanilla Ice Cream with chocolate chip & fruit punch.  wow. 

I wasn't too happy with the original stamped image, so I added some Fruit Punch stickles & smeared it around with my finger.  WOW!  (No, I didn't lick my finger.)  I had found a sketch via Pinterest, so I got to taping.  Then I dug out a muslin banner and stamped the sentiment using Antiquary Card Kit stamp set!  Then OMW!  eep!  Look at the straight lines.  ;-)   Circle veneer & a bicycle to the rescue!  And a ca-ute tweety bird.  When I first received the "tweets" wood veneer...I thought...ugh.  It's become one of my favorites to play with.  Who am I kidding?  All wood veneer is my favorite to play with.  And sequins?!?  Shut the door!  I have sequins galore.  I use them, too.  No sense in hoarding.  

 

 

I'm a happy camper.  Now, that's mixed media, mollymoo style.  LOL.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

 

 

Happy Halloween

I have been blessed with a lovely case of bronchitis.  I'm hoping I'm on the mend because my mojo appeared!  I want to play with Halloween goodies...I mean...make Halloween cards.  So...feeling halfway decent today, after work I went to Michael's.  I picked up some chalkboard paint and a lovely 6 x 6 pad of MAMBI Halloween paper!  I have oodles of 12 x 12 Halloween paper, but that's for scrapbooking only.  **wink wink**   I had no 6 x 6 pads of Halloween paper.  **gasp**  It made perfect sense that I pick up more Halloween paper in the 6 x 6 size.  The scale of the pattern in the 6 x 6 pad is perfect for making cute cards, right?

 

Being sick, I missed the deadline for the yellow, orange & khaki color combo.  I'm still gonna do my idea.  I disgress.

This is AMMCC8 and SC454. 

The colors...

...and the sketch.

 

 

Now that proper introductions have been made, let's get acquainted.

 



 

The mixed media portion is the main panel.  I painted the top with a chalkboard paint!  I love it!  Two coats...one horizontal, let it dry; then one vertical, let THAT dry.  I stamped the greeting with Versamark & white pigment ink (SU! Whisper White craft ink), dumped on white embossing powder (SU! Winter White) and blasted it with the heat gun. 

 

See those CUTE Halloween wood veneers?  From Studio Calico Licorice add-on for the Double Scoop SB kit.  I love them.  I also love that black candy stripe washi from Freckled Fawn that was in the Licorice kit as well.  The glitter cat is from my stash.  He has some companions...I plan on using them in a few more projects! 

 

Wanna see the inside?

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

 

AMMCC6 - Take TWO!

I'm having fun.  LOL.  Here's take TWO on the AMMCC6.  Our challenge:

My page:

 

So...what did I NOT drag out this time.  ;-) 

 

Yesterday, I spent time with Cameo.  I got her some new materials & patterns to cut;  we made a scalloped stencil from stencil material.  mollymoo spent a little while poking out scallops.  LOL.  It was all good.  Anyway, there were some places it did not cut through...and I thought it was kinda sorta neat, ya know.  I still have pink, hot pink and gray on the brain.  SU! Pretty in Pink, taped on the stencil and went to town with light molding paste & a plastic picnic knife. 

 

Then this mornin' I dug through my Studio Calico Marks & Co scrapbook kit, RIPPED the paper & rubbed on some SU! Tea Stain.  Pasted that on...having hiked up to my shop earlier for a SU! background stamp...Print Pattern and slapped on some Encore Silver.  Went outside and sprinkled on some Mr. Huey Skyscraper...let me say, I gasped!  I forget it dries to a nice gray. 

I ripped some SU! fabric and stitched it on with some SU! gray taffeta, added some pinked velvet in light pink and hot pink...and then stitched on some wide gray grosgrain!  I'm loving all the frames around cute little T-2.  That was her first night in the house. 

 

Frames, die cuts, PL card, stitching template...all from Marks & Co.  The cat clip and the thickers, also from Studio Calico.  I love the look of the silver diamonds! 

Those splatters...the molding paste dries to a velvet texture.  Interesting. 

More stitching & splatters...and some silver diamonds!

Another page...that started just cuz...turned into a neat page featuring T-2.  LOL.  She sat in the window taking a nap the whole time I worked on the page!  'cept when I went outside...she followed me to the door.  What a cat!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

 

Supplies:

Paper:  SU! Pretty in Pink, SC Marks & Co SB kit

Stamps:  SU! Print Pattern

Ink:  SU! Tea Stain, Encore Silver

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Mr. Huey Skyscraper, SC Marks & Co SB Kit (Amy Tan stitching stencil / kit; photo frames), SU! White Baker's Twine, DMC floss (black), AC Thickers Sotheby's in Charcoal, light molding paste, Target pink polka dot washi tape, SC cat paper clip, Janome Sew Mini, ribbon (velvet ric rac in light pink & hot pink; wide gray grosgrain, SU! gray taffeta), SU! fabric

 

Mixed Media Color Challenge 6

While checking out the MFT September teasers, I also checked out the DT blogs.  I'm soooo glad I did.  I discovered Mona.  I think she's the Mixed Media Queen.  IDK...but she comes really close.  I also found "A Mixed Media Color Challenge" blog, where she is a hostess.

Here's the current challenge:

Challenge 6

And here's my page:

Inspiration was from several sources:  prompts from JOT Magazine Issue 1 on making pages without a purpose, making pages just cuz, just to be creative; the newly found AMMCC blog and a desire to use an older Studio Calico kit, Daydream Believer. 

I painted the patterned paper with my WIDE brush and some soft pink.  psst...I made my OWN soft pink!  Gesso + white acrylic paint + red acrylic paint!  After that dried, I sponged on some SU! Melon Mambo...yeah...it looks NEON.  It's supposed to match that bobbity boo...pom pom ribbon stapled @ the bottom.  That tape measure is my old tape measure I used when I was in 4-H.  Back to the background...then I used a dropper to add some dark gray Mr. Huey splatters! 

Accessories from the Daydream Believer kit include:  the pinked muslin banner and the butterfly!  I think the butterfly is gorgeous...and I do like the sequin trail!  I don't "do" butterflies.  BUT, I think it fits in with the "creative just cuz".  Also from the Daydream Believer kit were the creative words & phrases and some Dear Lizzy candy.  I signed my creation & stamped the date!

The photo is a favorite of mine.  I love tulips; I love my shop flower beds and step; I love Mickey Mouse...and that rusted ole' milk can...belonged to my Granddad.  

I had fun making a page just cuz...I guess that's my "art journal".  It will consist of removable 12 x 12 scrapbook pages.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!