New Challenge at Mixed Media World

Hello everyone thank you for popping in. Today I'm sharing my inspiration for the new challenge. This month I chose the theme which is simply colours. You can do anything you like as long as it is mixed media.

Here's the palette I chose

This month we also have a sponsor who has generously offered 3 Etsy designs from The Old Vintage Shop

 

Here is what I created

I used a white gray board from That's Crafty and added Fresco Acrylic Paint to the background. I blended the colours in some areas. Colours are Slate, Concrete, Lake Wanika Chalk and French Roast.

 

Using the same palette I started to create my girl

I then added more detail using a Stabilo All pencil in white and black

I added water to the pencil and made it drip

I added some highlights

I finished with some symbols on the background

The finished picture

 

Please visit Mixed Media World for all the fabulous creations my team mates have created to inspire you. I'll be back soo but until then take care of yourselves, hugs Debs xxx

 

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New face

Morning everyone thank you for popping by as I know how busy we all are. I'm off to Wales tonight to see my family. I've been saving up my nana hugs for little ones as the big one is far too cool! It doesn't seem that long ago he would catch nana kisses and put them in his heart to save them.

My face today was created on my new iPad with Procreate. I love the ease of the programme and the iPad is far more sensitive to pressure. I hope you like her. I'm linking her to Kim Dellows show your face all the details follow the link.

Here is how she was made, you will see the all the different changes I made which is one of the reason I like doing digital art,the undo button and the eraser lol.

Well that's me see you soon hugs Debs xxx

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Mystical Forest

Hello everyone, today I'm sharing a piece I made for That's Crafty here is a peep. To see all the details follow the link.

 

See you all soon hugs Debs xx

 

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Face for Friday

Hello again, this afternoon I'm sharing a face I completed using soft pastels. I was inspired to use pastels again by the very talented Ivy Newport whose online class Shades of White I'm currently enjoying. Back in the day (80's) I used pastels all the time for faces as I could blend the colours better. Something to use more me thinks.

I will be linking her to Kim Dellows Show your face all the details here

Anyway here she is

I took this picture just after I had sprayed her with a gloss vanish I love the effect it created

Here is one before the spray.

 

I was still pleased with her but love the sprayed one as she almost looks like she's made from concrete.

 

Take care all and I'll see you soon hugs Debs xx

 

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Seasons Greetings

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by. It's a new Challenge at that That's Crafty this week and it's all about the big day. Pop over to blog to see all the fabulous inspiration my team mates created to inspire you, there are some fabulous makes. Don't forget by entering the Challeneg you could be in with a chance to win a £20 voucher to spend in the shop.

 

For mine I chose a simple project on acrylic.

 

I just love the different substrates in acrylic that That's Crafty are selling and thought this little candle holder would make a lovely addition to my Christmas makes.

 

I started by stamping my features on the backside of the acrylic on all four sides. The stamps are all from Paper Artsy and can be found in the That's Crafty Store

And then I painted them with Fresco Acrylic Paint

I added some snow and and some snowflakes

 

Once it was dry I then painted over it all with my background colour which again is the Fresco Acrylic from Paper Artsy

Once it was all dry I applied cosmic shimmer dries clear glue around the edges and base put them in position and held them together for a few minutes and then set it aside to dry.

I think it is a pretty decoration to look at and with a electric candle inside it makes it glow beautifully

I cannot wait to see what you get up to, so have fun. I'll see you later hugs Debs xxx

 

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Christmas Ideas

Hello everyone and welcome. As the big day approaches its hard to think of anything of anything else. So many lists to tick off and preparations to be made. With that in mind I was inspired to create ...

You will have to visit That's Crafty to see what I made but here's a peep.

I hope you like what I made. Don't forget to pop back tomorrow as there is a new challenge starting.

See you all soon, take care Debs xx

 

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Life in miniature

Hello everyone and welcome. I'm so pleased you popped in as I'm sharing some altered matchboxes I made for a swap on FaceBook as well as some other Arty bits. I've never really gone miniature until recently when I started playing with ATC, and now I'm having lots of fun.

So first I'm showing the two matchboxes

 

 

 

And some other pieces

 

2x2 canvas in abstract

 

ATCs from Mark Gould's Workshop

 

 

 

Same height as an ATC but thinner

More ATCs

 

 

I think that's enough for today. I have shared some of these on face book so you may recognise some of them.

Take care hugs Debs xxx

 

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My second piece

Hello everyone today I'm sharing my second piece for the current challenge at County View Crafts there is still a couple of days to play along using the colour Blue.

I used lots of texture paste in the background and then sparayed the canvas with Blue Media Mist from Decoart. Over the top of that I sprayed some different blues from Lyndy's stamp Gang. You can see the touch of gold from the mica in the sprays.

For the flowers I used white whitbossing powder with a stamp from Lin Brown for Paper Artsy

 

I hope you get a chance to play along but don't forget to follow the rules for your entry to be eligible to be considered for the £20 voucher from Country View Crafts .

Take care and I'll see you all soon.

 

Deborah's Designs

Masterboard

Hello everyone, it great you stopped by thank you. I'm sharing a Masterboard inspired by the intoduction to the new theme over at Paper Artsy. Leandra's demonstration using the brayer is fabulous. I also loved the colours in the pinky purple greeny one which is my favourite palette at the moment.

So this is my board

 

I would normally use some stencils and stamps at this stage, then cut it up for backgrounds. However, this time I left it as it was. I wanted to use it in different ways so leaving it plain made sense.

I first cut it in half - A5 and the other into two A6s.

The A5 I left plain - the paints I used were Fesco Acrylic in Lavender, Blue Glass, Rose , Gracumole and Teresa Green.

I used this piece for a face that I'm linking to Kim Dellow's Show your face link up. Follow the link for all the info.

I used Vintage Lace, Rose, Cherry Red, and Blue Glass for my girl.

Next I made a card using stamps by Sara Naumann 17/18 and Archival ink in Colbot, Olive and Libray Green. I painted the leaves first in Blue Glass and the a touch of Gracumole.

I'm going to enter the challenge at Paper Artsy. See you all soon Hugs Debs xxx

 

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New challenge at Country View Crafts

Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by, especially as today I'm sharing my inspiration for the new Challenge that starts today over at Country View Crafts. The theme the lovely Rachel chose for us is Make a scene! How fab is that especially, as

it's the month of bells and snow,

Christmas puds and drinks that flow,

reindeers, elves and the man in red,

bringing toys to children in bed.

Moving on, there is an array of beautiful creations over on the blog from my talented teammates so if you have time go check them out. Details here.

 

My first piece this month is a snowy scene in the dark.

 

I started by scraping some Fresco Acrylic paint across a Smoothy board

 

I loved the effect this gave. It was easy to choose my stamps from here on in as it looked like snow to me

 

I used a mix of Sara Naumann 18 and Hot pix Christmas 8 both from paper Artsy with black Archival ink and a touch Cherry Red Fresco paint on Father Christmas's coat.

 

 

I'll be back later in the month with my second project, but checkin tomorrow as I'm showing a few or my miniature art. Take care and see you soon.

Hugs Debs xxx

 

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A birthday card

 

Hello everyone, thank you for stopping by. Today is my turn at That's Crafty, and here is a peep at what I made.

All the details can be seen over on the blog, please follow the link above.

Take care Debsxx

 

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