Winter Mixed Media idea in pretty blues
Hello everyone – this month my mixed media play will focus on winter and I have a Winter Mixed Media idea in pretty blues for you today.
I decided to play with some winter ideas for my mixed media this month. I chose to use some blues and a soft gray to create my background for this idea.
Today’s Project
When I think of winter I think of all shades of blue. That is where I began for this idea by pulling out 2 blue Distress inks and adding in a soft gray. I had some issues with the background technique but I think I figured out what I was doing wrong. I inked up an acrylic block, spritzed it with water, and then stamped it onto the paper in my art journal. I then repeated with the darker shade of blue and the soft gray. I continued adding ink until I was please with my background. What I discovered in my inking is that I was stamping with the acrylic block when I should have set the block onto the watercolor paper and let it sit there for the ink to soak into the paper. When I did that I got a much nicer blending. I wanted to incorporate some embossing so I took a piece of watercolor paper and embossed it with my snowflake embossing folder. I then used the lighter blue to swipe over the raised part of the paper. I only wanted a section so I tore the strip to the size I wanted adding another texture to the page.
I added some stamping using a stamp set I had. There was a page from a Winter Magic collection that had some sentiments so I cut out the one I wanted. To finish off my page I used some glitter paper and a snowflake punch to punch out the shape.
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Here is another mixed media idea where I used ink on an acrylic block. Here is another idea where I swiped the acrylic block in a curved pattern on the watercolor paper.
About today’s creation
Mixed Media journal – Arteza Watercolor books
Postage Collage North Pole – Waffle Flower
Lost Shadow, Prize Ribbon, and Speckled Egg Distress Inks – Ranger
Winter Magic pattern Paper collection – Country Craft Creations
Nordic Noel embossing folder – Spellbinders embossing folder of the month
glitter cardstock
So what do you think of all the texture used on this page? I like the embossed panel but maybe it should be a little narrower. Love the color combination I used for the Winter Mixed Media idea in pretty blues creation.
Have a Marvelous Monday!
