Look What We Did On 'The Magic of Mixed Media!' Craft Demo Day....

We had a very creative afternoon on Sunday the 24th of January when we held a Craft Demo Day at the shop, the theme was 'The Magic of Mixed Media!'. It was the first time we had held a demo day of this type and it was a great excuse to experiment with lots of different types of products. 

The pictures below show some of what we demonstrated on the day, along with details of some of the products we used to create the effects.  We hope you enjoy!

There are a few products that we used on most of the examples below. Pebeo Studio 3D Texture Paste was used through stencils from Tim Holtz, PaperArtsy and Dutch Doobadoo to form the textured backgrounds. A combination of Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint mixed in water and Treasure Gold Metallic Gilding Wax in 'Classic Gold' created all the gold effects you can see. Each of the examples could be further enhanced by using more fab mixed media embellishments!

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast.

PaperArtsy 'London Bus' and 'Plum' paints mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle were used to create the background above. We sprayed 'London Bus' all over the background to start with and used the 'Plum' on some of the sections. The flowers are 'Petaloo Color Me Crazy' sprayed with both paints and then edged in gold gilding wax.

A combination of three paints were used to create this background. All mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle. First, PaperArtsy ‘Hyde Park’ was used to cover the whole background, then Cosmic Shimmer Paint in ‘Malachite’ to add some depth and lastly PaperArtsy ‘Guacamole’ on some of the sections to lighten it up. The wording is from a PaperArtsy rubber stamp set and was stamped using a Ranger Archival Ink Pad ‘Black Onyx’.

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast. The Prima paper flowers were sprayed 'Vintage Lavender' to match and highlighted with the Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint.

And for something a bit different the background in the picture above was created using torn strips of masking tape, stuck down so that they overlapped. Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads were used to create the coloured background over the masking tape using the Tim Holtz Round Blending Tool. Onyxite coloured gilding wax was used around the edges and over other parts of the background to create a contrast against the bright colours of the various Distress Inks.