Mixed Media Steam Punk Painting - "Dream"

I love how mixed media allows you to express the exact mood your in. Yesterday's project was whimsical, and fun with it's pastel colors. Today's project is magical, and dreamy. I had so much fun putting this canvas together. Isn't that texture amazing? I started by painting my canvas black, and then added a little bit of gold, purple, teal, and blue. Going through my stash, I noticed I had a ton of little glass beads that haven't been touch in years. I added mod podge to the entire canvas, and just dumped the beads onto the canvas! They stuck pretty well - especially after I used the heat gun.

I poored paints, all over the beads. I let the paint "goop" up in some areas, and I spread it out in others. I used some of my Heidi Swapp sprays to get that beautiful older copper look. I wanted this paiting to have a steam punk swist to it - so I cut out a few gears and stars using my Silhouette Cameo, and painting them with told and teal. The title is made out of thickers.

This canvas ended up being a surprise gift for my hubby, and he loved it. I hope you all loved it just as much!

Altered Canvas - Make Today A Sweet Memory

This little mixed media canvas came together pretty quickly. I started by covering my canvas with Webster's Pages' Color Chalk Prints 12x12 paper. Although you can't really see it - it's what inspired my colors. I knew I wanted this canvas to have plenty of texture, so next I mod podged a napkin to the canvas. After adding the fun pastel colors with some of my paints, and gelatos, I used my mdeling paste with a Heidi Swapp Honey Comb Stencil.

I went through my embellishments to see what I had to work with. Once I laid eyes on this little sentiment piece from Echo Park's So Happy Together collection, I knew I had to use it. The colors matched perfectly! I spiced it up by adding a little bit of bling. The So Happy Together collection also came with a few adorable little houses, and a cute little cloud. I thought it would be cute to have the houses floating on top of the cloud. So dreamy! I had colored the edges of the painting black - so to incorporate the color better, I added a little butterfly and heart. I think the black offers a nice pop from the pastels.

Thanks for joining me today. Happy Crafting!