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I LOVE to design and to paint whimsical items that will put a smile on your face. Each day I share my simple life with you as I try to encourage, to inspire and sometimes JUST to make you smile as I recount my life growing up on a dairy farm! I've never had many material items in my life, BUT I have been blessed beyond words with love and encouragement from WONDERFUL Parents who instilled in me WHAT was important. I have had EVERYTHING that I needed and WAY too much of what I wanted. I am slowly learning to be a better person each day through my interactions with my friends on Facebook. Some day I hope to be as good as people seem to THINK I am! I am BLESSED! Welcome to my little corner of the world...Please stop by and visit often!

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Mixed Media Magnets

I told Christine, the other day, that mixed media tugs at my heart.

I love the layers and the textures.
I am not a fan of weird stuff, though, and I don't care for flowers and such stuck on the design.πŸ˜πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜ƒ

What I enjoy about it, is that I feel more people can do it without fear of failure, because, really, anything goes.

I want people to feel they can create! 

I needed a quick RAK the other day, so I pulled out some circles to create a quick magnet.


I had some tissue paper left over from a previous project, so I tore it into small pieces.


Grabbing my favorite DecoArt Decoupage, and  using my finger, (I think that makes me a REAL mixed media artistπŸ˜πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜ƒ), I smeared the glue all around and added the paper. I didn't worry that it overlapped the cicle, or that it wrinkled, I just made certain that it was glued well.


When it dried, I simply used a piece of sandpaper (a fingernail file works well, too), I gently sanded the edge, from the top down, and the excess  paper peeled off perfectly. This sure beats trying to stay inside the edges! 

I grabbed the DecoArt Gel Stain to cover the backs. I did this while the Decoupage dried.  


AND, since a piece of punchinello is most always within reach, I stenciled Red on the back. Pouncing your brush up and down, this literally, took about 5 minutes to completey Cover the backs. It is so worth it to get a finished look.



I added a few dots to the fronts. 
You know, these look pretty good just like this...add a favorite word or phrase, and it would be a great RAK.


I thought I would use my DecoArt fluid acrylics.

The top left circle has 3 colors--a turquoise, a purple and green gold. I love the transparency! See the red dots shining through!

The circle on the top right uses the exact same colors, but I added white to them. They became opaque, but you can still see through them a bit.

The middle left is the Turquoise.

The Middle right is only the purple.

The bottom is the Green Gold.



I added my favorite stencil over these to show how easily it is to add texture.
Again, you can stop here.


I decided to add a heart using my new stencil girl stencil.
Again, use very little paint in your stencil brush, punching in an up and down motion.



I love the mosaic look.


Pretty cool, huh!


I added some line work.
I added Shading with my fudeball pen.
I sprayed it with a Satin Varnish
When it dried, I added words using the Matte decoupage.



I like it!
Fun, Fast and Fabulous!

I am simply blessed to create~charlotte♡



4 comments:

  1. These are really cool, Charlotte!!! The turquoises and purples would be really cute with snowmen on them! You know how I love snowmen!! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. Thank you for sharing. It's so fun to see new techniques. Very pretty!

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  3. Charlotte, they are truly works of art, you are such a gifted and blessed artist. Hugs to Charcoal.

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