Unik By Liz

Hello! Have you ever been stuck with supplies you dońt remember why you bought for? Well I have, and gesso (black and white) has been on my to use list for a while. I don't think of myself as a Mixed Media enthusiast but I have decided to give using gesso a try. For this card I used a gessoed card stock panel die cut with typographical  dies randomly arranged. The technique shown in class called for the use of a brayer, sadly mine was nowhere to be found there fore I used a plastic cylinder to add the acrylic paint ( to tell you the truth I was not completely pleased with the look, but is ok) I used more embossing powder to cover some of the “unsightly “ parts and skipped the jute. I ended up adding this panel to a second gessoed piece this time around a black one. I need more practice creating the rusted metal look, but this is certainly not my last try. Have you given this technique a try? If so, please share your thoughts with me. Have a wonderful day! “‘...

Hello friends! Hi! I hope your day is going well. I am here  to share my “fun-work” for lesson 3 of Altenew’s  Demystifying Mixed Media  Class. This time around I used embossing powder over the embossing paste. Tip: let the paste completely dry if you want to prevent bubbling over the Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.” - Mary Tyler Moore

Hi! I hope your day is going well. I am here  to share my “fun-work” for lesson 3 of Altenew’s  Demystifying Mixed Media  Class. For this card I colored my embossing past using my ANs Artist Watercolors over a black gessoed panel. The partial Rainbow was created masking de outside of a ¨v¨ shape of the Over The Rainbow stencil  The lesson called for embossing over the colored paste but I forgot and decided to let it be. Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.” - Nikki Giovanni

Hi! I hope your day is going well. I am here  to share my “fun-work” for lesson 2 of Altenew’s Demystifying Mixed Media  Class. Today’s project is a card created using a gessoed panel, watercolors, a stencil and a baby wipe ( slightly dried) Products used: Smiles and Hugs  (Flower and leaves) Sentiment (partially stamped) Stencil Waterc olors The gesso allowed for a quicker color lifting technique. Still need to work on the amount of moisture applied, the wipe needs to be almost dried for it not to “seep” underneath the stencil and creating puddles, but all and all satisfied with my first try at this technique.  Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! “ Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying. ”  ―  Roy T. Bennett,  The Light in the Heart

Hello friends! I hope your day is going well. I am here to share my fun-work  for the first lesson of Altenew’s most recent Academy Class: “ Demystifying Mixed Media” taught by Tania Ahmed. Here is my interpretation of the lesson:  Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! “...Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem...” Lindsay Anderson.