Rebekah Meier's Paper Art Collage Techniques BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to Paper Art Collage Techniques Blog Hop! 

Today we are celebrating Rebekah's new book Paper Art Collage. It's a fantastic book. You can read all about it here at:

Bella Crafts Publishing

At the end of this post you'll find all the other artists joining in on this blog hop. Go check out their projects! 

The one technique that spoke to me is the Creating a Stencil Resist on page 24 of Rebekah's new book. It was a lot of fun to create. 

I used Rebekah's Mixed Media Art Paper and her stencil from The Crafters Workshop Distressed Lace (TCW803). I created this on a 3x3 block of wood. Rebekah's technique was easy to follow with picture step outs. 

As you can see about it creates a gorgeous background and her mixed media paper is adhesive-backed so it's easy to put it on anything.

Here is what I created to finish my project.

 I added her stencil design to all the sides too.

Rebekah's new book is fabulous and has tons of techniques with easy to follow instructions. 

Check out everyone's projects created using one or more of Rebekah's techniques from her new book.

Rebekah Meier Designs

Madeline Arendt

Connie Shaw

Deb Riddell

Again you can find her new book HERE!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I Framed a Sunflower!!!

Well, not a real one. One of my favorite stencils from The Crafters Workshop is the Joyful Sunflower. Although I have quite a few favorites the flowers are the ones I use all the time. Today I'm going to show you my Design Team project for The Crafters Workshop.

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with stencils and mediums to create this project.

The opinions I share are solely my own because I do love to use them.

I want to show you the fun background I created for this piece. It is something everyone can do! I found I had a box of pre-made corrugated cards so I thought it would be fun to use the card for mark making and texture. If you don't have the cards use cardboard or anything corrugated!

I took a piece 11" x 14" mixed media paper and added paint to it, sprayed it with water lightly, and then used the card to create the marks.  Keep move the card around the paper.

Since I have a whole box of these cards I will be using this technique over and over. For the background I used blue, white and black acrylic paint. I believe they were all Golden Paint but I can't guarantee it since there are always tons sitting on my table. I wish I could use just one brand. Do you only one brand of paint?

The background dried and I started adding the Joyful Sunflower. Remember to move your stencil designs around especially flowers. You'll see I created shadows behind the flowers by moving it.

I finished the piece and framed it right away. I'm in the process of varnishing paintings I want to keep and painting Gesso on the ones I don't want so I can start over.

You can see more of my tutorial on The Crafters Workshop blog. Don't forget to leave a comment and check out all the other projects created by the Design Team!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mixed Media Painting - TCW Design Team Project

Hi Everyone!

Just sharing my Design Team project for The Crafter's Workshop.

It was created using their new stencil called Rose Garden and it's on mixed media paper. 

You can see my tutorial on The Crafters Workshop Blog.

The Crafter's Workshop provided me with stencils and mediums to create this project.

The opinions I share are solely my own because I do love to use them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

One Fish, Two Fish, Pink and Orange Fish?!?!

Hi Everyone! 

I've always be fascinated with Koi.
I love looking into the water and see all the colors.

This piece was created on mixed media paper, acrylic inks, water, and Koi Pond stencil from The Crafter's Workshop.

The background was created by spraying the paper with water and dropping acrylic paint into the water and watching it spread. I just continued until I like how it looked. Drying the layers in between.

Anytime I'm putting a focal image from a stencil on a cool background, I start by adding it with white paint. I do that so the colors on top remain nice and bright.

Before painting the Koi, I added the lily pads.

I'm hooked on fluorescent colors (Liquitex Soft Body) and these are the colors I used for the Koi. 

These fish have about three layers of paint.

I kept changing the colors back and forth.

I finally settled on these colors.

You see more of the background in this picture.

This piece is 11" x 14". 

I still have a few more things to add before I can say it's complete.

I do love it.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Going with the flow

Hi Everyone!

This piece is on a 5x7 piece mixed media paper.

I split the piece with white BUT I accidently spilled more white and in the process of cleaning it off my table, I knocked over the black.

 

I just like it flow where it wanted and waited for it to dry.

 

I love the way it dried.

You know I can never get it to look this way again.

But I'm going to try.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!