December Mix Ur Media Kit - FINALE!

First let me start off by thanking each and everyone of you for the HUGE amount of support for this year long event!  You all are such creative souls and make this adventure I do a pleasure...not a job!

Without further adieu, here it is the GRAND FINALE...

This kit is loaded once again with amazing goodies sure to inspire (or even challenge) your creativity.  There is watercolor resist paper, tattered tangled papers, sticker or rub on sheet, date stamp, loads of paper ephemera in a variety of sizes, metal flowers, buttons, transparencies, die cut paper and of course a Fude pen for doodling and gelato!!

The kit retails for $14.00 and you will be sure to get a load of use out of this one!  

I have been working on several pages with it and have hardly made a dent in it!  I will post more photos later this week, but for now...here is a quick peek.

I will post more info on each of the samples in a separate post later this week!!

Once again...thank you all so much!!

October Mix Ur Media Kit

Wow - where the heck did September go?  October came up on me way too fast and because of that...I really dropped the ball on getting samples done and arranging a guest designer for the month!

The kit has been created and is a great one yet again.  I sat down over the last few days and took some time to play with it.  This kit is full of great paper product looking to entice you into adding some collage to your next project.

This kit is once again loaded with texture and endless possibilities! Rub On, Stencil, Art Screens, vintage paper images, texture elements in tissue, paper, vellum, ribbon, metals and more! Can't wait to see what you create with it too!

Here are a couple projects that I worked on...

Inspired by...Collage!

I tore up the vintage paper images and textured wall paper and layered it over the gessoed page.

Decided you use one of Dyan Reaveley's paint combos she suggested - and yes, it does work!

I was on Pinterest earlier and saw an image that caught my eye - it 'kinda' reminded me of this color combo so thought...why not?!  Here is my take...

I took a sheet of the vintage images and free cut some circles!

Adhered them down with Matte Medium

Added some Daler Rowney FW Acrylics in Black so I could get the drip-age I was after.  I also accented the circles and lines within the page using my Faber Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pen in Black (best accent tool ever)!

spritzed with water to get the 'spider' legs I love so much.

It needed white, so used my Fineline Applicator filled with White paint and air brush medium 

The next page is one again inspired by...this time I think it was something I saw on Instagram, but I can't find it now (so sorry)!  The lady had basically loaded up either side of her journal with paper and ribbon then covered it with gesso.  I went one side...

I have used the vintage image papers again, vellum, tags and then the bottle cap and zipper pull.

I also wanted to try something a little different this time around.  I am only going to use the old hotel key card to apply all my mediums.  I used to adhere the papers onto the page (no gesso this time to start) using Matte Medium.  Next once it was (more or less) dry, I applied Gesso over the entire page. Really like how it came out! 

I cheated here a bit...I sprayed the bottle cap and zipper pull with Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions White Linen Spray.

Now I will have to continue this post later as I am out of time and I still have the page drying!!

I will be back soon....I promise!

In the mean time - be sure to head over to the shop to see all the NEW goodies (posting lots of new stuff today) and check out the new CLEARANCE section with huge discounts sure to entice you to add to your stash!

June Mix Ur Media Kit!

Here you go...June's release! Last one until September...

This kit if loaded with textures - chipboard, wood, canvas and paper!

The kits will be sold for $10.00 each (not including shipping or tax).  The 'Buy Now' button will provide the shipping options available to you and include the updated price of shipping.  Tax will be added once you proceed through the PayPal cart.  

This month has been so busy that I will apologize for the lack of extra inspiration for the kit!  I simply did not have the time to organize the kit and get it out to a guest designer in enough time.  For that I am sorry!  I finally just got to creating on my own last week.  I really haven't had much for creative inspiration lately - think I was just plain ol' burnt out!  I will say, I did your some creative juices flowing once I got playing with the kit!  I got two pages done right away and then  was able to start on another!

Here are some of the samples...


It's a numbers game

supplies from the kit:  chipboard, tags, bingo pieces, stickers

It's in the bag

supplies from the kit:  paper bags and wooden embellishments 

Inside my Head

supplies from the kit:  wooden embellishments. chipboard cogs, canvas resist.

Hope you enjoy the kit as much as I have, I am still working on a few pages and will post as they are complete.  This is the last kit until September.  I will start releasing the kits earlier in the month (first Monday of each month), so watch for it September 7!

MAY Mix Ur Media Kit!

Here it is...May's kit - in all it's glory!  This month's kit is loaded with texture - not color!

Included in this months kit: 7 Gypsies Collage Tissue Paper, Prima Resin, Little B Washi Tape, Tim Holtz Plaquettes, Petaloo Color Me Crazy Flowers, Inky Antics Honeycomb Paper, Maya Road Vintage Pearl Pins, Maya Road Acetate Embellishments, May Arts Ribbons, Plastic Canvas, Tattered Tangles, and Textured Wallpaper

The kits will be sold for $12.00 each (not including shipping or tax).  

The 'Buy Now' button will provide the shipping options available to you and include the updated price of shipping.  Tax will be added once you proceed through the PayPal cart.  

I was slacking a bit this month, didn't have a lot of free time, but must say - had a blast with this one.  Thinking I may have very well used the brunt of the kit on one two page spread!

Grey Gardens:

Kit items used: Textured Wallpaper, Resin, Ribbons, Flowers, Plaquettes, and Washi Tape.

Summer in the City:

Kit items used:  Tissue Paper and Acetate embellishments

More details of my pages will come later this week (I hope) in a separate blog post.

This months guest designer is a wonderful friend - Nicky Burge.  I have only known Nicky for a few years but am truly inspired by her pages and especially her willingness to try just about anything and always willing to grow by working outside of her comfort zone!  Nicky doesn't have a blog (yet, I hope), so we may have to encourage her a bit (hint hint)!

"Payton" Scrapbook Page:

Started off by adding Gesso to a Prima 12x12" paper from the Epiphany Collection.  

Using Modeling Paste through my Prima Daisies Stencil, once dried, I sprayed with Lindy's Hottie Patottie Hot Pink 

This is where I start putting down elements, deciding placements of  several of the kit pieces along with ephemera from the Prima Epiphany Collection

Decided I needed some more color - so why not color the flowers using more Little Lindy's Pinks (Hottie Patottie Hot Pink)

Now time to do some more layering and addition of Prima Flowers.  I think they are a perfect patch!

The pins, pearls and ephemera really work on the page (along with some fiber from last months kit)!

The page is amazing!

Kit items used: Resin pieces, acetate embellishments, textured wallpaper, vintage pins and flowers.

Life Journal:

In my art journal, added ribbon, wallpaper and flower ribbon to the page...

then some tissue paper.

Using a spatula, I applied Light Modeling Paste between some of the  ribbon carrying it down towards the end of the page.

After applying more Gesso over the page and ribbons, I added color using Lindy's Midnight Rendezvous Raven (from discontinued set Totally's 80's)

Added a Plaquette

And a Title.

Dark Knight (Art Journal Page):

Using my Brayer, I spread Tim Holtz Distress Paint (Squeezed Lemonade) over my page.

using the same technique with the brayer, I added Salty Ocean Distress Paint.

then Chipped Sapphire Distress Paint.

Now time for some fun!  I had to look up on the internet what it even was!  It had my curiosity peeked!  I cut out the shape of a house from a Tim Holtz Alteration Die and cut it in half and glued it to the center of the page (at the fold).

I masked off part of a Crafter's Workshop Stencil Urban Landscape (TCW342) and applied black paint.

While it was still wet, I dragged the paint down to the bottom of the page.

Using the second step of the stencil, I outlined the building using Modeling Paste.

To make the center building stand out more, I added some Black Gelato.

Nicky's kids helped her finish off the page as she thought she needed a title.  They said it looked like Gotham City, so she named it after Batman.

I absolutely LOVE this page! She really did a fabulous job on it.  Be sure to leave your comments on her work.  I am sure she would love the positive feedback.

One more kit to come before Summer break!  Then back again in September!