Yoga themed Mixed Media Journal

Happy Saturday! Victoria here.  I am back with another wonderful Dew Drops Canvas and a notebook with a yoga theme.  This was such a relaxing project to do and I have a useful notebook to gift to a friend.

Here are the products you need for this project:

Dew Drops Canvas in Artsy Namaste

A composition book

Echo Park Paper from the Little Girl Collection Kit (Lilac strip)

Jacquard Lumiere Paints in Pewter, Halo Blue Gold, and Halo Violet Gold

Tim Holtz Stencil

Dew Drops

Razzleberry Dew Drops

Orange

Yellow

Green

Pool Dew Drops

Royal Blue Dew Drops

Lavendar Orchid Diamond Dew Drops

Prima Chalk in Branch Bark

5/8 inch Grosgrain Ribbon - ivory and gold chevron

Liquid Adhesive - Aleene's Tacky Glue

Steps:

• Prepare the composition book by adhering paper to the front and back, inking the outer edges with branch bark chalk ink.

• Prepare the canvas.  I stenciled along the left side beginning with the Halo Violet Gold and working down with the Halo Blue Gold doing transitions by mixing the two colors.  Toward the bottom I mixed Halo Blue Gold with Pewter to darken it.  Let this paint dry thoroughly.  Overnight is best.

• Adhere Drops with Liquid Adhesive.  I found a Chakra Chart on line and followed that generally for the color placement, using a rainbow of Dew Drops colors.  (You really need them all).  This was such a relaxing project.  I use a wax tipped nail tool to  pick up and place the Dew Drops.  It makes it so easy and placement is exact.  It's just like coloring a lovely picture.

• Let your canvas dry thoroughly.
• Adhere the canvas using liquid adhesive to the front of the composition notebook covered with paper and let dry.
• As a final touch, I added the grosgrain ribbon with long tails so that the composition book can be neatly tied closed.  I used liquid adhesive here too.  You could also add a tie using eyelets and ribbon for a longer lasting book.

• All done!  

~ Victoria

Two Peas in a Pod Embracing Happiness - Mixed Media Tag

Happy Saturday!  Let's create a mixed media tag using just a few items that I had on hand.

Ingredients:

#5 Manila tag

Brusho Colours - I used turquois, scarlet, ultramarine, and purple

Mini water spritzer

Shimmerz Dazzlerz in Foiled Again

Stencil with various size circles

Dew Drops in lovely shades of blue  (You need to get your favorite colors in a variety of shapes)

Tim Holtz Ideology Paper Dolls

A pen and straight edge

Rub on sentiment

Liquid adhesive and dimensional tape

Directions:

1.  Spritz your manila tag with water and sprinkle with your desired colours of Brusho watercolour crystals.  Let dry.

2.  Add dimensional texture paste (dazzlerz) through the stencil in the upper left corner and on the right side.  Let dry completely.

3.  Add the rub on.  Notice if you look closely there was a tiny problem with adherence of the letters in two tiny spots.  I filled that in with a black pen.  Shhhhh! Don't tell.

4.  Add the paper dolls with dimensional tape.

5.  Create a border with a pen and straight edge or whatever you choose.

6.  Adhere dew drops as is pleasing to you for accents with liquid adhesive.  Let dry and share your photo with us on our Facebook page!

Hope you've enjoyed this quick little project.  It would really brighten any gift and was just the "art therapy" I needed to brighten my mood as we are staying home and staying safe in the US at this time.

Best wishes and happy crafting to all of you!

~ Victoria