Hope Is Never Lost: A Mixed Media Project

 

Tres Jolie’s Mixed Media Kit for September comes jam-packed with a canvas board, rice paper from Ciao Bella, a set of chipboard frames, a full package of Tim Holtz ephemera, various mediums (and a set of palette knives to apply them!): all you need to let your imagination run wild! I added a few things from my stash and came up with this…

And here’s the kit itself:

I began by applying an uneven coat of crackle medium from the February Mixed Media Kit to the wood frame and putting it aside. (That uneven coat will result in uneven cracking, which is what I was going for.) Once the medium was set, I painted the frame with white gesso, again coating it unevenly.

Next, I used the collage medium to adhere the rice paper to the canvas. While it was still wet, I tore around the edges to give it a ragged appearance. I grabbed a stencil from my stash and used one of the palette knives to apply the crackle medium.

I selected the smaller of the circle frames and covered it with the mousse, using my fingers to rub it in. While I was at it, I applied the mousse to the edges of the canvas.

I selected several of the ephemera pieces to use as layers behind the frame and one piece to use as my focal image. After inking the edges, I glued it all down, using USPS packaging between the layers to add dimension. Once that was done, I added the chipboard frame as my top layer.

I added a quote chip, again from my stash, and declared it “done”.

A few closeups:

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 *****Supplies*****

 ***Très Jolie September Mixed Media Kit***

Blick Art Materials – 5 x 7 Canvas Board

Ciao Bella – A4 Rice Paper – Green Driftwood

Prima – Nature Lover Collection – Embellishments – Wood Frame – 1 Pc #648121

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Circle in Circle

Tim Holtz – Idea-ology – Ephemera Pack – Keepsakes #TH96958

Darice – Studio 71- Palette Knife Set – 5 Pcs #S71305

Nuvo – Embellishment Mousse – Burnished Bronze #814N

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Collage Medium – Matte – 2 Oz

Tres Jolie – Crackle Medium – White

 

***Other***

Tim Holtz – Idea-Ology – Quote Chips #TH93563

Prima – Finnabair – Stencil – Tapestry #966645

Plaid – Folk Art – Crackle Medium #694

Ranger – Distress Ink Pad – Brushed Corduroy

White Gesso

 

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Dwell in Possibility

 

The April Mixed Media Kit from Tres Jolie is all about experimenting; it comes with a couple of canvas boards, a stencil from The Crafter’s Workshop, a package of flowers from Prima and all sorts of mediums to play with. I’ve added some of the chipboard pieces from the other kits and a few items from my stash to come up with this:

The “experimenting” is key here; I more or less made this up as I went along, just trying this and that and seeing what would happen.

I started by coating both of the canvas boards with the glitter gel. Once it was set, I poured a small amount of crackle medium (from the February kit) in the centers and spreading it to the edges with a palette knife.

This took a few hours to dry. I spent a little bit of that time treating the chipboard pieces: I covered the butterflies with more of the glitter gel and sprayed the lace borders with the Distress Oxide mist. (When dry, this looks more like a dark concrete gray rather than a true black, but that was fine.)

My next step was a little “out there”. The texture paste is just that: a thickish paste. But I wondered what would happen if I were to use it more like an acrylic paint, so I used a brush to cover my canvas boards and chipboard pieces. I love the results – as you can see, there is some slight cracking on the chippies and in the areas where the crackle medium coating is light and huge cracks where the medium is thick, allowing a lot of the glitter to come through. I used the Nuvo drops to decorate the edges of the chippies and set everything aside to set.

Next, I dabbed embossing adhesive through the stencil and added the embossing powder. (Love this stuff: it melts beautifully, resulting in a coppery sheen.)

The flowers come with yellow centers – not a good match for my canvas. I used one of the Lindy’s Magical powders from the March kit to alter them to blend in.

I glued the canvas boards to a long piece of packaging, then attached the borders to the edges, using gel medium. Next, I added the flowers and butterflies and finished my piece with a quote chip that I had edged with wax from the June 2019 kit.

A few closeups:

 

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 *****Supplies*****

 

 ***Très Jolie Mixed Media Kit***

Royal & Langnickel – 4 x 6 Canvas Board #CNVB-46

Prima – Flower Embellishments – Ainsley #594749

The Crafter’s Workshop – 6 x 6 Stencil – Mini Screen Print #TCW525s

Nuvo – Vintage Drops – Pumice Stone #1312N

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Texture Paste – Crackle #TDA71303

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Spray – Black Soot #TSO67566

Therm-O-Web – Gina K Designs – Glitz Glitter Gel – Turquoise Sea #18137

Gary M. Burlin Co. – Embossing Powder – Patina Bronzed Copper #GBEP46

 

***Other***

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard – Lace Border Set

Tres Jolie – Laser Cut Chipboard - Butterflies

Advantus – Tim Holtz – Idea-Ology – Quote Chips #TH93563

 

***Mediums***

Lindy’s Stamp Gang – Magical Shaker – Guten Tag Teal

Jaquard – Gum Arabic

Plaid Enterprises – Folk Art – Crackle Medium #694

Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchemy – Metallic Wax – Peacock #966775

Piccolo – Enamel & Embossing Powder Adhesive

Liquitex Professional – Gel Medium – Matte

 

 

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