Hello Creative Friends,
It's the first Friday of the month so let me
our theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes.
Today i'm sharing my
Everything Spring junk journal cover.
As March see's the start of Spring it's written that
the Green Man is a symbol of rebirth, new growth and
an environmental guardian amongst many other things.
Here's those how to do's and how he came to be...
Pouring melted UTEE onto an old book cover, I used clear embossing
ink to protect the large Lavinia Green Man stamp, pressing the
image firmly into the hot UTEE transferring the impression.
With a pair of Tim Holtz creepy eyes, i'd planned to paint and
simply add die cut oak leaves but I could already sense this
was not going to give the result I was really hoping for..
So using the outer oak thinlit from Tim Holtz leaf print die set
I used it like a cookie cutter pushing into paper clay to cut out the
leaf image, forming those leaf creases with a ball tool and knife.
Making those branch lines more prominent by tracing with a glue pen
I painted the surface when dry framing the face by gluing down those
cut and formed oak leaves, leaving to dry until the following day.
Pushing beads into the clay adds extra detail as the whole
leafy area is painted with acrylics and a dab of gold paint.
With texture paste dragged down the spine stippled in bark brown
paint, a junk jewellery book mark adds a little more to it's design.
He's a mighty statement feature, makes me want to preserve him
and keep him in the garden, he looks very much at peace there..
So if you have a passion for mixed media we'd love
you to share your creations with us over
HERE.
Pop on over and see what the Design Team
have created to inspire you this March
Look forward to seeing your mixed media makes..
Stay safe & creative
Hugs Tracey xx
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