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Happy rainbow colors

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I had to leave my comfort zone again and tryed something very bright and colorful. For this i choosed some lovely magicals by Lindy's Stampgang and its so much fun to play with them. i used four different colors but it looks like much more, isn't it?  a layer of white gesso applied with a dry brush after the colors are completely dried i perfect to hightlight everything  if you like to see how i made it check out my YouTube channel  Ani.loves.Art

mixed media academy challenge goes live

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Hi everyone! Today starts the very first monthly challenge on the mixed media academy challenge blog. Everything mixed media goes. All details on the blog  here My inspiration for the first challenge is an altered clock. products i used: Amsterdam white gesso Finnabair white crackle paste  Finnabair art stones Pentart 3d balls dried roots Lindy's Stampgang macigals 13Arts paperflowers Finnabair sparks paint 'Unicorns hair'  mixed media academy challenge blog

I'm back again

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I have not post here for a long time but i will change that ;-) I have some good news to share I'm happy to be part of the new mixed media academy challenge blog which starts at 1. February Follow our blog and get inspired for monthly challenges and win some goodies from our sponsors https://mixedmediaacademy.blogspot.com/?m=1

Altered money box

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Hi everyone! I'm back with another mixed media creation. This time i altered a simple money box with lots of Finnabair products. I started as always with preparing the surface with white gesso. Then i applied modeling paste mixed with sand for some texture. After it was completely dry, i glued the embellishments with extra heavy gel medium and added some artstones. I covered everything with gesso again. For the color i used 'emerald green' metallique paint and 'violet gold' opal magic paint from Finnabair and hightlighted everything with 'white gold' wax.

tiny art on a puzzle piece

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hi everyone! I love tiny creations, i created tiny bottles, tiny art journal pages, tiny canvases.. now it was time to find another small surface to work with. I wanted to turn puzzle pieces into fridge magnets and I played with several elements around - small gears would be perfect as embellishments, so i had found the style for it. But what next? I spend some hours with experimenting and searching for a nice composition, and suddenly i found it... i thought about this one photo of my boyfriend, i wanted to use for a mixed media project. Yes, this would be great for a steampunk creation and i decided to create a tiny layout on a puzzle piece. I wrote the lyrics of one of our favorite songs on an old book page and glued it on the puzzle piece. I applied a coat of gel medium as a sealer. To give this project a little bit texture, i mixed finnabair artalchemy paint 'steampunk copper' with extra heavy gel medium and applied this paste through a stencil to my background. After ...

Its tea time- mixed media altered teacups

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Hi everyone! I totaly forgot to fill my blog with my creations in the last time. If you want to see some more projects, visit my instagram profile ani.loves.art So here is my latest creation, i hope you like it. I found some old mugs and saucers and they inspired me to make a 'Alice in wonderland' theme creation. Products i used: Amsterdam - extra heavy gel medium -white gesso Pentart - 3D balls DekoArt - crackle paint 13 arts - dried roots, paper flowers Lindy's Stampgang - Starburst spray 'wild honeysuckle coral' Finnabair - art stones -white crackle paste -artalchemy paints 'soft satin' 'pink blush' -rust effect paste green' -artalchemy wax 'white gold' retrokraftshop - metal embellishments  First i glued mugs and saucers with extra heavy gel medium and covered them with white gesso. I applied three coats of gesso.  After the gel and the gesso was completely dry, i added some crackle paint and crackle paste ...

dreamcatcher mixed media canvas

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I saw so many beautiful projects with dreamcatcher in the last time, so i wanted to create one as well. I prepared the surface with black gesso and applied paste mixed with sand and 3d powder for a nice texture. Then i started building the composition with beautiful chipboards from snipart, flowers and many other embellishments,which i covered before with black gesso.  I used Lindy's 'sweet purple violet teal' as my backround color and then i played with some finnabair paints and waxes.  Products i used Amsterdam black gesso Renesans mica paste Pentart 3d powder Snipart chipboards 13 arts paper flowers Retrokraftshop metalembellishments finnabair mechanicals Lindystampgang 'Sweet violet purple teal' Finnabair 'plum preserve' metallique paint Finnabair 'unicorns hair' sparks paint Finnabair 'white gold' metallique wax Finnabair 'Vintage silk' opal magic wax