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This article is written by Kim Kelley

This last year has completely passed me by and given me whiplash as it did. Because of that and the holidays sneaking up I have not had the time to finish my latest project. So I decided to go a different route.

I am going to show you some the scrapbooking projects that I made but for whatever reason did not make it here or to my blog.

The first two are of canvases I made using my daughter’s prom picture. The first one is a 5×7 that I used texture medium, flowers, rhinestones, and brick chipboard pieces. The second is 10×8 and I used all the same stuff but also added netting and lace.

5 x 7 canvas

10 x 8 canvas

These next few are what I call fram-age pieces. I came up with the name by combining a framed piece of art and a scrapbook page to create a scrapbooking layout. All three are 12 x 12 and can be framed, hung on the wall or added to a scrapbook. The first one is pretty simple with just a minimal amount of stenciled on texture paste. Used red flowers for a pop of color rather than any spray or paint. The second I used a sheet of canvas resist paper, lots of spray mist and again stenciling with a heavy gel. The third is probably one of my favorites. I used a stencil and crackle gel to get the diamond pattern. Then I added just a touch of ink getting some of it in the cracks of the gel. I like the dimension that I got using this technique.

Red Love Fram-age

Colors of Love Fram-age

Cherish Fram-age

This is one of the first and only trays I have made. I purchase them when they are on sale and then hadn’t gotten around to making anything with them. When my neighbors daughter graduated last year I thought it was the perfect time to try a small tray out. I used the colors of her high school, added the year and she can add 4 pictures.

6 Spot Tray

And last but not least I decorated a 12 x 12 mirror that I bought at ikea using mostly metal flowers and metal bits. Then using luminescent paints in purple and green I painted the heck out of it. Problem is with all of the shine of the paint I had a heck of a time getting a real good picture.

Dark Purple Mirror

I hope you can forgive me for not completing and showing my latest project and maybe, just maybe find a little bit of inspiration in these other things I have completed!

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season, lots of love and happiness in the coming New Year.

Life is short, do something creative every day!

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Kim Kelley is borderline obsessive about her crafting and her art. She loves mixed media art because you are free to go beyond your comfort zone, using your imagination and exploring an anything goes mind set. Kim loves to learn and explore new techniques and hopes that any art she creates leads someone to find their inner creative artist!

Sites: itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com and www.facebook.com/kimscraftyconcepts

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