Michelle G Brown | Mixed Media Art

Vicky P inspired mixed media ATC

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We are LOVING the Create Happiness release from Stamperia and Vicky Papaioannou – AND – we LOVE making little pieces of art like ATCs!

ATCs are Artist Trading Cards and are 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ in size. They are the perfect platform to practice your mixed media techniques and to swap with friends; think of them as your creative business cards!

Today we are making an ATC inspired by the range from Stamperia and Vicky P; we will learn a few mixed media techniques including ink blending, creating borders and composition.

Craft supplies you need to create an ATC:

Materials:

Tools:

Step by step instructions to create an ATC

Using a palette knife, spread volume paste through a stencil onto white card. Set aside to dry.

Choose two inks. Using the blending tool, apply two inks to white ATC.

Choose 1 stamp. Stamp in three places, without reinking with one ink.

Choose a border stencil. Add top and bottom border with stencil and second ink.

With same ink, apply direct to paper and edge white card, giving the piece a border.

Use double sided tape to stick white card onto black card [2 1/2 ” x 3 ½”]

The base of ATC is complete.

Chose a flower and a leaf from the collection. Stick with glue into bottom third of ATC [only need a little glue]

Chose a word or quote. Ink border with first ink colour.

Stick your word on with double sided tape.

Your Vicky P inspired ATC is complete

I hope you enjoyed creating your Vicky P inspired ATC, adding texture to volume paste through a stencil, blending inks and using stamps and stencils to add more mixed media layers. Then we embellished the ATC with the flower die cuts and a foiled word, considering the composition of the layout with the Rule of Thirds.

You can see our full Stamperia Create Happiness range by Vicky P on the Mixed Media Art website or in our store in Mount Waverley

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Marlene inspired mixed media card

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This mixed media card was inspired by Marlene – Art by Marlene, a Netherlands based mixed media artist. We can learn a few mixed media techniques with this mixed media card, including:

  • Paint scraping also known as “credit card” painting
  • Stamping over painting
  • Doodling and highlighting quote and images
  • Stamping on coloured collage paper

Materials & Tools you need:

Mixed media card instructions:

  1. Choose a piece of coloured collage paper & choose 5 paint colours to match

2. Get piece of watercolour paper, paints and old credit card

3. Spread a thin line of paint, about 1/5 of the watercolour paper piece

4. Drag paint down with credit card

5. Add more paint, if needed, and drag paint down again


6. Add second colour paint overlapping the first colour a little.

7. Drag down paint again

8. Repeat with remaining three colours. Set aside to dry.

9. Clean off mat

10. Clean off old credit card

11. Get coloured collage paper and stamp images – suggest two flowers and one circle. use a pigment ink like Ranger Archival so the ink won’t run when we doodle over it.

12. Cut out images

13. Return to painted paper. Grab stamps, acrylic block and ink

14. Stamp borders along paint lines

15. Add circle image. Suggest same as used on coloured collage paper

16. Choose a DIY journal kit die. Suggest 2nd or 3rd larger die

17. Position over painted / stamped piece

18. Run through die cutter and pull out

19. Glue stamped, cut out images onto painted piece, overlapping the edges

20. Trim off overhanging images

21. Get piece of A5 black card and fold in half

22. Glue painted piece onto black card [Or use double sided tape]

23. Set aside to dry if you used glue

24. Choose a sentiment

25. Stick onto card – you can cut it up to fit better or look better

26. Use the black Fude ball pen or paint marker to highlight quote

27. Add some doodles around images and onto background, maybe a border

28. Your Marlene inspired mixed media card in finished

Ideas and alternatives:

  1. Card and paint lines can be portrait or landscape
  2. Use smaller dies rather than stamping onto collage paper
  3. Use the Art by Marlene DIY Journal kit dies to make a journal or banner
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Catch up with MMA in 2023

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Hello magnificent creative ones! We hope you have had a BRILLIANT, restful and creative Holiday and are ready to get back into crafting again!

The Mixed Media Art team are planning another HUGE year of craft shows, classes and new stock!

From Picture to Page Papercraft shows

We will be attending ALL of the From Picture to Page shows, where we offer a *free* Make and Take plus run demonstrations across the weekends.

  • Northern Show – 25 & 26 February 2023
  • Makers, Arts & Crafts @ Train & Hobby show – 11, 12 & 13 March 2023
  • Bendigo Show – 18 & 19 March 2023
  • Pakenham Show – 20 & 21 May 2023
  • Western Show – 22 & 23 July 2023
  • Sandown Show – 13, 14 & 15 October 2023
  • Peninsula Show – To be confirmed

Melbourne Paperific Expo

We will be back at Paperific ~ Friday 25, Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August, at the Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.

Click here for details

Mixed Media Art Studio

The Mixed Media Art studio and store will continue through 2023.

Our SHOP is open on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10am to 4pm ~ Find us in Mount Waverley, Melbourne Australia

CLASSES are being developed, along with chatting with some amazing guest artists, and details will be out soon!

Keep an eye on our Classes & Events page

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Art journaling inspired by Marlene

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Michelle joined the From Picture to Page Spring into Sandown online show line up with this fun and quick art journaling layout, as she shares her 5 step art journaling process with the new Art by Marlene paints, stencils, stamps, die cuts, collage papers and more!

Materials List

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