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This article is written by Kim Kelley

I cannot believe how fast time is flying by. In our household we have a daughter who is now a Senior in high school, a son who is a Junior in college at NAU and a son who is a Tucson police officer and I can still see them as the little kids running down the stairs to open their Christmas presents. Needless to say even though two of the three are no longer living at home, extra time is still not finding its way to my house.

If you have the same problem then you may want to do what I do and purchase kits. Don’t get me wrong…I scoop up anything that catches my eye, but there are times that I enjoy opening up a kit that has everything in it that goes together. From matching papers to color coordinating flowers; a kit allows you to stop guessing about putting things together.

One of my favorite places to buy kits is the Flying Unicorn. Each month they offer 4 kits that complement each other, bad thing I usually buy all 4!

The kit that I am working with is from August’s Mixed Art Add On kit…

Flying Unicorn August Add On Kit

The kit came with a triangle shaped canvas; which I loved working with, some flowers, metal pieces ink and sprays. I found myself in a rather red mood rather than purple so I changed it up a bit.

Taking you step by step…I used glass bead medium by Golden, heavy gel by Golden and white flake also by Golden for the base layer on the canvas. I applied it haphazardly so it does not look the same throughout.

Texture Medium Layer

After allowing it to dry I started to add my paints. Using sponges I added Crimson, Burnt Orange and Metallic Russet Lumiere paints by Jacquard onto my canvas. After that layer dried I added a mix of black acrylic paint, silver powder and gel medium; sponging it on and with a bit of water wiped it off.

Paint Layer

Black Layer

Then added some flowers, metal leaves, film strip and of course the quote.

Finished Project

Close Up Of Quote

Gold Project

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!

You can see more of Kim’s work at her blog and Facebook page

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