April 2016 ~ Cupcake's Creations

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Happy May! There's a new challenge up on The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge blog! This month we are asking you to create a project featuring BUTTERFLIES AND BLOOMS: Here's a trio of close-ups of my project featuring butterflies and blooms: I created an 8" x 8" canvas project featuring a variety of wooden embellishment butterflies along with several metal flower trinkets: To create this project basically, I adhered strips of lace, adhered...

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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, April 28, 2016 @ 9:00 PM | Canvas , Finnabair , Mixed Media , Prima

Hi! Today I have a canvas featuring a steampunk style horse featuring a variety of fun Prima products. I was inspired by my sweet daughter Angie's welded work of art: To create this project, I combined a variety of Prima Mica powders and lots of metal trinkets (all listed below): Please feel free to read more about Angie's project here: I'm linking this to Paint Party Friday: Thanks so much for visiting! Be Sweet...

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Mona Pendleton | @ 8:55 AM | Canvas , Mixed Media , Prima

Hi! Today I have a mixed media style canvas to share featuring a variety of beautiful Prima products including a couple of my favorite Prima resin pieces. I created the background with several stamps, gesso, a stencil and Color Bloom Sprays. Once the background was dry, I embellished with resin pieces, die cut foliage, beautiful blossoms and wood embellishments: I'm linking this to Paint Party Friday: Thanks so much for stopping by! Be...

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Mona Pendleton | Wednesday, April 20, 2016 @ 9:48 PM | Altered Art , Finnabair , Mixed Media , Prima

Hi! Tonight I was in the mood to get crafty and create an altered shabbified tresor box for the Creative Carte Blanche April's Art Adventure where the theme is to alter a cigar box. I combined a variety of Prima products including pretty flowers, resin pieces, die cuts, crackle paste, acrylic paint and so much more! Here's the before photo: and here's the after altered photo: For color inspiration, I joined along with April's...

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Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 @ 9:56 AM | MFT , Prima , PTI , Spellbinders

Hi! Hope you are having a great week so far! Today I have a birthday card to share that I made for a dear friend featuring pretty papers from the Prima Vintage Emporium collection. The butterfly was made using a Spellbinders butterfly die set that I've had since 2010 when I was on the Spellbinders DT and probably has been retired since but in my mind, one can never have too many butterflies :) For sketch inspiration, I'm joining...

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Mona Pendleton | Sunday, April 17, 2016 @ 1:32 PM | Beauty of Oil Painting , Gary Jenkins , Roses

Hi! I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend! This morning Tina and I went for a hike on San Tan mountain which is located nearly in my backyard. I was practicing my painting skills last night as I painted along with a Gary Jenkins video to create this 12" x 12" piece: This lesson was all about luminosity. I admittedly got a bit carried away as I was having fun painting all the foliage :) LOL Orange is my least favorite color and wish...

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Mona Pendleton | Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 1:36 AM | Beautify of Oil Painting , Gary Jenkins , Nancy Medina , Roses

Hi! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have an 8" x 8" oil painting to share featuring yellow roses. I'm trying to take the time to practice painting but sometimes it just doesn't happen. I'm enjoying the process as I practice in search of my own style. This painting combines strokes and techniques inspired by two of my favorite floral artists: Gary Jenkins and Nancy Medina. For color inspiration,...