Cupcake's Creations: A Mixed Media Color Challenge

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by :) This afternoon, Scott and I drove Connor to Tuscon which is a 1 hour and 1/2 drive away, so he could attend a rock concert with a friend. While he was at the concert, we went to dinner and a movie. Just felt more comfortable doing that with him than him making that drive so late at night.

It's time for an all new Mixed Media Color Challenge! I'm so happy to see so many beautiful and inspiring projects in the gallery week after week. For nearly the next two weeks, we will be playing with the following color combination: Orange, Yellow and Kraft/Brown:

In all honesty, I can't even begin to tell you how difficult this color combination was for me to create with!!! The color orange is at the VERY bottom of the totem pole of my favorite colors. I love to see the color orange in use on others projects but I seem to have a creative block when it comes to using it. Once I got over the feelings of impending doom and knew I had to just get over my fears, I created this layout featuring a photo of Meredith and Connor that was taken several years ago while we were on Spring Break vacation visiting Disney's Wild Animal Park in Orlando, Florida. That mural painted on the wall behind the sweet photo is a real work of art!

I pulled out a piece of patterned paper, applied a coat of gesso then using the Brick Wall Stencil and modeling paste, I added some texture and design.

I added a few flowers and chipboard pieces from my stash:

and for background color, I simply combined various colors of Distress Stains. When the ink was dry, I randomly stamped the text stamp from Collage Backgrounds:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Skissedilla challenge:

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit ~ I hope I have inspired you to mix things up! Please hop on over to A Mixed Media Color Challenge for COMPLETE details on how to join in the fun and for some awesome inspiration from Sue!
Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, August 22, 2013 @ 8:55 PM | A Mixed Media Color Challenge , Canvas , MFT MPD Collage Backgrounds , Mixed Media , MMCC , MPD Distressed Background Blocks

Hi there! Hope you are all ready for the weekend ~ I know I am! It's time for an all new Mixed Media Color Challenge. Thanks so much to all who joined along with challenge #5 ~ there were so many beautiful projects in the gallery and thanks to all of you who take time to leave such kind and considerate comments :) For nearly the next two weeks, we will be playing with the following color combination:

For my sample, I used an 11" x 14" canvas board to create a layout featuring one of my favorite photos of my sweet sister Tina and I:

I used a variety of embellishments including one of the beautifully hand crocheted flowers made by sweet Tina that is layered under the pretty pink flower:

The resin cherub embellishment nestled up top under a flower embellishment reminds me of our guardian angels that I KNOW watches over us and keeps us safe as we ride our bikes along the crazy roads throughout the city:

I painted the chipboard elements with silver paint then added a layer of Ranger Rock Candy but I think it was too old because it barely added a crackle effect :(

This canvas has sooooo many layers I can't even begin to count them! I first started by collaging printed Ranger tissue paper down which you can't even see now, then I added lots of ink, paint, texture and stamped images. Peeking out under all those layers are stamped images from Collage Backgrounds and Distressed Background Blocks:

The stenciled detail was added using the Petal Pattern stencil:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Skissedilla sketch challenge:

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Mona Pendleton | Monday, June 17, 2013 @ 8:55 PM | A Mixed Media Color Challenge , AMMCC , Art Journal , Die-Namics , MFT , MFT MPD Blooming Roses , MFT MPD Distressed Background Blocks , Mixed Media , My Favorite Things

Hi there! I'm back today for week 2 of A Mixed Media Color Challenge sharing a page in my art journal. In case you missed my post HERE, there's a new color challenge blog on the block for mixed media enthusiasts to share their creativity! Come check it out ~ HERE.

You have until next week Tuesday, at 6:00 PM Eastern to create something / anything using the color combination shown below and at least TWO types of MEDIUMS: ie: paints, markers, pastes, mists, inks, etc..., in addition to the "traditional" stamped / colored image to create your project.

I pulled out my 8 1/2" x 11" art journal and created a page using various products.

After staring at the big white empty space, I began by painting pink acrylic paint all over, once dry, I collaged on tissue paper then added a light coat of gesso. Not sure where to go from there, I pulled out never before inked stamp from my stash and used that as my focal point. Once I had the sentiment in place, the rest came together.

I created my own painted paper using a combination of randomly dripped pink, black, silver and white paint on the gelli arts plate. I then cut three different sized die cut hearts using Die-namics Layered Heart, Die-namics Heart STAX and Die-namics Blueprints 4 dies.

I added texture using mesh tape then fiber paste was smeared across. The random white polka dots seen all over were made using white acrylic paint with the MPD Graduated Dots stencil.

I randomly stamped the chicken wire image as well as the polka dot image from MPD Distressed Background Blocks. (the polka dot image was heat embossed using silver embossing powder). I finished it off with splatters of black paint.

The pink design was made using a permanent pink ink along with the MPD Delicate Doily stencil. I finished it off with splatters of black acrylic paint.

I am also entering this into the current Scrap Africa Challenge where they are challenging us to use Stencils, Paste and Paint.

MFT Products Used:

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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, June 13, 2013 @ 5:55 PM | A Mixed Media Color Challenge , Canvas , Die-Namics , MFT , MFT MPD Distressed Background Blocks , Mixed Media , MMCC , MPD Blooming Roses , My Favorite Things

Hi there! If you have visited me before today, you probably know that I love to create mixed media projects. Well, I took that passion and with a lot of encouragement and support from my both my sweet husband, Scott and dear friend / design team mate ~ Sue Lelli and started up a new color challenge where other mixed media enthusiasts are invited to share their creativity! Without rambling on and on, I'm very excited to introduce to:

Here's the scoop: Basically, a new color combination will be introduced every other week on Thursdays at 11:59 PM Eastern and will run for nearly two weeks ending on the second Tuesday at 6:00 PM Eastern. A Featured Artist will be chosen by the DT and the sample will be prominently displayed on A Mixed Media Color Challenge.

For additional inspiration from Sue and for COMPLETE details on how to join along, please refer to the MMCC site. ***Please keep in mind this is a MIXED MEDIA color challenge therefore we would like for you to COMBINE at least TWO types of MEDIUMS (ie: paints, markers, pastes, mists, inks, etc...), in addition to the "traditional" stamped / colored image to create your project. Let's get creative folks and Create Outside The Box!

For nearly the next two weeks, we will be playing with the following color combination:

Scott and I will be celebrating our 9th year wedding anniversary this coming Saturday so I took this opportunity to create a little something for him ;) Once I painted and applied the crackle medium to the background, (how~to shown below), I randomly added the following products: MFT MIX-ables Steel Shimmer Mist, stamped checkerboard image from MPD Distressed Background Blocks and Ranger Distress paint (pink).

I adhered a photo taken on our wedding day then surrounded it with lots of flowers and various embellishments. The silver heat embossed rose was made using the larger blossom from MPD Blooming Roses and die cut using the coordinating die from Die-namics MPD Rose Bouquet. The pink flower was originally a white flower from Hobby Lobby that I misted with homemade mixed mist made using MFT MIX-ables Sheer Shimmer Mist and MFT Pink Lemonade ink (how~to video tutorial HERE) and the shimmery silver flower was also colorized using MFT MIX-ables Steel Shimmer Mist.

Close up, you can see the checkerboard design peeking out from under the embellishments which includes another silver embossed die cut rose that was stamped using MPD Blooming Roses and die cut using the coordinating die from Die-namics MPD Rose Bouquet.

I also added some texture using MPD Delicate Doily Stencil along with fiber paste:

I also made a card for Scott which features many similar items used to create the canvas with the addition of the pink paper used which was made using a Gelli Arts printing plate. I stamped one of the sweet sentiments from Clearly Sentimental About You on a die cut strip.

For the card sketch inspiration, I joined along with Freshly Made Sketches:

In case you were wondering how I created the crackled backgrounds on both projects, I took a few steps along the way to share the creative process:

Step 1. Paint surface with acrylic paint color of choice (in my opinion, darker colors work best for this step). Allow to dry or use heat tool.

Step 2. Apply Martha Stewart Crackle Medium. Allow to dry or speed up the process using heat tool being careful not to overheat or it will bubble and burn.