Shawn Petite Creative Team Post

I am up on Shawn Petite's blog today with my Solitude 12X12 mixed media. Shawn Petite Blog Link

My project was inspired by a magazine cut-out given to me by my very talented crafty friend from Artsy Endeavors.

The final project reminds me of the lake I grew up on in the summers. oh, nostalgia.

And here is the video on YouTube: Mixed Media Solitude

Mixed Media 12x12 MDF board - “Solitude”
Product List:
Shawn Petite Stencils:
Numbers 1 Trees Background words Scribbles
LIquitex Matte Medium, Acrylic Ink and Satin Varnish
Deco Art Crackle Medium, Acrylics and Fluid Acrylics
Dreamweaver Black Embossing Paste
Pacific Arc and General Charcoal Pencils
Ranger Archival Inks
Wendy Vecchi stamp
Uniball white gel pen
Primacolor Final Fixative

Mixed Media Inspire

So I am taking an "Everything Art - Wanderlust 2019" class all year long.

We are in week 2. It is geared for Art Journaling, but I am not much of an art journaler, maybe I will be by the end of the year. But today I put the project on an MDF board. It is not my typical style, I prefer landscapes and I am not good with white space.

I do love the instructor's style, but it is not mine. Her name is Athanasia Papantoniou, she is from Greece and her YouTube channel is
athanasiapap

Hope you enjoy the video:

for this textured white piece with sequins and random designs is: Mixed Media Inspire

Product List:
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gloss Gel, Gesso, Matte Varnish
Marabu Art Crayons
Ranger Archival Inks
Prismacolor Final Fixative
Trend 2 sticker sheets
foam letters
Word stencil by Shawn Petite
Sequins
Sharpie black marker

Mixed Media Trailblazer

After using an MDF board a canvas feels as light as a feather. I bought all these canvases so thought I would use one. I had a quote and a photo that was my inspiration. I used neither the quote nor the photo and went in my own direction. Trailblazing, shall we say.

I wanted to use some of my other stencils, I do have many. I created this

I am quite pleased with the finished product.

My YouTube Video:
Mixed Media Trailblazer

Product List:
Deco Art dimensional texture paste
Tim Holtz "Rays" stencil
TCW Palm Tree stencil
Reeds stencil (my own design)
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Glazing Medium, Satin Varnish
Deco Art Acrylics
Ranger Archival Inks
Uniball white gel pen
Blick soft Pastels
Grumbacher Final Fixative
Dreamweaver black embossing paste

Mixed Media - Observer

"It is the Quiet Observer who sees the most"

I also like "it is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought stupid, then open it and remove all doubt" but that is neither here nor there

I found this bird in a National Geographic Magazine.

He was not my inspiration. I just felt like painting and trying new products. The project just evolved. I got the crayons on sale at my LSS (Local Scrapbook Store) and saw they could be melted, so I did it.

The background was so bold I needed something as a focal point that was really "eye catching" No doubt this did the trick. I was please with my mixing ability with paints to match his feather so perfectly.

Here is the video:
Mixed Media Observer 1-8-19

Product List:
Ranger honeycomb stencil and crackle paste
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Glazing Medium, Matte Varnish
Deco Art Acrylics and texture paste
Faber-Castell Art Crayons
Stakich Bees Wax
Handy wacks deli paper
Uniball white gel pen
Sharpen Marker
General Charcoal Pencil and stick
Prismacolor Final Fixative

Break the Rules

Truly I probably would never break the rules, although I may think about it.

New Year, New Me. No, not really, same old me, another year older. Five years into my back 30 already. For anyone who does not know why I entitled my blog TheBack30 is because I created it when I turned 60. Historically women in my bloodline have lived into their 90s, or close to it so at that age I was entering the last 30 years of my life.

I am scheduled for a video for Shawn Petite's blog this month and I had one in the hopper but thought I would try another one. I actually preferred the first one so this one gets posted.

Not my best work, but I tried some new techniques. I had seen a YouTube video where someone used a glue gun to make a gnarly tree. I thought I would try it with gnarly bushes, but not all that impressed with my first attempt. I also used a deco art crackle medium for the second time. I absolutely loved how that turned out. A friend of my gave it to me when she purged her stash, not sure whether they still make it or not.

Yesterday my YouTube channel started blowing up, I did not know why but within a few hours I made my 100 subscriber mark. Don't look a gift horse... I immediately went in changed my YouTube channel name. I am the only Celise McLaughlin on YouTube, so I got that one.

My You Tube Channel

Today my channel continues to grow, luckily someone posted the reason. Shelley Studio, who has 1000s of subscribers featured me on her channel. I am pink with excitement. It is such a huge honor to know that someone liked my mixed media projects enough to help me to grow.. Thank you Shelley, I am so grateful.

The Shelley Studio

Back to break the rules. When I was putting away all my Christmas wrapping paper and bags I found a pine board. I am crazy for wood these days so I used it to make this project. I also am swimming in journal cards and scrapbook paper among so many other scrap-booking supplies. I want to start using them. So I cut up the cards to make a clapboard and used one of Shawn Petite's window stencils to create a window. I should have stopped there. But oh well. Next time. Here is the video:

Mixed Media - Break the Rules

Product List:
Shawn Petite Stencils:
Bricks and Bubbles
Windows 2
Flower silhouette 1
Flower silhouette 6
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Satin Varnish, Acrylic Ink
Deco Art Crackle Medium, Acrylics and Fluid Acrylics
Dina Wakley Collage Words
Superbonder Glue Sticks
FPC Glue Gun
Pacific Arc Charcoal Pencil
Ranger Archival Ink
Uniball white gel pen
Blick soft Pastels
Spectrafix Workable Fixative
Prismacolor Final Fixative

Thanks for stopping by. Leave me a comment so I know you were here.

2018 Christmas Card Album

I have always kept Christmas Cards. I used to put them away with the Christmas tree each year and look at them when I decorated the following year. Then they would go out in the trash, or recycle. 5 years ago I started on my paper crafting sojourn and learned how to create albums with cereal boxes and patterned paper. One particular album I saw on YouTube was a 5 part chunky album that held Christmas Cards. I tried it, and then every year thereafter I would revisit the project and create another one. These now have become a part of my Christmas decorations.

This is the one I made this year. I got so many cards I had to add an extra hinge. I will have to start looking for a cereal box so I can get ready for next year. Here is the video:
Christmas Album 2018

Product List:
Cereal Box, supersized like from Cosco
Patterned Paper
Glue Stick
Tacky Glue
Scor Tape
Patterned Paper
Emphemera
Tools:
Scoreboard
Punch Board
Magnets
Bone Folder
May May Made it: Chunky Album link to Part 1:
Chunky Album Part 1