Friday, 4 July 2025

CREATIVE ARTISTE MIXED MEDIA - #117





Welcome back to another Creative Artiste Challenge where Anything Goes as long as you use at least 3 different mediums on your project.  I really enjoyed creating this piece and it was just a lovely hour of playtime.

I started off with some packaging from a well know delivery firm lol which had the corrugated inner to the cardstock.  I used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink direct from the bottle in Walnut Stain to age the piece and then added some strips of gesso just to lighten it a bit.  I dug out some piece of fabric from my little fabric stash and stamped on them.  The wording stamp on the top left is a very old stamp I can't remember from where.  The flowers are from Alison Bomber.

I love watching Alison's videos and she has inspired me to add real flowers to my pieces.  The little fluffy things I have no idea what they are but they were up on our mountain on a dog walk and I just knew I had to pick a few.  I've also added a dried flower I had from when I went on a make your own paper course.  

The various ephemera pieces are from my little stash of pieces I've made - also inspired by Alison.  It's nice to have a few to hand and makes creating collages a little easier.  The quote is from Tim Holtz.  I added some circles with a bottle top and some gesso.  To make the piece sturdier I added it to some extra cardboard painted with brown acrylic paint and added strips of white gesso to mirror the strips of the cardboard.  I even used a few brads!!





Here are a few close up's also









4 comments:

Let's Art Journal said...

Such a beautiful make! The neutrals and textures look amazing, loving the corrugated elements and dried flowers 😊. Wishing you a happy and creative July! Hugs, Jo x

EmmaT said...

So beautiful, love all the tactile elements and how you've brought it all together. It reminds me of my mum as she often has a little vase with grass flowers in it, their flowers vary so much

Pauline C said...

This is an amazing moxed media creation Fiona - fabulous assortment of media and ephemera and some brilliant ageing techniques xx

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

A wonderful piece of artwork Fiona, the layering up of different materials and elements is a beautiful mix with the use of real flowers the icing on the cake. A very pretty display of the beauty of nature. Happy crafty July Tracey x