Friday, February 22, 2013

Imaginarium Designs DT Work! My first post yay!

Hey everyone, its Miranda here , and i am so excited to share my first post with you all !
I have 3 projects this month, and let me tell ya, I had a blast working with these chippies! First up is my bubblegum machine! I went for the steampunk pretty theme Lol. Loads of gears but still very feminine! i used romance novel paper with it, and lots of metals.
I used a ton of Imganiarium gears, and lots of the new metals from Finnabair. perfect match in my opinion!

I wanted the inside to look very mechanical.



I painted all of the gears either gray or pink. The pink ones i stamped with white ink a script stamp. And the gray ones i stamped in black. I also painted a few in white and added crystals to the center. I distressed up the edges as well. I did the same technique to the Steampunk clock piece. All of the letters have been painted in white and distressed with black soot on the edges. I cut the "time" out from the phrases chippie and painted it white and inked the edges. I added a metal numeral in place of the "I".


 
My second project is an altered box. I had so much funnnn with this box. i used the Almanac paper from Prima with this one.
On the border piece and the phrase piece, I painted them with Powder Puff Pearlz then put tiny metallic beads all over before heat setting it, lots of texture and it glued the beads in place.
I painted the thistles with gesso , then sprayed them with various colors of shimmerz mists. Inked them up with black soot to finish them off.
For the piece at the bottom i just misted it with some dark sprays and put liquid pearls on certain spots, finished it off by tying a bow with some thread.

the corner pieces were colored with gray paint and liquid pearls were added to center. The gears were just sprayed with dark shimmerz mists.






 
 
And last up i created a shabby mixed media canvas. Lots of fun techniques and textures, and the peacock feather IS AMAZING! Def one of my faves :)
For the peacock feather, i first gessoed it. Then i painted it with Frosty's got the bluez shimmerz, and on the edges i painted it with snow storm shimmerz. I heat set these so it would "bubble" up. i also highlighted certain areas with more gesso. i love this feather!
I cut the phrase apart and painted it all with pink acrylic paint. Then i sprayed it with a dark mist in certain areas. I let it dry naturally so it would be "spotty" then I adhered liquid pearls throughout the phrase.
The corner pieces were painted with snow storm shimmerz as well, and little blings added to the center.



Thank you so much for viewing :) You can see more of my work at my blog. Hugs!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Swirlydoos ET call!

Just wanted to spread the word! In case you would like to join our team :)
check out all the offical details at the Swirlydoos Blog

Monday, February 18, 2013

Printery Shadow Box for Iamroses

Hey everyone!!! I hope you have had a wonderful weekend!  It was my birthday, and i have to say my honey is the BEST. He totally spoiled me and was so creative with his ideas!
Anywaysssss back to the art Lol. I created this for a scrappy friend of mine, and i hope she loves it!
I used metal filigree corners for the feet, and just adore how it came out! Lots of Timmy metals and chain as well. I used tons of Iamroses products on it! And i will have them all listed at the bottom and linked back to the store. Hugs!
 

 






 
Products Used: R3-15,  R40-827,  GB4-827,  R78


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Swirlydoos Blog Hop

Welcome to Swirlydoos' February Kit Reveal Blog Hop Block Party!!


If you came here from the Swirlydoos Blog blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there. We have some amazing projects for you to see today !! Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs for a chance to win!!! Check out Swirlydoos on Facebook and Like Us!!!
 
 
I had the immense pleasure of working with the Tech Kit this month of course! Now i have never been a fan of mini albums, but this one just won me over! I decided to go super mixed media / funky on it and had a blast! Lots and lots of fun techniques, so be sure to check out my Start To Finish Video.









 
 
 
You have until midnight, eastern time, on Wednesday 2/13 to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on Thursday 2/14. In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:
1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Become a follower if you're not already. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.
2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down.
Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence.
3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.

 
My Special Word is : CUPCAKE
 
 
The party continues over at Heidi's Blog. Have fun!


Friday, February 1, 2013

Mixed Media Canvas

Hey lovelies :) I'm here today with a mixed media canvas i created for DiscountPaperCrafts. I have a full process / tutorial video on my Youtube Channel. I really had fun with this one, and tried a few new things! I will have links to all the products used down below. FYI the Engraver and Lifetime Collections are now in the store! Also masks and Ingvilds pieces as well :) run run now Lol!
have a beautiful weekend everyone!
 
I did an image transfer with some prima paper onto the canvas, i love the look so much better than just adding paper regularly!!!!!!