The Greeting Farm, Walk Through Wednesday and 7 Kids Crafts

Hello!  Leah here with a Greeting Farm card made with the "With Love" stamp set and some masking.  The Greeting Farm is this month's featured vendor over at 7 Kids Crafts, so use the code "TGF" to get 20% off your TGF order!

More LDRS/Polkadoodles and 7 Kids Crafts ;)

Hello again, it's me!  I have another fun Flower card to share with you today for 7 Kids Crafts using the LDRS/Polkadoodles Stamp and Cut "Daisy Daisy" set!  Don't forget to use the code Flowers for 20% off!

LDRS/Polkadoodles and 7 Kids Crafts

Good day everyone!  This month at 7 Kids Crafts, the featured category is anything flowers!  Use the code Flowers to get %20 off!  I have created a fun card using the LDRS/Polkadoodles Stamp & Cut set called "Daisy Daisy".

Sweet November and 7 Kids Crafts

Hello friends!  I finally had a chance to color up one of the super sweet Sweet November images from the January release!  This is Nora Northlight, and I blew her up nice and big to feature her super sweet face!

Vintage Mixed Media Tags with Happy Little Stamper Mixed Media Challenge

Hello everyone, I have joined the HLS Mixed Media Challenge Team as well as the ATC Challenge Team and this month's theme is Vintage!  And we all know how much I adore making mixed media projects hehehe.

Angel Mixed Media Art Journal Page with 7 Kids Crafts

Hello everyone, I have an art journal page to share with you today for 7 Kids Crafts.  I created this art journal page using a quote I found online and some awesome stencils and paper!

More Gorjuss-ness with 7 Kids

The featured vendor this month is Santoro over at 7 Kids, so do you know what that means?  It means that ALL Gorjuss stamps are 20% off using the code "Gorjuss" at checkout!  I have created two cards using Gorjuss stamps for you today!

"Waiting" with 7 Kids and Gorjuss

Hello 7 Kids friends!  I created this Gorjuss card for you this week with the "Waiting" girl.  I wanted to use the frame and mask her off to create a window of sorts.  Of course, the stamping didn't go as well as I had planned, and if you look closely, you can see where parts of the frame didn't stamp!  No fear my friends!  I have a quick fix for that when all the other coloring is finished :)

Mixed Media 5x7 Canvas with 7 Kids Crafts

Hello everyone!  I have a mixed media canvas to share with you today for 7 Kids Crafts.  This canvas is 5x7 and I used several Prima Marketing/Finnabair products to create it, along with several old costume jewelry pieces from my stash!

3x6 Art Journal: Page 3 with 7 Kids Crafting Supply Store

I have another page in 3 x 6 art journal series to share with you today for 7 Kids Crafting Supply Store! I decided to try collaging for the first time, and I totally fell in love with it :) Now I find myself stashing away all the little bits of paper and whatever else can find hahaha.

3x6 Art Journal: Page 2 with 7 Kids Crafting and Supply Store Rainbow Challenge

It's challenge time at 7 Kids Crafting and Supply Store! This week's challenge theme is Rainbows, and I have created a watercolor art journal page for you today with a really great quote I found on the internet.

3x6 Art Journal: Page 1 with 7 Kids Crafting Supply Store

I have created a couple of 3 x 6 art journals out of different papers and I would like to show you my first page!

#Artlove52 Week 5: Wellness

Oh my, I totally missed posting this project! My bad, lol. Last week's #ArtLove52 word was "Wellness" and I really struggled with this. And then I got to thinking about how I was hitting a brick wall with this word. And then Bam! It came to me...lol. Part of being well is knowing how to deal with brick walls. And the way to do that is one brick at a time!

To start this project, I wanted to use texture paste to create some kind of wall. I remembered watching Maremi's Small Art on Youtube and she had mixed paste with coffee grounds to get fabulous brick texture. So why not give it a try? Guess what? It works amazingly!

When the brick wall was dry, I put a couple of coats of gesso on it. When my gesso was dry, I started to add watercolors in browns and blacks to create the brick color. I used my Prima Classics Watercolor Pans and mixed different ratios of brown, red and black to make the right colors. I added the colors in layers, drying each layer before moving on to the next. I sprayed them with water as well, to make them run in between the bricks.

I rubbed the colors around the outside of the brick wall as well to make the page more cohesive and started to think about what I could use with the quote as the focal point. I had already decided on the text, so all that's left is to make it all come together.

After I decided which scraps I wanted to add behind the text, I realized I needed to single out one brick and add some highlights. I added some Art Alchemy Metallic Wax in Bronze Age from Prima Finnabair to the high spots of the bricks and then added quite a bit to cover just one whole brick.

This photo really shows the texture of the bricks. This technique is great for massive texture and effect!

To finish this project, I added some black ink around the edges of the page to frame it in, and some Art Alchemy wax to the edges of the paper bits to make them look worn and aged as well as make them stand out a bit against the dark background. Thank you for stopping by today! I have linked some of the products I have used to the 7 Kids Crafting Supply store. Thanks for stopping by for last week's #ArtLove52 word of the week: Wellness. This weeks word was "Dancing"! And of course it is also off schedule just a bit lol, but it will be up soon and I hope to be back on schedule next week!

Treasures Mixed Media Canvas with 7 Kids Craft Supply Store

Hi everyone, I have a fun mixed media project and some exciting news!  First the exciting news!  I am now a designer for 7 Kids Craft Supply Store out of South Dakota!  I was so excited when Kelly Neis asked me to be on her team, I started designing right away!