Michelle G Brown | Mixed Media Art

Visit us at Paperific 2023

The Mixed Media Art team are excited to be heading back to Melbourne Paperific Expo for 2023! Come and see us at the Flemington Racecourse on Friday 25, Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 August 2023.

We will have our extensive range of art journaling, book making and gel printing supplies, as well as our enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of all things mixed media!

Ready to give mixed media a try? We are running *free* Make and Take classes across the entire craft weekend – come along and create your own C6 envelope with our clever DIY MMA Envelope template and learn a variety of mixed media technique to decorate your envelope! Plus get hands on with our new Dress my Craft Transfers – such a fun project!

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Vicky P inspired mixed media ATC

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We are LOVING the Create Happiness release from Stamperia and Vicky Papaioannou – AND – we LOVE making little pieces of art like ATCs!

ATCs are Artist Trading Cards and are 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ in size. They are the perfect platform to practice your mixed media techniques and to swap with friends; think of them as your creative business cards!

Today we are making an ATC inspired by the range from Stamperia and Vicky P; we will learn a few mixed media techniques including ink blending, creating borders and composition.

Craft supplies you need to create an ATC:

Materials:

Stamperia Volume paste
White card – 58mm x 82mm
Black card – 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 [63mm x 88mm]
Printed Words (foiled) or quote
Flower & leaf from the PINK ephemera pack

Tools:

Stencil – Create Happiness by Stamperia
Archival Mini Inks – range of colours
Ink Blending tool
Double sided tape
Acrylic stamp blocks
Create Happiness Glue
Baby wipes / Craft mat
Stencils – border
Stamp Set – Create Happiness by Stamperia

Step by step instructions to create an ATC

Using a palette knife, spread volume paste through a stencil onto white card. Set aside to dry.

Choose two inks. Using the blending tool, apply two inks to white ATC.

Choose 1 stamp. Stamp in three places, without reinking with one ink.

Choose a border stencil. Add top and bottom border with stencil and second ink.

With same ink, apply direct to paper and edge white card, giving the piece a border.

Use double sided tape to stick white card onto black card [2 1/2 ” x 3 ½”]

The base of ATC is complete.

Chose a flower and a leaf from the collection. Stick with glue into bottom third of ATC [only need a little glue]

Chose a word or quote. Ink border with first ink colour.

Stick your word on with double sided tape.

Your Vicky P inspired ATC is complete

I hope you enjoyed creating your Vicky P inspired ATC, adding texture to volume paste through a stencil, blending inks and using stamps and stencils to add more mixed media layers. Then we embellished the ATC with the flower die cuts and a foiled word, considering the composition of the layout with the Rule of Thirds.

You can see our full Stamperia Create Happiness range by Vicky P on the Mixed Media Art website or in our store in Mount Waverley

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Marlene inspired mixed media card

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This mixed media card was inspired by Marlene – Art by Marlene, a Netherlands based mixed media artist. We can learn a few mixed media techniques with this mixed media card, including:

Paint scraping also known as “credit card” painting
Stamping over painting
Doodling and highlighting quote and images
Stamping on coloured collage paper

Materials & Tools you need:

Coloured collage paper; Art by Marlene collaged papers
Black card A5
Watercolor paper (12.5cm x 15.5cm)
Art by Marlene stamps
5 Acrylic paints; Art by Marlene paints
Art by Marlene DIY journal dies
Archival ink in black
Acrylic stamp block
Art by Marlene or Tim Holtz sticky quotes
Fude ball pen or paint marker in black
Scissors
Old credit card
Cuttlebug die cutting machine
Glue Stick or double sided tape

Mixed media card instructions:

Choose a piece of coloured collage paper & choose 5 paint colours to match

2. Get piece of watercolour paper, paints and old credit card

3. Spread a thin line of paint, about 1/5 of the watercolour paper piece

4. Drag paint down with credit card

5. Add more paint, if needed, and drag paint down again

6. Add second colour paint overlapping the first colour a little.

7. Drag down paint again

8. Repeat with remaining three colours. Set aside to dry.

9. Clean off mat

10. Clean off old credit card

11. Get coloured collage paper and stamp images – suggest two flowers and one circle. use a pigment ink like Ranger Archival so the ink won’t run when we doodle over it.