For about a year now, I've been actively trying mixed media techniques and products on the blog here, and venturing outside the box of my traditional scrapping style. With the Retiring Products Sale on until the end of March 2023, I wanted to highlight a few bargain mixed media products that are being clearanced to make way for more goodies in the store that would be great investments if you are starting out and looking to build or add to your digital mixed media stash.Basic Brushes and Gesso / Impasto Paint - I started out Beginngers Mixed Media with just a template and some 'nothing fancy', fairly dense, linear brush strokes (that post and layout are here), and gesso has become one of my fave ways to add some dimension or a pop of 'non-colour' especially on dark backgrounds, like here. Watercolour style paint generally is pretty thin in real life so digi watercolour often has a … [Read more...]
Beginners Mixed Media: Collaged Backgrounds
For some of us, there is nothing more nerve-wracking than attempting a scrapping style out of your comfort zone or more daunting than a blank canvas with infinite possibilities.(OK, yes, I’m talking about me personally but I’m sure this applies to others as well!)So in this blog series, I’m attempting to make Mixed Media less daunting by giving you (and me) some jumping off points. Where to begin with digi – mixed media scrapping? Right here for Mixed Media Beginners! Hi again! I've been working my way through different ideas for incorporating mixed media into my more traditional 'paper style' scrapbook pages, and this month the Collage Sheet sub-section of the TLP store 'Art Journaling & Mixed Media' category caught my eye and has inspired September's Mixed Media Beginners.Collage is a process most of us would have experienced way back as children and is a … [Read more...]
Project Life Collage Cards
Hi everyone! Polly Shannon here with a tip to help you fit more pictures on your Project Life spread. Some weeks I find myself wanting to include more photos, but not wanting to do an insert. Enter photo collages. You can fit multiple photos onto a 4x6 print, and it also adds some visual interest. It's also a nice way to group many photos from a specific event close together. Check out the two different collages that I included in my week 6 spread.In the top photo you can see my collage in the bottom left corner. I love some white space so I incorporated it here, and added a little title. In the bottom photo my collage is in the bottom right corner. I went a little different with this one, clipping paper in one of the photo spots.I know that collages will be making regular appearances in my Project Life this year. The best part is that the designers at TLP have our back, as … [Read more...]