Melissa Frances

Flower Jars by Anna Komenda

Hello everyone. It's Anna here. I have a question - how do You store flowers in Your craft space? I used to keep them in original packages but now I am just floaded with half empty foils. 

I decided that it's time to organize my flowers in some other way. I didn't want to spend money so I used some old jars from my kitchen. But let's be honest - they didn't look nice in my brand new scraproom.

I decided to uplift them a little using gorgeus Melissa Frances products. I am going to make separate jars for each color of flowers and today I want to show You first two jars - white and pink.

I will create another ones but first I have to eat my pickled cucumbers :)

 

 

 

I wanted to see through my jars so O only embellished the upper part of the jar.

The white jars is delicate and soft. I used wooden keys painted with white gesso. I also added a resin oval frame and beautiful, little flowers.

 

 

 

For my pink jar I added a little mixed media touch. It looks more messy than the white one. I also used wood veneers, like butterflies and a gorgeus inscription with tree "Inspire". I coloured all with pink paints and mists. My composition was filled with tiny flowers.

 

 

 

 

I am going to create few more jars. They look so pretty filled with matching flowers.

Thank You for stopping by.

 

Little One Mixed Media Layout by Marta

Hello, today I woold like to show you my mixed-media LO.

I created it after our hollyday weekend in May. 

We went at the lake for the first time in this year. 

 

I decided to use a photo of my daughter. 

 

 

 

I used some wooden butterflies .

 I 've stamped it with butterfly stamp and gesso, 

and next I've painted it with Art Anthology Plush - Coloration Spray. 

 

 

 

 

I' ve chosen CX868 Blossom Assortment, 

which I painted a little bit of Timeless and Plush - AA Coloration Sprays. 

 

 

A little bit of texture with AA Dottie stencil and Parakeet sorbet, 

and some flower stamps to complete the composition. 

 

 

More texture with Orbital, Butterfiles sand Dottie stencils, completed with flower stamps.

 

 

I've chosen also this big and beautiful flourish chipboard frame. 

I thought it will be fit perfect to this spring composition.

 

 

I painted it with green gelatos ane Parakeet sorbet.

 I add some Plush Splashes and stamped with gesso here and there.

 

 

I putt this beautiful and so soft GN593 - White Spring Sprung Flowers. 

 

 There is a big tittle - chippboard LITTLE ONE.
I've painted it with gelatos and add some doodling with black pen.

 

 

More doodling here and there... 

And that's all! 

 

I hope you have very creative and inspired Sunday! 

 

Marta De :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classic yet Elegant Album by Marta

Hello, today I would like to show you something different, than you can usual see in my works.
It's a big photo album in very simple and ellegant style.
It's created for a girl Zuzanna, as a First Holy Communion gift.

I used beautiful chipboard frames.

 

I add Resin Tea Party Applique Set. elements. I thought it would be fit perfectly. 

 

 

 

 

I've covered the chipboards with embossing, using white powder with holographic glitter. 

It works good also with the resin, to increase the details. 

 

 

One more frame inside. 

 

 

Inside, I used a white lux cardstock and parchment spacers. 

I stamped a little ornament on each card to make it more elegant, but still simple. 

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Thank you for stopping by today. 

I hope to see your art pieces with  Melissa Frances products. 

 

See you soon. 

Marta De :) 

 

 

 

Stacked Canvases by Kathy Adams

Hi crafty friends! I have a crazy project for you today using lots of Melissa Frances goodies and 3 small canvases.  I've never stacked canvases before and really haven't seen 3 stacked on top of each other so while in the midst of this project, I questioned whether it would hold together! Lots of glue later and it seems to be holding up well!

 

 

Supplies

 

Capri Metal Applique

Siena Metal Applique

Wood Veneer Embellishments

Art Anthology Colorations Sprays

Purple and Gold Paints

Square Deep Edge Canvases in 8", 6" and 4" 

Beacon 3 in 1 Adhesive

Lace

 

Instructions

Glue lace onto the edges of each canvas.  

 

 

Prime all three canvases with gray gesso by mixing black and white gesso together. 

 

 

For the 8" canvas, paint Art Anthology Mardi Gras Velvet on the sides and top. I left the middle unpainted since it would be covered by the 6" canvas. 

 

 

Next, I sprayed it with Plush Colorations Spray

 

 

To add some shine, paint Fluorite Gemstones and set aside to dry.

 

 

For the 6" canvas, paint a mix of Art Anthology Imperial Sorbet and Holbein Luminous Purple on sides and top.  Then spray with Plush Colorations Spray and let dry. 

 

 

 

For the 4" canvas, paint with various lavender paints.  

 

 

Then add shimmer and shine with Art Anthology Imperial Sorbet and Rhodolite Gemstones.

 

 

Next, for the embellishments, paint the swirly circles with gold paint.

 

 

For the wings, crown and smaller wood, add some rust color to the gold. After it dries, apply Crackle Accents and let dry.  

 

 

 

After they are dry and cracks form, spray with Plush and Warm Colorations Sprays and let them sit for about 3 minutes with the spray puddled on top.

 

 

For the Appliques, sand lightly then gesso.  

 

 

Paint with gold paint and let dry.  I added some gold wax rub to enhance the grooves and curves. 

 

 

Time to put it all together using liquid glue, and use plenty of it on the canvases!  Let everything dry for at least 30 minutes before placing the whole piece upright. Also, it's best to add the picture hanger BEFORE you start. Yep, I forgot! 

 

 

 

For the dove, emboss with white embossing powder and add glitter while it's hot.  

 

 

Here it is all finished!

 

 

 

 

Don't be afraid to stack things for an interesting project!

 

Thanks for visiting today. Till next time.

 

Kathy

 

Visit Kathy's blog at: http://kathyadamsmixedupart.blogspot.com/

 

See Kathy's art work on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/katluvsdogs/my-art/