March Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop – Mixed Media

This month our theme with the Scrapbooking Global team is to create a Mixed Media Scrapbook page. You may have arrived from the lovely Liz Yuille, or this may well be your first stop on today’s Scrapbook Hop but either way, you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill, a Stampin’ Up demonstrator in the UK.  I have to admit, I hadn’t really a clue what Mixed Media  involved and had to check if I was on the right track (thanks Sharon) but I also have to admit, I grew to love this theme. There will definitely be more of this style on my pages in the future as it’s such fun.

My little boy still creeps up to our bed occasionally in the wee hours of the night and this is the cheeky grin I’m met with in the morning! I had to capture it and create a page!

Tips and Tricks for my Mixed Media Scrapbook Page

• First of all I made a background with the smooshing technique.  This involves inking a piece of acetate and spritzing it with water – then ‘smooshing’ it on the cardstock.  Generally, watercolour card or shimmery cardstock is ideal for this technique as it absorbs more water without damaging the card. However, I don’t have it in 12 x 12 so I risked it with normal cardstock.  Anywhere where there was an effect I wasn’t happy with, I covered with embossing paste or stamped images as a disguise!
• Speaking of embossing paste, I added some Champagne Shimmer paint to it and used the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to make an interesting textured background.
• I took several of the Timeless Textures stamps and used either Balmy Blue or Smoky Slate ink to tie in with the colours in the photo.
• I took a tiny paintbrush, dipping it in the Shimmer Paint and splattered some it here and there.
• The die-cut leaves were also painted with shimmer paint for a bit more sparkle.
• My journaling is hidden behind my photo with a pull out tag.

I hope you enjoyed todays page and my first attempt at Mixed Media. If you’re like me now you know what it means and what it involves! Do hop on to the lovely Lisa Henderson by clicking on the image below. You can see our full line-up below too. Please do hop around us all if you have time and leave a comment too as we love to hear your thoughts.

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As always here is the list of supplies I used on today’s project.  Don’t forget a £45 purchase will earn you a free product from our Sale-a-bration offerings. (check out the catalogues in the right hand side toolbar).  I will also send you a little gift if you use the Rainbow Rewards host code pictured below at check out. If your wish list is long, do consider joining my team of Aces and Diamonds – you can read more about our fabulous Sale-a-bration offer here.

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Mixed Media Scrapbook Page Product List