Adventure Awaits Inspiration

I wanted to send a friend some happy mail so I started working on a card...

I started by applying white gesso to a piece of thick mat-board, followed by a nice layer of crackle paste. Once dried and crackled, I put a few drops of liquid acrylic paint on the background and sprayed it with water to make the color run into the cracked spaces as well as make the color a little more washed out looking. I spread some gel medium onto an area that I wanted to sparkle and used pink and white mica flakes for that. I then placed some gesso onto my craft mat and mixed in some metallic wax (in the color: Indian Pink) to get a pink paint. Using my “new” custom paint color, I painted a small round chipboard frame. I added inka-gold around the edges of the background as well as onto the frame. I glued the frame onto my background with the same gel medium as I used for the mica flakes. To finish it off I glued some gold thread to the back of a quote chip. I wanted this card to be a little more substantial, so I glued my background onto a piece of water color paper that I cut down to A4 size. 

I am sure my friend will love the card as much as I enjoyed making it!

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I loved creating this piece, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan

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Halloween Inspiration No. 3

I fell in love with the Tim Holtz stamps, Monster Reunion the first time I saw them. So needless to say I was extremely excited to see the Simon Says Stamp - Stamptember release. As soon as they arrived I couldn’t wait to get in my craft room and play!!

To create these cards I started by cutting some circles out of vellum and adding some stitching. 

Next I started on the stamped parts. Using my stamping platform I stamped multiple times to ensure I got dark crisp stamped images. 

Using several different Distress inks with my water pen, I colored in all the images. 

Fussy cutting came next, and it probably took the longest amount of time. 

After I cut everyone out I went back in with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a piece of foam from a blender tool and kind of “grunged” up the edges. That way they got some extra depth and the bright white of the paper was muted a little. 

After getting a closer look at the bird I thought he needed a little of of blue to make him a little less muddy. 

Then I started on my background. Using Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink  I dabbed the paper into the ink on my mat about three times (or until I was happy with my coloring) and dried the paper using my heat tool in between dabbings. 


Using my blending brush I inked around the outer edges with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink  sprayed it with water and dried it with my heat tool. I then dabbed the edges of my background in the leftover ink on my mat and finished it by drying with my heat tool. 


In my stash, I already had this die cut.. it’s the Tim Holtz Bird Branch Sizzix die  so I chopped the bird off and painted the branch portions with Ground Expresso Distress Paint. 

I then took all my backgrounds and glued them onto a black boarder and onto a card base.  Using Distress Collage Medium I glued the stitched vellum circles to the card. 

Using my stash of old threads I created a “thread nest” under each animal using a complementary color. 

Using the sentiments from the Tim Holtz Monstrous stamp set, I stamped the sentiment using versa mark and used an opaque white embossing powder. 

I then cut out my sentiments and glued  everything on my bases. 

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I loved creating this piece, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan

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Halloween Inspiration No. 2

October is a few days away which means Halloween is in the air! 

I wanted to create another piece to show off some of my favorite products.

I created this piece using a canvas panel as my base. I stared by pulling a page from an old book, cut it into two pieces that would fit on the length of my panel and used my sewing machine to create a sewn boarder. I used a gel medium to glue them onto the panel and set it with my heat gun. 

I also applied a generous layer of opaque crackle paste over the entire board. I am not patient enough to let it air dry so I again used my heat gun to expedite the crackle effect. I used a paint brush to add a few dots of liquid acrylic paint and sprayed it with some water to get the color to move around and really get into the crackle. 

I used my sewing machine again to create some spider web looking patterns and cut them out to add to the overall composition. I added some texture with some old (unused) first aid kite gauze. 

I stamped a bug from the Entomology stamp set, used the corresponding die and cut it out using my sidekick. I then dig through my stash of ideology wings to find a good set for my bug to display. I put the bug under a mica tile and used mini fasteners to hold it in place. 

A halloween quote chip was the perfect addition to an index clip. 

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I loved creating this piece, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan

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Halloween Inspiration No. 1

It’s almost Halloween right…? 

I ordered the new Ghost Town & Bat Crazy Tim Holtz dies as soon as I could, so when they arrived I was ready to play!

Using some of the idea-ology kraft stock paper, I cut out the church, the tree and some bats. I used a small sanding block to take away some of the color of the church to get it nice and grungy. I added some vellum to the empty windows and colored it with some yellow alcohol make it look like something inside was glowing. I added some Prima art stones below the church using some gel medium, when it was dry I painted it with some liquid acrylics. 

I cut a circle out of velum and sewed around the outside to give it some extra texture. The Halloween quote chip was the perfect addition. 

I put a nice layer of opaque crackle texture paste over the canvas board and used my heat gun to speed up the drying time. 

I added some extra texture to the piece by using some old (unused) gauze and some rusty wire. I also gave it a good splattering or black stain. 

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I loved creating this piece, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan 

Possibilities begin with imagination mixed media inspiration

I wanted the photo of my grandfather to be the main focus in this piece.

First I added a piece of Tim Holtz collage paper that I stamped a few script stamps on. I adhered it to the canvas with a gel medium. I added some Tim Holtz crackle paste around the edges and went on to add bits of fabric as well as die cuts. I used Tim Holtz stains and water to give my background some color and to help accentuate the crackle effect. I finished the piece off with some prima marketing art stones as well as splattering some watered down patina effect paste in the brass color all over the canvas. 

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I loved creating this piece, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan 

Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?

I’ve never made something like this and I have to say I love it and it is my new obsession! I find myself looking at everything thinking how I can add it to a piece. 

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I had a lot of fun putting this together, leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Xo- Megan

Easter Mixed Media Decoration Inspiration

Thanks for stopping by to check out my Easter Mixed Media Decoration Inspiration!



For this project I used:

- small canvas

- acrylic paints

- burlap

- vintage board game pieces

- dried flowers

- lace ribbon

- silk ribbon 

- vintage sewing thread

- wooden candle stick holder

- vintage paper die cuts

- Tim Holtz crackle paint

- Tim Holtz distress & oxide inks

- Tim Holtz distress stain

- Tim Holtz distress crayon

- Tim Holtz ideology baseboard frame

- Tim Holtz ideology mini plaquette

- hot glue

- fabri-tac

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Thrift shops are a great place to find cheap and different items to incorporate into your designs. I always look at the old games as well as old spools filled with fun thread! I wouldn't use it to sew something, but I LOVE adding thread as an element in my mixed media as well as cards... the old wooden spools are just an added bonus! 

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Xo- Megan

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Guest Book!!

I designed the pages, created my signatures, sewed them together to make the textblock, added a book mark and the head bands. 

I cut pieces of mat board for the covers and spine and glued a piece of leather to make the cover. 

Wrapping the book up to send to her may be my favorite part though. 

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Xo- Megan