Season of Gratitude- Mixed Media cards by Aditi Mahajan

 Hello everyone,

Hope you'll are having a great week so far! I'm back with some mixed media inspiration for you all.

Today I'm creating a set of mini cards with the theme of fall and thanksgiving in mind. Different parts of the world celebrate it at different times, but the weather here really urges me to play with this theme.

Here's a look at the cards

I have a process video for you'll for these cards. Hop on over to the Bee Arty Hive on Facebook to view it and create along.

I've used mica powders as watercolours and artist ink to smoosh colours on my base. I've used some background stamps, and texture paste with stencils. I've finished them with a few die cuts, thread and sentiment.

Here are a few close ups:

Supplies used:

1. Fearless, Brave and Free- Chance 

2. Grateful Heart- Blessed Word Sheet

3. Bird Talk Metal Die

4. Mica Powders- Sunshine, Sage

5. Shimmer Dust- Candy

6. Colour Blast Artist Ink Cider

7. Memories Rubber Stamp

8. That Way- Stencil

Simply beautiful by Sandi Spink

Hi hope everyone is enjoying their week. I have always had a problem of knowing when to stop and when to add more or not, so today I decided to go back to my old style of simple is best. I have always loved white space so here is my take on going back to simple and beautiful using ' Fearless, Brave and Free' paper range by Fiona Paltridge.

I used:  Papers - Frames and Phrases 'Free', Circles 'Collections' 'Within' 'Leap' and the B sides of 'Confidence' and 'Chance'

12x12 white cardstock 

Music paper coloured with a wash of 'Lagoon'

Black cardstock to back title

Colour Blast Artist Ink- 'Sunburst'

Colour Blast Colour Spray- 'Lagoon', 'Carribean', 'Road base' 

colour Blast Shimmer dust- 'Amber'

Archival ink- black

Black wire

Step 1- I sprayed a small amount of 'Lagoon' onto the right side of the paper ensuring that there was minimum spray in the area. 

Step 2- Using the 'Carribean' spray I unscrewed the top and dropped droplets of colour over the 'lagoon' colour. Moving the paper helped the ink move, make patterns and mix. I let it dry slightly before adding more droplets so that I didn't get a large puddle. By placing the corner of a wet one into the puddle can draw up excess ink. 

Step 3- Whilst the ink is drying it's a good time to cut out the phrases, frames and shapes needed to be layered together to add dimension and colour. I used the artist dye ink 'Sunburst' to add red to the hearts to the frame.

 Step 4- Picking out a title and backing it with back card stock makes the title pop so after adding this to the page I decided to add arrows to connect the title and the layers. Remembering all the time.... simple don't add to much. I felt there was too much white space so I used the 'Lagoon', 'Carribean', 'Road base' and some 'Amber' shimmer dust mixed with a small amount of water to add splats. 

Sometimes things don't go to plan so if 2 colours mix that spoil the look you can do what I did and find some of the 'chance' circles cut them out and cover the area and then of course add a few more to even out the look. Mistakes can add a dimension you didn't think of before. 

Here is some closeups for you to look at:

Thanks for joining me and I hope I inspired you to check out this and other amazing kits at beearty.com.au . You can find more inspiration and links on BeeArty's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BeeArtyHive