Hello crafty friends! I am DT Daksha here with my second post of this month. As you all know that this month Itsy Bitsy’s home brand Little Birdie has launched metallic waxes. I have made mixed media candles using Thai clay and metallic waxes today. Here is the step by step instructions for these mixed media candles. #1-First I have prepared my candle base using glue. Then prepared all the clay embellishments using Little Birdie Thai clay and moulds from my stash. Next, I stuck all the clay Read more…
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Vintage Decoupage Box with a Touch of Mixed Media
Hello arty-crafty friends! Daksha here! For today’s post I have decoupage watch box with a touch of mixed media. I did decoupage box after long time and I wanted something different, so here it is. Step by step instructions First I gave a coat of white gesso and then gave two coats of white chalk paint to the box all around. In between, I sanded with a sanding block to get a smooth finish. I made these Thai clay flourishes in advance as they need 24 hours to dry. I have Read more…
Memories Which Last Forever – A Mixed Media Project
Hi friends, Saadia here today on the blog, I will be sharing a mixed media project with you. Let’s start our project: I cut a heart shape from a MDF board and glued pages from a book to it. Next, I mixed Texture Sand with Little Birdie 2 in 1 Mixed Media Paste and applied through a stencil. Covered the heart with diluted white gesso. After that, I colored the heart with Alcohol Splash sprays and Color Splash sprays of my choice. Glued embellishments and covered them with Read more…
A Mixed Media Canvas
Hi friends, Saadia here today! Sharing with you a mixed media canvas. I hope you like it . Let’s start : I glued pages from an old book to my 8×10 inch canvas. Then I mixed Texture Sand with 2 in 1 Mixed Media Paste and applied it to the canvas through a stencil. Covered the canvas with diluted white gesso. Next, I cut a crescent shape from chipboard and glued surgical gauze with gel medium. Stenciled a design with a mixture of 2 in 1 Mixed Media Paste and Texture Sand. Applied Read more…
Live Your Dreams – A Mixed Media Canvas
Hi Everyone, Saadia here, Today, I am sharing a mixed media project with you. I hope you like it. Let’s start : I used an 8×10 inches canvas panel by Monte Marte, as my substrate. I covered it with Little Birdie 2 in 1 Mixed Media paste. I applied the paste through a Little Birdie stencil. Next, I glued my embellishments with Heavy Gel medium – Matte. I glued the flowers with hot glue gun to save time. After that, I covered everything with White gesso. This gesso is Read more…
A Rustic Mixed Media Project on Canvas
Hi Everyone, Saadia here: Sharing with you a rustic mixed media project today. I have used lots of heavy elements in my project. The Heavy Gel Medium by Little Birdie Crafts is ideal for gluing heavy objects. Little Birdie Crafts- Heavy Gel Medium: Transparent, flexible, extra heavy body acrylic gel medium Can be used to glue heavy objects in mixed media projects Extends volume, viscosity and density of acrylic paints along with increasing brilliance and transparency Read more…
Life is Beautiful -A Mixed Media Layout
Hi Everyone… Saadia here, Today, I want to share with you a mixed media layout. Little Birdie Crafts has recently launched new designs of flowers. They are very beautiful and perfect for mixed media layouts, scrapbooks, canvas, cards and home decor projects. Lets start: I used an old 10x 12 inches canvas. It had old paint and papers on it. I covered it with white gesso. Little Birdie gesso is my new favourite. It is stark white and primes the surface beautifully even with a single coat. Read more…
Memories- A Mixed Media Project
Hi Everyone, Saadia here I want to share with you a mixed media project today, mostly painted with Little Birdie Chalk Paints. The range of Chalk Paints are so beautiful, easy to use and are versatile. They come in so many lovely colors. Lets start: I cut a heart shaped MDF board with a knife and covered it with surgical gauze. You can also use cheesecloth instead of gauze, to create texture. Next, I applied Grainy Texture Paste with a palette knife, mainly at the edges. Little Read more…
Friendship Forever – A Mixed Media Card
Hello friends, Today I am sharing a Mixed Media card, efforts of my tiny steps in mixed media. I have used Little Birdie’s recently released Embossing Texture Paste for creating texture and it is really addictive to see the paste develop texture under a heat gun. I wanted to make a tall card, so the dimensions are 8″ x 4.25″. I took another panel which I trimmed 1/8 of an inch smaller. I laid the script stencil on the panel and applied ‘Frosty Fizz’ Embossing Texture Paste. I allowed Read more…
Dream-A Mixed Media Project
Hi Everyone, Saadia here, I want to share with you a mixed media project today. I wanted to make a dream catcher or a wreath with Little Birdie’s beautiful flowers but couldn’t decide. So I ended up with a dream catcher, wreath hybrid! I hope you like it. Lets start: To begin with, I applied Little Birdie Fiber Paste with a palette knife to a MDF board. This Fiber Paste gives a very beautiful texture and 3D dimension to the project. Its easy to use and spreads well. It can be tinted Read more…