Rustic, Vintage Mixed Media Hanging Decor

Hello all crafty friends, Shalini Kundrai here with a mixed media project. As you all know we are celebrating mixed media month. Here is my own version of mixed media named “freedom” for my studio. Sometimes in life we follow certain things or rules blindly because of conditioning by the society we live in, afraid to follow our heart or try something new, but friends, there is a very beautiful way to break the barriers and get freedom is positive self-talk and affirmations. So the project Read more…

Romantic Exploding Gift Box

Hello Everyone! Swarna Raman here to keep you inspired! February, the month of love is about to end….before it goes, I wanted to share an exploding gift box that you can make for someone special anytime of the year! Lets get to the tutorial . For the base, I have taken a white cardstock of 12″ * 12″ and scored at 4″ and 8″ on all sides. Little Birdie’s newly launched Paper Trimmer has helped me a lot for scoring and trimming the papers. After scoring and folding the papers, Read more…

Mixed Media Home Décor

Hello everyone it’s Pooja Sharma here today! I will show you how to create an easy and cool mixed media home décor. I also have a video tutorial for this project, but before that  let me explain about the process and the materials I have used. Step:1 I had an old earthen pot with me and wanted to give it a new look. So, I used it as a base for my project. I made made a structure of tree stems with hard wire and put it around the mouth of this pot   Step 2: I made some leaves and flower Read more…

Celebrate Love – Mixed Media Decor

Hi friends, DT Member Nandhini Vasandan here! Valentine’s Day is gone but love is in the air all through the year… Today I will share the step by step process of a mixed media decor I created, to Celebrate Love! Handmade gifts are not just special, but throws in a whole new meaning and value for the gift, for your loved ones. I have used loads of mixed media techniques to make this decor piece. Let me take you through the steps in making this wonderful piece. I started with  Step Read more…

Mixed Media Decor – Miracles Happen

 MIRACLES HAPPEN   Hello & Namaste , Bela Shah here today with you! I altered a wooden slice with loads of Little Birdie craft supplies  to bring my imagination to life and I am eager to share it with you. I had this project in my mind for a long time and I thought because its on a natural base I would like to make it rustic. So I kept the colour scheme as natural as possible. To give it that natural look, I also used lot of things that came straight from nature I feel Read more…

Mixed Media Tag – Love The Life You Live

Namaste Friends!! I am Kriti. Hope you all are fine and healthy. Today I have a mixed media tag for you to inspire you create something similar and join the ongoing Mixed Media Challenge. This is what I made… Step 1 : Take a piece of cardboard and apply white gesso over it to completely cover it. I have given two coats of gesso as I have not taken a primed canvas. Gesso is used to make the surface non- porous, which prepars the surface for different paints and mediums.   Step Read more…

Vintage Remote Organizer

Hello everyone, Apexa Nagar here to keep you inspired with a mixed media creation. Keeping things organized can be a task if you don’t have a proper organizer for everything. That’s so true for the TV, AC, and all the remote controls that you have at home. That saves you time and trouble! So I made one today with an antique, metallic look.   To make this organizer, I used : 1. Any wooden base, here I have taken a remote organizer 2. Little Birdie Stencils  3. Little Birdie white Read more…

Mixed Media Art Journal

 Dear crafty friends, Kripa here today with a mixed media art journal page. Hope this inspires you to try some new techniques and join the ‘Mixed Media Challenge” this month. To begin, I cut out the dragonfly and clock motif from a Little Birdie filament decoupage paper. Glued it on some white cardstock and cut it out. Next, I drew some lines on the same cardstock and divided them as shown. I have labelled them so that I can apply the same paste on them later on. I also cut a few chipboard Read more…

Mixed Media Altered Diary

Hello friends. I hope you all are doing great. DT member Vidhu Thareja back on the blog with a new inspirational project for the ongoing Mixed Media Blog Challenge. This time I have altered a diary using some of the awesome mixed media supplies from Itsy Bitsy. I have a stepwise picture tutorial for you all. So without wasting more time let’s start the tutorial…. I had a plain diary so I decided to do makeover for it. The first step is to prepare the base to work further. So I applied Read more…

Mixed Media Decor – Upcycled Bottle

Hello crafty peeps Priya Satish this side to inspire you for the ongoing Itsy Bitsy Mixed Media Challenge. I have altered a mundane looking ketchup bottle to a beautiful mixed media bottle. Hope it inspires you to upcycle something today!   Here’s the synopsis of the step by step tutorial using the awesome products from Itsy Bitsy. Step 1: Clean the bottle with spirit and apply a coat of white Gesso. Allow it to dry. Step 2: Sponge dab the Little Birdie Home Decor Read more…