Love- Mixed Media Wall Art and Tutorial

Hello friends!

I have a Mixed Media Wall art and fridge magnet to share today along with a step by step tutorial. Here's a look at what I have created :

This wall hanging would make a perfect accent to your craft room or even as a home decor and I have created this based on the current theme this month at Pretty Paper Studio which is “LOVE”. I have a step by step tutorial on how I have created this, so sit back and relax and hope you enjoy seeing the creative process .

 I first started by roughly drawing a freehand heart shape on a recycled cardboard packaging and fussy cutting it and for the magnet, I have die – cut a heart shape using my die directly on the cardboard. I have used papers from 6″ X 6″ Crate Paper pad : Craft Market collection.

After I had cut the heart shape, I cut out the papers from my paper pad and glued them on the cardboard base. (The brown woodgrain & dotted paper). Then it was time to add some texture to the base so I used Tim Holt Lace stencil and embossing paste along with some Heidi Swapp mists to create my background.

This is how the base looks once the embossing was done . On my dotted heart, I mixed some blue mist with my embossing paste before applying it through the stencil.

This is how the base looks once the embossing was done . On my dotted heart, I mixed some blue mist with my embossing paste before applying it through the stencil.

To create more background texture, I water colored two images from Prima Marketing Everyday Vintage Paintables Cards- Bohemian 4 ”X 6” using my Distress inks and I fussy cut the images and layered them on my heart base.

After I watercolored and fussy cut my image it was time to start embellishing and putting down all my elements on my heart base . I decided to use the Prima Marketing Resin icons in a Box- Chalk Black Lock and Key Sets for this, so I painted it with gesso and colored it with my mist to give it a hint of blue.

After playing around with my embellishments, I finally arranged them on my final piece. I have used handmade flowers and some die cut and colored leaves using Joy! Crafts Die- Leaf #2, added a American Crafts/Amy Tangerine Stamped Myflair Flairs – Embossed Gold along with the Prima Marketing Resin icons in a Box- Chalk Black Lock and Key Set.

 I also made a co-ordinating fridge magnet  to go with my wall hanging :

For the fridge magnet, I have used paper from Crate paper : Craft Market collection 6 ” X 6″ paper pad. I have die-cut a scalloped circle from this paper pad and have foam mounted it on my heart base and used some mulberry flowers and a Prima Resin Icon Key to embellish it, finally used some sequins to finish my project.

I'm linking my wall hanging and fridge magnet to the Winnie and Walter Belated Second Birthday challenge-

Anything but a card, Gold + Watercolor challenge with Heather (I have watercolored the Prima Paintable image) and Floral challenge with Lydia. 

Also entering it in the Artful Crafting- Love challenge.

I hope you liked my post and tutorial. Do leave me your comments/suggestions. I always look forward to them. :)