Pocket Letter #3: "Summer Time"

Pocket Letter #3:  "Summer Time"

This pocket letter was the first mixed media pocket letter I made, even if it was not the first I sent.

I love creating pocket letters doing this because it gives them an element of puzzle.

There were however a few mistakes made along the way.  The good thing is that I learned from those mistakes and my other mixed media pocket letter came out better.

The most important thing I learned was to make a template of the 9 pocket on the page before placing or creating the important features of the pocket letter.

On my next PL I lightly traced with a pencil 9 squares (2.5 x 3.5) after creating the background.  This help to greatly with the placement of the words.

Words are a very important aspect of my pages so making sure to know where the cuts are going to be will help me in the future to have a more pleasing and complete pocket letter image.  As you can see my message got a little cut up on this pocket letter.

Some materials I used were:  Zenspirations stencil, summertime seahorse stencil, Dylusions letter stencils (background), and some sea shell stencils for the images in the background.  Other materials are mixed media paper and Reeves deep turquoise acrylic paint.

As you can see mistakes are just learning opportunities!!!

Thanks for coming this way and visiting and remember that in art there are never mistakes but opportunities for beautiful things.

WonderingMindField

Mixed Media Card #5

For this card I used the following materials:

1. Dylusions "around the corner" stamps.
2. Dylusions "vibrant turquoise" spray paint.
3. FolkArt:  yellow light, magenta, gray and berry wine acrylic paints
4. Music sheet paper, dry wall tape strips, and modeling paste.
5. Tim Holtz washi tape
6. Black card stock.

For this card I decoupaged the music sheets, drywall tape, washi tape and stamped leaf vines to mixed media paper.  All of it was painted with the "vibrant turquoise" spray paint.  Because I wanted the hearts to be the focal point I did not do too much to the background on the right side of the card.

The hearts were decorated with the acrylic pains and I added dry wall tape and stamps to add texture.  Cut them out and glued them to the card.  The words were printed on white card stock and then cut out and glued to the card.  With a Uniball black pen I highlighted the words and hearts to give them dimension.  

I used a stencil and modeling paste to add more texture to the background.  I made this card to keep for when I needed to express my feelings when a loved one was going through a rough time.

Can thank you enough for stopping by and letting me share my passion with you.  Have a great day and always remember to express your creativity.

WonderingMindField