Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge #7

Hello, everybody!

It's 5th of November already and it's time for our new challenge at Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge blog! Our talented Cec is hostessing the challenge for this month and she has chosen the theme 'It's Ornamental'!

Since the holiday will be coming up pretty quickly, Cec would like you to create a mixed media ornament for your Christmas tree or a Christmas decor item for your house or table.

Please head over to our challenge blog by clicking on the picture bellow to check out what my super talented teamies have created for this awesome challenge! 

                              

I like to decorate my home for Christmas in vintage style so I decided to create a shabby wall hanging for my craft room and here is what I came up with:

Unfortunately, I lost somehow all the step by step photos so I am going to explain the process of making this piece. 

I started with a small canvas and my Golden crackle paste which I applied with my palette knife on the back side edges. To distress the edges a bit I used my Vintage photo DI. 

A piece of an old music note sheet was glued down on the background and I added a piece of lace on the corner. To decorate the inside edges I used a lace ribbon from my stash. 

To imitate snow, instead of using some snow paste I decided to use my pom poms trim on top and some gauze at the bottom. 

For more festive look I used some bells I baught last year and attached them with a piece of a craft wire. I also had some wooden embellishments and I decided to use them on top of my canvas so I wrote letters on them to create a word NOEL. 

I found a piece of plastic embellishment in my stash (Merry Christmas) and I used my alcohol inks to achieve a metallic look to it. I glued it on a piece of wood (you know those wooden pieces that usually come with canvas) previously distressed with a Vintage photo distress stain. 

I love to use natural elements for embellishing so I went out to my yard to find some twigs. 

They were connected with a piece of string and I put a small bell, previously treated with alcohol inks, in the middle. I glued those twigs down to decorate the bottom edge. 

Mini Christmas tree is from Tim Holtz Idealogy collection. I decided not to color it with sprays but to embellish it with some gems and a star that I also had in my stash haha. It's obvious that I completely cleaned my craft room the other day, isn't it :) 

Needless to say that those wooden laser cut numbers were from my stash as well. I had a bunch of these and never used them before because...I couldn't find them in my small but well supplied craft room :)

To finish my piece I attached a piece of wire on top to be able to hang it on the wall. I made a bow out of my hand dyed seam binding and a piece of music note patterned ribbon and attached it to the wire. 

That is it, my friends! I hope I inspired you to create a mixed media ornament for the upcoming Christmas and to join in our challenge for November! 

Here at Anything But Cute we just love to see all the seasoned and expert mixed media artists, but we also want to encourage those who are just getting their feet wet. Our design team will always be on the lookout for these exceptional projects and artists. You just never know when we might be giving out something special to a lucky mixed media newcomer. We all have to start somewhere, right?

This challenge runs until December 4th - we can't wait to see what you come up with!

Happy crafting!

Hugs! Branka x

Challenges:
Altered Eclectics - November Challenge
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - November Challenge
Sparkles Christmas Challenges - Christmas Decoration Challenge
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - November Challenge

Eclectic Ellapu - November Challenges - Purple Team - Altered art