About a year ago, I discovered this utterly adorable artwork by the one and only Stamperia at Simple Pleasures in Colorado Springs (y’all, this IS the mothership of papercrafting and they ship). I bought the chipboard pieces, several 12 x 12 pieces of the darling paper, and had no idea what I’d do with them. About a month later we learned we’d be grandparents for the first time. I had an idea. I bought more of the Hidden Grove paper line from Simon Says Stamp. The grandbaby showed up early so I put the pedal to the metal in late January and made these three mixed media hoops.
Except for the moon on the largest hoop (which was made with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Spray, Scattered Straw Distress Spray and Pumice Stone Distress Ink together with his Moon Mask), everything you see is part of the Hidden Grove line from Stamperia. If you’re not familiar with this company, all their artwork is divine. Be prepared to fall in love.
Each hoop has a few pieces of chipboard embellishments on it, especially on the edge of the hoop. And there are a few pieces of the Hidden Grove chipboard in the backgrounds. However, the majority of the images were fussy cut using my favorite detail scissors from We R Memory Keepers. I used similar or identical paper to the background, and once it was cut, I inked all the edges just a tiny bit with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Next, I backed each of the pieces with a chipboard harvested from old mailers, notepads, etc. I simply traced around my fussy cut pieces and then cut the cardboard out inside the trace line by about 4mm, to ensure it was smaller than my artwork and wouldn’t show. It wasn’t pretty looking but it made the pieces sturdy. Then, I raised the cut pieces up from the Hidden Grove paper background with a LOT of craft foam. I ended up using a combination of 2mm fun foam and 4mm fun foam from the hobby store. I used Bearly Arts glue for everything on this project. It’s my favorite liquid glue.
The hoops themselves came from Goodwill (the largest one) and Amazon (the 2 smaller ones). I bought a $0.69 bottle of walnut colored stain from the same hobby store along with some cheap foam brushes. It took no time at all to stain the hoops (separated inside from outside hoop) and have them dry.
The very back of the hoops is more chipboard, which I covered with solid cardstock to make it look better from behind. The ribbon I got from the Etsy seller named Delainenoe.
This was a labor of love and now hangs in the little guy’s nursery using Command Adhesive Velcro Strips.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk * at first mention were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me. I do not get paid to promote any products.
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About a year ago, I discovered this utterly adorable artwork by the one and only Stamperia at Simple Pleasures in Colorado Springs (y’all, this IS the mothership of papercrafting and they ship). I bought the chipboard pieces, several 12 x 12 pieces of the darling paper, and had no idea what I’d do with them. About a month later we learned we’d be grandparents for the first time. I had an idea. I bought more of the Hidden Grove paper line from Simon Says Stamp. The grandbaby showed up early so I put the pedal to the metal in late January and made these three mixed media hoops.
Except for the moon on the largest hoop (which was made with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Spray, Scattered Straw Distress Spray and Pumice Stone Distress Ink together with his Moon Mask), everything you see is part of the Hidden Grove line from Stamperia. If you’re not familiar with this company, all their artwork is divine. Be prepared to fall in love.
Each hoop has a few pieces of chipboard embellishments on it, especially on the edge of the hoop. And there are a few pieces of the Hidden Grove chipboard in the backgrounds. However, the majority of the images were fussy cut using my favorite detail scissors from We R Memory Keepers. I used similar or identical paper to the background, and once it was cut, I inked all the edges just a tiny bit with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Next, I backed each of the pieces with a chipboard harvested from old mailers, notepads, etc. I simply traced around my fussy cut pieces and then cut the cardboard out inside the trace line by about 4mm, to ensure it was smaller than my artwork and wouldn’t show. It wasn’t pretty looking but it made the pieces sturdy. Then, I raised the cut pieces up from the Hidden Grove paper background with a LOT of craft foam. I ended up using a combination of 2mm fun foam and 4mm fun foam from the hobby store. I used Bearly Arts glue for everything on this project. It’s my favorite liquid glue.
The hoops themselves came from Goodwill (the largest one) and Amazon (the 2 smaller ones). I bought a $0.69 bottle of walnut colored stain from the same hobby store along with some cheap foam brushes. It took no time at all to stain the hoops (separated inside from outside hoop) and have them dry.
The very back of the hoops is more chipboard, which I covered with solid cardstock to make it look better from behind. The ribbon I got from the Etsy seller named Delainenoe.
This was a labor of love and now hangs in the little guy’s nursery using Command Adhesive Velcro Strips.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk * at first mention were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me. I do not get paid to promote any products.
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Mixed Media is a marathon. A card idea can come together and get produced relatively fast most of the time, but a big mixed media project takes time. The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a bit of green sent me off in every direction. This giant tag is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". I started with Tim Holtz Backdrops Vol 5 and chose an "Old Paper" piece. I cut it to a tab shape and matted it on black cardstock. Instead of using actual stitching around the edge, I used a very old 49 & Market stamp set called Gabi's Line Stitching and stamped my stitching around the edge. Using Tim Holtz Blossom Stencil and his Opaque Crackle Paste I stenciled onto the paper. To knock down some of the brightness of the crackle paste, I dabbed on Old Paper Distress Ink.
I rarely use my alcohol inks because I am usually not happy with my results, but this time I just wanted green. I used Ranger Alcohol Ink in Moss along with a little bit of Chronicle on a piece of Duralar paper to just get a mass of green. I die cut this with Tim Holtz Nested Hexagons dies and made a lot of hexagons and hexagon frames. I glued those down, some with foam adhesive. I splattered the tag with Distress Paint in Picket Fence. I took Tattered Rose Distress Spray Stain and Antique Linen Spray Stain and made a mass of an orange-y coral color on Canson XL watercolor paper. I cut 2 of the Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies from this and glued them together at the center.
Next, I fussy cut these 2 amazing flowers from another sheet from the backdrops. That took time. Since the big flower was so fragile, I glued it to a piece of heavyweight vellum that I had already heat embossed with Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Glaze and Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set (my favorite TH stamp set). I glued the small flower directly onto 2 hexagons. Since I wanted to lighten up the area behind my big flower, I put some thread along with a strip of Tim Holtz Mummy Cloth beneath it. I adhered the flower and vellum with carefully hidden foam adhesive.
Finally, I inked and matted 2 phrases from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clippings Sticker Book onto black cardstock and adhered them with foam adhesive. I tied some beautiful green Vivant ribbon around the hole I punched at the top.
I am entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and the Make My Monday Challenge and the Inspiration Station Challenge.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk (*) at first mention, were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me. I do not get paid to promote any products.
Mixed Media is a marathon. A card idea can come together and get produced relatively fast most of the time, but a big mixed media project takes time. The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a bit of green sent me off in every direction. This giant tag is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". I started with Tim Holtz Backdrops Vol 5 and chose an "Old Paper" piece. I cut it to a tab shape and matted it on black cardstock. Instead of using actual stitching around the edge, I used a very old 49 & Market stamp set called Gabi's Line Stitching and stamped my stitching around the edge. Using Tim Holtz Blossom Stencil and his Opaque Crackle Paste I stenciled onto the paper. To knock down some of the brightness of the crackle paste, I dabbed on Old Paper Distress Ink.
I rarely use my alcohol inks because I am usually not happy with my results, but this time I just wanted green. I used Ranger Alcohol Ink in Moss along with a little bit of Chronicle on a piece of Duralar paper to just get a mass of green. I die cut this with Tim Holtz Nested Hexagons dies and made a lot of hexagons and hexagon frames. I glued those down, some with foam adhesive. I splattered the tag with Distress Paint in Picket Fence. I took Tattered Rose Distress Spray Stain and Antique Linen Spray Stain and made a mass of an orange-y coral color on Canson XL watercolor paper. I cut 2 of the Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies from this and glued them together at the center.
Next, I fussy cut these 2 amazing flowers from another sheet from the backdrops. That took time. Since the big flower was so fragile, I glued it to a piece of heavyweight vellum that I had already heat embossed with Peeled Paint Distress Embossing Glaze and Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set (my favorite TH stamp set). I glued the small flower directly onto 2 hexagons. Since I wanted to lighten up the area behind my big flower, I put some thread along with a strip of Tim Holtz Mummy Cloth beneath it. I adhered the flower and vellum with carefully hidden foam adhesive.
Finally, I inked and matted 2 phrases from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clippings Sticker Book onto black cardstock and adhered them with foam adhesive. I tied some beautiful green Vivant ribbon around the hole I punched at the top.
I am entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and the Make My Monday Challenge and the Inspiration Station Challenge.
Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. This means I may receive a small commission when you click through and shop using the links I provide. This helps support me in creating and posting my crafts. Items marked with an asterisk (*) at first mention, were provided by a store or manufacturer. Otherwise, all items were purchased by me. I do not get paid to promote any products.
