Hi there blog friends! Today I’m participating in a blog hop so I actually sat down and altered an item — it was a fun and welcome break from making a card :-) Today JustRite Papercrafts and Faber Castell join teams to show off some splendid mixed media projects – stay tuned for the end of my post and I’ll give you a link so that you can enter to win some fantastic JustRite and Faber-Castell products. For my project purchased one of the $1.00 wooden frames at Michaels. I covered it with paper embellished with Spellbinders™ Trendy M-Bossabilities™ Embossing Folder – Side B, added flowers made with Spellbinders™Spiral Blossom Four and a butterfly from Spellbinders™ Les Papillions Two. I finished up with a stamped sentiment from JustRite Papercrafts called Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels Two. The subtle shading on the frame and flowers comes from two shades of Faber-Castell Gelatos – (melon and butterscotch) laid down on a My Minds Eye piece of design paper covered with text.
Come along with me as I take you through the steps for this transformation :-)
1. Start with a wooden 8″ square frame. Emboss with Spellbinders™ Trendy M-Bossabilities™ Embossing Folder – Side B
2. Randomly embellish with Gesso
3. Randomly embellish with gelatos using direct to paper, fingertips and sponge to vary intensity.
4. Paint edges of frame with Gesso. Mark outsides and insides of frame on wrong side of paper. Trim to fit frame.
5. Put Scortape on frame. Remove liner and adhere prepared paper to frame.
6. Cut three flowers and one butterfly using Spellbinders™ Spiral Blossom Four and a butterfly from Spellbinders™ Les Papillions Two. Paint flower with gesso and embellish with gelato as shown.
7. Add flower, butterfly and ribbon embellishments to frame. Stamp sentiment with flourish – insert in frame opening.
8. Finish by embellishing with tiny pearls.
| SUPPLIES I USED |
| Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts – Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels Two Paper: My Minds Eye – Lost and Found, Neenah Classic Crest – Smooth – 80lb – Natural White Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Victorian Velvet Distress Ink Accessories: Faber Castell Metallic Gelato – Melon, Faber-Castell Metallic Gelato – Butterscotch, Gesso, Spellbinders™ Trendy M-Bossabilities™ Embossing Folder – Side B, Spellbinders™Spiral Blossom Four, Spellbinders™ Les Papillions Two, His and Her Wedding Pic, Recollections Pearls, Prima Burlap Leaves, Becca’s Bow Maker |
Here are the other designers who are participating in the JustRite Papercrafts & Faber Castell Blog Hop. I hope you spend a moment looking through the wonderful creations they’ve dreamed up today. Want a chance to win goodies? Check it out with all the rules here ——> JustRite Inspiration
| JustRite Papercrafts – Faber Castell Designers Day 1 |
| JustRite Inspiration • Becca Feeken • Sharon Harnist • Eva Dobilas • Tiffany Johnson • Michele Kovack • Heidi Blankenship • Kellie Fortin • Rita Barakat • Sheri Holt • Angela Barkhouse • Barb Schram |
Big hugs friends, thanks for stopping in to visit today! Still working in the background, but I’ll be back soon. Get crafty!
How really beautiful this mixed media turned out. The pearls add the right amount needed for the whole image to POP! So creative….and I love to see uses for the Faber Castell gelatos. Now I will bring them out and get to it again! Thanks Becca!
That’s such a beautiful project. I love the roses and the curled edge. And the colours you chose look so beautiful together.
ooh your project is lovely, the colors are just gorgeous!
very pretty, just love the colors in the flowers and such a pretty background!
Love your project, especially the colors and the pearls and flowers.
Incredibly soft, pretty and romantic!
WOW!! Beautiful Creation!! Loving the muted colors and the layers!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Your frame is beautiful. I love you flowers and the pretty bow. This is so amazingly gorgeous.
Love the beautiful projects. Always so wonderful. Never used the gelatos but would love to have them.
Your frame here is absolutely gorgeous Becca. You just can´t make anything look bad, can you? I just love this frame here to pieces too, and I just HAVE TO give this a try myself sometime soon.
Oh my goodness Becca! This is lovely! I have some of those frames stashed away in my craft room – now I know what to do with them :) Thanks for the tutorial! I love everything you create, but have no idea how to do what you do so this tutorial helps tons! Hugs!
That is beautiful! I love how you colored the edges of the flowers and the background is amazing!
Gorgeous artwork!
BEAUUUUUUUUUTIFUL BECCA!!!!!!!!!! :) I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the GELATOS!!!!!!!!!!! :) WHAT FUN they are!!!!!!! :) FABER CASTELL offers LOTS of GOODIES, AND have a FUN WEBSITE TOO!!!!!!!! :) LOTS OF THINGS TO LEARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
becka, so cute how you minimally grunged up your project…smile
thanks for sharing the deets on how to get the look,, appreciate that.
ava g
I really like the roses.
Gorgeous! Love the sentiment too.
OH my goodness I would love to do this.. I’m so wanting those gelatos…
beautifulwork.
Very feminine card with the usual Becca WOW factors!
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your techniques!
Love the inspiration! – Thank you!!
Becca, you never fail to amaze me with your unbelievable talents — LOVE that ‘peeling corner’ on your frame!!! I just got 2 small journals for 50 cents @ Michaels and this idea would work beautifully to make them into sweet little gifts!!! TFS your talent and inspiring me today — hope I can win some Faber-Castell products to work with.
wow! what a pretty frame and what a meaningful saying too!!!
love it Becca!
e-mail me one day when u can! hahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Take care
**Milu**
wow..This is such a pretty frame, and look at all those gorgeous little pearls you use.
Absolutely stunning Becca! Wowzers!! Amazing!
stylish romantic frame! very gorgeous!
absolutly stunning .Melanie
Beautiful Becca, love how you created the paper. Thanks for sharing.
OMGoodness Becca !!! your frame is gorgeous thanks for sharing
Beautiful
Beautiful!
Before I go on the hop, I just want to tell you what a lovely job you did on the altered frame and also how well done your tutorial was. Great job!
Such a beautiful card!!
What a beautiful creation Becca. I absolutely love your frame. Hugs from Scotland. Rita xx
I love this frame it is so pretty and the colors are great, on my way to see all the other goodies you have in store for us.
Can I just sit in your mind for one day. This is just elegant!
great frame. I keep hearing about gesso and I think I need to check into it more. I just love how you creat something gorgeous from next to nothing. wonderful works.
Hi Becca,
Your altered frame is stunning, love the colours you chose and your beautiful sentiment.
Donna Jones
LOVE gelatos & the softness you did with them
I LOVE this project…. thanks for the great tutorial! :)
What a wonderful frame you have created.
You amaze me time after time when I come back to your blog.
Becca,
This is totally awesome – I can see where using these colors can really bring out the beauty of a project. I have not tried these yet and winning would be a great way to start. I am working on Cards and altered art boxes at the present. thanks so much for sharing.
Judy
Oh my, I don’t know how you do it. You just keeping offering more wonders and beautiful things to see. Thank you Becca!
This is stunning. You really did a wonderful job with the Gelatos. I love it.
It is amazing what you can do with a $1 frame. Love your use of mixed media and JR stamps.
God bless,
Peggy
Beautiful project Becca…using the Gelatos looks like fun!
Oh my word this is absolutely gorgeous! Wow is all I can say and I am a talker trust me! You did an amazing job! Thank you for sharing!
Hugs
Carley
Awesome project and great instructions Becca! Thank you!
Oh my gosh, look what you did with just a book page. Amazing. Im in love.
The text looks great with the flowers, and the colors! WOO
Absolutely beautiful. Love the colors.
Beautiful! Mixed Media…. just loving it :)
Nikki x
As alwaysa beautiful creation. I have some of the wooden frames that i never used. what a great idea for them.
Curling the edge is such a cute idea. I like that added touch.
Great card….and I am currently working on making cards.
This is absolutely gorgeous!! I love the design and the beautiful embellishments you used!! Stunning!!
That is just my style, I love it! Miss your kit club so very much. Thanks for blogging.
Wow….gorgeous
So pretty! Becca, your creations always have the most amazing details!
Such delicate colouring Becca – and I thought that Gelatos were all really bright and vivid! I clearly need to try them myself.
I like the smoothness and vibrant colors of the Gelatos. Your work shows that the Gelatos can also produce elegant effects. I love your work.
This is lovely, never tried the gelatos but I will now.
Becca, you never cease to inspire us with your talent as well as your warm and wonderful heart! LOVE your coloring with this product that I’d love to try myself at some point. I also love how you take bargains and with your great talent you make some fantastic art gifts. Wonderful!!!
Becca, your frame is so beautiful. Thanks for showing us the way you put it together. Can’t wait to get my hands dirty with paint!
Becca always such a pleasure to open one of your emails,
But love it when you put in a tutorial, and this one is
Fantastic, love the frame and your colouring of your frame and rose is wonderful. thank you
beautiful!
Beautiful frame–love the flowers.
Love your frame. I love Gelatos, they help do such wonderful things with embossing folders. BIGG RIN
Have a great day
So soft and pretty, Becca…I love how pastel and springlike this card is. Wonderful!
Lovely Becca, as usual! your talent with all types of products is spectacular!
I purchased Gelatos a few months ago but didn’t know what to do with them or how to use them on a card. Love your project very much!!
So soft, feminine and vintage equals totally gorgeous! Love how you used gesso with the gelatos even on the flowers.
Really really beautiful frame! I love the soft colors of the gelatos on the embossed paper and flowers. All of your details make it extra special. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Beautiful frame!!
This is absolutely lovely. The design and shading is so elegant and pretty. Thank you for sharing and the inspiration.
Love the sentiment and the creation! Just beautiful, Becca!
I am so in love with Gelatos! Thanks for the great inspiration and the chance to win. :)
Beautiful project! Loving these Gelatos.
STUNNING! What more can I say?
Beautiful, stunning, gorgeous. I love this. The little peek of script in the corner is an awesome touch. Great tutorial.
Gorgeous frame! I love the use of gesso to help ‘age’ the paper. Your colors are subtle yet not so subtle. just beautiful!
Great project Becca!
Lovely mixed media art! You make this look simple! I know it is not, you did a wonderful job!
what a beautiful altered frame! Love it! Looks so romantic!
Another beautiful card. Your tutorial makes this gorgeous card look so easy when in reality this card looks very complicated and beautiful.
Wow, wow, WOW!!!! Absolutely gorgeous, Becca!
Your projects are awesome and I ? your tutorials which are easy to understand and follow along with. I am enjoying this blog hop…so many pretty things to see and techniques to learn. Thank you for sharing!!
Wow! Your frame is stunning! I love the color palette and all the bling! Thanks for the inspiration! =)
The project is so pretty. It is soft and feminine. Love it.
Stunning!! loved it totally!
-Berina
Gorgeous! I have a frame here and think I’ll be pulling it out and doing something with it.
I love this project! The soft color combination is great. But I don’t understand how you embossed the 8×8 paper using an embossing folder.
Stunning! Time to get out my gesso and gelatos!
Gorgeous love it
Love to decorate home décor items to match things I have in my home. Thank you for some new ideas.
Beautiful projects. I love card making and I love to be inspired. Thanks!
Beautiful card, Becca, and thank you for the step-outs!
Always love your tutorials! Great project! Love the soft colors.
Wow. This is GORGEOUS!!!!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration, and for the how to. I’m blown away by it. So beautiful.
Gorgeous project! I love the colors! Very springy! Thanks for sharing!
Love this idea, Becca! The colors are luscious!
Holy Crap! And I mean that in the most flattering way! Love your style, love the project and I liked JustRite and Faber Castell before, but now I am in love. Thank you soo much!
this is stunning, love your work.
Beautiful!! Just bought a few gelatos.
Your frame is so very pretty. Thank you for your tutorial.
the pearls are wow!
nice project
Becca always does such amazing projects!!!!!! I always look up her projects for insparations and youtube on “how to” s. Thank you
This is just amazing! I love the texture and the colors, Gorgeous!
WOW I’m not even sure what to say, this is breath taking, what a gorgeous card!!! I just think you are the very BEST card maker there is!!! Love the tutorials too.
What a stunning card i just love everything about this one and you have used one of my faverite colours. And the papers are so pretty and delicate. Take Care xx
Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the roses and your color choices.
Beautiful artwork. I like every detail of it. The colors, the flowers and the technique. Thanks for sharing your gifts.
Wow! This is breathtaking – truly! I love how you mix the vintage/grunge with elegance. Your bows are true works of art too! Love, love, love, what you have done.
OMGoodness. I can’t believe you attached all those tiny pearls. Beautiful job and the use of gesso is inspiring. TFS
Love this new product on paper. Love the real thing, too.
This is so pretty Becca TFS xx Jan
Becca your work is beautiful!!! I will have to try this!!Thank you for the inspiration, have a wonderful day!
Beautiful project Becca. And your step by step tutorial is fantastic – maybe even I can do this!
Hi
Just wanted to say your cards are equisite I hope I can be inspired by what you do with your great handy work. Hope one day you will come to the UK
Through spell binders and give us what you got.
Must say your dies stamps are ahead of what we see On the craft channels here good thing about being in the USA
Have a blessed day x
Beautiful frame, this blog hop has convinced me that I NEED gelatos.