Up-cycling is so IN at the moment. We give new life to old chairs, tables, mirrors, frames and loads of other stuff that would otherwise end their life in a pile of junk. With a little bit of imagination, creativity and love, we give those items a second chance at a second life in a…
Today Crew Member Tracy Dickson share share a project inspired by the American flag. Tracy tell us: The July Challenge was to use your own country’s flag as inspiration. Americans decorate with the flag theme for several holidays every year, including the 4th of July (Independence Day), so I decided to make a décor piece for…
Half a birdhouse – the gypsies have claimed it!!! There may or may not have been a party last night. What happens at the gypsy house, stays at the gypsy house! This is how Juli Ondrush introduces her project. Makes it sound interesting and exciting from the word go, right? Materials Julie used in…
Today we begin a monthlong collaboration with Relics & Artifacts. Each design team member received blanks from Canvas Corp Brands and an array of Tattered Angels “colors” along with products from Relics & Artifacts. First up we have Crew Member Shannon Green. Shannon shares her journey creating an Ancient Soul Artist Book. But before we…
Architextures papers are amazing!!! Have we told you that before? We sure have! You can cut them into pieces to use as additional texture, cut elements out to use as embellishments, you can use them as they are and build up on the design already there. Add to it some of the other Architextures elements…
Today’s Wings On Wednesday feature Mixed Media Origins Mini Art. Minis are sets of 6×6 one-sided prints of versatile designs that you can colour, cut out, die-cut, sew… anything you can think of. They are printed on the Tattered Angels mistable suede paper which gives it an amazing feel as well as look. Chris Pozzi…
Our Crew member, Cristin Stevenson is an artist like no other with her dark grungy paintings. Today, she shares with us one of her pieces where she used Tattered Angels mists and an Architextures base to create this dark, reaction provoking canvas. ‘Every time we create we are telling a story. That story might be told in…
Hello! It’s Kimberly here today! I am hoping to inspire you to have fun making these adorable mixed media wine-themed canvas. First, you will need to prepare an Architextures Junqe pack and a stretched chunky canvas – they will be your base. OK, let’s start now that you’re ready for the mixed media fun! What…
Various greeting cards are always handy to have – be it forgotten birthday, leaving do or get-well-soon, handmade cards are so much more personal and meaningful than the mass-produced ones. Two of our Crew share with us their take on greeting cards today. Both layered, one full of mixed-media textures the other delicate and understated……
Our Crew has members from all around the world. This month we want you to use the colors from the flag from YOUR country when you create. There is no limit to what you can do with this challenge – home decor pieces, water color paintings, cards, tags or altered items. The How to: To…