Tattered Tangles Mixed Media Layout

When I was little coloring was one of those things that could keep me occupied for hours. When I was a bit younger than I am today, I often found myself with some younger relatives coloring books surrounded by the little big eyed owners. I even got a Mermaild´s Coloring book for my 25th birthday….. Well imagine what happened when I got my hands on the Tattered Tangles!

The Tattered Tangles are printed on mistable paper that is really heavy and give your colors a perfect base. You can use the papers as they are or cut them up to fit your project. I choose to cut up my paper and use if for a mixed media layout. I will show you how in a (picture heavy) step-by-step.

Step 1

I started off with painting my paper with Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Mist in different colors.

Step 2

As I wanted to really highlight the Tangled pieces I made a background by applying layers of Glimmer Glaze on a white cardstock.

Step 3

I used a wet dish cloth to smear the Glimmer Glaze a bit. You can see that the green and grey colors are a bit diluted on the picture below.

Step 4

To add dept and a more solid background for my painted Tangled pieces I started to build up layers of stamped words & arrows with these 7 Gypsies wood stamps.

Step 5.

When satisfied how the background looked I added the cut out strips from my Tattered Tangles paper. I cut them in smaller pieces and placed them in vertical and horizontal lines.

Step 6

Embelllishments! I painted a chipboard word with some Glimmer Glaze to keep it in the same color scheme as the rest of the layout. You can also see that I added a some random paint splatters to the layout.