Moments in time - Rainbow Mixed Media Scrapbook

Hello guys
Today I have really fun mixed media scrapbook for you all.Most you must have seen my mixed media layout which I made a few days back...I guess in June and while I was making it I was thinking to make a mixed media scrapbook and use this as the cover for it......and finally I was able to complete this project. To read more about the cover of this scrapbook , please click HERE. Now lets have a look at this scrapbook.

 The entire scrapbook is made using old stash of handmade flowers, embellishments and even pattern papers. I have used Old World Paper stack from DCWV which is an old paper pack for my project and a lot of old and few new flowers from ItsyBitsy(Little Birdie crafts) and mulberry flowers and prima Marketing flowers as well. Apart from all this, clay pieces and metal embellishments, buttons and chipboard pieces from Dusty Attic, Papericious, Mudra crafts and Expression Craft. A lot of stencils from multiple brands were used like Tim Holtz, prima Marketing, Little birdie crafts and The Crafters Workshop.

 To hold this massive project, I built a custom sized box which was all white and covered in white lace...I choose white to bring out all the colors used in this project. To keep it simple, I gave the lid of the box an acetate window...so the scrapbook peeping out breaks the monotony of white box. Love the way this has turned out to be....

The scrapbook inside is 12 inch by 12 inch in size and has 7 pages which is all bound using binder rings. Since its a very chunky scrapbook, I have used 65mm binder rings and so the thickness of this project is near about 3.5". I decided to go with cardstock pages instead of chipboard pages to cut down the bulk but to add more durability to the holes I punched for binding, I reinforced with more cardstock. Here is a video walk through of the entire scrapbook....I really encourage you to watch this.

 Here are a few page wise pictures of the scrapbook....
 I started with maroon and red papers...every page has a lot of mixed media work like stencilling, heat embossing etc. I have used cheesecloth on every page to add more texture apart from using dimensional elements like chipboard shapes, flowers and other embellishments. This page has tones of reds, beige, white, pink, brown and corral tones to bring out the background color.

The next page is in the shades of corals and magenta.....the pages are complimented with the use of brown, pink, red and beige tone embellishments. every page has use of gold foiled leaf diecuts....I used gold heat embossed chipboard shapes as well......it make every page so much interesting and luxurious. Here are some pictures

Now we are in pinks and these 2 pages are in the shades of pinks......and here I have used pinks, whites, brown, corals, purples, lavenders and turquoise colored embellishments.  Every page has space to add 3 to 5 pictures of size 5"by 7" in landscape or portrait or even a collage of smaller pictures. These photomats either have magnets or laces as closures to hold them in place.

I hope you are excited to see more....so here we go. The next set of pages are lavender and purple and the embellishments used have pink, white, coral, brown and kraft tones. Along with photomats, every page holds 1 tag which is co ordinated with the colors of the page and has a small ribbon as a putt out. These tags are 4.25"by 4.25"in size and can hold small 4"by 4"pictures or can even be used for journalling.

 We have now reached the half way mark, the next set of pages are in the shades of blue. I wanted this album to be happy and cheerful and anyone who opes it should feel a lot of positivity...and in order to do so I decided to add positive quotes on every page. Some also have positive words on the pages....kindness, grateful, love etc and quotes like remember to live today......small 3 to 4 words but with powerful messages.

This set of pages are in the shades of yellow and I decided to make 1 side warm and other side cool and decided to use colors accordingly. A lot of shades of warm colors like reds and oranges are on one side and the  other has pinks and lavenders to give it a calming feeling. Love this contrast in colors....hope you like it too.

Onto the next page....these are in shades of yellow ochre and green. Each and every side of the page is a layout on its won and it was like building 17 layouts in total including the cover page. I wanted each page to look different and so I spent a lot of time in planning and designing the layouts and color schemes.I wanted this book to be very vibrant and hap and have used as many colors as I could while not overcrowding the page with many colors. It took me 1 day to make 1 layout and in all I spent 25 days to complete this massive project.

This brings us to the last page....more greens to end the book. Here I have used embellishments in brown, white, yellow, turquoise, green, yellow and lavender tones. In all this book can hold 80 big pictures  or many more small pictures and has 16 tags which can hold 32 pictures max or you can even choose to journal on there. 

I hope that you all like my scrapbook. The whole idea was to use up as many old stash of flowers and embellishments as I could.....as a crafter we have a lot of unused stuff which is eventually discarded and I decided to use it up this time instead of hoarding it or discarding it. I hope it inspired you all to do the same...Thank you for stopping by.

I am putting this scrapbook up at the following blog challenges:

1. Mini Album Makers Challenge - September 2019

Moments in Time - Mixed Media Canvas layout

Hey Guys

Today I have a colorful and happy mixed media canvas to share with you all. I have used a lot of my old stash to make this canvas and it includes atleast 3 year old flowers, stencils and more. I am a hoarded when it comes to flowers and I recently came across this massive box of old flowers and I thought to use them to make this canvas.

I have so much left that I am planning to make a floral scrapbook and use this layout as the cover for the scrapbook...and keeping that in mind I have used chipboard cover as the base for this artwork. To make the layout more fun...I decided to use a rainbow color palatte.....it was getting difficult to choose. 

I started with a plain white background and layers a lot of pattern paper strips in the center which is visible at a few place. I primed the surface with clear gesso and then stencilled at a few places using an old prima stencil. Once completely dry, I layered all my flowers and embellishments.

Then came the fun part of adding colors...I used Lindy's Magical Shakers in so many colors and then highlighted a few places with gesso. To add more interest to the layout, I did a little stamping using finnabair stamps using Grey and Black Archival inks. To finish it all, I did a  little splattering and added some bling and sentiments...and the canvas was done.

I am putting this up at the following challenges:-

1. More Than Words July Challenge - Discover and Old Stash - I have used a lot of stuff from my old stash and while I was digging I also found these acrylic bling drops which I bought an year back...so its a win win situation for me.
2. More Mixed Media challenge - Anything Goes Optional Pastel