Friday, April 26, 2013


I made this card with the splitcoaststampers Mix-Ability challenge in mind.
The challenge this week is to use squiggles and lines, etc. which I did by outlining my words and the leaves and stems of the flowers. I even squiggled a few birds in the clouds!!



The background was made with watercolor paper. I misted it really good with water.
 I applied some different Distress ink colors to my work pad, added water, then mooshed the paper into the wet inks. I held the paper up so that the inks could move around the paper.  I used some Faber Castell crayons and colored around the edges. Also misted it with some Perfect pearls. It has a really pretty sheen IRL.

I made the flowers with one of my Verve flower dies. I cut them out  and misted them with water. I squished them up and let them dry. After drying,  I inked and painted them with gesso and distress inks.


Hope you like my Mixability card! Because I really like playing with all this stuff!

Thanks for stopping by!
Mackie

7 comments:

shirley-bee said...

Love how you've done the background! The flowers are pretty, and so are those little birds!

Mona Pendleton said...

So beautiful Mackie! Love the background that you created and those blossoms are oh so pretty! So artsy and creative!

Lisa Elton said...

You are on a roll Mackie with this mixed media stuff! Wow is this fun! I love the pretty blooms and all of your sqiggles!!

Jackie Rockwell said...

This is AMAZING Mackie!

Kristi said...

Wow! You should frame this and hang it on the wall! Very beautiful!

Sue Lelli said...

Look what I missed! This is absolutely GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS, Mackie! LOVE all of the details right down to your FAB flowers and tiny birds!

Jill Norwood said...

Mackie this is so wonderful! I just tried my hand at my very first mixed media project and I had fun! Love the colors and your gorgeous flowers on this project! So pretty!
:)Jill