I Just Want To Make Nice Things.....

Hi lovelies. Today's post is for Itsy Bitsy and I again, get to have fun playing with their stunningly gorgeous products which are growing by the minute. 

The team is concentrating on the beautiful chalk paints which are just brilliant and come in a rainbow of colours. 

I chose a 8" x 8" piece of greyboard to work on as I needed a sturdy background to add lots of lovely Itsy Bitsy mixed media products to. 

So... here is what I created....

I chose an 8" x 8" piece of greyboard to work on as I needed a sturdy background to add lots of lovely Itsy Bitsy mixed media products to.

I covered the greyboard with Little Birdie white textured cardstock using Little Birdie Craft glue. I then ripped up a sheet of the Little Birdie Vintage Reflections paper and glued bits of it to the base using the craft glue.

I added some texture using a stencil and Little Birdie Mixed Media Paste.

I then added more texture using Grainy Texture Paste applying it with my finger.

And added even more texture using the craft glue and Texture Sand.

When everything had dried, I painted the base using Little Birdie French Rose Chalk Paint. Then spraying with Mocha Colour Wash.

I painted one of the chipboard pieces from the Primed Chipboard Winter Berry pack white and two mini tags with the chalk paint and added a little of the Mocha Colour Wash to the tags.

I gathered the tags, chipboard piece and Little Birdie flowers and arranged them on the base. And a Tim Holtz words sticker.

Here are a few close ups....

Thanks for popping by my blog. Leave a comment if you wish, I love to hear your thoughts.

Toodles for now, Lisa xxx

"Live Every Moment" with Itsy Bitsy

Hello lovelies. Here is my newest creation for the Itsy Bitsy Design Team.

For this project I kept my focus on the gorgeous Itsy Bitsy decoupage papers. The hardest part is choosing which of the papers to use as there are so many different designs and they are all stunning!!

I chose the Timeless Beauty decoupage papers. There are 4 A4 sheets in the pack with two designs and two sheets of each design.
I also wanted to use the Little Birdie "Live Every Moment" Primed Chipboard and I thought the decoupage sheet with the clocks would match well.


So, here is a step by step of what I did.


First, I chose a substrate that I wanted to work on which was a MDF wooden tray with side handles, just less than A4 in size, which I painted with the White Mixed Media 2 in 1 Modelling Paste and Gesso.

I added some texture using Grainy Texture Paste with the mixed media Net stencil along the outside sides of the tray.  When the texture paint had dried, I painted the tray with French Rose chalk paint then added some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink to add a vintage look to the tray.

Next I measured and cut one of the A4 sheets of the "Timeless Beauty" decoupage paper and adhered it to the inside bottom of the tray using Little Birdie Craft Glue. When the decoupage had dried, I added some Mocha Colour Splash around the edge.

The next step I used Marigold Alcohol Splash to colour the Primed Chipboard and some Mixed Media Stones.

While the chipboard and stones were drying. I had the difficult choice of picking some of stunning Little Birdie flowers to decorate the tray with. Just like the decoupage papers, it is hard to choose as they are all such beautifully handmade in a rainbow of colours.
I used a selection of Lucinda Blush Flowers and Spanish Moss Symphony Flowers .

I also added some Hummingbird Craft Stickers and the Mixed Media Stones.

Thank you for popping by the Itsy Bitsy blog to see my creation. All the products I used are below.

 I hope I inspired you to get creative with Mixed Media.

Toodles for now,

Lisa x