Post 140: Layout- Spread Your Wings

Hi friends :)

Thanks for visiting my blog, I truly appreciate it.
I'd like to share a mixed media layout titled "spread your wings" with you.
The color scheme is dark brown, light blue and white with hints of green. 

Synopsis of the process:

The birds, flowers and leaves were stamped onto snippets of Bielo Cardstock (which is thick and smooth and condusive to water coloring) with archival ink and then colored with zig markers, an aqua brush and metallic paint for one of the flowers. The images were then fussy cut. The base of the layout is a DCWV white colored pattern paper with subtle designs on it, this was prepped by adhering it to a cardboard of 12 by 12 inches. Then gesso was applied in certain areas and stencilling and stamping was done to create a background. Color was added using sprays and zig markers. The wonky stitched rectangle die cuts were colored with vintage photo distress ink and then stenciling was done on them. The tag die cut was colored with water colors and distress inks and then the title "Spread Your Wings" was stamped. The secondary title "Fly High: Sky is the Limit" was also stamped using archival ink. The chipboards and mdf cut out were colored with brown camlin brush pen. Then the fussy cut images, die cuts, gauze, chipboards, mdf cutout and twine were all arranged and adhered using Tombow mono multi glue. In the end, few blue and brown splashes were created with the sprays and the edges of the layout were distressed and darkened with distress ink. 

List of Supplies:

1. DCWV Snack Stack
2. DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack
3. Artplorations Tribal Weave Stencil
4. TCW art is stencil
5. Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- Vintage photo and peacock feathers
6. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens
7. Camlin Brush Pens
8. Aqua Brush
9. Lil Birdie Color Splash Sprays- Mocha
10. Homemade spray with Prima Finnabair Mica Powder- Blue
11. Ranger's round blending tool and foams
12. Cutplorations crazy running double stitch rectangle dies
13. Cutplorations Trendy spring blooms die
14. Sizzix Tim Holtz Tags Collection dies
15. Designs by Ryn stamps- Redtailed Comet Hummingbird, African Daisy, Gerbera, Ornate Leaf and Circle cluster set
16. Mudra Stamps- Humming Birds
17. Carte Postale wood mounted stamp
18. Jute Twine
19. Snippets of Bielo cardstock and gauze
20. MDF Butterfly flourish
21. Tombow mono multi glue
22. Dusty Attic Chipboard DA1292 Foliage #2 
23. Dusty Attic Mini Birds #3 DA0727
24. Camlin White Gesso and Ranger clear gesso
25. Artzone metallic paint- Paradise bay (blue)
26. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Ink

Here are a few pictures of the layout:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

DCWV April Stackaholic Challenge (followed the sketch and used DCWV papers)

Rubber Dance April Colour Challenge (there is background stamping and the images have also been stamped and fussy cut, the 3 colors have been used here)

Designs By Ryn April Challenge 

Dusty Attic April Challenge  (I was inspired by the browns and white colors in the mood board and 2 DA chipboards have also been used) 

Creative Artiste Challenge #25

Stamplorations April Mixed Media Challenge (2 stencils have been used here)

Stamplorations Things with Wings Linky Party (there are birds and a butterfly)

Stamplorations Theme and Sketch April Challenge (I've chosen the theme of wings- birds and butterfly)

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

Cutplorations April Challenge (I was inspired by the green, blue and brown colors) 

Mixed Media Place March Challenge 

Mixed Media & Art March Challenge (I was inspired by the brown, white and blue colors in the moodboard) 

HLS MM April Challenge (2 sprays have been used here)

HLS April Watercolor Challenge (The images have been water colored and the background was also water colored with zigs and sprays)

HLS Anything Goes with Dies Challenge 

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 276-277

Thanks for your time :)

Would love to read your comments. 

Stay blessed!