Mixed media ornaments

Learn how to make DIY mixed media ornaments!

A unique and different way to take mixed media art. Check out this collaged glass ornament using gesso, ephemera and StencilGirl® stencils. Project by Debi Adams. #stencilgirl #mixedmedia #ornament #christmasornament #layers #ephemera

I love to go to the local crafty store and pick up the plain glass ornaments (on sale, of course!). They are so easy to alter and 'fancy up'. :) This year a made a bunch and in different shapes. Lots of paper recycling (I always save the tissue paper in gifts as well as rescue books from the recycle bin), inking, stamping and painting. If you have a little spare time and want to feel festive, put on some Christmas music, get out your Mod Podge and start ripping paper... Or you can head over…

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Chipboard coaster into mixed media Christmas tags tutorial. www.shawnpetite.com

Last year I painted a few ornaments right before Christmas. I posted a photo and ended up with quite a few requests to sell them! But I only had 4 and when I went to order more ornaments to paint every retailer was sold out. So this year I started early!There was awhile there that I was painting every night as I think I've created over 40 ornaments during the past few weeks. They became a little addicting once I started adding the paint pens to the final layer.I painted them in batches of…