One of the joys of scrapbooking is combining various papers, embellishments, photos, and words in sometimes surprising ways to craft delightful works of art. By adding a little of this and a little more of that, we scrapbookers indulge in the kind of playful creation we enjoyed as children.
Mixed Media Scrapbooking, a new special issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine, encourages this spirit of childlike creative fun. Its 132 pages brim with useful how-tos and
inspiring ideas that dare you to to combine mediums both familiar and novel.
Love It Here tag by Piradee Talvanna, as seen in Mixed Media Scrapbooking, a special issue from Creating Keepsakes magazine.
We start out by exploring various scrapbooking styles and helping you identify how mixed media fit in with your own creative approach. From there we jump right in and take a look at all kinds of different mediums, from ink pads to mica flakes, zippers to glass bead gel, oilcloth to book paper. You’ll find accessible guides to using all sorts of products throughout the seven sections of Mixed Media Scrapbooking:
- Ready, Set, Color!
- Brilliant Bling
- Modeling Mediums
- In a Metal Mood
- Accessible Art Mediums
- Fabric and Sewing
- Around the House
Visit our website to peek inside the pages of Mixed Media Scrapbooking, take a quiz to discover your scrapbooking style, watch a video about creating your own resin accents, and print a handy guide to the varieties of ink available to scrapbookers. Then pick up a copy of the issue online or at your local newsstand and prepare to roll up your sleeves and get busy mixing mediums!
Win a Free Copy
Would you like to win a free copy of this issue? Leave a comment here listing a few of your favorite mediums and you’ll be entered to win one of three copies of Mixed Media Scrapbooking. Our international friends are welcome to enter; comments must be received by Monday, July 23, at 9:00 am (MDT).
For more chances to win—and to discover more inspiring artwork—visit the blogs of these CK friends:
| Piradee Talvanna | http://piradee.blogspot.com/ |
| Adele Beck | http://dleebug.wordpress.com |
| Laina Lamb | http://lifeonthelamb.blogspot.com/ |
| Stacy Cohen | http://stacycohen.blogspot.com/ |
| Patty Cieri | http://thegreenhouseonthehill.blogspot.com/ |
| Mou Saha | http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/ |
| Autumn Baldwin | http://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/ |
| Paper Crafters Corner | http://papercrafterscorner.com/ |
| Kim Jackson | http://www.jacksoki.com/ |
| Megan Hoeppner | http://meganhoeppner.blogspot.com/ |
| Erika Hayes | http://www.thinkingthroughdesign.typepad.com/ |
| The Scrap Review | http://www.thescrapreview.com |
| Ashley Horton | http://ashleyspaperdoll.blogspot.com/ |
| Joey Manwarren | http://everydayimagination.blogspot.com/ |
| Kim Watson | http://kj-starre.blogspot.com/ |
—Jennafer Martin, editor-in-chief
P.S. Join us here and in Club CK all next week for CK Summer Camp 2012, where we’ll celebrate the release of Mixed Media Scrapbooking with challenges, downloads, tutorials, and more!
Congratulations to our winners!
Tammy K: I love using anything vintage, ephemera, game pieces, photo slides, etc….the unexpected makes it fun
Carla Hundley: I like to use embellishments, stickers, punches and gliter items in most of my crafts. I scrapbook, make cards mostly and lots of paper crafts. This book is really nice, lots of good info.
Marilyn Bronson: I love buttons, distress inks and acetate. I am looking forward to getting into more digital and die cuts. This issue looks awesome!!!
Watch for an email in your inbox with instructions on how to redeem your prize.
A few of my favorite mediums are netting, tissue, wax, ink and paint. Many of my pages seem to end up with found items such as coins, small washers, and clothing or product tags. Something a little bit unexpected is always fun. I definately would love to peek at the ideas found in this magazine.
My fave medium has to be ink and paint. I’m very traditional in my scrapbooking, so I love the look of this issue and how it can spark my creativity. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I cannot TELL YOU how EXCITED I AM to see a mixed media mag!!!!!!!
Dare I wish for a monthly publication?!?!?! Pretty please with lots of ink and paint and fabric and metal and mesh and glass and and acetate on it?!?!?!?!
This is awesome! I always wanted to learn about mixed media. Hope this can help me push more in my scrapbooking style.
I love using ink pads, paints, metal and rhinestones. I am looking forward to trying out some new things in Charlotte at CKC in just a few weeks. I am counting down the days. I believe this is my 9th year attending, and this is still one of my favorite annual events
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I haven’t done much beyond the cardstock, ink pads, markers, and a few embellishments. I would love to try fabric in my mixed-media.
I love to stamp and glitter. My one and only fabric page was a disaster!
I can not wait for this edition to come out! I would have to say my favorite media for the moment is inks (sprays, paint etc)
This article was well written and easy to follow. “An Insider’s Look: Mixed Media Scrapbooking” – interesting title creatingkeepsakes. Another good post creatingkeepsakes.