Dreamer of Dreams: Mixed Media with Shari Carroll
Welcome everyone and happy Saturday! I hope you’re having a crafty weekend! I’ve created a simple mixed medium project starting with a wood Prima plate, a photos and beautiful colored flowers. This is one of those simple to do projects but it looks like it took hours.
I am so fortunate to have my little Melody in my life, but also her mom Jasmine who takes the most amazing photos. I’m always inspired to use them in my projects. This photo is one of recent favorites where Melody is looking down while wearing light colored sunglasses. I had it printed in black and white and then surround it with colors of Spring.
I used a Copic marker to color in just the flowers of her headband. The Prima flowers come in a mixture of colors so it was easy to find a coordinating pink.
I love creating small clusters of items to balance my designs. This Prima Ephemera bird and Quote Chip work together with the few flowers to create that balance.
If you know me, you know that I love texture. I’ve used a StencilGirl swirl stencil with white paste on the book text to obscure it a bit and add a raised area.
I think this will make an excellent Mothers Day gift for Jasmine. Don’t you?
I’ve filmed a video of the whole process which you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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I hope you have a delightful weekend filled with time to make something special too!!
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This is sooo lovely!! Beautiful flowers ?
Just so pretty
So pretty…love the colours with the wood background.
This is so precious: the little girl desrves the beauty of the page surrounding her! LOVE it!
WOW! So sweet and stunningly beautiful! LOVE this ♥
WOw, how beautiful and delicate is that!?
So beautiful! The artwork frames the gorgeous photo so that it enhances it rather than detract from it.
Beautiful !
So Precious, our little ones. This is a very beautiful and thoughtful gift.
Oh my. What a beautiful creation Shari! Love the gorgeous flower embellishments.
This is so pretty and will make a great gift for Mom.
The black and white photo really sets
a beautiful stage for the flowers.
Fantastic.
thanks for sharing
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nice!
WOW, this is AWESOME! I love how the flower headband is colored!
I never realized you could use copics on photographs – I am so excited!
beautiful job, beautiful little girl.
Carole Lovill
Fabulous way to showcase this photo.
Yes, this will be a wonderful mother’s day gift! Your work is beautiful, Shari
Lovely! :)
Pretty colors and textures!
So beautiful, both the project and sweet Melody!
Shari, you are so talented. Love the soft colors and the use of highlight coloring on the b&w photo.
such a darling project = love the embellishments:)
Oh my goodness! What an exquisite creation! Imagine receiving this as a gift!! *swoon*
This is a beautiful creation. You know just how to combine all the elements to create a perfect finished product. I still tend to stop too soon, or add too much! :) Jasmine is sure to love this!
Interesting project!
Gorgeous…absolutely gorgeous!
What a wonderful gift this will make for Mother’s Day. The picture is adorable and I love how you just painted the flowers in her hair. Thanks for sharing with us.
This is so cool! I love the flowers :) It will make a wonderful Mothers Day gift!
Wow! An absolute treasure for Jasmine, but don’t know how you can let this out of your house! Darling picture so wonderfully highlighted!
WOW what a GORGEOUS project!!!!!
I love that page but I especially love that picture of your Melody! Amazing!
Perfect Mother’s Day Gift! Love this!
HOw cool is this with that sweet girl included! Fabulous job – great work – colorful and a dreamy creation! TFS
I love the soft colors of the flowers against the black and white photo.
Beautiful. I love it ,any Mother would love to have that.
Such a beautiful gift for any Grandma or Nana for Mother’s Day. This Nana would be thrilled to receive a photo of my sweet baby in this way. Thanks for sharing.
I predict this will be a very cherished Mother’s Day gift. What a sweet picture! I love the touch of color on her headband.
Beautiful as always. Love your art!
You are the queen of mixed media…you always make such beautiful projects & this one is no exception!!
Wow!!!! So Beautiful and SWEET!!!
Beautiful project! I love the colour of the flowers on the hairband!
Very pretty!
Yes, this is a perfect gift for Melody’s mom, thanks for sharing!
Such a sweet spring project!
What a gorgeous piece of art! I love that you only coloured the flowers in her headband, it’s just enough to draw your attention to the lovely girl.
Thanks and have a nice weekend.
Love it. Nothing for me is better than looking at other’s mixed media.
OMG.She will LOVE this for Mother’s day, she will probably cry if she is a crier like me, lol. This is just stunning!!! I really love how you printed it in black n white and then colored the flowers with copics, I do that alot or I will color one thing with my chalks. Wow, I can’t wait till you give it to her :)
Really pretty!
Didn’t realize you could use Copics to color Black and white photos – that’s genius. Beautiful project.