Warm and Cozy Blog Hop with Finnabair Creative Team

It's time for a Finnabair Creative Team blog hop....with a theme Ultimate Coziness,....find a picture on Pinterest, or from your own collection and use it as inspiration for your project.

This is what I came up with....my Warm and Cozy.

We don't know about your corner of the world but in Europe and the United States, dreary November weather is just around the corner...

That's why, Finnabair Creative Team came up with a special challenge to warm you up and possibly inspire you to create some fantastic art. Feel welcome to join in!

Cosy or Cozy....depends where you live.

This is my Inspiration photo from Pinterest. It's heavenly, isn't it?  Wish this place was mine, but, alas, it's just my inspiration. I'll lead you through a bit of my process.....

I started with a large #10 manila tag, the Stars Stencil, and Modeling Paste. 

When the paste is dry, paint Black Gesso over the entire tag. Dry with heat tool, and sand down exposing most of the white stars.

Next spray liberally with 3 colors of blue and plain pearl Perfect Pearl Mists. Gotta love the affects here!

I made a bunch of Art Doll Faces with paper clay and sealed them with Soft Matte Gel. Then I painted them with Fresco Acrylic Chalk paints.

I used several Masonite laser-cut stars from Retro Cafe Art, Soft Gel, and Luminous Glitter to add some more sparkle.

If you know me at all, you know I LOVE houses!

They speak to me. I die-cut 3 chipboard houses and covered them with papers from the Sunrise Sunset 6x6 pad, and Natures Garden from Prima. The Raindrops Stencil and Dusty Concord Distress Ink is on one roof. 

 The Stamps and Adverts, Adverts, Lace and Doily, and Lady Bird stamp sets were used to decorate all of them as well. The lacy edge trim stamp was REALLY pretty here.

I added some Heavy White Gesso to the high points of the Prima Engraver Trinket. 



Then I used a Zig Wink of Stella brush on it for even more sparkle.

I cut a piece of the edge from a Resist Canvas "Ads" and stamped HOME using Archival Black Ink.

I die-cut wings from manila cardstock using the Thinlits Heavenly set from Prima and coated them with Copper Crackle Texture Paste.

It is just too cool for words when it dries!  You can add some Distress Ink to the crackle to give it more contrast, or add some sparkle with the Zig pen.

The copper frame was the perfect size for HOME. Copper Crackle is amazing on black chipboard, too, that I layered the tag onto. 

The Numeral 1 Mechanical with Soft Gel and fabulous Blue/Black Ebony and Ivory glitter is glued to a piece of painted chipboard.  I applied White Gesso then Tarnished Brass and Brushed Pewter Distress Paint on the Mini Flower and added it with an Engraver Brad.  

This shows the results of the Stella Brush on the papers, too. Glitter and Mica are so hard to show in a photo, but this night shot worked really well.

A few more pieces of ephemera, some pen marks, more stamping, and a vintage picture completes the little houses.

So I guess you can gather that HOME is my comfort zone. Deep dark star-lit skies through the windows, and the warm color of wood and a fireplace look like an ultimately cozy place to sit with a glass of wine and a good book.

Click on the links for the products at Finnabair's Mixed Media Place.

Here's how our Cozy Challenge works:

First of all, make sure you blog hop with our Creative Team. Below you can see the list of all the blogs where you can find lots of warm and fuzzy inspirations. Make yourself a huge cup of hot tea and visit each of the Ladies to see their Cozy interpretations of the challenge. Don't forget to leave a warm comment! :)

Riikka

Monika

Carole

Marta

Elena Smoktunova

Linda (You Are Here)

Elena Morgun

Rebecca

 

We hope you feel warmed and inspired! :)

If you do, we have a fun challenge for you and a great prize to win!

Here's what you can do:

 

1) Find a photo that will serve as a Cozy inspirational jumping point for you. It can be any image from the internet or a photo you take yourself;

2) Create a work (layout, collage, canvas, cards - anything goes) that represents the concept of coziness;

3) Go to Finnabair's blog and leave a link to your work. You have two weeks to send in the submissions - 'till November 8th. Then, our Team will choose a winner.

We can't wait to see your 

COZY CREATIONS!
 

 

Now, jump to the next blog on the Blog Hop and don't forget to enter for a prize to win!!!

Linda