Mixed Media Blog

Add a handmade touch to your Christmas decorating with this dimensional robin hanging decoration, created using Cosmic Shimmer silicone moulds and lightweight air dry clay. An ornate frame, snowy winter background and layered moulded details come together to create a traditional festive decorative keepsake.

Turn a simple wooden frame into a richly textured mixed media project with Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes, metallic Polishes and dimensional moulded leaves. Follow Sheena's step-by-step tutorial to create the beautiful autumnal finish.

Discover how to turn a beautifully dimensional moulded rose into the focal point of a vintage-inspired mixed media tag using the Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Heirloom Collection. In this real-time tutorial, Sheena Douglass uses the Cosmic Shimmer Sculpted Roses Silicone Mould with air dry clay, then paints the finished rose with Cosmic Shimmer Water-Based Inks to accentuate the sculpted petals and leaves.

Discover how to create a stamped floral card topper, then combine more stamping, stencilling, painting and embossing to create a beautiful vintage-inspired card using the Cosmic Shimmer Vintage Heirloom Collection. In this real-time tutorial, Sheena Douglass uses the Cosmic Shimmer Rambling Roses DL Stamp Set to create the dimensional floral focal point, building the background with the Past & Postal DL Stamp Set, Finishing Touch DL Stamp Set and Heritage Rose Stencil.

Beautiful florals, aged textures, touches of gold and stunning dimension come together in this Vintage Heirloom mixed media card. Using the Cosmic Shimmer Sculpted Peonies Silicone Mould as the striking focal point, co-ordinating stamps and stencils, and our unique Gilded to Grunge Frames & Flourishes.

There are some products that instantly open up a whole host of creative possibilities, and the Cityscape Reflections Pre Cut Rubber Stamp by Andy Skinner is one of them. With its distressed skyline and mirrored reflection, it’s a brilliant focal point for colourful mixed media backgrounds – particularly those experimental inked pieces that are just waiting for the right finishing touch.

Create a colourful Christmas journal page with Cathie from Pink Ink Designs using the Sock Paper Scissors DL Stamp Set. Featuring an adorable mouse busy with his festive crafting, plus a collection of scissors, socks, pegs, paint splats and other creative accessories, this stamp set is perfect for building a fun Christmas scene.

Create a colourful Christmas scene with the Pink Ink Designs Bauble Bath DL Stamp Set and our White Pointed Arch Pop Up Cards. Cathie from Pink Ink Designs shows how to stamp and fussy cut the charming mice in their bauble-filled bath, create a vibrant inked background and build everything into a dimensional pop up card. 

Create a quirky Christmas art journal page with the Pink Ink Designs Merry Kiss-Mouse DL Stamp Set, combining detailed stamping with colourful paper piecing using the Pink Ink Designs Quirky Christmas Designer Papers. In this step-by-step project, Cathie Shuttleworth from Pink Ink Designs shows you how to bring these loved-up Christmas mice to life, using patterned paper to add pops of yellow and blue while allowing the characterful linework of the stamps to take centre stage.