The theme on the Lily Bee blog this week is mixed media. It is a little out of my norm so I signed up to push myself to try something new. There are so many different techniques and interesting things to do for mixed media art but in the end I decided to give melting crayons a go.
Crayons remind me of my childhood and small children in general so I decided to scrap a photo of my daughter at her pre-k graduation to tie in with the elementary theme.
Here is what I came up with.
To create the dripped wax effect, I adhered crayons in the colors I wanted to a scrap piece of paper and then taped the scrap paper directly above where I wanted the dripped wax. I heated the crayons with my heat tool until they began to drip down my page and stopped when I had the look I wanted.
Make sure you visit the Lily Bee blog all week for more mixed media ideas!
The September gallery launched at write. click. scrapbook over the weekend! It is full of some amazing layouts. You can see what I made here and then head to write. click. scrapbook to view the entire gallery.
Thanks for visiting, have a great week!
