Hopefully, you hopped here from the very talented Mou’s blog.
With the release of DCWV’s Texture Stacks it was the perfect time to join with Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and get creative.
And for this girl it meant a little messy.
I will be the first to admit that the control freak in me was a bit intimidated by the goodies Faber-Castell sent.
I received Metallic Pitt Artist Pens, Paper Crafter Crayons, Gelatos, Whipped Spackle, Chalkboard Paint and Gesso.
Most of you might know that liquid glue and I don’t really mix well, but I wanted to use as many of the products as possible.
I also felt like I wanted to use these products in what I enjoy making the most…layouts.
And the moment I saw the You Are SVG cut file I knew I wanted to use the various Faber-Castell products to create a background for it.
And look how perfect this cut is using the new Cricut Explore and smooth cardstock~
I love that!!
And I won’t even tell you about my first try with my Silhouette, textured paper and a new mat. Yikes!
For my background I simply colored with the Paper Crafter Crayons onto a sheet of DCWV Adhesive Paper.
I tried using the Gelatos for a watercolor effect and really liked how they looked on DCWV’s Handmade Paper.
But, the shades of blue and green Paper Crafter Crayons just really appealed to me along with how they looked on the textured paper.
I did add a few spots with the Gelatos to mix in the pink and deep purple.
I knew I didn’t want to cover up too much of the You Are cut, but I wanted to add a bit of layering with the various fabrics.
I used the Whipped Spackle along with the DCWV Stencils to create several patterns and extra dimension for my photo mats.
I love how light and easy it was to spread and control.
And finally all the pieces came together.
My layout~
I matted everything on a sheet of 12×12 Corrugate Paper which not only provided an additional pop of color, but some much-needed stability.
A close up~
And my favorite part… You are the one true love of my life~
Maybe one day I will show all the little extras and oppsies I made along the way as there were a lot!
But, I had so much fun getting out of my comfort zone, using new products and mediums and even making a mess.
Surprisingly I kept the Spackle mess to a minimum, but I did find several tiny letters all the way upstairs in my clothes closet. Uh oh!
Guess what? There’s some great prizes to be won!!
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and DCWV will be giving away $75 in product at the end of the hop. To win, follow the list below and leave a comment. This contest is now closed. Click here for the announcement.
The hop will end at 5PM EST on Friday, March 28th.
The winner will be announced on Monday, March 31st on each of the company’s blogs.
For extra entries, follow Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and DCWV on twitter!
Now head to Thomisia’s blog to see what she created.
So that you don’t miss a thing, here’s the entire blog list~
Erin – http://dcwvinc.blogspot.ca/
Mou- http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
Me – http://www.sarawandrews.com/
Thomisia – http://thomisia.blogspot.com/
Amanda – http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/
Rita – http://ritabarakat.com/2014/03/24/blog-hop-with-dcwv-and-faber-castell-design-memory-craft/
Britt – http://pinkpapercrowns.blogspot.com/
Tiffany- http://iheartartblog.com/
Tessa – http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/
Karen – http://scrappycanuck.wordpress.com/
Limor – http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/
Karla – http://madebykarla10.blogspot.com/
Jen- http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/
Angela – http://paperprojectsbyangela.blogspot.com/
Rachel – http://www.rwkrafts.com/
Jill- http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/
I used~
DCWV Adhesive Fabric Stack, Corrugate Stack, Burlap Colors Mat Stack, Canvas Mat Stack
DCWV 12×12 Chevron Stencil and 5×7 Polka Dot Stencil
Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle, Paper Crafter Crayons and Gelatos Double Scoops
Recollection Buttons, Dear Lizzy Thickers and Flair
Studio Calico You Are SVG cut using the Cricut Explore
Sara W Andrews 
Fantastic layout. I love the rainbow of colour peeking through your text cut and the great texture the fabric matting of your photo adds.
This is terrific – love the colors and texture! It just says – bright – SPRING – and true happiness! Thank you for the great insights into both the whipped spackle and gelatos! Love it!
Absolutely gorgeous, I am going to have to get some of those stacks!!
Beautiful…I love all the layers, textures and colors.
Love this beautiful and colorful layout! Thanks for sharing your talent.
i love the way you used the colors to give z background to your layout
What fun. Love this one.
Very different. carol
What a great idea! Love it 🙂 (Pinned it too!!)
Super Cute! love the bright colors and layers
Wow! That looks amazing! Fantastic background and I love how you framed the photo too!
Sounds like a real learning curve, but that end project is truly amazing!!!
wow, the word cut out is so cute!
SO cool! I love your background – I gotta steal that idea (I’ll craft cred you, fo’ sho’)!
I love this fun background.
Beautiful! I like all of the details.
Awesome layout
FABulous!!!!! Love all of the textures and colors!
Amazing layout. My favorite part is that background cut. The explore looks like a great new thing!
Omg! I am so doing this!! Love it!!
Your result is a soft, lovely rainbow of colors. I was chuckling reading about the letters leading up to your closet. Little bits of paper are always surfacing somewhere in our home or clinging to my clothing!
Love all the colors. So pretty!
this is such an awesome layout! the cut page ended up amazing and definitely worth the trial and error! gorgeous use of all those textures and spackle 🙂
what a lovely layout – i just got the coloured hessian and was wondering how to use it. I think the cricut is going to be working overtime too. thanks for the inspiration
What a fab layout – i bought the pink hessian last week and now i have the inspiration to use it
Love the shades of color you used! The colored burlap looks fantastic behind the picture!
Wish I had a clue what the svg cut file was, but as I am archaic and circuit-less guess it doesn’t matter! Love the textures in the papers. And who doesn’t like crayons?!?!
Love how you created the word background.
You are… colorful
Fabulous layout!
The rainbow background is stunning!
Beautifull layout. I love it. Love the crayons and the die cut. Thanks for sharing,
(famillemarleau)
I like scrapping it’s my favorite
Fun! I really love your layout!! Makes me want to try it myself, thanks!
this is lovely
Your layout is lovely! I like the use of the whipped spackle on the burlap too 🙂
Amazing layout. I can imagine how hard that was to get it off the mat. I’ve been there, done that.
Love your creativity…
This is so tremendously beautiful – not just the colors and creativity of the layout but the “you are” sayings. I am so tickled with this I’m going to do the same thing!
Aren’t they great? The cut file is by Paige Taylor Evans and can be found in the Studio Calico Digital Store.
I think the marshmallow on my smores is my second favorite. 🙂
Wish I had some of your talent
Great layout! I’ve been wanting to try the spackle idea. Just have to get brave enough.
I love everything about this layout! The colors are gorgeous, the cut is perfect and the picture is beautiful!
Your layout is great! Thanks for the chance to win… ;0)
First of all, what a fabulous layout! The background saying is super cute!!! Also, I love how you used the whipped spackle and made layering prints! Great idea! This is really, really beautiful!
Great layout. I am glad you didn’t cover up that awesome background. Thanks for the inspiration
Beautiful layout. I love the colors. They all came together so well. The Burlap is a wonderful addition too. Thanks for sharing.
Love the layout !!
I love the texture papers!! Thanks!!
This is amazing! I was wondering how you made it when I saw it on Instagram. So thanks for the tutorial
Love what you did with that cut out page Sara! So pretty 🙂
Such a fabulous layout, love the colors peeking through!!
Thanks for sharing!
Great layout! I love the different colors peeking through the sayings. Thanks for the inspiration!
sigh!…so lovely!
I love the background that you did, very beautiful!
What a cool layout! Love the colored background and all the texture from the mats.
You are the scrap to my book. Great job. Thanks for sharing your cool techniques!
Now that was funny Jean!! 🙂
Love the sentiment and the background. Thanks for sharing!
LOVE IT!!!!! I’ve got to try this out!!
Thanks for sharing.
Cool layout. Thanks for sharing.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
Fun layout! TFS!
Well done. Absolutely gorgeous page. Lots of texture that sets off the black and photo perfectly.
Really love all the textures on paper.. that is textured .. Really am going to try this
Love how you used these products!!
fun, fun, fun!
I think it’s awesome!!!
WOW – THANK YOU for sharing your MIXED MEDIA ADVENTURE with us Sara – your layout is FABULOUS!!! LOVE the rainbow peeking through your die cut background and ALL of the colours & textures!!!
PS – I have only had one mixed media experience so far and I KNOW that I would love to learn more about your experience, including the extras and oopsies because it will help me learn too 🙂
Love hearing that a designer is out of her comfort zone but willing to try something new and you knocked it out of the ball park. What a beautiful layout. Great job!
What a great layout. I love the background. I am a sucker do words and yours are great.
What a fun layout, So bright, love the whole effect of how it turned out!!! Awesome job! (I’m also intimidated by F/C,Design Memory Craft)
This was fun to see. I would have been afraid to match so many patterns but see that it looks great. I want to try this. Thank you
This is so great! I love how you incorporated the different textured papers behind the photo! Wasn’t overwhelming and allowed that SVG cut to be the star! Fabulous page!
Such a sweet page..that SVG cut is so cool! Love the look of the spackle…hope I can find it at my local craft stores!
Super cute layout – love the cut file layered over the crafters crayons background and love the texture of your clever photo mats.
isoscia at aol dot com
Amazing LO Sara! Love the layers and awesome cutout, I might have to sell my other machines and get the new Explore, thanks for sharing with us!
Great LO! Awesome background.
How cute is this layout! Love it! Thanks for sharing with us!
Love it! Love how you layered everything…
You did an amazing job with all the unfamiliar elements! It turned out beautiful! I love it!! Awesome page!
Awesome matt’s and the coloring Rock’s. So very nicely done! Thanks for sharing with us!
omg i love this so much. everything about it is just amazing
Love the texture of the different papers and the gesso too. Your layers are wonderful and really highlight your picture. Thanks for sharing.
Such great technique’s. LIke how everything blended so well together. I especially like the cut out words.
marg0006 at Verizon dot net
Wow, this layout is fantastic! I love the colored background and the cut out word paper, thanks for the inspiration.
This might be my favorite blog hop posting ever, in the history of blog hops! Super, super cute!
You did great outside of your comfort zone! The layout is awesome!
that was quite an undertaking! love the textures
Love your use of all the stenciling with our products!!! That colored burlap photo mat is perfect for spring and oh so pretty!
very cool page
Beautiful layout. Glad you got out of your comfort zone, it’s inspiring.
Wow, your page is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous job!
Your color and texture choices really made the photo pop. Looks great!
This is a great layout. Love all the textures.
So very clever! Love the background colors!
I love my silhouette, but it’s nice to know other professionals run into issues too 🙂
Wow this is amazing!!! Love how you made your background!
WoW what a beautiful layout! I am truly amazed at your work. You have done an outstanding job. I will be back for more inspiration.
Love how the gelatos look through the cut words! And different textured papers and fibers too. Great job! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
I love your layout. I love color and never thought about having it peeking through like that. All the different materials you used came together perfectly.
This layout is fantastic! I love the way you’ve created the rainbow effect using the Paper Crafter Crayons and DCWV adhesive paper. I also like the fact that you’ve used a b&w photo and the way it compliments your use of colours.
The textures are wonderful and the text went perfectly with your photo. Very nice presentation overall. Thanks for the great ideas.
I am learning to love this type of art! This is really neat and bright and cheerful and so fun to make, I betcha!
Wow! So cool!
Fabulous page! Love it!
Amazing layout! Love how it came together.
Great layout! Love the cut file & the colors & texture 🙂 TFS!
Brilliant
Great layout
This is AWESOME!!!!!
I totally ADORE your layout! I love the background saying…I have something similar framed from when I got married! I love the textured and stenciled pieces you used for the mat…just amazing all around layout!
Wow, I love this layout. I sure know that my cricut would never cut like that. Your whole layout is wonderful and love all the textures with the embossing paste. Great job.
Love this! thanks for sharing
That is the cutest background!! 🙂
so much fun – I love to be creative – thanks for sharing your designs/techniques
Beautiful project! LOVE the colors! And that cutout was fantastic. You really had your Cricut working overtime!
Love everything about this beautiful and creative layout, definitely worth a little mess!
Love love love
Great use of the burlap colors. Can’t wait to purchase them:-)
So much fun! Your page turned out wonderful!
What inspiration.