Mixed Media Thanks

I am SO excited to guest at this round of The Male Room #189 - "mixed media!"  Something new for me - eee!
I had to really think this one through for a bit - what is "mixed media" exactly?  I dug deep and decided it just meant different media to produce the final result - translation - how many toys can I use??  I opened up all my bottom craft drawers to see what I had that I just don't pull out very often, and I came across my old box of Brusho Crystal Colors, AND several unopened jars of White Embossing Paste.  Turns out the one I grabbed had SHIMMER, too, lol, but I decided to go for it!  I started by pulling a scrap of water color paper, and liberally dotting it with Blue Brusho - you can even see the little pierced holes if you look close, lol.  I swirled it around with an Aquapainter for this really deep color, cut it out with dies, then went through some decorative masks to overlay in paste.  At the last second, I added some Red Brusho to my paste dab - I think it looks cool against the blue, though my desk might not ever be the same!  I layered up this diecut Thanks in Black, finishing with an Oxidized Copper sheet for even more color.  I also versamarked some leaves on my Crumb Background, stapled on some twine, and distressed my edges.  Hopefully this isn't too foo-foo for a guy!
Changing Leaves Stamp Set; Basic White, Crumb Cake & Basic Black CS; Watercolor Paper; Oxidized Copper Foil; Versamark Ink; Brusho Blue & Red Crystal Colors; Shimmer Embossing Paste; Plenty of Patterns Decorative Masks; Stitched Nested Labels & Greetings Dies (both retired); Linen Thread; Stapler; Distress Tool; Crumb Cake Earth Tone Shimmer Gems; #TMR189.

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