11 DIY Craft Supplies for Mixed Media

Today we’ve rounded up ten money saving hacks – How to Make Your Own Mixed Media Craft Supplies – for you! We’ve searched through our Tips and Tutorials Archives here at The Graphics Fairy to find our favorite Mixed Media hacks. This is a great collection of some of our best offerings. These awesome DIY supplies are perfect to use in your DIY and Craft Projects (like Wall Decor, Signs, Scrapbooking, Mixed Media, Collage, Card Making, and more)! In this post, you’ll find 10 links to Patina Mixes, Rust and Modeling Pastes, Glitter Recipes, and Metallic Rubbing Wax, Peel and Stick Brads, Custom Tissue Paper and more! All include fun projects to complete, so there is much to choose from! You can visit all of the FREE Tutorials by clicking on the links below!

Mixed Media Craft Supplies that you can Make Yourself

1) DIY PATINA MIXES – Make it Yourself- With Video Instructions  Join Heather as she delves into the secrets of creating DIY Patina Mixes! In this Hack, learn to concoct a reasonable facsimile of the commercial version. You will want to make all three of the variations when you see how versatile these mediums are. They also go well with the DIY Rust Pastes in #2.

2) DIY RUST PASTES  You can make your own Rust Pastes. Heather walks you through the process! It is super messy, {totally worth it} fun, and rewarding. You will love the rusty crusty effect that you get!

3) MAKE YOUR OWN DIMENSIONAL GLITTER GLUE  Andrea shares a super easy DIY that you can use for your mixed media, scrapbooking, card making projects, and so much more. With just a few supplies you will have the makings of this handy little crafting supply at your finger tips whenever you need it.

4) HOW TO MAKE FAUX METALLIC RUBBING WAX  On this post Andrea shares a quick and easy DIY for you! You can use Faux Metallic Rubbing Wax on so many different objects for Mixed Media, from metal to wood. Gorgeous!

5) DIY MODELING PASTE TECHNIQUES – MIXED MEDIA FUN Heather shows us how to whip up a simple and super-useful DIY Modeling Paste along with several ways to Dress it UP for Mixed Media crafting!

6) MAKE YOUR OWN DECORATIVE BRADS Learn how to create your own custom accents to gussy up your paper projects. You will love convenience of making these, as peel and stick pieces so that you can make them now and use them later!

7) HOW TO CUSTOM COLOR GLITTER  Find out how you can take plain white glitter and make it any color that you like! Imagine the possibilities. You can even create variations within each color like Andrea did in the photo above.

8) MAKE YOUR OWN ENVELOPE AND STICKER GLUE  This is an easy recipe for making your own glue for Handmade Envelopes or for creating your own Stickers. Fun for the whole family and great for Junk Journals!

9) DIY PEEL AND STICK DOTS OF GLUE This is another super useful product that you can make yourself. So handy for Paper projects, Card Making, Scrapbooking and more and really fun to make too!

10) CREATE CUSTOM PRINTED TISSUE PAPER Learn how to make your own custom printed tissue paper to keep on hand for Collage, Mixed Media Art or Junk Journals. And of course great for wrapping pretty gifts too. I love that you can use any design that you like to make it your own!

11) MAKE YOUR OWN EMBOSSING FOLDERS Embossing folders are so much fun to use but the cost can be add up as you add more to your collection. Follow along with Rebecca as she shows you how to make them yourself. This is such a great arts & crafts hack!

We hope you will find lots of inspiration when you browse through these Craft Supply Products that you can make yourself. Hopefully they will save you a few trips to the Craft Supply Store and save you a few Dollars as well! Then you can spend your money on other more important things … you know like fabric and yarn! Haha! Please let us know in the comments if you try any of these hacks in your Mixed Media Creations.