Project Restoration with 13@rts

Happy Thursday friends!

Today I'm up on the 13@rts blog with my first project for them for 2015. For that, I've taken an abandoned altered project and tried to give it a second lease of life.

Here's the art palette I tried to work on about 8 months ago but couldn't find the inspiration to continue with:

Nothing that a (few) layers of gesso can't do. Here's the same palette again and I manage to retain the textures from the stenciled design.

And after some tinkling around (and of course I was inspired by my fabulous team mate Ingrid Gooyer), here is the restored art palette:

I've used a lot of 13@rts mediums here - the modeling paste, acrylic primer, gel medium, and of course their lovely matte paints and mists. My favourite colors for now (which I used here) are Berry (both matte paint and mist), Lilac (chalk mist), Cobalt Blue (matte paint) and Coral (matte paint).

Some close-ups:

I created a little bundle of brushes with two of my own (already destroyed by my constant usage) and the Artist Brush chipboards from Blue Fern Studios. To create the bristles, I used the gold glitter strips from 13arts and sealed them down with gel medium. To create texture on the rest of my palette, I held the microspheres from the 13@rts store with lots of modeling paste, glass beads which I got from the neighbourhood stationary shop, a piece of lace, dry-wall tape and torn canvas strips. 

Suddenly I'm into these twine bundles and I've made another one here to hold my brushes together. They were then given a coat of crackle paint. Underneath all that are the Checker bits and Grunge Frame chipboards, also from BFS. 

Another cluster and a closer look at what I did to the chipboards. White embossing powder was used as a resist for the Checkered Bits while the Frame had random spots of crackle paint. I also used the the Art stencil to add in some sentiments on top of my title piece (Express Yourself, BFS). 

More floral clusters.

That's all I have for today. Thank you for dropping by!

love,

New Beginnings with Blue Fern Studios

Hello friends, and welcome to the new year!

I'm up on the Blue Fern Studios blog today with a video tutorial of how I put together a mixed media journal cover, using nothing more than Blue Fern Studios chipboards, some metal bits from Wild Orchid Crafts and flowers. I was very inspired by one of my friends Joyce Kers who kept a journal on inspirational women in her family, and I wanted to make a similar journal but of my family tree which I hope to fill up in the year 2015.

This is the project:

and close-ups (warning: graphic-intensive!)

I have always used papers, cloth or canvas to create my layers but for this journal cover I decided to create my layers with the chipboards from Blue Fern Studios instead. The intricate laser-cut designs are perfect as every layer they form has lots of interesting details to catch the eye.  

I wanted a blank white base to start with so that I can play with the new mediums I got for Christmas, but didn't want my chipboards to feel boring. So all the chipboard pieces were covered with different texture mediums. Of those that I used, the fibre paste and lace were from a very cool lady I met on Tuesday for lunch (thank you Yvonne for the lovely candy and the altered box!).

My title piece which I kept simple.

Here is the video of how I put everything together:

List of supplies:

Chipboard (from Blue Fern Studios)

Metal clocks and flower filigrees: Wild Orchid Crafts

Mixed Media Resist Canvas Album (Prima)

Mediums - Golden, Liquitex, Windsor and Newton

Paints and Pigments: Luminarte, Lindy's Stamp Gang, Shimmerz, 13@rts

And since the weekend is just around the corner, why not play along with our new sketch for the new year? Here it is, designed by Michele Singh:

The rules are simple and can be found in the link above. There are also gorgeous products from Blue Fern Studios up for grabs so get those creative juices going!

So that's all I have for you today. Have a wonderful weekend ahead!

love,

Altered Tea Light Stand for 13arts

Hello friends!

Today I'm up on the 13arts blog with a little altered project to share with you. 

This is a tea light holder which I've coloured and decorated using supplies from 13arts.

Some details:

Using papers from the "All Is Love" collection and some 13arts paper flowers.

The interior of the tea light holder.

Using 13arts paints and mists to create a burnished copper look.

The color bleeding technique which I used to alter the paper rose.

Here's a start to finish video tutorial to show you how I've put this project together. Sit back and enjoy the video, and remember to drop by the 13arts blog for more inspiration from the rest of the fabulous DT!

Until then,

happy scrapping!

love,