"At the End of the Day...." Art Journal Page.

Hello everyone I it's my turn over on the Colour Blast Blog again.

Another art Journal Page.

So without further ado here it is:

This project was a little difficult to photograph as it is full of glorious shimmer from the sprays, you will just have to take my word for it!

The background is made using old book paper and a printed paper serviette.

I then used Impasto and a stencil to create the texture that worked like a resist. 

Impasto dries clear and has a shine to it when dry so I wanted to see how the sprays reacted with it. 

The Shimmer Spray I used was "Bling" and also "Steel" for a contrast. I loved how the Bling worked with the texture!

As you can see the shimmer collected in the texture to give it dimension and make a lovely soft background.

The phrase was created by using the coordinating Colour Paste in Bling, once dry I added shadows to make it jump out a little more.

A very simple page full of shimmer! 

The Colour Blast products I used were:

"BLING" Shimmer Spray and Colour Paste 

"STEEL" Shimmer Spray

 Lastly you can get your Colour Blast products HERE !
I hope you have been inspired!
Till next time thanks for dropping by!

"She Blooms!" Art Journal Page.

Hi Everyone I am back with an Art Journal page to share!

Have you got your hands on any Colour Blast goodies yet? If not, well maybe I can inspire you to get out there and grab some!

So I have been playing with the Colour Pastes and Sprays to create my Blooming Girl.

So here she is......

I used the sprays in Dusty Charcoal and Steel through a couple of stencils...... really just sprayed around randomly to give my acrylic splashes a little shimmer!

I then stamped my girl, a Donna Downey Stamp with Stazon ink, drew her some shoulders and gave her some shadows to make her "pop". 

I then grabbed some colour paste in Rose Petal and applied it through a stencil to give my girl a flowery dimensional crown. This gave the page some shimmery goodness as well as adding some amazing texture! 

I did not waste any paste (hate to do that) as I flipped the stencil to add some more flowers into the background as well to tie it all together.

After the paste had dried I then added some highlights with a white Paint Pen by Sharpie and to my delight I found that the pen glided onto the paste beautifully and stayed put!!!!

I added some scripty scribble and my page was done!
Here are the Colour Blast products I used:
Dusty Charcoal Shimmer Spray


Rose Petal Colour Paste

And here is where you can get your hands on them:

I love how she turned out, moody but girly, what do you think??

I hope I have inspired and thanks so much for for dropping by!

Scrap FX Stencil Play.

So I have a confession to make....I have been obsessed with faces lately! 

Scrap FX must have read my mind this month because the stencils they released just fuel this need to get faces on pages!

Take a look:
The first one I played with was the "Demure Face".

Just loved this one because you can add your own scrawls to it or leave it as it comes:

I just added a little hair and more definition to the nose and neck.

This one has a bit more hair, totally changes the look! I also used some Colour Blast Colour Paste through the stencil, can't really see it too much here, you are just going to have to take my word for it! 

The next Stencil is just so fun and a little funky!

Now you can see the Colour Paste that I used through the stencil!

The last stencil I have been messing with is this one:

"Melted Mesh"

I used it here on this journal page with some crackle paste.

So that is me just about up to date with my creations!

Stay tuned later in the week for more!

New for Scrap FX.

March is here already, can you believe it? Really hate how time just flies! I need a few more hours in the day......to play!

I have been having a little fun playing with Scrap FX goodies lately, take a peek at these:

Space Invader funky, retro bits,that really had to have a neon treatment!

Here are a few cards for the little fella's!

I used a couple of older FX chippies in the background, the invaders needed some direction!!!

All the chippies are treated with  embossing powders, I really wanted those invaders to pop!

These ones are on a couple of Hash Bits.

The Circuitry Panel worked perfectly on this one.

Last one has the Nodules panel as the background.

Next I have a LO using these new FX pieces:

This page features my eldest on his way to his last school formal, scrubs up ok!

The chippies I treated with Colour Blast Embossing Powders.

Most of the papers are from 7 Dots "Destination Unknown" Line. Finally used them after bonding with them for far too long!

Love how a combination powders worked on this chippy!

Those hash words are just perfect for a teen layout, love 'em!

So that is the first few projects I have done for the month, stay tuned got more a coming, I have been playing with just awesome face stencils that even make my drawing skills look good!

Back Soon!

"Art Journal Page for Colour Blast."

A big Hello to everyone! 

I am up on the Colour Blast Blog with this Art Journal page today so thought I would pop it here too, check it out, I really put those pastes to the test!

 I am playing with the absolutely gorgeous Colour Pastes, they are wonderfully creamy when wet and glide on like a dream. Once dry the rich colour comes to the fore creating a raised glorious texture.

I thought I would show you my Journal page where I put the pastes through their paces for the first time.

I spread the paste over a fairly large stencil wit lots of open spaces as I wanted to see how they went merging 2 colours together. I must say it worked a treat! 

I love the gradual blending of the gold (Bling) and the blue (Singing The Blues) through the stencil and believe me it was super easy to do.

Here is a closer little look. As you can see there is some typewriter print on the stems, which brings me to my next test, will they hold onto ink once dry???

Well a big tick there, I used Stazon ink and a background stamp to get some print on the raised surface once the pastes were completely dry. The print says right where it was put with no smudging...brilliant! I can think of so many other things to do now.

Take a look stamped on wonderfully random!

I created some shadow using a pencil and water to make the stems look more dimensional.

Lastly take a look at that shimmer....glorious isn't it? 

How can you not have at least one colour of these pastes in your craft stash???

Here are the colours I used:

"Singing The Blues"

"Bling"

If you are wondering what colour to get first, I say go for the Bling, it goes with everything and it will add some pizzazz to any project! 

But this recommendation comes with a warning ..... once you start creating with the pastes it is decidedly addictive, you WILL want more!!! Just Sayin'!

Thanks for joining me today, stay tuned for more fab inspiration from all the other talented ladies on this team!

Bye For Now! 

My Art Journal Obsession Continues

I have been so obsessed with my art journal lately, I just cannot stop!

So I am back to share the pages that have made me happy!

First up one using a load of lovely pigments:

I am trying to get in touch with my purple side......most people know the colour is my lest favourite, but I do love my purple haired gal!

The next 2 pages I was inspired by all those wonderful watercolour tattoos that are so popular at the moment. I would love to be young enough to get a beautiful tattoo but I will have settle for recreating them on paper...the bonus is I get to have fun and make a mess!

The branches and dandelion heads on this one are card silhouettes by Scrap FX. 

I also used a stencil by Scrap FX and a Unity and Scrapbook Diaries stamps

And then another version using the same idea:

The background on both of these were created using Primas Oil Pastels, a new play toy!

So that is what has been consuming my time lately, have loved every minute of it!