"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!

Love an Art Journal page or Two.

My how time flies! 

 I have had mere snippets of time to create of late, so I have been turning to my art journal time and time again purely for time efficiency. I can whip up a page in minutes rather than hours agonising over a scrapbook page, and I enjoy the total artistic freedom a journal gives!

So here are a couple of pages I created in the last few days:

As you can see I have been a little obsessed with the face drawing of late I blame the fabulous 

Dina Wakley for sparking that fire!!

What can I say I love me a moody face!!

The next one is a little different but I still think I am channelling Dina!

I tried stamping with crayons for the background birds and loved the effect in the most part, it gave a watercolour look to the resulting image.

The foreground bird is stamped normally with Stazon ink.

Well that's about it from me for now there are more pages to come, so stay tuned!

Would love to know what you think so please leave a little comment to let me know you were here!

"Looking Fabulous", My First LO for Colour Blast.

Hello and Happy New Year to all!
I have been a little quiet of late as I have been in Relax mode at the beach. Every year I switch off and enjoy going "Off Grid", so to speak, for the month of January. I use this time to recharge my batteries and get ready for the creative year ahead. So.... I am now back and trying to catch up on things, it is so hard to get back into the groove after the break, my mind is ready to explode with ideas!
The first share for 2016 is my very first project that I have created as a Design Team Member for another Aussie Company, "Colour Blast". I was lucky enough to get my hands dirty using their wonderful products, I can tell you now they are a heap of fun!
The details of this LO can be found on the Colour Blast Blog.

So without further ado here is my first project, a scrapbook page featuring my 2 boys looking smashing all dressed to impress for their cousins' wedding early in 2015:

I used the  Colour Blast Embossing Powders as well as the coordinating Shimmer Sprays on my  Scrap FX chippies  to get a metallic "grunged-up" look, they worked a treat!

So how did I do it I hear you ask? 

Too easy! 

I shall explain: 

First the background piece (which is left over alphabet "backing"..... yes I keep everything...you just never know!).

 I  gave it a spray randomly with a couple of Shimmer Spray colours:

 "Singing the Blues", "Dusty Charcoal" and "Steel".

  These sprays gave the raw chipboard a touch of colour and a hint of shimmer, I wanted more texture, so I then embossed sections of the panel with embossing powders in "Steel", "Dusty Charcoal" and "Snow White".

The Snow White gave a glittery effect.

On the Wings I did pretty much the same process, except instead of spraying I used a brush to colour the details. I just wanted the wing tips embossed, so I used an embossing pen and the 

"Steel"  Embossing Powder to achieve the look!

Take a closer peek:

So what is left? The chipboard words of course!

These are just embossed in the usual manner in the "Steel" colour then I sprayed the "Dusty Charcoal" and "Singing The Blues" Simmer Spray on top to create a bit of colour variation.

Lastly the Title:

 I embossed with "Steel" and "Snow White" to get a sparkle happening. Then sprayed with "Singing The Blues" to get a tinge of blue to coordinate with the background.

Here is a list of the Colour Blast products I have used: 

Shimmer Sprays:

Steel

Dusty Charcoal

Singing the Blues

Embossing Powders:

Snow White

Steel

Dusty Charcoal
You can get your hands on these products Here.
Here is a list of other products used:
Scrap FX:
Industrial Machines Transparency
Steampunk Wing L & R
Playground Alphabet
Wordlet
Facts to Remember
 Months of the Year Minis
2015 year pack

Other:
Viva Decore Metallic paint
Black paint
Vintage Findings by Prima
Tim Holtz Chit Chat words
Stamp by Scrapbook Diaries

So that is about it for me, be sure to keep cruising on back here to check out all the goodness that the other team members share.

Thanks for dropping by! 

A Steampunk Canvas

Finally!!! I am all organised for Christmas and now I can do a little catch up here, so that 2016 can be started afresh with new exciting designs. 

It feels so long since I last got back to this little blog, so for that I do apologise. So lets get on with it shall we?

It has been a while since I have done a scrapbook page and this is the reason.... I have been inspired by the fabulous steampunk designs by Scrap FX for last month!

These latest designs are just awesome!

I have used them to create 3 canvases and here is the first one, using the Large Steampunk Bird:

I have used lots of chippies old and new from  my Scrap FX stash and some metal bits and pieces to create layers a plenty!

The bird comes in 2 pieces so that it is so easy to decorate! Even the cog eye comes out ready to colour separately.

It is so much fun to combine metal and chipboard creating a cohesive piece using paint, ink and embossing powder.

So that is canvas number 1, stay tuned for the second in the series!

And if I don't get back to this before Christmas, have a very Merry One Everyone and a fabulous New Year!!!

Stay Safe People!

A Special Journal

Hi Everyone,

I am back to share a special project that I created as part of being a Scrapbooking Memories Master earlier this year. We were asked to create a journal with a decorated cover and a page or 2 inside. The journal was to be given (after being published in the magazine) to a worthy and appreciative recipient who was fighting terminal cancer.

Having a close friend go through the fight of her life a few years ago, I found this task to be a very important one. It became a labour of love, even though I would probably never know who received it in the end, it was just so imperative that I had to just get it just RIGHT (yep I love putting pressure on myself)!

Here is the finished project:

This journal was very difficult to start but once I got going was probably the most rewarding, heartfelt and satisfying project I have completed. 

The front and back covers.

My first step was to ask my friend what she thought helped her through the toughest journey of her life, she then the sea of quotes began!

Here is the back of the front cover, (I added the envelope) and the first divider/pocket.

We were only required to decorate the cover and a page or 2 but I just could not stop! I wanted to put so much into this project. So together we finally got the quotes down to a manageable number, then it was time to find the perfect journal to work with. I wanted something with lines as well as pockets or dividers to decorate. After a thorough search I found the perfect fit...at Typo! A journal with Kraft dividers that were pockets as well and lots of lined pages ready to be used.

I then proceeded to decorate each pocket and divider page, and also pop a quote card inside each one, yes I did have a lot to say!

Back of the first divider/pocket.

Divider 2.

Back of divider 2

Divider 3

Back of Divider 3.

Inside the back cover.

It was an emotional moment when I gave it to my friend to give it the seal of approval before sending it away. We both found ourselves in tears, then I knew..... I had achieved what I had set out to do! Even as I write this, I am keeping my tears at bay (a little unsuccessfully)!

Well thanks for listening to my emotional rambling, I will back again soon!

"Wild & Free"

So much to catch up on! I am sharing a canvas that I created last month for Scrap FX. 

I was inspired by the Primitive Heart chippy and instantly knew what I wanted to do with it, create a canvas!

This is actually a canvas within a canvas, I used the back of the canvases to create a Shallow shadow box effect.

I added loads of texture using Dry wall tape, crackle paste by Viva Decor (my Fave!) as well as glass micro beads.

The heart and mini Alphas are embossed with Stampendous enamel to make it look like they are made of twigs (well I tried).

The colour is Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays and acrylic paint by Golden.

My Blue bird is painted with Metallic Paint by Viva Decor and I added a little texture by adding a little heavy Gesso.

I used a few metal bits and pieces I had in my stash, threw some paint around and the job was done!

Thanks for dropping by and do come again! 

As always comments are treasured so thanks if you decide to leave me one!