Graduation time

Hi everyone

 Inspired today by this month's moodboard.   So much so that I went for some Cocoa Vanilla patterned paper as my base.   Very unusual for me!

I coated the paper with clear gesso and then some moulding paste through an old TCW stencil.

I sprinkled on some Ken Oliver Colour Burst powders (sepia & lamp black) and gave a little spritz with water.

I've embellished with some Heidi Swapp stars and cut out the waste from some used Cocoa Vanilla Stickers to give me some more embellishments (more stars and the arrow).   I do this quite a bit.   Not only does it stretch your crafting dollars but they look cool.

   

I finished off with Teresa Collins Urban Market pp & alphas and Tim Holtz Idea-olgy small talk stickers.

Plenty of time to give this month's challenge a go.  

 Looking forward to seeing what you create.

cheers

Tracey

Letters to My Daughters - Art Journalling with Feeling

Hi everyone

Marelle back again!

I have an art journal/"Letters to my Daughters" book and haven't added much to it lately - so I have promised myself I will add to it each month!

I altered a visual artist diary a few years ago and I write letters to my Daughters - sometimes it's the funny quotes they said as little girls, sometimes it is what I love about them right now, each page has a different story and is special to me.. ... I hope it will be special to my Daughters in years to come.

Here is a picture of what the book looks like and an example of some of the pages.

I used paint and texture paste through a Tim Holtz stencil to create the front and back covers.

I coloured gauze a little darker than the cover colour and attached metal embellishments : Journey : Strength : Knowledge.

The back cover

I love that Art Journalling does not have to be perfect - and also that Mia and Ella will have this memento of all the interesting and funny stories of love handwritten by me.

For this next double page in my Letters to my Daughters journal I used the gorgeous Vicki Boutin acrylic paint set from the shop - in this set are the colours: Orange Slice, Cotton Candy, Crushed Pineapple and Cherry Bomb. I wiped a small amount of each of these colours over the page using an old credit card. I allowed these pages to dry and started creating a background for my letters.

I keep discovering new paints in our shop - these are delicious and blend well! Another "must have" in your stash!

Next I used the gorgeous daisy Ken Oliver stamp randomly over the pages. Ken's stamps are so detailed and stamp beautifully. 

Here is the letter I wrote today as my Daughter was embarking on Year 10 at Senior School (1hr 15 away) after spending 10 years Prep - Yr9 at our local campus which is small and rural.

 

I hope you have enjoyed this small peek into my "Letters to my Daughters" Journal.

Happy crafting

Love

Marellex

My Super Quick Canvas

Good morning to all our SC readers so glad you have come across to our blog for a peek, I hope your weekend is going well and that your Sunday is a relaxing one.

I am so excited to share today's blog post - I just love the fabulous Jane Davenport, she is so very clever and her drawings definitely inspire me to create.

Jane's new release of products included a JUMBO RUBON at first I was going to rub it straight to a wall in my Art Studio but where is the fun in that right......

So I pulled out a large canvas 20 x 32 inch canvas and sprayed lightly with some water I then painted a rough coat of black paint all over the canvas and edges leaving some white space.

Once the canvas was covered and dry I then painted around the edges randomly with Art Anthology Gemstones Dimensional Paint Blue Topaz, I love how this paint is thick and it has a glaze type finish. I also added touches of the Art Anthology Sorbet Dimensional paint Honolulu Blue around the edges which has a glitter finish.

I then painted some Liquitex Heavy Body Titanium White paint across the black layer using some water and a large brush.

Using 3D Gloss Gel and some gorgeous metallic wrapping paper in several designs I glued random torn pieces around the edge of the canvas.

Using Sienna Colour Blast Paste and a Dylusions stencil I placed it randomly around the edges of the canvas and set aside to dry.

Using a wet wipe and some Inka gold Marsala I randomly rubbed some colour around the edges of the canvas.

I then added another layer around the edges using Dina Wakley's Printed Media Tape

Using Bo Bunny Glitter Paste Turquoise ( I LOVE THIS STUFF) I added some glittery magic in random sections of the Canvas.

Using Super Heavy gesso and some Colour Blast Shimmer Dust Candy and some Ken Oliver Color Burst Cadmium Scarlet I made my own colour texture paste using a stencil, again I randomly placed it around the canvas and set aside to dry.

ONCE ALL THESE LAYERS ARE DRY - ITS TIME FOR THE JUMBO RUBON

Place the rub-on on the canvas exactly where you want it and start gently rubbing the surface bit by bit slowly pulling the top film away to reveal the rub-on transfer adhered to your canvas.

Yes, I added yet another layer, some text was needed, so I have used some Tim Holtz Tissue paper and the Soft Gel to adhere random sections to the Canvas.

More Bo Bunny Paste (I told you I love it), I painted around the outside edges of the rub-on.

I have used the Mod Spiral Stencil and some Liquitex Black Lava to add even more dimension and colour to the canvas, using a heat gun to dry off and develop the beautiful Black Glitter paste.

More dimension around the canvas with the Whipped spackle, I love working with this as it's  so easy to use through a stencil.

Almost complete just needed to add my Journaling.......

So easy with the amazing Tim Holtz idea-ology foam stamps and some black paint. I stamped on some marshmallow cardstock, set aside to dry, and then cut each word out and adhered them around the hair and head of the gorgeous ru-bon.

I just love how my canvas has turned out.

I'm definitely hanging it in my scrappy space...

I hope you enjoyed the process.

See you all next week, be sure to keep popping in for all the awesome

Design Team Posts throughout the week.