Cute sad bird - Art Journal page

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm sharing a project I created inspired by Tamara Laporte (Willowing).

I'm a subscriber in her You tube channel and when I saw her tutorial I got so inspired that I went straight to my desk and made my own version of this cute fairy bird with the sad face and these amazing bright colors.

I just love it!

I tried to follow all the steps of the tutorial even though I didn't have the supplies Tamara used (watercolor pens and pencils) for this project and I think I turned out pretty well.

I used the H2Os watercolors by ColourArte I had in my stash, a black pen

and 7 Dots Studio stickers. 

Thanks to this bird, I also decided to start a new Journal 30x40cm 

which is the biggest journal I ever had lol.

This journal will be only for watercolor projects :)

Here is my VIDEO on how I creted this page.

I hope you will enjoy the process as much as I did.

Supplies list

- Art journal 30x40cm

- H2Os watercolors:

Te Quiero Rosa

Voliente

African Jade

Sky Blue

Autumn Skies

Douglas Fir

Guatemalan Green

Midori Melon

Lemondrop

Daffodi

Siam White
- Gelatos set of 4

- 7 Dots Studio Verano Azul collection

- Black permanent pen

 - Archival Ink

- text stamp by Finnabair

Thank you for visiting!

Don't forget to check out Willowing's channel!

Have a lovely crafty day.

xxx

Athanasia

Winter Fairy Tale

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm hosting the Finnabair blog with a winter fairy project.

I had this small 4x4 inch frame for a long time and finally decided to do something with it. It is actually a shadow frame, made out of paper mache, so I wanted something to fit inside. 

As I was looking through my stash, I found this little fairy, which I made using a mold and plaster many years ago and what a surprise - it was the perfect size for my shadow frame! 

So, the idea was to create a wintery fairy scene inside the shadow frame.

I kept looking through my stash and I found some beautiful Mechanical leaves and small flowers that looked just perfect on the little frame. I used a couple of brads to join them together and then a pliers to blend them in order to fit them onto the frame. 

Mechanicals are flexible and that makes it very easy to change their shape. For the tittle I used a tiny word 'Treasure' by 2Crafty Chipboard. 

Next step was to paint them all with Black Gesso. I chose Black Gesso instead of White because later on I used Gold Opal Magic Mica Powder and I really love the effect on black surface.

When it was dry I made custom paints with Mica Powders (Gold Opal Magic, Rust, Frozen Lake, Deep Water, Bottle Green) and Soft Matte Gel and painted the frame and the fairy.
First I used all the colors, but at the end I painted everything one more time with Rust and Opal Gold because I wanted them to be the main colors of the composition.

I also used White Crackle Paste on the frame. I let it dry and again painted it with the custom Rust paint. After they were all dry, I glued some glossy grass, a flower and the fairy inside the frame and spayed white Lindy's Stamp Gang spray on and around the fairy. I also painted with Black Gesso the edges of the frame in order to make more dark shading around the composition.

Last step was to spread some Art Ingredients here and there, mostly around the fairy and in the center of the flower. I  played with Pearl and Sterling Glass Glitter as well Silver Micro Beads and White Art Sugar. I love combining different types of Art Ingredients and creating varied effects in every project. I used 3D Gloss Gel as a glue. It dries clear and gives a beautiful shine.

***you can find full list of products of this project here

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I hope you got inspired by my wintery fairy scene!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Hello little fairy!

Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing my project for ColourArte.

It's a small canvas in a shadow frame for my daughter's bedroom.

ColourArte Products for this project:

• Twinkling H2Os Watercolors: Vanilla Bean, Pearl Gold, Warm Grey, Blue Ice, Mystique, African Jade, Meridian Blue, Apple Blossom, Suenos Floracion
• Primary Elements: Blue Grass, Teal Zircon, Coral Berry, Spiced Pumpkin
• Radiant Rain spray: Sunburst

Other Supplies:

• Balsa wood
• Stamp
• Gesso
• 2 Crafty Chipboard
• flowers
• Prima resin window
• Wooden label
• Gold thread
• Sequins
• Stapler and scissors
• Shadow Frame

So, lets get started!

1. I cut with scissors the balsa wood in house shape and painted it with the blue shades Twinkling H2Os Watercolors and with the Warm Grey color the edges. I also made with my pencil a couple of carves to make the wood pore real.

 2. I stamped the dress of the fairy, painted it with the Twinkling H2Os Watercolors and cut it around with scissors. Then I took one of my daughter's photo, cut around the part of the head and glued it on the fairy's painted body.

3. As I wanted my fairy to hold something like the original on the stamp, I decided to make some hearts with rice paper. I painted them with the Twinkling H2Os Watercolors African Jade, Pearl Gold and Vanilla Bean and used the stapler to give it more interest.

4. In order to alter the chipboard pieces I used all the Twinkling H2Os Watercolor shades plus the Radiant Rain spray Sunburst. I chose this spray because it has a really bright yellow and I really love it!

5. I glued all the embellishments on the balsa house and then I spread some of the three Primary Elements colors here and there. I really love how they blend together and I always use them as a final touch on my projects.

6. I glued the fairy with the hearts on the composition and the hole project on a white cardstock which I had gessoed previously. I placed in a IKEA shadow frame and made some doodling and splashes around the composition.

Here are some closeups...

...and the finished project. It's already hanging in my daughter's bedroom :)

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With this project I'm entering the Paper Dvizhnik challenge. I really loved the color pallet of this beautiful moodboard!

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***Here is my other project with a similar balsa house

click click!

Have a lovely crafty day!