mini art journal |Your Voice is my fav Sound

Hi! I'm back with another colorful art journal page 

full of ColourArte products and also a VIDEO tutorial.

ColourArte products

H2Os

 Guatemalan Green

 Wild Blue Berry

 Tahitian Blue

 Yellow Rose

 Pink Azalea

 Luv U Pink

Silks

Black Ice

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I hope you will enjoy my video and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, 

as well give me thumbs up and subscribe on my You Tube channel  :)

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

mini art journal |page 1

Hello and wellcome back to my blog!

Today I'm sharing the first page of my new mini art journal 

I created with ColourArte products with a VIDEO tutorial.

Actually it's a mini sketch book which I decided to use as an art journal.

 I think it is very cute that it fits in my pocket, don't you think?

:)

ColourArte Products

Primary Elements

Honey Amber 

Blue Grass

Sunflower

Coral Berry

Rose Gold

Fuzzy Paech

Radiant Gels: Copper Pearls

Silks: Rustic Rose, Rusty Mauve

*Background stamp by Finnabair 
*Stickers by 7 Dots Studio

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I hope you will enjoy my video and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, 

as well give me thumbs up and subscribe on my You Tube channel  :)

Details...

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Complexity and Simplicity

Happy September!

Our new challenge at Scraps N Pieces is up!

"Opposites Attract"

My art journal page is about Complexity and Simplicity.

I tried to include in one page two different styles...

For this project I used ColourArte products (Primary Elements, H2Os, Silks and Vivids) to color it

and Finnabair Art Basics Products (White Heavy Gesso and Modeling Paste), stencils and stamps.

Chipboard pieces by 2Crafty Chipboard.

You can find a journal like this at The Journal Shop.

The butterflies are handmade by me :)

So, I hope I see your creation at Scraps N Pieces blog, 

for a chance to win a beautiful collection by Crafty Impressions.

You can create any type of project as long as it's relative with our theme

 "Opposites Attract"

for example black-white, male-female, day-night, past-present, etc.

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

tiny canvas #2

Happy Sunday!

Today I’m sharing a tiny canvas I created for ColourArte. It’s really a quick and easy project to do, it only took a few minutes to paint it!

To create this project I used:

ColourArte products

• Primary Elements: Summer Breeze, Burnt Umber, Black Emerald
• Twinkling H2Os: Siam White
• Silks: Vintage Mint
• All Purpose Clear Glaze Medium

Other products:

• small canvas 8×7 cm
• Finnabair Black Gesso
• Finnabair white crackle paste
• Finnabair white sand paste
• Metal embellishments
• chipboard embellishment (for the roof)
• wire
• screws
• word sticker (7 Dots Studio - Domestic Goddess)
• package card stock
• craft glue

First I cut the package chipboard in a house shape and glued it on the back side of the canvas. Then I covered everything with Black Gesso. When it was dry I applied the two texture pastes (crackle and sand paste) here and there. I placed the chipboard and metal embellishments in the wet pastes (they work as a glue) and left it dry naturally for 5 hours.

After it was dry I spread with a dry paintbrush the three colors of the Primary Elements here and there. I sprayed with water and dried it with a heat gun. Then I applied a thin coat of Clear Glazewith a paintbrush to make the Primary Elements permanent.

Next step was to highlight some spots with the Vintage Mint. I applied it with a dry paintbrush here and there. I really love this color because it gives a vintage touch at the project.

Last step of the painting process was to make some splashes with the Siam White H2O. You have to spray some water in the jar to activate the color and wait for a couple of minutes. Then your color is ready to use.

At the end I added two screws and twisted the wire in order to create a hanger for the little canvas. I also glued a sticker with my tittle: ‘Unknown’.

Here are some more closeups…

This is the first tiny canvas I created,

you can see it in this post

Thank you for visiting,

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

'Memories' in a frame

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a small project in a frame I created for my art wall

with ColourArte Silks acrylic paints.

For this project I used:

ColourArte products

• Silks: Warm Grey, Silver Bells, Guatemalan Green, Meridian Blue

Other products:

• White Heavy Gesso
• craft glue
• wooden canvas sticks
• 7Dots Studio 'Domestic Goddess' collection word sticker
• black frame

So, let's get started.

First step was to paint the wooden sticks with the Silks. I chose some of my favorite colors in green, blue and grey shades and used a paintbrush to apply them on the sticks. They dry pretty quickly and I love how rich the colors look after they are dry!

I also painted some of the sticks with white gesso. 

After they were dry I used the craft glue to glue them down randomly. 

I wanted to keep it simple with a clean and clear look, so I didn't use any paint on the background. 

The only thing to do after the sticks were in place, was to glue a word sticker.

That was pretty much all! I really love the finished look and that Summer feeling it gives at my wall of art :)

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Journal page #9 *with video

Happy Sunday!

This is my new journal page I created for ColourArte with video tutorial.

You know how much I love ColourArte products and always find a way to use them on my projects.

The colors of all kind of products are so beautiful and vibrant and it is really a pleasure to work with them in all kind of projects! So I hope to stay for another term as a video creator and share with you many more projects with video tutorials.

For this project I used...

ColourArte products

• Silks: Guatemalan Green, African Jade, Vintage Mint, Playful Peony, Orange Peel, Mango Mamba, Pink Azalea
• Radiant Gels: Guatemalan Green, African Jade

Other products:

• White Heavy Gesso
• Black Gesso
• Background stamps (Finnabair)
• rice paper
• black embossing powder
• black plastic grass
• white pen

...and the video with the process, I hope you will enjoy it :)

Thank you for visiting, 

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Art in a frame

Happy Sunday dear friends!

Today I'm hosting the ColourArte blog 

and sharing a small project in a frame I created for my art wall.

I used only a few supplies and with only three steps I ended with a beautiful art piece.

For my project I used:

ColourArte products

• Silks: African Jade, Vintage Mint, Terracotta Rose, Rustic Rose, Black Ice

Other products:

• White Heavy Gesso
• 3D Gloss Gel
• wire
• Art Stones
• Metal Butterfly
• black plastic grass

Step 1. I applied with a sponge a little bit of gesso all over the surface, particularly on the spot I wanted to be the circle with the butterfly.  

Step 2. I glued everything down with 3D Gloss Gel and let it dry.

Step 3. I used my favorite colors of Silks to paint the embellishments.

I sprayed some water here and there to make to paint more fluid.

I also made some splashes with the Black Ice Silk.

And that was it!

Pretty easy and quick, don't you think?

Of course it's already hanging on my wall :)

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

Trust - art journal page #8

My second project this month for 2 Crafty Chipboard is a journal page.

This journal page turned to be one of my favorites in my journal 

because of this amazing Aidan's Arrow.

As I was looking in my stash I saw it and that was it!

It was like a vision with this arrow standing on some big circles, don't ask why and how ...

I created this page immediately after the layout -yeap, that was a really creative day for me :)

I used the same color shades I used on the layout above, as well one more Polaroid Assortment Frame. These frames are so cute that I just can't have enough!

In order to alter the chipboard pieces I used  warm grey Silk and primary elements to create more texture on them.

 I 

 The ATC Tiny Heart is like the icing on the cake: cute and delicious! 

I love how it looks on my beloved arrow :)

I painted it with H2Os watercolors purple and spiced pumpkin.

2Crafty Chipboards Used:

Polaroid Assortment FramesAidan's Arrows
ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

   

 

Thank you for visiting Have a lovely crafty day! xxx Athanasia