art journal page with video tutorial

Happy Sunday everyone! 

Today I'm hosting the ColourArte blog with a journal page and video tutorial.

For this project I used:

ColourArte products:

• Radiant Rains: Sunburst, Sea Foam, Ocean Wave, Pink Grapefruit 
• Silks: Winter Ice
• Primary Elements: Blue Grass, Black Emerald

Other products:

• 2Crafty chipboard
• White gesso
• 3D Gloss Gel
• Finnabair glass beads and glitter
• stencil
• black permanent pen
• 7Dots Studio scraps
• black embossing powder
• stamps

Here are some details...

...and now you can watch the whole process.

I hope you will enjoy watching it :)

 ***you can buy a journal like this at The Journal Shop

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

Tiny canvas 'LOVE'

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm sharing a tiny canvas I created for 2 Crafty Chipboard

for a friend of mine as a present.

It only measures 8x7 cm and I really love how small and cute it looks.

Even thought it is so small I managed to use 7 chipboard pieces and 2 metal pieces  to create a dimensional cluster like a pyramid!

This is how it looked before I altered the chipboards and paint it all.

In order to alter the chipboard pieces I used H2Os watercolors and silks by ColourArte and black embossing powder by Lindy's Stamp Gang.

First I created a mixed media background and then I started gluing all the embellishments with 3D Gloss Gel.

I really love how this tine mixed media pyramid looks!

Here are some closeups with details...

2Crafty chipboard Used

ATC Tiny Hearts and Stars

ATC Words 1

Spiral Snowflakes
Fluer Arrows

Hearts

Card Word Circles (I used only the circle)

6'' Circle Revolution Frames ( I used the center of the frame)

   
 

      

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With project I'm entering the 13 Arts 'Shine' challenge.
I used Shimmering H2O watercolors, Glitter and Glass Glitter on the chipboard pieces and also on the background.


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

Bloom and Grow

Hello everyone!

Today I'm hosting the ColourArte blog with a small canvas I created for my art wall.

After quite a few Christmas projects, today I'm sharing a small canvas I created for my art wall.

For this project I used:

ColourArte products:

H2Os Shimmering Watercolors: Black Emerald, Vanilla Bean, Playful Peony, Summer Breeze, Lemondrop, Apple Blossom, Midori Melon, African Jade, Mistique

Radiant Rains Misters: Sunburst, Ocean Wave, Apple Blossom, Teal Zirgon

Primary Elements: Blue Grass

Other Products:

• 2Crafty Chipboard sentence 
• butter embossing powder
• Finnabair Glass Glitter
• 3D Gloss Gel
• Heavy White Gesso
• Vintage Photo distress ink
• glue

First I applied White Gesso all over the surface. Before it was dry, I made some splashes with all the H2Os and blended them with the White Gesso with my paintbrush to create a soft pastel background. I let it dry.

Then I spread some butter embossing powder here and there and melted it with the heat gun.

Next step was to glue the chipboard sentence. I spread some water and with the paintbrush I applied the Apple Blossom H2O. I really love this watercolor effect! I also spread some Blue Grass Primary Element and sprayed water to liquefy it.

 To create the flower I sprayed with the Radiant Rain Misters and made a lot of splashes with all the colors of H2Os I listed above. I also glued with the 3D Gloss Gel some glass glitter in the middle of the flower.

In order to create the stalk of the flower I used the Black Emerald with a fine brush. I also made some splashes with it.

My final step was to distress the edges with the Vintage Photo distress ink.

I hope you got some inspiration and ideas on how to create a watercolor look on your project.

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!