January 22, 2016

'You are Unique' layout for Finnabair CT

Hello dear friends! 
Today I'm hosting Finnabair's blog with a layout and a video tutorial!


I found this amazing photo on Pinterest and thought it would be perfect to express some thoughts and personal believes: How awesome is to be me! To be different from the rest of the crowd and feel good about it! 
So, I created a layout full of colors, contrast, little messages, butterflies and a really beautiful elephant :)

For this project I used a lot of butterfly stamps in different shapes - you can find them in Rust&Dust and Dream On sets. I decided to cut out my stamped butterflies and turn them into 3D embellishments to decorate the composition.
I also used a Lace stencil in a different way, 2 shades of Mica Powder (Green and Purple), Heavy White Gessoand of course a lot of Glass Beads and Glass Glitter mixed with 3D Gloss Gel.

You can see the whole process in my video below.

Here are some details...







I hope you will find my video inspiring and get some new ideas!

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To create this page I got inspired by this amazing color pallet at  Berry71Blue...

...and followed this sketch from Art Sandbox

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

January 17, 2016

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:
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!

January 11, 2016

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)

ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars  (units of 3)  Card Word Circles - Sentiments (unit of 3) 6" Circle Revolution Frames (units of 3)
 ATC Words 1 (units of 3)

   Spiral Snowflakes (unit of 3)  Hearts (units of 3) Fluer Arrows (units of 3)




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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