Summer Fun - Mixed Media & Watercolour Layout ~ Creative Embellishments August Challenge

Happy August! I hope you're enjoying a fantastic summer! It is the first of the month, which means a new challenge is up on the Creative Embellishments Blog! Here is this month's inspiration picture - and the challenge twist for August is to use hashtag(s) on your project!

The crazy-fun picture for this month's challenge inspired me to create a FUN layout using the CE Chipboard hashtags #SUMMER and #FUN from the Social Hashtags set. I painted the title with three shades of Prima Metallique paints (Deep Waters, Rich Turquoise and Mermaid Teal) to create an Ombré effect. For an extra fun touch, I added one of the Wood Veneer Geek Chic Glasses, which I painted with Prima Metallique Paint in Steampunk Copper.

I created lots of texture on the layout using Prima Mediums - including White Sand Texture Paste, Modelling Paste and 3 sizes of Art Stones; then, I coloured the scene using ColourArte Twinkling H2O Watercolours. Here are some close-ups and angles so you can see all the texture.

I hope you like my interpretation of this month's challenge - I can't wait to see what you create! Remember to follow the Rules for the Challenge so that you're eligible to win!

Challenge Rules:

• Create a NEW project (i.e., layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc…) as of August 1st 2017.
• Please no back linking (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge requirements). Please link only NEW projects.
• Combining the CE Challenge with other challenges is permitted.
• Please add your entry to the InLinkz box on the Challenge Post on the Creative Embellishments Blog to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
• It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog. Please make sure to reference our challenge. 
• We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along; however, everyone who does use CE product will get and extra chance at winning.
• WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on the CE blog post the day after the challenge ends.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! 

Oz-Inspired ATCs

Wow, April was a busy month and I wasn't as creative as I would have liked! But I do have a set of ATCs to share with you inspired by L. Frank Baum's book The Wonderful Wizard of  Oz. I made these for the March/April ATC swap at Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance and now that my partner has received them, I can share them with you! I just love the Oz stories - and I hope my swap partner does too!

First, we have the Scarecrow-inspired ATC. The background of Yellow Bricks was created with White Sand Texture Paste mixed with ColourArte Primary Elements in Golden Nugget. I layered a piece of rugged burlap and a patch of denim and added a twine 'belt' and the quote (matted on black cardstock).

Next is the Tin Man-inspired ATC. I used foil hardware tape which I scored and added 'rivets' to using my eyelet hole punch. I used Finnabair's Rust Effects texture paste along the seams/rivets. I made a heart out of air-dry clay and broke off and reattached one side of it. I painted it with ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Carmen and then added a generous coat of Ranger Crackle Accents.

Finally, we have the Cowardly Lion-inspired ATC. I painted the base with ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Forest Green - this made me think of the Emerald City - and then embossed the card with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. I cut the crown out of black cardstock twice using my Silhouette Machine and layered the two crowns with pop-dots in between. I roughly painted the top crown with ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Emperor's Gold and added a Liquid Pearl and two 'rubies'.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today - I hope you enjoyed this little visit to Oz. ;-)

Ornate Easter Egg with ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glazes ~ Tutorial

Hi There Crafty Friends! Easter was last weekend and I was feeling inspired to create! So, I have a gorgeous, ornate Easter Egg to share with you today. I've used six different colours of ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glazes on the egg, including: Fuzzy Peach, Pink Anthurium, Mediterranean Blue, Bolivian Blue, Forest Green, and Solar Gold. I also put together a Snapguide tutorial to show the step-by-step process of turning a plain wooden egg into something you'd be proud to display each year at Easter.

Check out How to Create an Ornate Easter Egg With ColourArte Silks by Sarah R on Snapguide.

Here are some photos I took around the circumference of the egg so you can see all the gorgeous colours and details!

Front

Right Side

Left Side

Back

Ornate Easter Egg with ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glazes

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today - I hope you found a little inspiration and will give my tutorial a try and create your own Ornate Easter Egg!  Happy Crafting!

". . .which way . . .?" ~ Alice Art Journal Page

I'm sharing another page from my Alice in Wonderland Art Journal today. I created this page using Twinkling H2Os by ColourArte, along with a stencil and some modelling paste, and charcoal pencil!

I created the scene using a garden path stencil by Finnabair along with some modelling paste. I painted the scene with Twinkling H2Os, matching the colours from the cut out image as best I could. To further delineate the path, I added some smudged charcoal pencil along the edges of the path and within the path itself. Here are some more photos!

I hope you enjoy seeing these pages from my Alice in Wonderland journal - they're so much fun to make. As always, thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Dare to Spread Your Wings - Mixed Media Canvas for Creative Embellishments

Hi Crafty Friends! Today I'm sharing a project I created using the Creative Embellishments Steampunk Dress Form 1 as the centerpiece of my design. I just love this dressform with its gorgeous big angel wings and wanted to show it off - so I dressed it up with a handmade paper skirt and created a fun mixed media background on canvas to showcase it. I've also used sections of the Mini Brick Panel chipboard to decorate the canvas.

The background and skirt were made using Prima Printery collection papers. The colours I chose for this canvas were inspired by the  Lindy's Stamp Gang January 2016 Color Challenge. I love this colour combination so much that this is my second project using it! I've used two different Starburst mists for the colour on the background - Mad Hatter Mint and Tea Pot Purple.

The wings of this piece were actually attached to skirt of the dressform, so I did some fancy trimming to free them so they could rest on top of the handmade paper skirt. To decorate the dressform , I started out with a coat of white gesso. I then painted the wings with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Ice and the dress form body with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Silver Bells. Finally, I added some Finnabair Glass Glitter in Sterling to the wings to give them lots of sparkle. 

For the bits of the brick panel, I first primed the chipboard with a coat of white gesso. Then, I painted the bricks with Silks Acrylic Glaze in Yellow Rose. I wanted the bricks to blend a bit more with the purple and green in the background, so I rubbed sections of the brick pieces with Silks Acrylic Glazes in Pomegranate and Teal Zircon to match the background colour. Finally, I added some Finnabair glass beads in Licorice and some green glass beads from my stash to the brick sections to add extra texture and interest to the canvas.

Here are another couple of angles of the full canvas.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!