Stampendous and Faber-Castell Blog Hop

 Happy Friday!  Its been a fun collaboration week and now its blog hop time for Stampendous and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft.  For today I created an 8x8 canvas with tons of mixed media layers! 

I began by coating my canvas with Faber-Castell Gesso and then let that dry.  Next I swiped on a heavy amount of Margarita Mix, Lavender, and Snow Cone gelatos in a semi grid pattern.  Using a wet paintbrush I carefully spread out and slightly mixed the overlapping borders to create my background.

 I used some Stampendous stencils to remove some of the gelato color with a baby wipe and then let that dry.

Next I added some stamping using my Cobalt Green Stamper's Big Brush pen with NK Studio Grunge and NK Studio Mish Mesh stamps from Stampendous.

Then I took another Stampendous stencil and added Gesso with a palette knife through the holes.  While that was still wet I sprinkled on Turquoise UF Pearl Glitter from the Sumptuous Stack Art Elements kit and some Melon UF Pearl glitter and Teal Mica Fragments from the Fusion Stack Art Elements kit.  The gesso not only added texture but also acted as an adhesive for the glitter and mica!

Finally I created a tag with a mini canvas pennant from Canvas Corp, colored it with Gelato, then stamped Life is Art with my Big Brush pen.  This was attached with 3 in 1 glue from Beacon, and I added a clothespin from Canvas Corp, some ribbon from May Arts, and a flower from Petaloo.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sir Rabbit mixed media card

Have you enjoyed the projects that you've seen from the Stampendous DT for the Stampendous/ Faber-Castell collaboration?  They're not over yet!  I have one more for you today, plus be sure to check the Stampendous blog today for more links.  Don't forget to check in on Friday as well for our blog hop!

Today is a card using gelatos again, but this time I've used them as watercolors over Pan Pastels.  I first stamped Sir Rabbit onto Kraft cardstock then colored his pants and bow tie with blue pan pastel.  After setting that with a quick fixative I added some gelato highlights.

I scribbled my colors onto my craft sheet then pulled the color with a waterbrush to add accents.

Mixed Media Heart with Gelatos and Fran'tage

Good morning!  This week Stampendous is collaborating with Faber-Castell so it's going to be a mixed media type week!  Faber-Castell sent the DT all kinds of fun Design Memory Craft products: gelatos, pencils, gesso and more!

For this card I began with a white panel of heavy watercolor paper and swiped three colors of gelatos across the panel.  I spritzed that with water then blended it out with a flat brush.  I then added some of the darkest shade of red around the edges and blended that in with my finger.

After that was dry I stamped the Cherish Heart stamp in versamark ink then embossed it with a combo of Aged Scarlet and Aged Hunter embossing enamels.

I finished the card off with a panel of green embossed with Botanical Blooms and Aged Hunter embossing enamel and a large May Arts ribbon.

Be sure to check in at the Stampendous blog all this week to see who's playing along and we'll finish with a big Hop this Friday!

A Mixed Media Canvas using Spectrum Noir refill ink

Good morning!  Its that time of year where all moms are super busy with end of the year stuff so I apologize for not blogging more lately!

My tutorial for Spectrum Noir this month touched on ways to use your reinkers in a Mixed Media project.  You can see the full tutorial HERE.

My canvas started as an experiment inspired by a Donna Downey online class.  It started as letter stickers randomly applied and then paint.  At that point I was stuck with what to do next on top of this super bright color palette that I had created so I pulled out my reinkers and gesso...

The process that I used with my Speccie reinkers can be seen at the link above, but I wanted to share the rest of what went into this canvas as well.  After I added new layers I added a touch of plain gesso to tone down the brightness, then added soem aqua Gelatos from Faber-Castell through my Hexagons stencil from The Crafters Workshop.  The gelatos are always a fun way to bring in more texture and layers!

The last layer of the canvas (as seen in the first photo) was to add the new Corn Flowers stencil from TCW using paint and a black sharpie paint pen to make it really pop!  I finished it off by adding a sentiment stamp from Stampendous called Flower Path.

Phone Elements

OK, so I totally forgot to post this on Thursday since I was flying home from Maui!  I thought it was on publish but it must have been draft...sorry!

Its another day of peeks of the new Elements stamps from Stampendous!  Today I am sharing the Phone Elements card that I created for the April catalog.  I just love the vintage feel of these and there are so many directions to take them :)

I have a couple of closeups for you:

My background was created with Gelatos over Bazzill Ledger paper.

This background was also Gelatos and I stamped the Classifieds background over that.  The  May Arts ribbon was gathered with my Sewing Machine :)

Thanks for popping in!

Art Journal Challenge

 I'm hosting the 3D challenge over at Paper Craft Planet this week and I hope you'll join me in creating an art journal page!  This is one I've been meaning to get around to forever about my Starbuck's addiction :)

I started with some Ranger Distress paint and Adirondack paints on my page then added a bit of Cotton Candy Gelato through my Hexagon stencil from TCW.  Next I added a corner of the 12x12 Cityscape stencil and one of the Casey Penelope silhouettes and sponged brown paint around these.

Added more Cotton Candy Gelato (Faber-Castell) on the brown areas, did a sketchy outline with my Med tip Faber-Castell Pitt pen.  I used the same pen to journal inside my chick.

I've been picturing sticking the coffee sleeve on my page forever and was inspired to finally do this when I saw Mou Saha's upcycle challenge for Faber-Castell.  I peeled the inside corrugated layer out then trimmed it up to tag size and painted and stenciled on that too!

Stampendous Sneak Peek

 Do you love all the Jumbo stamps from Stampendous?  Well good news then, because there are more new ones coming to your local store in just a few weeks!  Today I am peeking the Calla Lily Jumbo stamp and I am totally in love with it!

My lilies were stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with Detail Black EP.  I colored them with a selection of pinks, peach, and white Gelatos from Faber-Castell then cut them out.

The background of my #12 tag from Ranger is sprayed with Cut Grass and Fresh Lime Dylusions ink sprays.  I then sprayed White Linen Dylusions through Dina Wakley's Vine stencil from The Crafter's Workshop.  For a final touch I stamped the Seed Background stamp from Stampendous all over the background in Archival black ink.

My lilies are popped up with dimensional tape and then tied on with some gorgeous iridescent May Arts ribbon.  Hope you like it!  Be sure to hop over to the Stampendous blog over the next few weeks for more peeks :)

Art Journaling Class

A couple of weekends ago I did an Art Journaling class at Betty's Stamping and Scrapbooking Room called "Taking your Art Journaling to the Next Layer".  I promised the girls at the store as well as Jamie from The Crafter's Workshop that I would post pictures and I have finally gotten around to it!  Sorry it took me so long!

We played in our Art Journals with lots of stencils from TCW and a huge variety of mediums:

Ink Sprays, Gesso, Gel Medium, Modeling Paste, Gelatos (Faber-Castell), Acrylic Paints, Distress Paints (Tim Holtz), Modeling Creme & Glitter Paste (Splash of Color).  

First up are a couple of pages that I worked on during class as demos.   This one started as Dylusions Ink Sprays...

then I stenciled Glitter Paste over the CityScape stencil from TCW.

I added some more stenciling with Perfect Pearls sprays and Celtic Circle...and finished with some doodling.

The next page I had started by doing my background with Penny Black bg stamps and Stampers Big Brush pens (Faber-Castell).  I **think** I added gel medium, acrylic paint, and gelatos during class as my background layers.  

I added the Vine stencil with spray...

I stenciled the Birds in paint then added gelatos and doodling around the bird and branches.

And the Solace stencil with teal Modeling Creme really made the page pop...

I finished it by stamping Life is Art from Stampendous...

We played with a variety of styles on our pages including tips I picked up from CHA from Dina Wakely, Ronda Polazzari, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and Nathalie Kalbach while at TCW booth.

Here's some of the pages from my students...

(Deidre)

                                     

(Betty)

(Gail)

(Betty)

(Kathy)

(Caroline)

(Kathy)

Overall, I think everyone had a blast!  We'll do it again soon!

Stampendous Templates with Gelatos Tutorial

Its the end of March and I am finally getting around to finishing a project that I started weeks ago for this month's Stampendous challenge: Templates.  Did you know that all the new Jumbo stamps come with FREE stencil/masks?  Way cool.

First gather your supplies:

Stampendous Jumbo Poppy Stamp (and masks)

Stampendous Music Score background stamp

Stampendous Clear Detail EP

Versafine Ink

Faber Castell Gelatos

Paint brush and water

I started by placing the reverse mask on white paper and coloring inside that with my Gelatos from Faber Castell.

After I scribbled on some color I added some water to blend it out a bit.

While that was stil wet I added more Gelatos and rubbed that in with my finger.

After that was dry I stamped the Jumbo Poppy stamp in Black Versafine ink, added Clear Detail EP and embossed it with my heat gun.  Don't the Gelatos make the most beautiful vibrant colors?

I added a bit of turquoise gelatos around the edge of the poppy.  Next I used the inside mask and stamped over the top with the Music Score stamp in Versafine ink.

I know its too late to play in our challenge this month but I wanted to share anyway!  Don't fret though, our new challenge wil be up in just a couple of days!

Gelatos with Dreamweaver Stencils

This is the last week to play along with the March "Bloomin' Spring" challenge at Dreamweaver Stencils.  Please join us for a chance to win a new stencil!

This week I played around with using my Gelatos through a stencil.  I pulled out  Fairy Flower Circle and dry embossed it on white cardstock through my Cuttlebug.  While the stencil was still taped to the cardstock I applied my gelatos.

I added some Blood Orange, Watermelon, Metallic Melon, and Pistachio Gelatos (from Faber Castell) through the stencil using a blending tool from Tsukineko.  Its so much prettier and rich in real life!

The Thanks stencil was done the same way with the Pistachio gelato.  Papers are from Basic Grey and ribbon is Creative Impressions.

Please be sure to hop around and see what the rest of the team has created for you this week:

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy  

Wendy Jordan  

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

My first attempt at Gelatos

Good morning!  I thought I would share some Art Journal pages that I finished a while back but never blogged about!  This was my forst attempt at using Gelatos from Faber-Castell and while I have since learned a bit more I did love the way the pages turned out.

I began by brushing a layer of Claudine Helmuth Gesso over both pages and let that dry.  Next I picked  peach, pink, orange, and red from my Gelatos Gift set  and colored those randomly over the pages.  I used a large flat brush from Claudine Helmuth (Ranger) with water to gently blend the colors.

The background red flowers are from Dyan Reaveley's How Does Your Garden Grow set (Ranger) that were colored with Red Gelato and then spritzed with water.  The birds are from the same set and were stamped with Archival black ink then colored in with Gelatos.

The leaves were also colored with Gelatos, the rest of the images were colored with Dylusions ink sprays in Tim Holtz Water Brushes.

I added a coat of Claudine Helmuth Studio Multi Medium over the images and also used it to adhere my cut out pieces to my pages.

I will be sharing more Gelatos projects soon!  I've had more time to play with them a bit plus I spent some time at the Faber-Castell booth at CHA.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Cyndi