Steampunk Tags with Kristy Abela

Happy Sunday Funday!! Have a peek at this over your morning cuppa!
Today I get to follow on from my Industrial Steampunk styled Mood Board Challenge to play with the same theme on an set of tags I created.

After sticking down the Stamperia papers to the tags and adding some mesh (Gyprock tape) with 3D gel,  I used a stencil and sprayed a fairly heavy coat of Tim Holtz Resist spray. Once this dried I used Distress Oxide in Evergreen Bough and applied a heavy layer over the whole surface to pick up the exposed bits of paper that the resist spray didn't reach. With a dry cloth I polished off the excess. 

I added the super funky Architextures and a layer of Nuvo Mousse through a stencil. I applied some Distress Crayon with my finger and rubbed it all over the raised surfaces to create shadows. Then inked the edges to finish off my background.

I used Embossing powder and waxes over black gesso on my chipboard and veneers. Tore a piece of calico and distressed it to frame my globes. I added in the door knobs and keyhole embellishments. Stamped some inspirational quotes and finished off with some Art Stones and Micro Beads from Prima.

Thanks for joining me at Art & Soul

Product List:
Stamperia - Clockwise clocks with Mechanism

Tim Holtz Resist Spray 

7 gypsies Architextures

7 Gypsies Findings - Painted Candlestick Collection

Tim Holtz Etcetera tags

Tim Holtz idea-logy large metal keyholes
Kaisercraft Doorknobs

Scrap FX - Mechanical Spike

Scrap FX - Suspended Time
Dusty Attic Chipboard Mini Brick Wall / Mini Chicken Wire / Industrial Globes
WOW Wood Veneer - Chandelier

Art Alchemy Wax - Aged Brass

Art Alchemy Wax - Mystic Turquoise and Emerald

Tim Holtz stencil - Clocks - THS013

TCW Stencil - Bricks - TCW 191s

TCW Stencil - Corn cob TCW 619S

Versamark Black Pigment Ink pad

Tim Holtz Distress Crayon - Black Soot

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide - Evergreen Bough

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse - Mother of Pearl

Lindys Embossing - Midnight Emerald-Midnight Bronze-Silver Moon Turquoise
Art Stones - Regular
Prima Micro Beads - Copper

The Pink Ladies - Journal Process - Leanne

Hello,

I am back again for another share. 

I asked what you which process you would like to see after I offered a sneak peek of two completely different projects. 

And PINK one won.

what is it with pink!...
this would be one of the very rare occasions that I actually use pink.. 

anyway. so you can see my whole process...
Only a short video this time..

 Close ups for details....

And the whole thing!!!...

Art journalling is such a unqiue tool for being able to get out of your head what is holding you back or even what is on your mind that you don't particularly want to share with others....
For me it is such a cathartic process..

 

Material list With links for those products available at Art and Soul Studio.

Jane Davenport collage papers (napkins)

7 Gypsies Architextures findings – Dress Form (mask)

Atelier – Gesso Primer White; Free Flow acrylic QuinacridoneMagenta (I put the link for the same colour but it is acrylic paint where mine was a free flow so it is runnier..)

Matisse Gesso Black

Tim Holtz: Layer stencil #33, Distress Oxide Fired Brick

DecoArt Media: Fluid acrylic Interference Green

Liquitex Flexible Modelling Paste

Leow Cornell Graphite Paper – transfer paper

Dina Wakley: Media acrylic Ocean

Lindys Magicals: Cathedral Pines Green (there are different colours in this to make it up.. It is MAGICAL .. recommend it

Stabilo all Pencil: Graphite, Black (sorry out of stock).

Liquid paper pen, dictionary book, calico, butterick dress pattern.(supplies from home).

so there you have it. 

have I inspired something in YOU to create...

I would love to hear from you..

Live with Respect and Empathy 

Leanne xo

Difficult roads often lead to Beautiful Destinations by Karen Arribas

Hello my friends, so as you can see this months challenge is the quote below and the colour palette. It was a challenge for me being restricted to a particular colour scheme but I managed to produce a journal page.

To be honest I wasn't enjoying this at first but I'm really pleased with the end result for me it literally was a difficult road leading to a beautiful destination.....its all about the journey and the process!

I have a video for this lesson so I hope you enjoy!

Material used:

7 Dots Studio 'Hazy Days'

Decoart Media Texture sand paste

Golden Gel Mediums - Crackle paste

Golden Gel Mediums - Molding Paste

Kaiser Colour - Olive, Antique White, Turquoise

Matisse - White Gesso

TCW - Stencil -Botanical

7 Gypsies Stencil- Triangle Grid

Darkroom Door Stencils - Number

Neocolor II Watersoluable Crayons

All the material can be purchased from the Art and Soul Studio online shop: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

Music is Silence Coloured in by Karen Arribas

Hello and welcome to my next lesson. It will be based on this months Scrapbooking/ Card Challenge.

I decided to do a card challenge using the above colours and stencils by Dina Wakley and 7gypsies.

I tried to get the correct green/grey colour by using a mixture of different colours. I used Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic paint - Black, KAISERcolour Acrylic paint - Pistachio and Decoart Media fluid acrylic - Phthalo Turquoise. I'm thinking I needed to add a bit more green to the mix. I covered the entire card in the colour.

I used the 7gypsies stencil 'Triangle Grid' and sporadically covered it with Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic paint - Chedder (mixed with white)

I then used small bits of music paper and placed it in a few areas on the card and then used Decoart media - Titan Buff and covered a thin layer of paint over the stenciling so you could see some of the areas coming through.

I then went over it again using the darker colour and used the 7gypsies stencil and Dina Wakley Media Stencil- Scales.

I then used 7 Dots Studio 'Dreamscapes' collage paper as the background for the heart and butterfly wings. The stamp is from the Finnabair cling stamp collection 'Trust the magic' and the butterfly wings are from a napkin I had.

Materials used: 

Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic paint - Black, 

KAISERcolour Acrylic paint - Pistachio 

Decoart Media fluid acrylic - Phthalo Turquoise

Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Chedder

Decoart Media Fluid Acrylic - Titan Buff

7gypsies stencil 'Triangle Grid'

Dina Wakley Media Stencil- Scales.

7 Dots Studio 'Dreamscapes' collage paper

Finnabair cling stamp collection 'Trust the magic' 

All the materials used can be purchased at: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

Thanks for looking and I hope this lesson has inspired you to create from this months moodboard. see you soon. xx

When the Postman Arrives - Leanne Jago

 We all know the excitement of when the postman delivers a package from Art and Soul Studio...

So today I am going to show you what happens at my place. 

And the process of creating a mixed media art piece.

You can watch the process ..

 

And then for some close ups.... 

 

The end piece......

Here is a full list of materials used.. (just click on the underlined words for the link to the shop)

Gelli Plate 12"x14"

DecoArt Media- Fluid acrylics – Diarylide Yellow, Pyrrole Orange

Crackle paste

Matte medium.

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint – Ruby, Black, Ocean, Elephant

Matisse – Transparent Gesso, Black Gesso

Chromacryl- Clear Gel Medium

Liquitex - Ink, Cerulean Blue Hue

Light Modelling Paste

Flexible Modelling Paste

Stazon Ink – Jet Black

Tim Holtz -  DistressOxide Ink- Fired Brick

                StencilCrate

 Carabelle Studio – artMask – Composition Alphabetique

                artStamp – Casier de typographie(letterpress storage)

-          Background: Impression aux Pochoirs

-          Collage Typographique

Finnabair – Now is the Right Time stamp

Stabilo Marks All Pencil – Black, White.

7Gypsies- Architextures Findings – Dress Form

Art-C Book Pages Ephemera – Book Pages

Other: Derivan Acrylic – Titanium White, Stampin Up – Rose Red inkpad, Dymo, Staples, Cardboard, Dictionary, Old Book, October Afternoon – 5 & Dime, Report Card Alphas, Atelier – Gesso Primer, Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Small Talk.

Thank you all for visiting the blog... 

and don't forget to keep sharing your creations on our Soul Sisters facebook group....  

Live with Respect and Empathy. 

Leanne xo