A mixed media canvas

Hi,

Sharing with you a mixed media canvas. 

It was inspired by Art and Soul studio's December mood board.
I hope you'll take part in this month's challenge.
Join Soul sisters Facebook group for monthly challenges and cool prizes.

Art and Soul studio's December mood board:

Let's start our project:
I used a 6x6 inch canvas as my substrate. I applied a coat of white gesso to prime the canvas

Next, I applied modelling paste through a stencil and left it to dry.

Next I arranged and glued the chipboard diecuts, embellishments and flowers with 3d gel medium.

I applied a coat of White gesso to the canvas and the composition (except the flowers)

I colored it with Art Alchemy paints. I diluted them with Little bit of water.

Lastly I applied glitter and art stones. 

That's it for now.

Thank you for visiting

Don't forget to take part in this month's challenge

Take care

Saadia Nawaz

Products used :

Chipboard diecuts from Art and Soul studio

Resin frames and embellishments from Art and Soul studio-sold out
Metal heart charm from Art and Soul studio. 

Prima marketing inc Art basic heavy white gesso

Prima marketing inc art stones regular

Mini art stones

Finnabair glitter

Art alchemy metallique paint midnight

Art alchemy metallique paint Rich Turquoise
Cardstock diecuts from Art and Soul studio. 

Art Washes from the soul, the dust of Everyday life By Designer Jane McNally

Hi All

This Month I Have created a beautiful Tranquil Relaxing inspiration Quote Card 

from  Art & Soul Studio 

March Moodboard.

https://www.facebook.com/ArtandSoulStudi

I have used the following stamp from 

https://artandsoulstudio.com.au

Cardstock - Marine and Cream

Embelishments from my stash of wood pieces.

I have used small pearls for nails

Fence die from my stash

Wharf created and angled for 3D effect. Foam Mounted

Wave die from Kaisercraft new Stamp and die. 

Z Fold Card handmade by me 

That's Crafty Inspirational

Quotes Clear Stamp: SET 2

Thank you from Jane McNally 

Designer for Art & Soul Studio 

https://www.facebook.com/ArtandSoulStudi/

Tell Your Story - Allara Bamforth

Hey Soul Sisters,

It's Allara back on the blog today and I'm revisiting one of my favourite stencils using it as a scrapbook background with my beloved Dylusions Paints that I love to use on pretty much everything.

The three paint colours I have used on the background are Dylusions- Funky Fuschia, Laidback Lilac and Pure Sunshine. An I have thus randomly spread these around start with the lilac over my background with metal spatula and not really waiting for them to dry in between.

Next I stamped over the dylusion paint background with a Carabelle Stamp 'Impression Aux Pochoirs' just to break up the colour a little. Then I was very brave and layed my Stencil Girl stencil over the top and used black gesso to sponge over the top. I also cut the page to 11and half and stuck on a black cardstock back ground to create a border.

Next I used 49&Market Gabi's Texture Stamp and Carabelle Flower circles background with Black Archival ink to add some stamped details. I also detailed the writing with a white Posca Pen and added a few small details of my own. I picked out a photo of my lovely daughter when she was young and started placing around various Vicki Boutin Diecuts and some chipboard/ wood veneers. If you are like me I have a massive collection of these and found it fun to use a few of them for this project.

I painted the chipboard and wood veneer in the Dylusions paints I used for the background. I used my finger to apply it as I wanted it to blend with half of each colour. The wand was painted in a DecoArt Venetian gold paint and then I added some Dylusions White Linen to high light as well as a little funky fuschia.

Before adhering the my photo and embellishments I splattered some of the white linen and pure sunshine over the background as well as stamping in Archival Monarch Orange some more texture stamps around the grid patterns.
As I laid it all down I felt it needed a little more softening, so I took some cheesecloth in my stash and soaked it in the Dylusions Spray - Pure Sunshine to match and bring the the page together.

I'm really happy with how it turned out! I love these colours together.

I hope you've enjoyed my process and I've provided you with some inspiration. This would be a great technique to also try in your journal as well.

All products used have been linked back to the Art and Soul Studio shop. Please have a look - Annette has a fabulous array of products to choose from. I'm awaiting some new products in my next order and can't wait to show you them in my next post.

Till next post,

Allara xx

Sparkle and Shine - Scrapbook/ Card Challenge - Allara Bamforth

Good Morning!

There is a fabulous mood board this month for the Scrapbooking/ Card Challenge called Sparkle and Shine add Tags and Chipboard.

I started off thinking I would possibly make a set of cards but after starting them and not really feeling where I was going with them - the cards turned into a page. Here is my process.

Firstly I pulled out some of my favourite colors Dylusions Paint Postbox Red, Tangerine Dream and Vanilla Custard, Dylusions Sprays Postbox Red, Squeezed Orange and Pure Sunshine and Distress Oxide Inks Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber. I pulled out some tags and prepared each tag with paint, spray and oxide ink by spraying or smearing the products on my surface and spritzing with water and dragging my tag through. The picture shows the difference in intensity of colours depending on the product.

Next I pulled out some Dylusions White Linen to background stamp some prepared black cards with 49 and Market Gabi's Patterned Texture Stamp.

I then stamped my gorgeous Carabelle - Oh la la stamp and embossed with Ranger embossing powders. The background of my stamps need some more interest so I stamped again with Gabi's Texture Stamp in corresponding colours, added some gold sparkle washi tape and a wing die cut.

This was a far as I got with the cards. I really was wowed by the intesity of the card with the Dylusions paint on the left and thought that I could used this as a centre piece for a layout as well. So recreating the swipe technique I used with the tags - I smeared the paint on my surface spritzed with water and dragged my black card stock through.

I loved the effect of some really intense sections and some washed out sections. Happy with this I used the Dylusions Vanilla Custard to splatter over the top.

Next I pulled out a packet of Vicki Boutin Diecuts and picked a picture from my dear friend Cherie's 40th Birthday and started laying out my design. I also decided to use the tag from the cards on my layout.

The page was coming together and I finished it off with some background stamping with Dylusions White linen paint watered down with Carabelle Background and Gabi's Texture stamp, used some Dylusions Squeezed Orange Spray to tone down the die cuts and finally added some left over Dusty Attic Fishnet chipboard, some stash flowers and Vicki Boutin Glitter. 

I really like how it turned out and whilst I started off with another idea - I allowed the creative process to take its own path and I think that's the beauty of going with the flow.

All products I've used from Art and Soul are linked back to the website through this post. I hope you join in on this months challenge.

Till next post,

Allara xx

It's a Pirates's Life for Me Journal Page - Allara Bamforth

Hi everyone - Happy New Year!

I'm thrilled to be a part of the Art and Soul Studio Team. What a fabulous group of creative women,

What to do with my first post for the blog, was a little overwhelming as the Art and Soul Studio shop has so many fabulous products to showcase but I settled on using an image from the Gorjuss collection and worked from there. I've always loved these images and the pirate one caught my eye as I have a strange obsession with pirates (might be the rum) but I think I just romanticise, as I feel I have pirate blood - as there is a fellow way back in the 1600s in my family tree by the name of  Neptune Blood.

But back to the creating. I decided on an art journal page to ease myself into my role.

Firstly I gessoed the double page of my art journal in black.

I then used my new Stencil Girl Products 9 x 12 Stencil by Traci Bautista and using a sponge applied both watered down white linen dylusions paint and slight periwinkle blue in the centre. The sponge gives good texture and this stencil being so thin is easy to work with

Next I stamped the Gorjuss Pirate girl on some scrap watercolour paper with black archival ink. I had every intention of perhaps colouring her in with copics but I didn't have the right colours in my collection - so I decided to watercolour paint her.

My painting was a little rough but I think it will blend in well with the overall messiness of the page  I'm creating. I also used some of the left over paint from above to water down and use my paint brush to create splatter on the still black page.

Next I cracked out the Lindy's Gang Flat Fabio in Caribbean Blue and dropped a few drops on the stencilled side and sprayed with water to create a drip effect down both pages.

My next picture shows the start of me putting the page together. On the background I have used the Texture Stamp from Carabelle Studio and Carabelle Flower Circles Background - I've once again used some of the left over white paint to randomly stamp. I have also painted some Dusty Attic Chipboard with the left over paint so that it will blend in. I have fussy cut my image and tried in my hardest at writing a title in best pirate text with a white Posca Paint Pen.

I couldn't resist adding some gold touches - it is a Pirate page after all and this was perfect for adding Vicki Boutin Glitter Set - Gold Flakes and Glitter.

Last but not least, a picture of the finished journal page. I did add end up adding some plaster tape and hessian for a little more texture, as I felt this added to the theme.

Hope you enjoyed my process. A full list of the products from the Art and Soul Studio Shop are listed below.

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Caribbean Blue

Dylusions Paint - Linen White and Periwinkle Blue

Vicki Boutin - Glitter Set

Carabelle Texture Stamp

Carabelle Flower Circles Background

Dusty Attic Fish Net Chipboard

Gorjuss Large Stamp Pirate

Stencil Girl - 9 x12 Stencil - Traci Bautista Design

Posca Pen - White

Till next post.

Allara x

Believe

Hello Soul Sisters

Welcome to our new look blog, its so colourful that it just makes me want to create.

I am sharing with you today an art journal page that I create during the week.

 

Here is how I created it.

My first step as most of you know I cover 95% of my pages with a layer of white gesso, sometimes it can be thick with lots of texture or other times its just a layer to stop the mediums soaking into the raw paper.
The layer on this piece of watercolour paper is applied with a palette knife with not much texture

My next step was to decide which stencil I was going to use to apply texture to my page. I didn't cover all my surface with the stencil design as I did want a contrast between the two.

My next step was to add colour. Before I added the colour to my page I sprayed it with a decent amount of water so that once I added the coloured sprays they would move around the texture paste without any effort. I made sure that I kept some white space although its not completely white it does have a small amount of colour.

Here is a close up of the shine that was created.

My next step was to add some stamping, I did this with two different stamps. I reinked between each stamp of the images, but I always stamped on a scrap piece of paper first so that the ink was not too dark. I heat dried the ink and then I wanted to reactivate the sprays just a little so I sprayed water from a distance and then quickly dried with my heat gun, this gave the background some more texture.

 

 Here is another close up after the stamping and spraying of water.

 

The last step of my art journal page was to emboss and heat set my piece of chipboard then attach it to the surface with some matte medium.

 

Products I used from the Shop:

Lindys Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist - Ethereal Emerald & Buccaneer Bronze

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Darkroondoor Stamp - Grunge Marks

Tim Holtz Collection Layering Stencil - Stone

Scrap Fx Chipboard - Believe

Happy Creating