November Challenge..... by Cindy Porter

Hi everyone, it's challenge time again over at Art and Soul Studio! and this month I have created a quick little poppy painting to play along with the challenge.

I used some of the goodies I picked up at Art & Soul Studio on my recent visit when passing through Hervey Bay...

 If you are every in Hervey Bay I recommend you allow some time and check the store out... so much more in store than currently on the online store...

Here's my haul.... look at those gorgeous paints and inks...

Oh and I tried to take a selfie out the front of the shop... well I don't take selfies very well at all... always have a strained look on my face, lol...

Now back to the Moodboard for the challenge...

You can find all the details of the challenge and the prizes on offer here....November moodboard

I have made a time lapse video of my process for you all... so grab a cuppa and enjoy...

A few close ups...

One last look at the whole painting...

Here's the products I used:

Dylusions Tangerine Dream

Dylusions Postbox Red

Dylusions Pomegranate Seed

Dylusions Black Marble

Dylusions White Linen

White cardstock
Stencil Girl Pomegranate Seeds Grape Apple Flower Mask
13 @rts In my Garden Stencil
Little Birdie Poppy Stencil

hope you enjoyed this project and will consider having a go at the challenge

till next time

Happy Creating

xC

Be Happy by Tanyalee Kahler

Hello Soul Sisters, and Happy Easter to you all.

I am here today to share with you an art journal spread I made using Gelli prints and other goodies from the Art and Soul Studio shop. I even show you my gelliprinting process.

I love using Gelli prints in my journals as they make a really interesting background quite quickly which takes the fear of the blank page away. And I love adding texture using stencils. What are your favourite techniques in your art journal?

Happy art journaling friends, and I look forward to seeing your art in the Facebook group in the future.

Supplies:

Gelli Plate
Deli Paper
Marabu Acryl Mousse (Rose Pink and Lilac)
Impasto Paints (Jade, Green Apple, Pitch Black and Crimson)
Stencil Girl Mask (Laser Cut)
Dina Wakely Stencil (Swirling Dashes)
Soft Gel Medium
Heavy Body Gel
Light Paste
Jane Davenport Napkins
Liquitex Acrylic Ink (Titanium White)
Liquitex Acrylic Ink (Carbon Black)

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

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

Michelle Logan - Guest Post

Hello All,

 

we are sharing a different post with you today, please help us welcome Michelle Logan as our guest designer. Michelle has used lots products from the store, that she received as the winner of the August Soulful Challenge. If you would like to know more about the Soulful Challenge then please follow the link to our facebook group Soul Sisters

 

Lets find out more about Michelle and see what she created.

 

  

Hi Everyone it’s Michelle Logan here and I am addicted to all things messy when it comes to creating. I live in suburban Melbourne in a male dominated household of 2 teens and a super craft tolerant hubby.

In a former life I was Physical Education Teacher (please don’t judge LOL!!!) until I came to my senses after 10 years!

I have always been into arty crafty things, I started out making cards and hoarding stamps (am yet to give up the hoarding part). I moved on to wedding invitations (after undertaking a calligraphy course) then scrapbooking (after my first fella’ was born), and now take on all manner of projects including art journaling, canvases, and anything off the page, as long as it’s messy I am in!

I am into all things, painty, inky and grungy, though I admit that I do struggle with feminine girly stuff! The colour purple and flowers really throw me out of my comfort zone. But I am willing to give anything a shot!

I have taught scrapbooking and art journal classes and have had the privilege of being a Scrapbooking Memories Master (2015) and before that a Scrapbook Creations Design Diva (2013/2014).

You can find what makes me happy on my blog: http://mlogandesigns.blogspot.com.au/ 

Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/happymess64/?ref=hl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle_logan/

 

Now that we know more about Michelle lets see what she created

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a handmade art journal using an A4 envelope that I painted as the cover….very simple and lots of fun!

 

Inside I have made a few pages (1 signature) out of scraps and watercolour paper….sort of like a junk journal. I have simply joined it all together using a basic pamphlet stitch.

 

For the decoration of the cover I just went to town using heaps of paint stencils and stamps….no thinking about the end result just lay that paint down …hence the Title.

 

hope you liked it…I even used Purple LOL!

 

Materials List:

A4 Envelope, Tissue Paper, White Gesso, Paint: Matisse Structure : Metallic Gold, Southern Blue Ocean. Atelier: Pthalo Blue Shade, Prussian Blue. Dina Wakey: White, Black, Sky, Blackberry, Cheddar. Neons Fluorescent Pink, Marabu Art Spray Gold, Stencils: Stencil Girl: ATC Mix Up 1 9x12, Crazy Quilts Calm & Frenzy, Stamps: Scrap FX: Squared, Dina Wakley: Splatter Girl, Posca Paint Pen Black & White, Stazon Jet Black ink Pad 

 

Thank you for joining us today and please pop on over the Michelle's link and show her some arty love.

DecoArt - Dazzling Metallics

Hello Soul Sisters

So close to Christmas now, its crazy in this household. I am just a little glad that my children don't actually finish school until Friday, gives me a few more days to get ready.

With my last design team package I decided to get some DecoArt - Dazzling Metallics. I have had my eye on them for a little while now and didn't really want to add more paint to my supplies but I just couldn't hold out any longer.

They are gorgeous metallics that come in a huge colour range. I got 4 colours and I used all four.

 

I started out with an artist board which is similar in style to s canvas but timber instead. This makes a solid surface when you are adding things to it. I coated it in a layer of gel medium to seal the timber then I decided to put a very thin layer of gesso over the top because I this stage I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but I knew I didn't want the timber to show through.

I haven't really used my brayer very much except with my gelli plate so I decided that was how I was going to apply my paint, which is different for me as I usually use my fingers.

I actually got a little carried away and I forgot to take progress shots, apologise for that but this next couple of photos are some of when I remembered. I should have stopped here as I really liked it as this point but I kept going.

 

This photo I knew that I didn't like it but need to keep going, this was the ugly stage of my art.

I had added layer of paint and then using a stencil and a baby wipe I removed some of the paint to show the layers underneath.

Because I knew that I did not like the layer above I added gesso with my brayer. I put some of the gesso on my mat and then rolled through it making sure that I didn't have to much gesso on my brayer. Once I was happy with the gesso I then added a layer of paint of the top. Love how it turned out.

I added two more layers using different stencils and colours of paint. I applied both layers of paint with a makeup sponge.

 

The last thing I added where quotes

 

I apologise for the poor quality of the photos but I didn't realise how hard it was to photograph metallic paint. If anyone has any tips or tricks would love to hear them.

Products used: decoart dazzling metallics - rose gold, berry, mink pearl and teal, dylusions large stencil - old school alpha large, tim holtz collection layering stencil - ringer, stencil girl products stencil - deconstructed lily mask and stencil.

 

Happy Creating