Love - A mixed media project

Hi everyone, 

I want to share with you a mixed media project that I made for Art and soul studio Australia's blog

This is how I made it :

I applied Sand paste with a palette knife to a heart shaped canvas panel.

After it dried, I glued chipboard shapes, clay pieces and sea shells on to it. I used 3d gel medium for gluing them.

Next, I coated everything with heavy black gesso.

I colored the project with Art alchemy metallique paints and waxes. Added stickles and sequins as finishing touches.

That's all for now

Thank you for visiting, 

Take care,

        Saadia Nawaz

Products used:
Art alchemy metallique paint Plum preserve

Art Alchemy metallique paint Romance pink
Chipboard shapes from Art and soul studio Australia - out of stock at the moment
Chipboard trellis shape from Art and Soul studio Australia
Metal charms from Art and Soul studio
Prima Marketing heavy black gesso
Prima Marketing 3d gel medium matte
Prima Marketing's Art Extravagance sand paste
Art alchemy wax vintage gold, white gold.
Mega art stones
Mini art stones

Set of Mixed Media ATCs by Dutt Preety

Hi friends :)

Good Morning !

Preeti Datta (aka Dutt Preety) here.

First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy, colourful & peaceful 2019.

For today's post, I've prepared a Set of Mixed Media ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). I was inspired by nature & all the green hues in the January Moodboard. The theme for January is to "use texture". 

Hope you join the challenge to win amazing prizes! All the details for the January Challenge can be found HERE. 

Set of Mixed Media ATCs

ATC 1: Smile

ATC 2 : Love 

ATC 3: Hope

Process:

1. Cut thick chipboard into 2.5 by 3.5 inch (atc size) sized rectangles

2. Applied modelling paste onto each atc using a palette knife to create texture

3. Used air dry clay to create mushroom like shapes & then adhered them to the atcs using gel medium

4. Applied black gesso to the atcs to prepare them for coloring

5. Started the coloring process by adding Lindy's sprays

6. To add shine & intense color, used Finnabair's metallic paints in shades of green, brown, red. Kept applying them using the dry brush technique, until I was happy with the blend of colors

7. Next adhered Finnabair's glass glitter, moss, sequins, sentiment tiles and alphas using soft gel medium 

8. In the end, added nuvo drops and ink splatter on the 3 atcs & distressed their edges with black soot distress ink

Products Used:

 Prima Finnabair Art Basics- Modelling Paste

Dina Wakley Media Black Gesso

Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio- Sandra Dee Sepia

Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio- Blazing Black

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Rusty Red

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Brass Hardware

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Dark Forest

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Green Olive

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Lime Peel

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Gold Rush

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint- Metallic- Golden Moss

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel

Soft Gel Medium

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Jet Black

Distress Ink- Black Soot

Nuvo Crystal Drops- Dandelion Yellow, Red Berry, Apple Green 

Please don't forget to join Art & Soul Studio's January Challenge. There are awesome prizes on offer & we have a stunning mood board every month. For inspiration, please check out the gorgeous projects made by my talented team mates. 

January Moodboard

Please do share your beautiful work with us on our Facebook group- Soul Sisters, we would love to see what you create with supplies from the Art & Soul Studio Store.

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti

Make a Wish - Kristy Abela (Abela Artistry)

Hi Everyone.. Welcome to my inspiration post...

I really wanted to follow up on the quick bite I posted last time to show you how you can take those techniques one step further and create a Steampunk masterpiece.. 

In this project I created a black canvas with pieces of Corrugated cardstock and tissue paper using gesso as a base and also as a 'glue'. 

I primed the canvas and put the scrunched up tissue paper on top to create lots of texture. Then I layered my cardboard on top and added some gyprock mesh tape to finish the background. I then arranged my Chipboard to figure out how I wanted the piece to go... Painted it all black and then began.

I sprayed some Lindys on the background and used some wax to colour the gate to make it pop out of the background. Once dry I used some gold paint to drybrush over the surface to bring out the texture.

I gathered the chipboard that would make up the bulk of my background and used some Rust paste to age it into my coppery patina background. Once completely dry I used some wax to add a colour variation on the cogs.

I layered on my chipboard and Metals (also painted black and Waxed for colour) and saved the main focal point to last. I wasn't sure which colour direction I wanted it to head... In the end I chose some darker blues with Opal Magic paint and turquoise and silver wax to tie in the background with the foreground. 

Added some Art stones and popped a Melange over the center of the padlock. I then used the Lindy's sprays with a brush to colour them.. I didn't want them to be too dark. If you look closely you can see where I did an experiment with a few to see.. Here's your Wheres Wally moment.. Hint: bottom corner..

Thanks for stopping by.. Happy Crafting!!

Product list

Dusty Attic: Ornate Gates - Large 

Scrap FX: Steampunk padlock - large

Scrap FX: Steampunk contraption

Scrap FX: Steampunk Key Corner

Prima/Finnabair Art Ingredients Art stones

Prima/Finnabair Art Ingredients Melange

Cogs

Tim Holtz Ideology Keyholes

Art Alchemy Wax

Lindys Starburst - Tibetan Poppy Teal

Lindys Moon Shadow Mist- Crows Nest

Prima Rust Effect Paste ( On Sale Now)

Art Alchemy Metallic Paint - Steampunk Copper

Art Alchemy Opal Magic Paint - Aqua Rose 

Keys

 Butterfly charms
Tim Holtz Quote Chips

Mini Gift Frames - Abela Artistry

Sharing with you today my favourite craft.. Black Gesso. 

I am am real sucker for texture and all ways to create it. These frames make a quick gift and because it holds loads of interest your family and friends will be enchanted. I often give them instead of cards.  

Twin Frames

 I use frames that I pick up cheaply and black gesso them and dry brush on some white gesso to prepare the surface. I collect a few embellishments from a tray I have off to the side with prior project.. 'not quite right's' and pop them into the frame. Art and Soul have some great  Dusty Attic Steampunk Heart Chipboard , Love potions or Baubles to recreate this project.

 I embossed a piece of Cardboard and primed it in black gesso too. I prepare my pieces and then the fun begins.. 

I use Art Alchemy wax Fire Ruby and Emerald Green metallic paints to highlight my layers and build up as I go adding other dimensions in the process with some Prima Art Stones. 

 I paint the top layer black and finish off with a rub of Prima Waxes

 I fit it to the frame and add the final embellishments and blend the frames in.

In this one I replicated the same process using a monochrome pallet and used Prima Art Alchemy Paints in purple and pink tones. 

 I am particularly impressed with the away the Opal Magics work. I used Violet Gold and Blackberry on this one and it gave me an amazing gold to offset the Vintage Rose.  

To finish off I added some Lindy's Open Arms Amethyst spray to the Mini Art Stones and left it to dry overnight. Sadly you cant use a heat tool to speed up the process unless you like it blown away.. I did try though.. Wink..

Make sure you pop on over to Soul Sisters and join in on the Challenge this months Mood Board Challenge. 

The Moodboard Challenge Rules are easy,  use our mood board as inspiration to create an art journal page, a card or a scrapbooking layout. 

Use the mood board however you want but you must add a playing card and as these challenges are sponsored by Art and Soul Studio

please make sure that you use at least one product that is available from the store. 

You can enter an art journal page, a card and a layout but you cannot win all three.You have until the 11:59pm on the 31 July to enter and then the design team will vote to determine the lucky winners. Please note that the vouchers can only be won by residents of Australia

 but if you are from overseas and win the challenge you will be offered a guest design team spot.

Moodboard Inspiration - Music was my first love by Jane McNally

hi all

Today I return with another inspiring creation. Created with love, from the

 Moodboard Challenge for February 2018.

My speciality is Cardmaking. 

My Canvas is Cardstock 5 x 7 

I have used Dusty Attic Stencil Script to create 3D effect. My backgrounds are from 49 and Market Vintage Autumn Collection. Cardstock from Art Deco Creations. 

49 and Market, 49 and Market Vintage Artistry, antiquing cream., 
https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/


I hope I have inspired you to create please come and  Join our Challenges 
I love seeing creations and amazed at the Talent entered..


Yours in Craft. 

Jane McNally Designer for Art & Soul Studio 

Mood Board Inspiration by Tanyalee Kahler

Have you seen the mood board for this month? It is a beautiful one:

Today I am going to share with you an art journal spread I made using this mood board. And I will show you some process shots from along the way.

First of all, I started with my Moleskine Art Journal and gesso'd the pages because I wasn't really sure how much wet medium I was going to use. Then I placed down some ephemera pieces.

I glued these down with matte medium but you could easily use a glue stick or another wet glue you might have on hand.

Next I added some texture with a stencil. This one is from Dina Wakley and is called Swirling Dashes, and I used Finnabair's new Paper Paste for the texture.

Once the paste had dried (and it takes a little while because it is quite thick) I went crazy with the colours included in the mood board. I used a combination of acrylic paints that I will list in the supplies section below.

I have the most beautiful butterfly stamps so decided to stamp those onto tissue paper and glue them down. I could have stamped directly onto the page, but the textured background would have made that difficult. And the tissue paper almost disappears into the background so this technique works well.

And the final step was to include the quote "Music is silence coloured in" which I wrote using a black fineliner.

I hope you take some inspiration from this simple spread. I'd love to see your response to the challenge. Don't forget to upload them into the album in the Facebook group.

Until next time, happy art-making xx

SUPPLIES:

• Moleskine Art Plus Sketchbook
• Liquitex Gesso
• Collage ephemera (book pages, magazine clippings, and pieces of chopped up art)
• Liquitex Matte Medium
• Paper Paste
• Dina Wakley Stencil (Swirling Dashes)
• Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic - Parchment
• Atelier Interactive Acrylic - Paynes Grey
• Art Alchemy Metallique - Golden Moss
• Art Alchemy Metallique - Emerald Green
• Art Extravagance Rust Effect Paste (Yellow Rust)
• Liquitex Acrylic Ink (White and Gold)
• Finnabair Cling Stamps - Don't Forget to Fly
• Tissue Paper
• Black Fine Liner 

Rainbows by Tanyalee Kahler

Hi there Soul Sisters, Tanyalee here for my first project for the Art and Soul Design Team for 2018. I am beyond excited to be a part of this team and I hope I can share with you some inspiration and tips and tricks for your art journey. To kick start my new year in art, I decided to work on the Soulful Challenge mood board for January. You can see the prompt card below:

The first thing that jumped into my mind was the rainbow, so I that is what I started working on. I wanted a dark section to represent the storm, and the then the rainbow bursting out of it to show the potential. So I found a magazine image that was a bit dark and gloomy and glued it down with Soft Matte Gel.

Next up I went to work with my Impasto paints and made a rainbow. I love these paints because of how they react with water, but still also hold their own as a heavy body acrylic paint.

I wanted to include some journaling on the spread, but it was a little personal so I used my favourite messy journaling technique - I know what it says, but to most people it is just a pile of scribbles. I used a white posca pen for this. And I added some white acrylic ink splatters for a bit of interest.

The final step was to include the quote which I did using a black posca pen in my faux calligraphy script. And then I added some black acrylic ink splatters to finish of the spread.

Supplies:

• Moleskine Art Journal
• Heavy Gesso
• Magazine image
• Impasto Paints (Lemon Peel, Crimson, Heather, Azure, and Jade)
• White Posca Paint Pen
• Black Posca Paint Pen
• White Acrylic Ink
• Black Acrylic Ink

You can play along with the Soulful Challenge and be in the running for a prize, here is what you need to do:

Be inspired by the images, the colours and the quote in the mood board image above, we would love to see what you create and how you were inspired.

To enter you will need to be a part of our facebook group Soul Sister. Once you are a member of the group then you will need to find the album and add your photo to it.

If you are the lucky winner, which is voted on by the design team you will received a $50 voucher for the Shop and be invited to share what you create with your goodies as a guest designer on our blog.

Please note that the voucher can only be won by residents of Australia but if are from overseas and win the challenge you will be offered a guest design team spot.

Until next time, yours in messiness

Tanyalee