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

Daydream By Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

Here's my latest page I created for Art and Soul Studio Blog
Make sure you visit the Art and Soul Studio to see what's new

I just LOVE owls (if you were to scroll through my blog you would be able to tell LOL) 

The papers I used are so pretty and were so perfect for this picture I had to create something with them

I started by tearing the papers and then rolling the edge a little

I then flicked the Colour Blast Carribean Colour Spray over all of the papers

I also used the Carribean blue for the flowers and the paper clay

I used a couple of metal piece but first I painted them in the Jade Impasto for another pop of colour

I had a packet of Prima tulle's that have been sitting looking pretty so I decided to use the pink one finally under the photo

I didn't do a lot to this layout as the paper and the photo didn't need it they are enough on their own

With the photo I had printed it twice in two different sizes so I cut them out in the shape they drawn in

I don't know who drew Him but whoever did thank you because I love Him x

Art and Soul Studio Products I used

Jade Impasto (out of stock)

Snow White Impasto (out of stock)

Art Basics Clear Gesso 

Colour Blast Colour Spray Carribean

Lemon Craft Daydream 02 (out of stock)

Lemon Craft Daydream 03

Lemon Craft Daydream 06

Cocoa Vanilla Flowers from my stash

Paper Clay from Mum

Metal from own stash

Pink mesh from Prima but I've had it for awhile 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you come back soon x

In My Heart-A mixed media layout

Hi everyone
I want to share with you a layout that I have made for Art and Soul studio's February mood board challenge.

This month's mood board is so beautiful and feminine. I hope you will take part in this month's mood board challenge.

Join Art and Soul studio's Soul sisters Facebook group for monthly challenges and chance to win cool prizes.

Let's start our project:

I primed a 12 x12 inches stretched canvas with white gesso. Applied white modeling paste through a stencil.

After drying the modeling paste, I applied Lindy Stamp Gang magicals and activated them with water.

 While the magicals were drying, I fussy cut alot of flowers and leaves from scrapbook paper.
Next I glued the flowers and other embellishments around my focal image.
I finished the layout by adding a bit of background stamping, glitter and art stones.

That's all for now
I hope you liked this layout.

Thank you for visiting
Take care and keep crafting.

Saadia Nawaz


Products used:
Prima Marketing opaque modeling paste
Deco Art White Gesso 
Chipboard shape Trellis from Art and Soul studio store- sold out
Lindy stamp Gang Magicals - Autumn maple Crimson and Rambling rose pink
Prima Marketing Inc art ingredients - 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

Challenge Project by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

I hope you all have a Merry and Safe Christmas and that you have all been good and Santa brings you all you wish for

Today on the Art and Soul Studio Blog I created a beach inspired canvas as it went with my photo and it also went with our challenge photo 

The Challenge was to use the words Love Life and the pictures were there for inspiration
Make sure to enter as $50 is available for each category Cards, Layouts, and Mixed Media

So I  started off with reversing my canvas and giving it a coat of clear gesso

I then mixed in some sand and spread it around where it was needed 

I found a great branch from the garden that fit just right and stuck it down with Heavy Body Gel 

I then chose some embellishments and made them rusty using the Dark Chocolate Impasto and the Red Rust Past

With the frame I used the clear gesso before adding the Art Alchemy Old Silver wax with a stipple brush to make sure it went into all the grooves and corners

Here you can see the frame with the Old Silver was on it and the Love Life words - which is what these people look like they are doing

On the backround of the canvas I used Colour Blast Artist Ink Calypso with some water and let it run down the back making sure to get lighter and darker parts like you would see in the ocean

I also added some mesh to the cardboard I used to raise the photo up

Here's some of the embellishments I painted with the rust and a few other bits I also gave then a light brush with white gesso

Unfortunately the vellum globe I used went funny after I glued it with the gel 
And under that you can see where I used some Colour Blast Artist Ink Rust to make it look like some of the embellishments had rusted because of the ocean

I added a dragonfly because you often see them near water 
I added a couple of shells and you can see some of the clear beads scattered around the canvas

Products used from Art and Soul Studios
Finnabair Dark Chocolate Impasto
Rust Paste - Red
Tim Holtz idea-Ology 
Vignette 4 Frames  (instore)
Found Relatives (out of stock)
Ephemera Pack - Vellum
Art Basics
Clear Gesso (out of stock)
Heavy Body Gel (instore)
Art Alchemy Wax Old Silver (out of stock)
Art Ingredients Glass Glitter (out of stock)
My Stash
Colour Blast Artist Inks Calypso and Rust
Sand
Metal
Shells
Tree branch
Flair Button
Plastic beads

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a Happy and Safe Christmas and New Year x