Mixed Media Cards by Dutt Preety (Challenge Inspiration)

Hi friends :)

Good Morning !

Preeti Datta (aka Dutt Preety) here.

Today, I'd like to share Two Mixed Media Cards. 

These are my inspiration for the March Challenge.  

I was inspired by the colors in the moodboard & I've added feathers as well as die cut leaves on my cards.  

We hope you'll join the challenge as there are fabulous prizes on offer.

All the details about the challenge can be found HERE.

Let’s get started.

Mixed Media Cards

Card 1- Inspire

Card 2- Create

Process:

Step 1: Cut pattern papers from 7 Dots Studio's Paint Chips collection, applied clear gesso to them to prepare them for mixed media work. Then applied modelling paste through a 13 arts stencil on the card panels & while the paste was still wet, sprinkled on white embossing powder & heat embossed it. 

Step 2: Did background stamping with Aall & Create stamps using versamark watermark ink & then sprinkled on blue embossing powder & heat embossed the stamped images. 

Step 3: Added color to the background using Lindy's Gang Sprays & Squirts. 

Step 4: Stamped the butterfly & dragon fly images, watercolored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and fussy cut them

Step 5: Collected all the elements for layering including diecut leaves, fussy cut images, gauze & feathers. Adhered them using matte gel. 

Step 6: Adhered art stones, mini beads & glitter around the main composition using matte gel. Added Tim Holtz stickers as the sentiments & created white splatter using watered down white gesso.

Step 7: In the end, foam mounted the panels on black mats & then adhered these to white card bases. 

Products Used: 

7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Collection

AAll & Create Stamps

Prima Finnabair Heavy White Gesso

Prima Finnabair Clear Gesso

Prima Finnabair Art Basics- Modelling Paste

Prima Finnabair 3D Matte Gel

Lindy's Gang Spray- Pop Rock Purple

Lindy's Gang Spray- Urban Amethyst

Lindy's Gang Spray- Hi Maintenance Magenta

Lindy's Gang Spray- Bougainvillea Fuchsia

Lindy's Gang Spray- Ramblin’ Rose Pink

Lindy's Gang Embossing Powder- Purely White

Lindy's Gang Squirt- Polite People Purple 

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Versamark Watermark Mini Inkpad

Stencil

Ranger's Jet Black Archival Ink

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Please don't forget to join Art & Soul Studio's March 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. All the details about the March Challenge can be found HERE.

March Challenge Moodboard

Lastly, 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

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

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. 

Moment in Time by Kristy Abela - September Mood Board Challenge

Welcome back to another mood board challenge. My personal favourite colours are coppers and teals when crafting... My collections dominates my shelves. 

This is the regular crew at my place, my sons and their best mates... can you pick who are mine and who's not???

Please forgive me for bending the rules... I used a Dragonfly! 

Check our some process shots below..

Some texture for the background

Some Lindy's sprays and a bit of dry brushing with White Gesso.

Highlighting the depth with a charcoal pencil. 

Lots of embossing with Lindy's of Scrap FX chipboards and a bit of a highlight with some Prima Waxes.

I used some rust pastes on some of the pieces as well to give it the rustic look. I finished off the patina with some blue waxes. 

Added some stones and some beads and a couple of metal charms from my stash.

My favourite part of the whole project is the way this dragonfly turned out... 

The way the wings took on the graduation of colour was perfection!

Thanks for looking Soul Sisters!

Abela Artistry

Mood Board Challenge Rules

Please use our mood board as inspiration to create an art journal page, a card or a scrapbook layout. Use the mood board however you want but you must add a butterfly on your project.

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.

There are 3 x $50 vouchers up for grabs!! One will be awarded for scrapbook layouts, one for cards and one for mixed media/art journaling.

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 30th September 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.

Technique post by Karen Arribas.

Welcome to the next lesson its a short technique post. I decided to do a background journal page this can also be used for cards or ATC's.

I used Nuvo Embellishment Mousse (Cornflower Blue) and covered the page. This mousse can be used as a paint by just adding water or a paste to build texture, it also has a lovely metallic sheen to it.

I then used liquitex white gesso and applied with a sponge at the top of the page  to give is a sort of gradient effect.

To make the bottom darker I used Jane Davenport dark blue acrylic paint from the paint set 2.

I used the Jane Davenport light blue from the same set and painted an area (on a disposable paper palette) to be used for the stamp.

I used the Carabelle stamp 'Pivots rigolos' and 'Believe in magic' stamp. I then stamped them across the journal page to give a subtle print.

Finally I mixed some Golden Molding Paste with black gesso and used a star stencil across the top of the page. I then sprinkled some red glitter on top.

To finish with I used the Jane Davenport Inkredible pen to draw some lines, so it looked like the stars are dangling. I then added some white dots ( kaisercraft clear stamp) at the bottom of the page to frame it better.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and find it useful maybe for the upcoming holiday season. 

All the art materials can be purchased from the art and soul studio online store: https://artandsoulstudio.com.au/

Thanks for stopping by x