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

An altered notebook cover

Hi everyone,
Saadia here:
I want to share with you an altered notebook cover.

This is how I made it:

I glued cheese cloth on the cover with gel medium  Next, I applied modeling paste through a stencil.

After that, I arranged and glued my composition with 3d gel medium and covered everything with heavy black gesso.

Colored my project with Art alchemy paints and waxes. Added microbeads and glass glitter.

Thank you for visiting
Take care

                 Saadia Nawaz

Products used:
Art and Soul studio Australia's resin frame and resin embellishments - soldout
Art and Soul studio trellis chipboard - soldout
Art alchemy metallique paint Plum preserves
Art Alchemy metallique paint crocous field 
Art Alchemy waxes Red Amber, Rich copper
Prima Marketing Glass glitter midnight blue
Prima marketing microbeads
Prima marketing's heavy black gesso
Prima Marketing's 3d gel medium matte

Angel Dreaming by Abela Artistry

Hi there Soul Sisters...

My turn up on the blog today to share with you some inspiration.  Mixed Media canvas for you playing with some metallic paints and Chipboard. I have been eyeing off these Dusty Attic wings for a while now and wanted to showcase them in a project. 

Here is my process.. 

I started out adhering the chipboard and stones on the canvas. I also used some lace for extra texture in the background and painted it all in white gesso.

I began adding colour to the piece by layering in concentric circles moving inwards. I went from lightest to darkest and being more frugal in my applications as the deepened. 

I made sure to dilute the colour with water on the brush and applied it directly. I then sprayed a mist of water to get it too run into the deeper layers. I avoided adding colour to the wings as I wanted to make them a focal point. 

I made sure to dilute the colour with water on the brush and applied it directly. I then sprayed a mist of water to get it too run into the deeper layers. 

Once done I dry brushed some white gesso over the texture to push the colour deeper into the background.

I added some crackle paste... and a little rub of wax onto my stones.

Coloured some Cheesecloth. 

Popped my focal point on top of the cheesecloth and added some string in a halo. 

Used some Glass Glitter, Prills and Beads on my flowers. I wasn't really happy with the intensity of the embossing powder so I muted the colour with some wax. 

And a little bit of black archival ink with a blending tool over the textures.. and a bit of a dry brush with some gold paint over the chipboard. Some art stones to finish off my focal point. Here's a close up of the texture with the fabric.. Thanks for looking. 

Abela Artistry

Product list:

White Gesso 

3D Gel medium

Dusty Attic Chipboard (Wings and Title)

Art Alchemy Paint

Lindys Stamp Gang - Bodacious Blush

Art Stones

Wax

Prills 

Glitter

Flowers 49 & Market - Potpourri Cerise and Hazelnut

Lace 

Cheesecloth

Love by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

This is my first post with Art and Soul Studio and I'm so excited to be here

Make sure you check out the Store for all the awesome products and check out the blog for the fabulous projects that the Design Team create

I started off by using clear gesso over the paper then cut out one of the circle it has words of love on it

I then used some Helmar Tacky Craft glue and a scrap of cardstock to cover the whole as I wanted to raise to cut out piece up with some cardboard

I then glued the cut out circle to the Petite Resin Round Frame

I then used the 3D Matte Gel through the Bohemian Bazaar stencil randomly over the 13 @Arts paper

I painted the Colour Blast Leather Colour Shimmer cube over the stencilled areas and then over all the circles

I painted my paper clay piece with the Leather shimmer cube

 I poured some of the Patina powder out and added water to make a paint

It made it look old which is what I wanted

I then rubbed some of the wax over the top of the clay just enough to get the parts that stood out

I then used the pink and painted the paper clay flowers the same way

I tried a darker wax but it didn't look good so I used a wipe and it came off 

I liked the look of it as it was so I left it that way

I used the Leather Shimmer Cube to paint the frame as well and rubbed the brass wax just over the flowers

Before glueing the embellishments down I used the muslin down across the paper making sure to hide the hole that I'd cut out

I glued the bling into the centre of the spoon then glued the pebble to the top of the bling once they were stuck together I glued them down

I covered the metal word with the brass wax as well and then glued it to the paper clay 

I then placed the other embellishments down on the muslin once I was happy with everything I added the Art Stones randomly over the page

Products I used

Frank Garcia Artisan Powders - Antoinette Pink and Trianon Patina

Ultimate Crafts Bohemian Bazaar Stencil

Prima Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Resin Frames 2/Pkg: Petite Round (sold out)

Colour Blast Shimmer Cube Leather

Frank Garcia Antique Metalware Le Merlier

Prima Moulds (Sold Out)

Mould 2.5"X3.5": JOIE

Mould 2.5"X3.5": Fleur

Mould 2.5"X3.5": Woman

Finnabair Art Ingredients Melange Art Pebbles (Sold Out)

Finnabair Art Stones and Mega Art Stones (Sold Out)

Finnabair Art Basics 3D Matte Gel (Sold Out)

Finnabair Metallique Wax Aged Brass (Sold Out)

13@rts Alice in Candyland - Madness

Bling, metal love word, and muslin from my own stash

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