tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705323348722723102024-03-16T18:53:10.239+00:00ColourCraftColourCrafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02427808736096996817noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-21749133164556996372020-05-29T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-29T10:00:07.800+01:00Quilted Tyvek Squares<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love to design using different techniques and materials - mixed media & skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are some <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/posh-silk-cartridge-sketch-book" target="_blank">sketchbooks</a> I have decorated with quilted Tyvek squares</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These spiral-bound Pink Pig sketchbooks, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/posh-silk-cartridge-sketch-book" target="_blank">stocked by Colourcraft</a>, have h<span style="background-color: white;">andmade coloured silk covers (</span><span style="background-color: white;">front </span><span style="background-color: white;">and </span><span style="background-color: white;">back</span><span style="background-color: white;">) and 35 leaf quality </span><span style="background-color: white;">150gsm cartridge paper (made from acid-free pulp purchased from accredited and sustainable resources). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This picture does not really show how fabulous the silk cover design on the notebooks is, you really do have to hold one in your hands to appreciate it!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">They come in some gorgeous colours, I've used the Berry and Lime Green, and a wide range of sizes, I've used the 21cm square. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For this project, I started with a couple of squares of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/tyvek-light-weight-fabric-6682" target="_blank">Tyvek fabric</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">While the slightly diluted paint was still wet, I sprinkled on a little Brusho SprinkleIT: <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho-sprinkleit-iridescent-violet-10g" target="_blank">iridescent violet</a> on the leaf and <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho-sprinkleit-metallic-pearl" target="_blank">metallic pearl</a> on the heart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Once this was dry, I layered the Tyvek on top of black cotton fabric with some quilting batting behind. I chose a couple of variegated threads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then it's time to heat distress the Tyvek, using a <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/heat-gun-300w-single-speed-uk-eu-plugs-6688" target="_blank">heat gun</a>. NB. Work in a well-ventilated area. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I made a heating mat from a folded newspaper covered in kitchen foil. I used a couple of pins to hold the quilted squares to the mat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Once cooled, I flattened the squares with my hands, before trimming and using double-sided tape to mount them on the sketchbooks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For more detail, on this process, you can watch the film from my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvvkA4K8WJRcYoAi_RoOQfg" target="_blank">YouTube Channel.</a></span></span><br />
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Good Day All, I'm here today to share with you my last project as a member of the<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/"> ColourCraft LTD </a>Design Team, I've had a wonderful two years working with the wonderful people and products from <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/">ColourCraft LTD</a>. </div>
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As it's my last post I wanted to create something that I truly love, so I've painted a portrait, I've done a couple over my time here but today's is a little different as I've used <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-metallic-acrylic-assorted-6-x-300ml">Metallic Acrylic Paint</a>,<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/ink-stamp-pads/acrylic-inks/acrylic-ink-12-x-28ml"> Acrylic Inks </a>and a<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/progresso-solid-aquarelle-soft-graphite-pencil-12-pack"> Koh-I-Noor Progresso Aquarelle Pencil</a> with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/liquitex-acrylic-matt-medium-237ml">Matte Medium</a>.</div>
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Here's a little snippet, scroll down to see how I created the finished painting;</div>
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I took a 10 x 14 inch canvas and sketched my portrait;</div>
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Once I was happy with my sketch I took a<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/progresso-solid-aquarelle-soft-graphite-pencil-12-pack"> Koh-I-Noor Progresso Aquarelle Pencil </a>and using <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/liquitex-acrylic-matt-medium-237ml">Matte Medium</a> to activate it, I darkened my lines. Once dry the pencil is permanent if you use <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/liquitex-acrylic-matt-medium-237ml">Matte Medium</a> to activate it instead of water.</div>
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I then added my first layer of colour using<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-metallic-acrylic-assorted-6-x-300ml"> Metallic Acrylic Paint</a> in Bronze;</div>
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My next layer was added using<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-metallic-acrylic-assorted-6-x-300ml"> Metallic Acrylic Paint </a>in Pink;</div>
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I then added a layer of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-metallic-acrylic-assorted-6-x-300ml">Metallic Acrylic Paint </a>in Silver;</div>
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Next it was time to darken some areas of the painting, so I used the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/progresso-solid-aquarelle-soft-graphite-pencil-12-pack">Koh-I-Noor Progresso Aquarelle Pencil</a> and<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/liquitex-acrylic-matt-medium-237ml"> Matte Medium</a> again;</div>
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It was now time to add details to the facial features and hair using <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/ink-stamp-pads/acrylic-inks/acrylic-ink-12-x-28ml">Acrylic Ink</a> in Dark Brown and Black. I also added some highlights with a white pen;</div>
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At this point I left the portrait overnight, so I could look at it with fresh eyes the following morning. I really liked her, but she was missing something. She reminded me of an angel, but she looked so sad, so I decided she needs some tears. It only seemed right that an angel would cry tears of gold, so I added a few drops of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/ink-stamp-pads/acrylic-inks/metallic-iacrylic-inks">Gold Metallic Acrylic Ink</a> and sprayed with water, so it ran down her face.</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed seeing how I created this project, and all my projects over the last two years. It's been my pleasure to share them with you all, thank you to all those that have left comments for me, I really appreciate them.</div>
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Suzi</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I started by cutting three 2.5" diameter pieces from white card. I was thinking artist trading coins and I usually make them in threes cos they fit perfectly across a piece of A4 card. I used a stitch edge die and then stamped using a fish from Rubber Dance Textured Fish set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I masked the fish, stamped with Rubber Dance Grungy Sequins and sprinkled with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230" target="_blank">Turquoise and Sea Green Brusho powders</a>. I carefully removed the masks and spritzed with water. The water can draw some of the colour across the masked fish, but I just used a paper towel to blot it away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I stamped with a grid stamp and a water reactive blue ink, sprinkled with the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230" target="_blank">Sea Green Brusho powder</a> and spritzed. The water spreads the Brusho colour nicely and also softens the grid stamping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have enjoyed my project. </span></div>
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ionabunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211998034105724908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-17594221268522282972020-05-23T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-23T10:00:04.971+01:00Layered Garden with Transfer ColoursThis week the Fabulous Clare did some tips, tricks and demos with Colourcraft's transfer paints in a live broadcast on Facebook! You can watch it <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Colourcraft-CA-Limited-157098990982288/">HERE</a><br />
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Anyway, I also love playing around with Transfer paints. This week I thought I would take inspiration from my <a href="https://colourcraftblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/make-your-own-stencils-for-beautiful.html">last blog post</a>, this time doing similar techniques but on fabric!<br />
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I decided to use transfer paints and crayons- that way I could do my images on paper first and then layer them onto fabric when I transfer them with an iron.<br />
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These are the finished papers I made:</div>
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The wax resists the paint, I also flicked some droplets onto some of my pieces. </div>
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I then played around with using pieces I had cut out of plain paper as masks and ironing the different paintings in layers onto a glittery satin. </div>
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This is with the "background" painting ironed over the top.</div>
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This one is with several of the paintings ironed on top of each other. </div>
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This one is my favorite result! The paper paintings often can be used more than one time- giving a lot of depth and texture to a piece.</div>
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Here was the one I had done on paper with Brushos:</div>
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I'm quite pleased that I managed to imitate the effect! Of course, I had done the one on fabric with mostly shades of grey, but you can see the similarities.</div>
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Here are some more links to blog posts I've done with transfer paints:</div>
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<a href="https://colourcraftblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/spring-tulips-with-colourcraft-transfer.html">Spring Tulips</a></div>
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<a href="https://colourcraftblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/transfer-dyeing-how-to-make-bubbles-and.html">Bubbles and Fish</a></div>
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Hello and welcome to my final post for the Colourcraft team. One of my favourite tools is my gel plate, and I love experimenting with different products on it. Today I am using Brusho Crystal Colours to create magical backgrounds for some stamped cards:</div>
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Manila paper tends to suck the colour out of everything and I wanted to have a bit of white space so I started with a layer of white gesso, feathered out so there were no hard lines. Then I added a bit of light background stamping and stamped my title on to tissue paper.<br />
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I painted the back of the tissue paper white so that it would stand out against a coloured background...<br />
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and I added Turquoise acrylic paint to the cover, again feathering out to avoid hard edges.<br />
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For a pop of contrast and some texture, I mixed Magenta paint in to transparent relief paste (now called Design-It) and stenciled this over the other colours.<br />
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To take the title stand out more, I added a light touch of Cadium Yellow and used gel medium to stick down the tissue paper adding a coat under and over to be sure it was well adhered. I added a third lot of stenciling too.<br />
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Mixing Yellow and Scarlet paint for a bright orange, I added more stenciling and doodled round the stars and circles with black and white pens. I used Black Acrylic Paint to sponge round the edges of the cover.<br />
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For more texture and contrast, I stenciled Black Expand-IT paste on to the cover. I also added lines with the edge of a paint knife to the 'Art' letters, and heated the Expand-IT to puff it up for some volume.<br />
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I am sure I will continue to doodle or add to this over time but, for now, it makes me happy that my journal has a decorated cover in some of my favourite bright colours. It gives a hint of what is inside. More of that another day!<br />
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Bye for now<br />
Karen<br />
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One can never have too many places to store all the fabulous goodies that we collect or that we 'need' to craft - wouldn't you agree?<br />
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I just love decorating these pen and ink cases. I have decorated several already with the gorgeous metallic and opaque fabric paints from Colourcraft. My favourite are the metallic colours as they suit my colour pallette but they are also available in a range of primary colours and pastels as well.<br />
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This technique will work well on aprons, costmetic purses, bags and tee-shirts as well as many other items of apparel. Once the paint is dry it can be heat set with an iron which will preserve the colours and the paint.<br />
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And it is so very easy. Let's go!<br />
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I like to use a piece of 'cut 'n dry' sponge to apply the paint as it provides a good solid base but a stencil brush would work just as well.<br />
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The most important thing to remember is NOT apply too much paint on at once otherwise it will 'leak' out through the stencil. The paint dries very quickly so if you want it darker, it is simply a matter of re applying the paint as many times as you like. Little and often is better in this instance. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;">Where are you missing being able to go?
I’ve been missing being able to go to the ocean, so this blog is
about how I took myself there creatively. So I pictured a sunset over
the ocean and made with a collage of monoprinted strips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">All you
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Spread
some paint out on your surface. A <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/rubber-rollers-100mm-6680" target="_blank">brayer roller</a> helps to spread the
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about you look around at home to see what you have to produce a pattern. I tried a fork, a bottle top, and a whisk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Lay a sheet of paper over the painted surface, press down, and then pull
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this organic printing process, as you can relax and enjoy seeing what
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already had some pages I had printed in sea colours (viridian,
turquoise, metallic aquamarine …). I also had some painted
newspaper and some glittery wallpaper sample. Torn tissue paper is
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piece of cardboard and apply <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/woodglue-100g" target="_blank">glue</a> to the top half. A sponge brush is
great for this. Then lay the torn, painted strips down on the glue,
pressing and smoothing with the foam bush. So some glue will end up
on the top surface, but it will dry clear and help to seal the
collage. It is also nice to have some slightly curling edges, as this
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then fill in any gaps you don’t like with other small pieces of the
printing or some <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/tissue-paper-fan-folded-20-assorted-sheets" target="_blank">tissue paper</a>.</span></span></div>
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<br />Helen Moyes Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512427081433632979noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, UK53.381128999999987 -1.47008553.078144999999985 -2.115532 53.684112999999989 -0.82463800000000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-14413185338432843302020-05-13T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-13T10:00:02.986+01:00Mixed Media Canvas with Suzi<div style="text-align: center;">
Good Day All, I hope you are keeping safe and well, Today I'd like to share with you a Mixed Media Canvas I've created using <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/paint/embossing-paste/soft-form-relief-paste">DesignIt Paste</a>, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a>,<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-acrylic-paint"> Eco Acrylic Paint </a>and <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/soft-metallic-wax-crayons-pack-of-12-silver-6739">Gold Wax Crayons</a>.</div>
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I had no idea where I was going with this canvas when I started it, I just wanted to play and see what would appear.</div>
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Here's the finished Canvas;</div>
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Here's how I went about making it;</div>
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First of all I took an 10 x 14 inch canvas and applied a layer of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/paint/embossing-paste/soft-form-relief-paste">Pearl DesignIt paste </a>through a stencil.</div>
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I then selected three colours of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a>, Gamboge, Sea Green and Purple and sprinkled them over the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/paint/embossing-paste/soft-form-relief-paste">DesignIt Paste</a>. To be honest I was a little heavy handed which leads to me having to add a clean up stage to this project.</div>
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I then left the canvas to dry overnight.</div>
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As you can see the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/paint/embossing-paste/soft-form-relief-paste">Pearl DesignIt Paste</a> has dried to a lovely pearl finish, but there is alot of excess powder. So the next thing I did was using damp kitchen towel I removed as much of the excess powder as I could, really focusing on the blank canvas areas as I wanted to add some paint into those areas.</div>
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As you can see the blank canvas areas are now nice and clean, and the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/artist-materials/paint/embossing-paste/soft-form-relief-paste">Pearl DesignIt paste </a>is still nicely coloured. I then painted all the areas of blank canvas with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/eco-acrylic-paint">Eco Acrylic Paint</a> in Paynes Grey.</div>
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I liked the contrast between the Grey and the coloured areas but wanted a bit more, so I added some <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/soft-metallic-wax-crayons-pack-of-12-silver-6739">Gold Wax Crayon</a> to the Grey areas.</div>
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At this point I really liked the contrast between the areas, but it all seemed way to busy. To be honest I hated it at this point. I was seriously considering binning it and starting all over again, but then I thought I could paint over it with Gesso, which led me to decide to get the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-black-473ml-6829">Black Gesso</a> out. </div>
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After a little thought I realised that I could cover some of the canvas with the<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-black-473ml-6829"> Black Gesso</a> but leave some of the patterned area as focal points. I created a Heart shaped mask out of a piece of white card stock, and painted around it with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-black-473ml-6829">Black Gesso</a>.</div>
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I loved the result, it really highlighted the design and no longer looked too busy. When applying the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-black-473ml-6829">Black Gesso</a>, I'd left it patchy in places, so you'd get some of the texture coming through from the background.</div>
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To finish the canvas I decided I wanted to add a sentiment, and a little doodling and frame the hearts. I chose to used the<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/soft-metallic-wax-crayons-pack-of-12-silver-6739"> Gold Wax Crayons</a> again as this would tie the whole thing together. After a little thought I decided on 'You and Me Always' for my sentiment as it filled the space nicely, and connected to the heart theme of the canvas. As a final element I added a little doodling with white pen.</div>
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I'm pretty pleased with the finished canvas, It's still not one of the my favourite projects but i'm happy with the end result and glad I didn't give up on it halfway through. We can't love everything we create, but some project are more about learning what works and what doesn't, and just seeing where the project wants to go itself, it's organic and raw.</div>
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I hope you've enjoyed seeing how my project came together and reading about the turmoil it caused me. I think it's important to share projects that don't work the way we want, It helps to show that none of us are perfect, and that our projects don't always turn out how we planned. We are all still learning, and that is part of the fun.</div>
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Thanks for visiting with us today</div>
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Stay Safe and Well</div>
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Bye for now</div>
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Suzi</div>
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xxx</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Colourcraft friends. Gail here today with another idea for the <a href="https://colourcraftblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/pl-page-with-brushos-and-aztec-paints.html" target="_blank">splatty Aztec paint masterboard</a> I made a couple of weeks ago. This beautiful remnant has been catching my eye so I decided to use it 'one sheet wonder style' to make a gift box with matching cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-300ml-aquamarine-lustre-6826" target="_blank">Green, Silver and Blue Aztec</a> paint splats on black card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had a sheet of sepia vintage boy images so I added one to the box lid then made 5 cards using scraps from the <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-300ml-aquamarine-lustre-6826" target="_blank">Aztec</a> splatty sheet and the images. I love that these bright Aztec colours work so well with these vintage images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for dropping by. Keep safe, stay well. HUGZ</span></div>
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ionabunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211998034105724908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-776148918327305482020-05-09T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-09T10:00:09.749+01:00Make your own stencils for a Beautiful Brusho GardenHello Everyone!<br />
Spring has sprung and the garden is getting out of control! One of the things I've been doing during these crazy times, is experimenting with journaling and online classes etc. One of the journal exercises I had a lot of fun with was by <a href="https://karenstampercollage.com/">Karen Stamper</a>. She did a lot of scribbling, painting, drawing- in a really freestyle form to make a garden drawing in black and white.<br />
This is my version using hand made stencils and Brusho! And it is super colorful. Best part about it- you don't need to know how to draw at all!<br />
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First I decided to make some simple stencils. For this I needed a hot glue gun and glue sticks as well as <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/freezer-paper-6693">freezer paper</a>. <br />
First I "drew" simple designs on the freezer paper with the glue gun. I peeled these off to act as one sort of stencil. My second sort of stencil were free cut out of freezer paper.<br />
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I gathered the rest of my materials...<br />
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I grabbed every shade of green <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho-starter-pack-fixed-assortment-24-colours">Brusho</a> I could find, a couple of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho-shimmer-spray">Brusho Sprays</a>, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/clear-spray-bottle-60ml">Spray Bottles</a>, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/wax-resist-sticks-pack-of-4">Wax Resist Sticks</a>, a fat candle, brushes, palette and a sponge.<br />
First I drew on my paper with the wax resist sticks and candle- random scribble lines as well as repeating my leaf forms. Then I laid out my stencils.<br />
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Time for some super fun! I sprinkled and sprayed! My freezer paper stencils tended to curl up, so I flattened them out and held while spraying. Then let this dry.<br />
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I re-laid the freezer paper stencils in different parts of the piece and sponged on brusho that I had blended with water.<br />
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You also can rip out leaf shapes from other paper and sponge around them- or sponge inside a hole you ripped out in a leaf shape!</div>
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I had picked some leaves and laid them on a stamp pad- pushing down with a piece of paper on top and then stamping them into the painting.</div>
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After everything had dried, I went in with coloured pencils and added more details. It's hard to know when to stop!<br />
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Hope you enjoyed that and give it a try! Next time I'm going to try to get this effect onto fabric!<br />
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Hello!! Teresa here with a different way of using your Brusho powders. We all know that Brushos can be activated with water to create vibrant and interesting backgrounds, but have you tried mixing them with isopropyl alcohol??</div>
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Take a piece of glossy card stock (the type that you use with alcohol inks) and sprinkle Brusho over the surface.</div>
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Take a pipette and drip isopropyl alcohol over the surface. You will see that some colours activate a lot, some very little. Experiment with different colours of Brusho to find out how they react.</div>
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Allow to dry - you can use a heat tool (carefully) to speed this process. Then take a large soft brush and dust away any residual Brusho powder still on the surface.</div>
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The Brusho and alcohol create a soft dreamy background.</div>
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I used warm tones - Golden Yellow, Orange, Scarlet and Deep Crimson - for the background and then contrasting Turquoise, Emerald Green and Cobalt Blue for the focal points with Copper Design-It paste giving more texture and a lovely sheen.<br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09884176699366404825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-71908906030671109822020-05-01T10:00:00.000+01:002020-05-01T10:00:06.505+01:00Decoupage - Glass Jar<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used some tissue paper that had been on a gift I received so I ironed it first using a low heat setting. It doesn't have to be perfectly crease-free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To print <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/tissue-paper-lustre-asstd-12-sheets-6-colours" target="_blank">tissue paper</a> it needs to be supported on printer paper. Spray an A4 piece of printer paper with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/re-positionable-craft-spray-adhesive-400ml-6767" target="_blank">re-positional (multi stick) craft spray adhesive</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Smooth the tissue paper onto the sprayed paper and then trim around to A4 so no tissue is hanging off the paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Choose the image(s) you want to use and arrange on an A4 document. I chose some sewing based ones as I want to make a jar for keeping my bobbins in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Print onto the tissue paper surface you have made and allow it to dry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut the image to the size for your jar. I used a shallow jar so cut the sewing machine image and the word sew separately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Derived from the French word découper, which means “to cut out,” </span><span style="background-color: white;">decoupage</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is the art of decorating objects using cut out designs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure your jar has any label, glue or dirt removed and is clean and dry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use a <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/foam-brush" target="_blank">sponge brush</a> to apply a layer of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/mod-podge-6700" target="_blank">Mod Podge</a> to the back of your tissue paper shape. Make sure you get an evenly spread coat and do this on a cleanable piece of plastic. Transfer the tissue shape to your jar and carefully smooth out the tissue paper. You can use your fingers or the sponge brush.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cover the positioned tissue paper with a thin layer of Mod Podge to make sure it is protected. You can choose between glossy or matt Mod Podge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a print of one of my favourite sewing quotes: sewing is cheaper than therapy for a large har for stitch utensils. I used a sewing machine and the word "sew" on a smaller jar than I am using for bobbins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This same technique can be used for regular tissue paper (the non-bleed type is best) or the uppermost ply of a paper napkin. <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/mulberry-tissue-berry-6720" target="_blank">Mulberry tissue</a> which has swirling fibres in can also look great in this decoupage project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a collage of napkins and printed tissue paper on a taller jar to use as a vase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love collecting different paper napkins for using in craft projects. Have you tried decoupage yet?</span><br />
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<br />Helen Moyes Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512427081433632979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-15017229932599871112020-04-29T10:00:00.000+01:002020-04-29T10:00:01.027+01:00We're All Mad Here Journal Page with Suzi<div style="text-align: center;">
Good Day All, Today I'd like to share with you an Art Journal Page I've created featuring<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours"> Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a>, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/coloured-pencils-assorted">Koh-I-Noor Polycolour Pencils </a>and some wonderful stamps.</div>
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The first thing I did was to take a page out of my A4 Art Journal, then using the <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/product-page/textures-bubble-wrap">Bubble Wrap Texture stamp</a> from<a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/"> Crafty Roo Designs</a> along with clear ink and white embossing powder I add texture to the top and bottom of my page.</div>
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Next it was time to add some colour to my page, so I sprinkled the following colours of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a> across the page in strips starting at the top with Ultramarine, Turquoise, Sea Green and finally Leaf Green at the bottom.</div>
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Once dry I used the <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/product-page/textures-sketch-lines">Sketch Lines Texture </a>stamp from <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/">Crafty Roo Designs</a> and Green Permanent Ink to add lots of lines to the bottom of the page to give the impression of grass.</div>
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I then added Sketch Lines in Blue Permanent Ink to the top of the page to enhance the sky.</div>
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The Next step was to stamp my flowers to create my garden, I used a selection of Funky Flower stamps from <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/">Crafty Roo Designs</a>.</div>
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To colour my flowers I created patterned papers with<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours"> Brushos</a> in shades of Blue, Purple and Orange, I then stamped my flowers onto them and cut them out ready to layer onto my journal page.</div>
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To colour the leaves I created a patterned paper with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brushos </a>in shades of Green, stamped the leaves and then cut them out.</div>
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Before sticking the flowers and leaves down I decided to add some more texture behind them using the Cluster Texture stamp from <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/">Crafty Roo Designs</a>. Once I'd stuck the flowers and leaves down I added Blue inks to define the stems and flowers and edged the page with the same ink. </div>
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I then added shading to the flowers and leaves with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/coloured-pencils-assorted">Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Pencils</a>.</div>
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.I then decided to add some extra elements to my page, namely some Butterflies from <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/">Crafty Roo Designs</a>, and Anya, Ian and Cat stamps from <a href="https://thegreetingfarm.com/">The Greeting Farm</a>.</div>
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To finish the page I stamped my sentiment onto some leftover papers, cut the words out and edged with blue ink before sticking them to the page. For final details I used a white pen to add highlights.</div>
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I had great fun creating this page, I love Alice in Wonderland and it's quite a while since I created anything inspired by it. I love how the little characters make the flowers look really big and magical.</div>
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We are living in crazy times at the moment, so it's good to believe in a fantasy world were everything is beautiful and magical. Hopefully our world will stop being quite so crazy soon, but in the meantime, lets all stay safe and look after each other.</div>
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Thanks for visiting with us today,</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Colourcraft friends. How are you holding up in these strange times. Some days the surreality of it all is just overwhelming. April has a lot of significant dates for me so I have decided to document a few of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I filled all the page pockets with my splatty background and then added that particularly fetching picture of myself. I coloured a piece of card with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230" target="_blank">green brushos</a> and added some <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-300ml-aquamarine-lustre-6826" target="_blank">gold Aztec paint</a> smears. I die cut the leaves and added some pen details. The flower was stamped and embossed and I added some <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-individual-pots-3230" target="_blank">brusho</a> sprinkles. I used a typewriter for the date and journaling. I added a shrink plastic Poodle on my jacket cos I am obviously having a poodle sort of day!!! Poodle stamp by Rubber Dance, flower stamp by Uniko.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for dropping by. Keep safe, stay well. HUGZ</span></div>
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First I chose some beautiful Angelina films and fibers- making sure to crinkle the film to get the best effect.<br />
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I added a very thin layer of the fibers between two layers of the crinkled film- ironed between parchment paper- a VERY QUICK pass with the iron gets these to fuse together. If you iron for too long of a time, the fibers can change color. I made two different colors and then cut these into wings.<br />
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I backed this with more fusible web and then cut and applied my dragonfly bodies with a mini iron (being careful not to melt the wings!). Make sure to protect your iron from the front of your foil/fusible/fabric sandwch as well! </div>
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I then added beads for eyes and voila! Bling bling dragonflies! </div>
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Hello and welcome back to another mixed media project. Today I have created some shimmery Artist Trading Cards.</div>
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I began by colouring some Tissuetex with Brusho Sprays:</div>
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Once dry, crumple and attach to some MDF Artist Trading Cards using matt medium. Trim away any excess:</div>
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Next I painted some MDF 'honeycomb' using metallic paints:</div>
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I painted some chipboard houses with white acrylic paint:</div>
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Then I used a sponge to apply gold metallic paint, creating a mottled effect:</div>
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Once all the components were dry, I glued them together and added a sentiment sticker:</div>
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The starting point for this project is a large A3 size art panel and an A4 printed tissue paper to which is added lots of ColourCraft goodness. I divided the tissue paper up by painting water lines where I wanted it to tear: This makes rough lines that disappear more easily in to the background. I used Collage Gel to adhere these pieces to the panel. When it was dry, I stenciled over this with White Relief paste.<br />
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I also added transparent Design-It Relief Paste over the bee wings and mixed in some Yellow Brusho Crystals to the paste to colour the lower body while giving it some gloss and 3D relief. I did the same on a stamped bee to add later.<br />
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Once the paste was dry, I sprayed the panel with Brusho Acrylic Mist Spray in Sea Green and Turquoise, plus Gold Acrylic Shimmer Spray over the stenciled flower heads.<br />
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A little close up of how the bee came out with the Relief Paste resisting the colour spray:<br />
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As the tissue paper soaked up more colour, I softened the difference between the paper and the canvas art panel by stamping some flowers and background stamps across these and filling in gaps. I stamped some text on to white paper and then sponged some Gold Brusho Shimmer Spray on to it so it wasn't quite so stark against the background and added these with 3D foam.<br />
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Finally I added my third bee on some more 3D foam:<br />
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The text encourages us to take time, time to laugh, to cry, to love, to dream and simply to live.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have seen my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/helenmoyesdesigns/" target="_blank">Insta feed</a> recently you will have seen the pictures of butterfly in my garden, including one landing on my foot. They are the inspiration for this mixed media post where I use free-machine embroidery with fabric paint. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember a lady at one of my free machine embroidery workshops being really surprised when I said I wasn't good at drawing. Art takes so many forms, and to be an artist doesn't mean you have to be good with a pencil!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So to help me, I found a non-copyright image of a lovely butterfly (American </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Monarch Butterfly,<span style="color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Danais Archippus to be precise) and printed it onto <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/soluble-paper-6686" target="_blank">soluble paper</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I then laid this onto some cotton fabric and fastened it into an </span><a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/emboidery-hoops-6701" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">embroidery hoop</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The paper not only guides my stitching but adds stabilisation for the dance black free machine stitch I added.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I lowered the feed dogs on the machine and used an embroidery foot. The butterfly design gave me a guide for stitching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You may remember that last month I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://colourcraftblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/tyvek-screen.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">made a screen from </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tyvek Paper</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/tyvek-paper-6681" target="_blank">Tyvek paper</a> makes a great stencil and I used my Tyvek leaf stencil to sponge on a delicate <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/standard-fabric-paint-2654" target="_blank">leaf green</a>.</span><br />
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Helen Moyes Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512427081433632979noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, UK53.381128999999987 -1.47008553.078144999999985 -2.115532 53.684112999999989 -0.82463800000000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-84688636250448835242020-04-15T10:00:00.000+01:002020-04-15T10:00:02.568+01:00Mixed Media BookMarks and ATCs with Suzi<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Good Day All, Today I'd like to share with you some fun Bookmarks and ATCs I've creating using <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a>, <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/coloured-pencils-assorted">Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Pencils </a>and some lovely stamps from<a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/"> Crafty Roo Designs.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd previously created a sheet of Background Paper using <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a> in Gamboge, Sea Green and Alizarin Crimson, I had enough left to create my Bookmarks and ATCs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For my project I've used the following stamps from<a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/"> Crafty Roo Designs</a>; <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/product-page/midi-chrip">Chirp</a>, <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/product-page/midi-ewe">Ewe</a> and <a href="https://www.craftyroodesigns.co.uk/product-page/bible-journaling-set-1">Bible Journaling set 1</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I cut my backgrounds to size, then punched some 2 1/2 inch circle out of white card stock and stamped my focal images onto them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can see, I stamped onto one of the bookmark backgrounds creating a nice repeat pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the second ATC I decided to use the Ewe stamp, coloured with<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-larger-size-colours"> Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a> in Gamboge and Alizarin Crimson. I painted water onto the areas I wanted coloured, sprinkled my Brushos and left to dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I painted all of my focal images with<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-larger-size-colours"> Brusho Crystal Colour Powders </a>and left them to dry. I also added a little blue and purple to my ATC backgrounds using the leftover Brushos I had on my glass mat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once dry I added my elements to the Bookmarks and ATCs and adding some final colouring and shading with my<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/coloured-pencils-assorted"> Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Pencils</a>. I used a Black Fineliner and White Pen to add thin borders to my projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love how vibrant the colours are, that's one of the joys of <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/brusho/brusho-larger-size-colours">Brusho Crystal Colour Powders</a> they are pure pigment, so you can get really intense colour; add lots of water and you get really subtle colours too, so versatile and fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope you'll agree that the background papers were far too pretty to go into the bin, and made wonderful bases for these cute projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's all from me for today, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Crafting and Stay Safe </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Colourcraft friends. Gail here today. Last year Colourcraft had an article in the December Craft Stamper magazine. I wanted to share the canvas I made for this feature and talk a bit about how I made it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I started with a small 10 x 10cm <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/printing/canvas-board" target="_blank">Canvas board</a>. I painted half with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-300ml-aquamarine-lustre-6826" target="_blank">Blue Aztec Paint</a> and half with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-300ml-aquamarine-lustre-6826" target="_blank">Green Aztec paint</a>, working on the diagonal. The I stamped the trees across the canvas and embossed with green embossing powder. I painted a piece of paper with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-65ml-purple-lustre-6724" target="_blank">Gold Aztec paint,</a> stamped the deer and embossed with black embossing powder. I fussy cut the deer and glued it to the canvas. Both stamps are by Unity Stamp Co.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I painted some lace with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-65ml-purple-lustre-6724" target="_blank">Gold Aztec paint</a> and glued it around the edge of the canvas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I added some more of the painted lace as a hanger and also added some bells. I used embroidery thread to attach the bells and have also coloured this with <a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/aztec-eco-metallic-paint-65ml-purple-lustre-6724" target="_blank">Gold Aztec paint</a>. Perfect colour co-ordination. </span></div>
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ionabunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211998034105724908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370532334872272310.post-43027246916249355122020-04-11T10:00:00.000+01:002020-04-11T10:00:07.928+01:00Fun Brusho EggsHello Everyone!<br />
It's Easter weekend and much of the world is at home with plenty of time for making crafty things.<br />
I was doing a sketch for #100dayproject and made an egg and thought it might be fun to show you all how to make some yourself! Great for cards, sketchbook layouts and I am debating having a social media egg hunt!<br />
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I started by sketching out some egg shapes on a dictionary page (Swedish dictionary, the page with the word for bird on it).</div>
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I then did some light watercolor washes in each egg shape- eggs come in lots of different shades!<br />
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While the eggs were still damp, I sprinkled on different colors of Brusho and even SprinkleIt on a couple of the eggs! The fun thing about the surface being damp is that the Brusho clumps in some places and spreads in others- giving a lovely speckled effect that is often seen in actual birds eggs.</div>
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I then drew around each egg with a black pen and cut outside the lines.<br />
Then I glued them into a junk journal I have started - such fun!<br />
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I love how they turned out and hope you enjoy making some yourselves!<br />
Remember- eggs aren't just for Easter! They are a great symbol for Spring, for new beginnings as well as just being a satisfying form to work with.<br />
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See you in a couple of weeks!<br />
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Rainbows have become the universal symbol of support for our NHS and other Key Workers here in the UK at this time of crisis.</div>
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My easy mixed media cards would be the perfect way to offer a few comforting words to those around you.</div>
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I stamped my sentiments using Versafine Onyx Black ink.</div>
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Once the paint was dry, I matted the sentiment panels onto black card and attached them to the card fronts. I finished with a few sequins.</div>
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This type of project is a great way to use up bits of your stash or even bits around the house because, for these types of mixed media canvas, it doesn't matter about shape, size or colour!<br />
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The base for my project today is an A5 artists board: A hard-backed canvas. However, a piece of wood or a stretched canvas of your chosen size would also work just as well. The first step is to then arrange your bits and pieces so you have a rough idea of where you want to glue things down. It is then critical to use a good gel medium like Liquitex Heavy Gel Medium or Golden Matte Medium to collage your objects on to the canvas. Use plenty and let it dry thoroughly as you do not want things to fall off later! This type of heavy gel will hold metals, plastics and just about anything, all layered on top of each other as long as they have plenty of gel to hold them and it is left to dry thoroughly, preferably overnight. In this case, I used a few scraps of florist ribbon, lace and some buttons so all relatively light.<br />
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As soon as I had stuck down one button, I decided to move it and that is a benefit of the slower drying time of gel on non-porous surfaces. For more texture, I used Design-It paste (formerly Soft Form relief paste) spread through a stencil with a paint knife. At this stage I then left everything to dry.<br />
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Once everything is completely dry and well stuck down, cover it all in gesso. You lose all the colour but keep the texture. Be sure to check from different angles to see that all the original colour has been covered.<br />
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Now you choose the colours to put back. I wanted a fairly vintage feel to this piece so I chose Dark Brown and Black Acrylic Inks. I added the Dark Brown to the top edge with a large round brush and sprayed it with water to let it run down the canvas. It is also possible to use acrylic paints and colour sprays.<br />
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I also dry brushed some black acrylic ink round the edges of the canvas to frame it and over some of the texture to emphasise it. I smudged alot of this with my fingers for a softer look. I traced round the 'people' (Tim Holtz paper dolls) and filled in this shadow with a light layer of Black acrylic ink to give them more dimension and stuck them down with 3D foam.<br />
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Finally I added some text with 3D foam. It translates as 'Really lucky to have you'.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed that project. Please give it a go with whatever takes your interest and whatever colours you like. As another example, a few years ago I made a 30 x 30 cm canvas with old lego pieces which is electric blue and silver. You really can have great fun playing with different materials and colours.<br />
Stay safe.<br />
Karen<br />
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/liquitex-heavy-gel-medium-237ml" target="_blank" title="Liquitex Heavy Gel Medium">Liquitex Heavy Gel Medium</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/clear-spray-bottle-60ml" target="_blank" title="Clear Spray Bottle"><img border="0" src="http://www.thumblinky.com/include/images/thumbnails/125/31547.jpg" height="75px" style="border: none;" width="55px" /> </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/clear-spray-bottle-60ml" target="_blank" title="Clear Spray Bottle">Clear Spray Bottle</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/plastic-painting-knives-assorted-pack-of-5" target="_blank" title="Plastic Painting Knives">Plastic Painting Knives</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/matte-medium-236ml" target="_blank" title="Golden Matt medium"><img border="0" src="http://www.thumblinky.com/include/images/thumbnails/125/30971.jpg" height="75px" style="border: none;" width="75px" /> </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/matte-medium-236ml" target="_blank" title="Golden Matt medium">Golden Matt medium</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-white-473ml-6830" target="_blank" title="white gesso"><img border="0" src="http://www.thumblinky.com/include/images/thumbnails/125/30970.jpg" height="50px" style="border: none;" width="75px" /> </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/golden-gesso-white-473ml-6830" target="_blank" title="white gesso">white gesso</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/heat-gun-300w-single-speed-uk-eu-plugs-6688" target="_blank" title="Heat Gun"><img border="0" src="http://www.thumblinky.com/include/images/thumbnails/125/30768.jpg" height="56px" style="border: none;" width="56px" /> </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.colourcraftltd.com/heat-gun-300w-single-speed-uk-eu-plugs-6688" target="_blank" title="Heat Gun">Heat Gun</a></div>
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