Mixed Media Canvas Featuring ColourArte

Hello friends!  I am so excited to share my project with you today!  I am featuring the amazing products of ColourArte today. They have the most fun things, watercolours, sprays, artist pigments, glazes and more. I have used just a small sampling but the effect turned out great!

I have created a 5'' x 12'' mixed media canvas.  I think doing mixed media is really my first love!

 

 

 Here is what I have used to create my Canvas. I love the Radiant Rain sprays. They are highly pigmented and have a fantastic shimmer to them. The Silks Acrylic Glazes have been a staple in my craft room for a long time, and are a very versatile product.

 

 

I started off my canvas with some white crackle paint. I wanted that as the base so when I used the sprays it would pick up on the crackle effect on the canvas. I used Teal Zircon and Pink Grapefruit from the Radiant Rain Line for the beginning of the base.

 

As you can see, the sprays worked great and really highlighted the cracks. I love how the pink and blue tones mixed to give a light purple colour in the crackle.  After I had done this I got out some texture paste and stencils and added a floral motif to the top and bottom of the canvas.

 

Next up, I got out some chipboard from Gina's Designs Lasercuts. This is the Tudor Rose shape set. I wanted them to be more dimensional, so I used some liquid pearls on them and did some random dots and lines on them. After that dried I painted them white and added them to my canvas.  I used them under my layers of paper which I fussy cut out from my Prima paper. I love the look of the little houses and birds, which also pick up on the lovely pastel tones I was going for on the piece.

 

I decided I needed a little bit of sunshine on my canvas, and so I got out the Sunburst Silks Acrylic glaze. I think the name "Sunburst" is so true, this colour of yellow is so very vibrant and fun!  I added some accents in this colour here and there on the canvas, and I think it really created some depth to it. I also used the Radiant Rain Sunburst Spray and added some fun splotches to the canvas. 

 

 

I also added some touches of Key Lime and Pixie Pink in the glazes as well, to the sides and top of the canvas to add a few more spots of colour.

Now, its time to embellish!  I got out some fun Prima chippy pieces and added a butterfly, fairy and friend sentiment to the top of the little house. I then added a little resin window and some lovely flowers and cameo to finish it off.
 

 

I am so happy with this piece, I think I may give it to a friend who loves fairies.  The ColourArte products made a huge difference to my canvas and I am so pleased with the outcome.

 

Check out the links below to all the ColourArte products, and of course see their BLOG for all the fun things going on, as well as their Facebook Page HERE

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourArte Products Used

Radiant Rain Teal Zircon

Radiant Rain Pink Grapefruit

Radiant Rain Sunburst

Silks Acrylic Glaze Sunburst

Silks Acrylic Glaze Key Lime

Silks Acrylic Glaze Pixie Pink

 

 

Other Products Used

Prima Garden Fable Paper

Prima Butterfly Chipboard Embellishments

Gina's Designs Tudor Rose Chipboard Set

Flowers by Petaloo

Prima Resin Pieces

Deco Art Crackle Paint

Mixed Media Art Journal Page for RebeccaBaer.com

 

 

Hi friends, and happy Tuesday! Today I would like to share with you a fun and colourful art journal page I created using stencils from RebeccaBaer.com

 

I started off with some paint daubers and layered on some bright colours in the background. Once that was completed I used the "All you need is love" stamp from Rebecca's Store.  After that I took the Harlequin Damask stencil and some embossing paste and added it on top.

 

Next I got out the artist tool stencil and this is a layered stencil, so you get two pieces with it. I love that you can do the bottom layer and then ad the fine lines over top of the piece.

I chose black for the palette, and then used some texture paint to mimic paint splatters. I then got some white texture paste and used the top part of the stencil to create the lines on the brushes and palette.



I chose some fun chipboard and flowers to embellish. I used some metal pieces for unusual flower centers.  After they were all attached I got out my white sharpie pen and went around some of the lines from the stencils to highlight them.

I love to art journal, it is always a fun surprise when ever you start off with a blank page, you never know where you will end up!

Thanks for stopping by today, and don't forget to check out all the great items in Rebecca's Store.

 

Rebecca Baer Items Used

All You Need Is Love Stamp

Harlequin Damask Stencil

Artist Tool Stencil

 

 

Other Items Used

Chipboard from Gina's Designs Lasercuts

Metal and Clock Button from Kraftsupplies4U

Ranger Paint Daubers

Sharpie Paint Pen

Shimmerz Textures Paint

 

 

Upcycled Mixed Media Canvas Featuring ColourArte

 

 

 

 

Good morning friends!  I am very excited to share my project today. I have an upcycled cracker box to show you! I got out my swiss cheese cracker box (my favorite crackers by the way!) and started to layer on different types of paper.

 

 

 

 

 

I used some vintage book paper, a bag from an online crafty purchase and some old music paper a friend sent me. I used mod podge to layer on the paper. It really made the box very sturdy and it holds up well to mixed media products.

 

 

Once the Mod Podge was dry, it was time for the fun to begin. I got out my Silks Acrylic Glazes and did some finger painting. This is why I love the Silks so much, they are a very forgiving product and you can use brushes, palette knives and even your stubby little fingers to apply them.

 

Once the Glazes were dry, I used my paint dauber to make some retro style polka dots on the back ground and also used one of my stamps which has a circle motif on it, stamping it with black Stayzon Ink.

 

Next, it was time to paint my embellishments. I started off with the chipboard glasses and I used some of the Pixie Pink in the Silks Acrylic Glazes and when that dried I put some Diamond Stickles on top. I really love how the glasses came out, they look so cool!

 

 

The retro diamond shapes and the TV shape I used some Twinkling H20's. The Diamonds however, got a coat of Key Lime Silks first then a few spots of the "twinks" in Lemongrass on top of that for some more shimmer. This is a great layering technique using both the Silks and the H20's. I start off with the Silks as the base layer then use coordinating colours in the H20's and apply them randomly to the chipboard. It gives the illusion of dimension through the shimmer of the paints. Its a very easy technique to do!

 

 

The television got a coat of Mediterranean Blue, Lemongrass and Teal Zircon. The Twinkling H20's are so highly pigmented I didn't even gesso the chipboard first and I got such great coverage from them!

 

 

I added some fun vintage images I had in my stash to pick up on the retro vibe of the chipboard and the colour palette.  I used some of my favorite childhood television shows and featured some of my all time favorite characters.  I had a ton of fun with this piece, it really brought back some fun memories!

 



 

I added some dimensional resin cast pieces and some flowers to finish it off.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my project today, and will give this type of upcycled project a try.  I really enjoyed making this and plan to make some more upcycled "canvases" in the future.

 

Don't forget to stop by the ColourArte Store HERE or the ColourArte Blog and Facebook Page to check out all the amazing products they have!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

ColourArte Products Used

Radiant Rain Sprays

Pink Grapefruit

Seafoam

Teal Zircon

 

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Pixie Pink

Cool Water

African Jade

Key Lime

Pretty Peridot

Guatemalan Green

 

Twinkling H20's

Periwinkle

Lemongrass

Mediterranean Blue

Teal Ziron

 

Other Products Used

Chipboard from Gina's Designs Lasercuts

Prima Archival Cast Pieces

Prima Chipboard Sentiments, Sequins & Tea Cup

Petaloo Flowers

Kraftsupplies4U Flowers

Ranger White Paint Dauber

Ranger Diamond Stickles

Rubbermoon Circle Stamp

Black Stayzon Ink

Black & White Retro Images From My Stash

 

 

 

Mixed Media Canvas Featuring ColourArte

 

 

Good morning friends!  I am very excited to share my project today. I am featuring the amazing products of ColourArte today. They have the most fun things, watercolours, sprays, artist pigments, glazes and more. I have used just a small sampling but the effect turned out great!

I have created a 9'' x 12'' mixed media canvas.  I think doing mixed media is really my first love!

 

 Here is what I have used to create my Canvas. I love the Radiant Rain sprays and Twinkling H2o's.. They are highly pigmented and have a fantastic shimmer to them. The Silks Acrylic Glazes have been a staple in my craft room for a long time as well, and are also a very versatile product.

 

 

I started my cavas off with some texture paste and one of my stencils. I love the large and small circles, and it set the tone for the feeling of my canvas. I used my Twinkling H2o's next. They are so fun to play with!  I used the watercolours and kind of rolled my brush around on the canvas with the colours, and patted colour here and there. Next, I used my water spritzer bottle and sprayed the watercolours and let them drip down the canvas. The colour collected in the texture paste and it really highlighted the dimension on the canvas.

 

 

 

Next, I used my Radiant Rain sprays in Sea Foam and Teal Zircon to add some more colour and texture. I then used a stamp with a similar circular pattern and stamped it in the back ground with some black ink.

Now its time to play with the chipboard! I used  various Twinkling H2o's and Silks Acrylic Glazes on the chipboard. In the first photo, I used my Teal Zircon H2o and also added some touches of African Jade and Moonbeam in the Silks.

 

 I did the same treatment on the feathers, but then added some Spiced Pumpkin and also Ginger Peach and Orange Peel Twinkling H2o's.  I did the same on the large pocket watch.

 

 

Now it is time to assemble my pieces!  I started off layering on the chipboard pieces, and stacking them on top of each other.

 

 

 I then added some fun embellishments, flowers and resin pieces.

 

 

 

 I had a great time making this piece! ColourArte goodies make being creative so much fun!

The Twinkling H2o's, Radiant Rain Sprays and Silks Acrylic Glazes made a huge difference to my canvas and I am so pleased with the outcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the links below to all the ColourArte products, and of course see their BLOG for all the fun things going on, as well as their Facebook Page HERE

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

ColourArte Products Used

 

Twinkling H2o's

Ginger Peach

Teal Zircon

Orange Peel

Mediterranean Blue

 

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Spiced Pumpkin

Teal Zircon

African Jade

 

Radiant Rain Sprays

Teal Zircon

Seafoam

 

Other Items Used

Chipboard Gina's Designs Lasercuts

Prima Resin and Metal Pieces

Petaloo Flowers

Prima Circle Stencil

Circle Stamp by Rubbermoon

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ginas Designs Facebook Group July Challenge - Recycle and Create!

Hello friends! I wanted to post today and share with you what is going on over on the Gina's

Designs Facebook Group.  Each month we have a challenge in which you can win a gift certificate

to Gina's Store!

 

This month's challenge is Recycle and Create!

Deann, who is head of the monthly challenges, has really gone all out this time, and created this very cool canvas out of recycled materials.

 

Here is a peek at what Deann created!

 

 

You can see more of this project on Deann's Blog HERE

 

Here is a sneak peek at my project below. I took a cracker box and am altering it into a mixed media canvas!

 

I used different types of music paper, book paper and brown paper bags to cover the box. I used Mod Podge as my glue, and covered all sides and top and bottom of the box.



 

You will have to wait for the finished project, but I thought I would share my sneak peek with you!

Check out our challenge HERE

Hope you will come join in the fun!