"Today" by Mal

Hi all, 

Mal here with my latest share of all things Colour Blast.

Yes no photo...I'm really enjoying scrapping at the moment with no photos, just enjoying the creative process without having a photo dictate what I can do.

So you know I love the Artist Inks, so easy to use, great colours and they can be used in heaps of different ways. This page I used them in one main way and I think they look pretty good.

So I started with some Heavy White Gesso on my background as I knew I was going to use lots of inks and sprays and didn't want to saturate my cardstock.

Next I sprayed some Sunshine  Colour Shimmer Spray and let it run all over the page and then dried it.

Now the fun begins.

I took the Citrus  Colour Artist Ink and some gauze and dipped the gauze just a bit in the ink and then dabbed it on my page and rubbed it a bit.

I then kept adding more inks in more colours like Barley, Citrus, Cider and Slipper...aren't they gorgeous.

I then used the gauze and layered it with my frame and some punchinella and then all my embellishments.

Finally some drops and splats of Soot  Colour Artist Ink.

And the bonus of using the inks this way with some gauze is no messy fingers, well only a little bit.

Happy scrapping...Mal xxx

"fun" by Mal

Hi all, 

Mal here with this month's challenge....drum roll...

The challenge this month is 

So I started with my black background, gessoed the areas I was going to use with some Heavy White Gesso. 

Then thought as the cardstock is dark I have to have some bright colours on my background, so chose some Colour Pastes in Sunshine, Deep Water and Singin the Blues  and smeared some pastes in different areas.

Next I sprayed a raw wood veneer title with Colour Spray in Carribean and some chipboard stars with Sunshine Colour Shimmer Spray and Carribean Colour Spray.

 After drying, I assembled it all, stapled it down and I'm done.

Challenge Done!

So what an awesome challenge hey...great sketch hey.

Hope to see heaps of your entries this month.

Happy Scrapping.....Malxxx

"Experience" by Malinda Gardner

Hi, Mal here with a share of a page I did last week.

Do you ever scrap a page and whilst you're enjoying creating it you just feel like you can't finish it, like something is missing and no matter what you do it still feels like that...eventually you have to walk away and do no more??? Well that was this page.

Does it look finished? What do you think?

So I started with my background of course...I used some paper from the latest 7 Dots Studio range which is such a great range because you really don't have to do much, the background is basically done for you.

I then added some swipes of Colour Paste in Deep Water and then some more swipes in Stormy Weather.

I love how the paste bubbles when it's dried. I know you're not supposed to do that but I'm not much of a stick to the rules girl.

I wanted to add some circles to my page so started with some circles stamped with Oasis Colour Artist Ink painted around the lid. 

The circles when dry lost a bit of their intensity so next I used an old toilet roll painted with more of the ink, first in Oasis Colour Artist Ink to go over the circles. That was better.

I added some sprays of the Colour Shimmer Spray in Sunshine. The spray and the ink mixed a little but I like it.

 I also stamped with Colour Artist Ink in Soot. I used this for  some drops later on with this colour...it's my new fave go to colour for drops; it has a dullness that looks great when you don't want the drops to stand out too much.

Background done so it's time to add a few embellishments, matt my photo, a small title and a bit of journalling.

I think I'm finished...what do you think?

Today by Malinda Gardner

Hi all

I've got something pretty cool to share today.

Did you know that depending on how much water you add to the Colour Shimmer Dusts you can change the intensity of the colour and even the actual colour?

On this page I used Colour Shimmer Dust in only two colours, Sunflower and Amber, but I was able to get three colours in my page.

Using a water brush I added only a small amount of water to the Sunflower Colour Shimmer Dust and then swiped across my page to make stripes in yellow. 

Then I added more water and swiped more stripes in more of an orange colour.

Then using Amber Colour Shimmer Dust I swiped stripes in a more red colour.

See the yellow and then see the orange...it's only subtle but it's definitely different...but still the same Colour Shimmer Dust.

How cool is that?

For my title I sprayed a simple word cut out of white cardstock with Sunshine Colour Shimmer Spray and let dry. The cardstock soaks up some of the Colour Shimmer Spray and gives some depth to the simple flat title. I love the unevenness of the colour on the title.

After assembling my page with lots of embellishments like punchinella, gauze and flowers, I finally added some splats of Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust. Again I used a water brush and a small amount of the shimmer dust and then splat.

I love how you can add more water to the shimmer dusts and the colours change....very cool hey?

Happy scrapping.

xxx Mal

Star Struck by Malinda

Hi Malinda here with my 2nd share of the month.

I did this page at a recent retreat I run in Melbourne called Scrap and Chat Retreats.

I love this page (sorry not very humble lol) because of the awesome texture and contrast in the colours. 

Do you like it?

First up I have to admit straight up all of the background "stuff" I didn't do...it's a paper from the 7 Dots Studio Hazy Days Collection...isn't it amazing.

So to add to the background I wanted to add some points of interest, some texture and some dimension, so I used Sunshine Colour Paste, a stencil and an old card and wiped over the stencil on random parts of the stencil.

Next I "painted" some raw wood veneers with Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust. This stuff is my fav thing to use at the moment. I can use it in multiple ways on one page and only have to use a tiny bit to get a true strong colour. I love the depth and the shimmer of the shimmer dust. I'll use it again for my splats later on.

Whilst the stars were drying, and they dry super quick; another bonus of the shimmer dusts...very quick drying, I stamped, matt my photos (in black CS of course) and arranged my embellishments. I was missing something yellow, a focal point so I took a white plain material flair and sprayed it with Sunshine Colour Shimmer Spray.

The flair button didn't take long to dry, the material soaked up the excess spray and I gave it a quick dry with the heat gun.

Last but definitely not least I used the left over liquid Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust to do some splats.

I love how it adheres to the page and the paste and whatever it drips onto. It's like it has melted or burnt the page. Cool hey?

So that's my latest page...and I love it. Don't you love it when you do a page and it just comes together just the way you imagined it...doesn't happen often for me lol.

Happy scrapping....Mal xxx

Because by Malinda Gardner

Hi, Malinda here.

I'm Wife to one, mum to three and a scrapbooker for about 10 years. I've been on many design teams and creative teams in Australia but being on Colour Blast Australia makes me very excited. Why? I love getting messy. I love paint and ink and sprays and texture and colour. My style is messy. I love mixed media and using whatever's in front of me on my table. I love bits and pieces and have a rather eclectic and random style to my pages. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. 

I look forward to sharing my work with you and inspiring you to use colour and texture in new and exciting ways.

 So here's my 1st post at Colour Blast Australia...super excited to show you my page and all the Colour Blast stuff I've been using.

I love backgrounds. I don't use patterned paper really so I have to make my backgrounds full of patterns and colour. 

So with this page I started with some heavy white gesso to prep my page and then to create my background I used a stencil and the Sunshine Colour Shimmer Spray. I love layers so after I dried it off I added another layer of the Colour Spray in Bubble Gum this time. The Sunshine and Bubble Gum look so good together. I love the Bubble Gum, not pink but not too red that it overpowers the Sunshine.

 

Next I swiped some of the Just Blue Colour Paste across my page just using a bit of cardboard, in random places where I thought it wouldn't be covered by my photo.

How cool is that shimmer and it's thick too so I got some texture and depth on my page. I love texture and I love adding depth to my page. Perfect.

I love paint and sprays and I also love embelishments. That's all I need to create a page.

So next I started adding bits and pieces to my page. I layered my photo with some tissue paper, added some embelishments which are all from D-lish Scraps and finally stuck it all done either with tape or my favourite staples.

I stamp on all my pages and can't stand it when my background sucks up the stamp or I can't stamp over it. I do it to add another layer and some more depth.

How good does the stamping look on that Just Blue Colour Shimmer Paste? I love how there are numerous layers and non of them disappear; they all hold their own and don't compete with the others.

Last but not least time for a title (I don't do big titles) and some small splatters or drops using Singin The Blues Colour Shimmer Spray. Simply shake the bottle well, unscrew the top and tap some drops onto your page. Make sure you cover your photo first.

So that's my first page with Colour Blast....what do you think?

 I'm off to create...I need to get messy.

Have a great week, 

xxx Mal