What a Babe by Michelle Henderson

Hi All - I'm back again, this time with a clean and pretty page - but still using some of my favourite Colour Blast products 😀

Here's a wee peek...

I started off with some white cardstock and my Colour Shimmer Dust in Sunflower, Candy, Passion and Cobalt. I wanted a pastel effect so I only put a little colour out, even then I ended up putting a lot of the Cobalt one back.

The photo on the left shows how much of the Candy I put out, and the one on the right how much I still had left when I finished. So concentrated!!

Using a soft flat brush I painted four large stripes.

For each of the stripes, I wanted a matching Colour Paste to stencil with. I chose Sunshine, Singin the Blues and Punch. I didn't have one to match exactly for the lavender, so I tinted some Rose Petal with a little Royalty which was perfect.

Using a stencil, I applied one colour at a time, waiting for the Colour Paste to air dry between each colour. That way I was able to match up the pattern each time.

It was hard to decide the rest of the design after that because I loved how it looked so much 😆

I chose a black and white photo because of all the colour already on the page. I used so many different collections from my stash to build layers and embellish!

I love how this one turned out, I hope you can take some inspiration from it too 😀

"BFF Birthday Party" by Charmane Koch

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today I wanted to share with you this layout I have created using a "rainbow" of Colour Blast Colour Pastes with a splash of Gold using the Colour Shimmer Brush Gold Marker...

Firstly I used White Gesso and Circle Stencil. I then heat dried it with a heat gun.

Then with a spatula I scraped each colour one at a time from top to bottom of the page, cleaning the spatula between each colour...

While that is drying I coloured Wood veneer Hearts and chipboard words using the Colour Blast Gold Shimmer Brush Marker...

Once everything had dried I positioned all of the elements that I wanted on my page... I thought the Gold/Yellow was perfect contrast with the rest of the other rainbow colours. Then with the black title, splats and sequin star it really makes it all stand out!

Here are some closeups to show the Shine and Shimmer...

This page is definitely a "Colour Blast"! I love how it turned out, and hope that I've inspired you to get out the rainbow colours!

Thanks for popping by!

XO Charm

Thanks for popping by!

XO Charm

Fun Rainbow Boots with Melinda Sweetman

Hey, hey and happy weekend!! Melinda here with you today to inspire you with some creative fun to hopefully get you creating!

Here is my page

You Tube process video is available here and this one is a bit of a quick one!! When my idea came together in my head it was super quick to put together and I had a page in less time than I would normally, winning!!!

And here are my step-by-steps

First up, textured white cardstock - my absolute fave to work with - and some Black Heavy Gesso. I put a small dollop on my work surface and added a little water - enough to make the gesso more like acrylic paint and less gesso like. I used the brush to randomly paint onto my page some black stripes making sure that I started and finished each of my lines in a different place.

After that was dry (super quick!!) I added more water to the left over gesso on my desk and added BIG splatters! I'm really sorry, no photo's or video of that process but super easy!! Load up your paintbrush with the watered down gesso, hold about head height over the page and squeeze the bristles and you will get big splatters. Love them!!

To be honest, this page has sat on my desk for a couple of weeks awaiting the inspiration to continue, so the black gesso was VERY dry when I picked it up again. I cut some whimsy-ish scallops on my cameo and then pulled out my BRAND NEW (I am so so excited to have some in my stash!!) Colour Artist Inks. And of course, rainbow colours for my first project with them!

I used some colours straight out of the bottle and I did mix a couple to get just the right colour. From left to right. Or ROYGTB (yep, I made up a new rainbow with NO purple!!) Red, Orange, Yellow - Citrus, Green, Teal-ish, Blue. And I simply painted them on each scallop with a paint brush.

After they were dry I stitched each coloured scallop over a black stripe and then added rainbow splatters in each colour.

Add the photo and a title. A little journalling and page completed! I love how this one came together and those Colour Artist Inks are so fun and vibrant! I can't wait to play again with them!! 

I have a couple of close ups to leave you with!

I hope you enjoyed this page and I'll see you again later in the month!

Melinda

Whimsical Unicorn with Selena Stevens

Today we step into a magical reality and create a whimsical unicorn.

This project is based on this months Colour Blast challenge.  To participate in this competition go to the Colour Blast Creative Corner on Facebook.

To watch my timelapse video click here.

I started by spraying watercolour paper with water.  While the paper was wet I randomly applied Colour Artist Ink (Marine, Calypso, Grass, and Slipper) and a white ink and let it spread across the page.

While still wet apply salt over the page and leave to dry.

Once dry, brush the salt off.  Draw on the image with pencil.  Shade the image, in my instance a unicorn, with gelatos drawn on roughly.  Blend the gelatos with White Heavy Gesso.

Add details, such as the mane, horn, eyes, nose and decorations with White and Black Heavy Gesso.

And this is the final piece of a magical, whimsical painting.

I hope you enjoyed this.  And don't forget to upload your entry for this months Colour Blast challenge.

Until next time

Selena