"Love You" by Sue Plumb

Hi everyone!

Sue Plumb here today with my latest design team project for you. Today I have a mixed media scrapbook page to share that features my favourite Colour Artist Inks; Colour Paste; and a photo of my daughter and I that was taken recently when we were out celebrating her 10th birthday.

I started my page with a sheet of heavy weight cardstock, which I spritzed with water from a spray bottle, and then left it for a minute or two to soak in, before adding another little spritz to moisten the surface again.

I then took my Colour Artist Inks and began by applying some 'Sunburnt' ink, by using a brush to add drops around the page. As soon as the ink hit the wet surface, you can see how the colour began to fan out and soak in where the water had been applied. (Allowing some of the water to actually soak in and penetrate the cardstock before applying the ink is what gives the "feathered" effect you can see.)

I then repeated the process with both the 'Barley' and 'Cranberry' Colour Artist Inks, ensuring the colours were dispersed in different areas of the page. In some places the colours naturally began to run together; whilst in other areas it either required a slight tilt of the page, or an additional little spritz of water.

Once I was happy with how the inks looked I set it aside to soak in and dry for a while before finishing it off with a heat gun. (I didn't use the heat gun right away as I didn't want too many "hard" water lines in my background - instead I wanted a "softer" look.)

Once the background was dry, it was time to add some texture and contrast. I chose 'Dusty Charcoal' Colour Paste, as I thought it would provide a good dark contrast against the inks. I used a small floral stencil and applied the paste using  palette knife; moving the stencil around to get the flowers placed where I wanted them. (I dried each area with the heat gun before re-applying the stencil to ensure the paste did not get smudged.)

Once the background was complete, it was simply a matter of adding some layers before adding my photo on top. I used a coloured paper doily; punchinella; dyed muslin; and a few pieces of coloured wire (all from D-lish Scraps). I secured everything in place with staples before adding my photo on top.

After the photo was in place, I added some simple embellishments - handmade heart from Charms Creations and some small acrylic hearts from Corbett Creations.

I also added some matching acrylic chevron arrows; and small phrase stickers from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.

I used Heidi Swapp printed acrylic words for my page title, and added a Cocoa Vanilla Studio chipboard sticker onto the corner of my photo.

To finish my page, I added a few splatters of 'Soot' Colour Artist Ink and I was done.

Thanks for stopping by today so I could share this with you. I hope I have inspired you to get your Colour Blast products out and get messy too.

Until next time, happy scrapping! 

"Smile" by Rachel Dutko

Hi everyone!

Its so great to see so many entries in this month's challenge over on the  

Colour Blast Creative Corner Facebook page 

(how good does Colour Blast look on a black background?!?!!). 

Today I am sharing my take on the sketch challenge.

Here's a look at the sketch and the challenge

To start my page I smeared some Sunshine Colour Paste 

onto black cardstock as my base layer.

Once it was dry I added some paper strips then some  

Singin The Blues Colour Paste through a Dusty Attic stencil.

Then it was on to the fun part - splatters!!!

 Firstly with watered-down White Heavy Gesso, 

 then with Envy Colour Shimmer Cube. 

I used 2 different sized brushes for different sized splatters.

 

To bring out more of the yellow in the background I sprayed 

some white paper flowers with Saffron Colour Spray.

Then to add my photo and embellishments-

 Some close-ups-

Don't forget to check out the challenge, 

you still have a week to give it a go!

Thanks for looking

Rachel x x

Black Fairy with Selena Stevens

Today I wanted to show you my take on this months Colour Blast challenge using a sketch for inspiration. To participate in this challenge go to the Colour Blast Creative Corner page.

If you prefer there is a video available for you to watch here or below.

So, lets begin...

To begin with I sprayed my art journal with Colour Spray (Violet, Bubblegum and Grape) and Colour Shimmer Spray (Punch) and let the colours mix and drip together.

While the page was wet, I sprinkled some Colour Shimmer Dust (Lollipop & Velvet) onto it and sprayed some water to get the Colour shimmer Dust to dissolve.  Then I drew some flowery shapes with a paintbrush through the wet areas.

White Heavy Gesso was watered down and splattered over the wet Colour Shimmer Dust.

While waiting for my page to dry I a painted all the chipboard pieces with the Black Heavy Gesso.

A thick layer of Black Heavy Gesso was applied through a stencil and Colour Mica Powder (Peach Nectar) was sprinkled on top.  I half dried this with a heat gun to stop the Black Heavy Gesso oozing and changing the shape of the stencil.  The force of the heat gun spread the Colour Mica Powder adding a fine shimmer.

Colour Paste (Singin the Blues) was smeared across the page in several areas with a palette knife and left to dry.

Once the chipboard pieces were dry, Colour Shimmer Spray (Punch) was sprayed and let to drip.

 The chipboard pieces were then glued onto the page and its finished.

Now for some details shots.  I hope you enjoyed it.

Until next time.

Selena