My (not so) evil witch by Charmane Koch

Hey Everyone! Happy Monday!

Today I want to share with you a layout I have created with a Halloween colour scheme - nice BRIGHT Purple, Orange, Gold & Green - well that's the colours I think of for Halloween!

I have used a photo of my daughter dressed up as a witch for a Halloween Disco she went to last year!

I first started off covering a piece of thick White cardstock with Heavy White Gesso using a metal spatula. I dried with a heat gun.

After the gesso fully dried I sprayed a mix of Colour Artist Ink Spice & Water which I dried using a heat gun. I did a few layers until I was happy with the brightness of the Orange.

I then used Colour Paste Royalty to create the Purple stars using a stencil and the Metal Spatula. I let this dry naturally as I wanted a smoothness rather than if I used the heat gun, which would have made the Paste bubble.

I also decided to use Gesso to create the White Stars...

While waiting for that to dry I coloured some Wood Veneer stars using the Colour Shimmer Gold Silver Brush Marker... by squeezing more of the liquid comes out and it becomes so shimmery once dried...

I decided I needed more stars so used a smaller star stencil...

I also used the pen to outline the White Gesso stars, which actually had a green tinge once dried...

Once everything on my background had dried, I layered the rest of my embellishments, photos and title to the page. I added journalling and created a border using a journalling pen.

Here is what the full page looks like:

Love the glitter and shine!

I hope you've been inspired to create using your Halloween photos!

Thanks for stopping by!

Bono U2 by Kristy Abela

Hi Everyone...

 I have a Celebrity Spread for you today. This was a chance encounter with Bono from U2 when I was working at Seaworld on the Gold Coast. I popped the full story on the blog in some tags I used on the layout. 

I loved doing this layout it was bright and fresh and really quick. I usually take forever to pull a project together. Using Colour Blast makes it so easy. 

I used Colour Spray in Carribean and Colour Shimmer Dust in Navy to create this cross hatch effect. I used a wide nylon brush to brush vertically and horizontally crossing in the bottom left corner. 

I love the way it created little rays of sunshine in the colour. I had some left over on my craft mat so I diluted it a bit further and added some platters. I love the way the overall effect looks like a puddle and some splashes. 

I added some stamping to create emphasis along the lines. If you look closely you can see I burnt the page... OOPS!! Ill cover that up later...

Being a star studded layout I used a star stencil with some Colour Paste in Snow. I didn't want to detract from the layout so made this effect subtle.

Check out the shimmer in that paste!! I really love the way it dries translucent. All the work I created on the background wasn't covered up.

  

I use some Colour Embossing Powder in Dusty Charcoal and Sunshine on my chipboard. I didn't end up using the arrows in the end.  

Knocked up a few tags and added the story for you all to have a peek. I also used these to cover up my burn mark... Shh...

To create the title I used some Thickers that I had lying around and customised the colour to match the layout with some Colour Mica Powder in Lemon Zing.

I needed another pop of colour... but like the stars I didn't want to cover up the background. I rummaged through my stash and found some Vellum!! I used my colour artist ink SPARINGLY and spread it across the page. (I put the first layer on too heavily and it warped and buckled). I ran it through the cuttlebug to create the stars. 

I added a bit of string and some enamel dots and my final title. Done and dusted!!

Thanks for looking and if you try out any of these techniques make sure you pop it up on the Facebook page Colour Blast Creative Corner so I can share the love back. 

Happy Scrapping!!

Abela Artistry

"I have loved the stars" Art Journal Page- Chrissi M

Hello Lovelies!!! 

I have an Art Journal page for you today, and it would have to be one of my faves atm. I cant believe how perfectly this galaxy style page came together with my Colour Blast Colour Sprays.

So you may know, I'm an art journaler at heart. It's my favourite way to get creative. I tend to use my art journal as a mix of play, experimentation, therapy and just plain old colour. This page uses one of my favourite quotes- "I have loved the stars too fondly, to ever be fearful of the night", and for someone that has experienced grief and depression over the past few years, it means a lot to me. 

I started with a technique I've been wanting to try out- Gesso Resist. Basically, the gesso on the page, in this case through a stencil, will resist the colour spray you apply over the top. It gives an amazing result I have to admit.

So I applied my Colour Blast Heavy Gesso in White through a star stencil I had on hand. Then I dried it really well- very important.

Then it was time to add my colour. So I grabbed the colours I felt with give me a nice starry sky/galaxy background. This was, without a doubt the easiest galaxy background I have ever made. I was able to use my Colour Blast Colour Sprays in Caribbean, Sapphire, Indigo (yummy-boss lady, please send more), and Road Base and the way they just blended together worked perfectly.

I had originaly only intended to do a single page in my journal, but I had over spray on the left hand side, so I just continued to add colour to it, and on a whim this page turned into a double. As I was adding the colour to my left hand side, it turned into the perfect place to add my quote.

I wanted my black to be bolder than the Road Base had turned out, so I grabbed some Colour Blast Gesso in Black and painted a journaling space over the Road Base Colour Spray.

Whats a starry page without some white splatters for tiny stars. The best way to get bold white stars, is to use some white gesso. I try not to water it down too much other wise I don't get the desired effect of that bold crisp white. Just enough water to make it splatter.

The to add my quote, I used a good old white paint pen. I went for a very messy style of writing. I was intending to add some more stencilling over my quote, and using it as just a background layer, but I ended up liking the page just as it was too much to change it lol.

And that's my page. I hope you go experiment with some of your mediums, and have some fun playing with colour. 

Chrissi xxx

Colour Blast Retreat & Process Video with Selena Stevens

I have noticed that a lot of the Colour Blast Design Team members are beginning to do more art journaling, so I thought I would have a go at doing a layout (but it is still in my art journal).  The photos used are from the Colour Blast Retreat in October 2017.

To watch the timelapse video go here.

So, lets begin….

I began with a journal page that I had used to clean stencils, use up left over paint, and to look at colours of ink.

I began by wetting the page by spraying it with water.  Then Colour Spray (Sunset) was sprayed randomly over the page.  While this page was still wet I sprinkled Colour Shimmer Dust (Cobalt & Candy) and sprayed it with water again to make sure it was all dissolved.  I moved the colour around the page with a paint brush to cover the white of the page.

While the page was wet, I placed two StencilGirl stencils onto the page.  I sprinkled more of the same Colour Shimmer Dust and wet it again to dissolve the granules.  A paint brush was used to move the colour around on top of the stencil.  This was left to dry.

While waiting for the page to dry I painted the chipboard with Heavy Black Gesso.  Applied a clear embossing ink and covered it with Colour Embossing Powder (Just Blue).  The Colour Embossing Powder was heated with a heat gun until it was activated.

Once the background was dry. Paint was pounced through the same stencils in blue and red.  A few paint splatters in red, blue and white were added to the page.  Heavy White Gesso was applied to a stamp and stamped onto the background where the photos are going to go.  Once this was dry, Colour Paste (Just Blue) was scraped through a star stencil near where the photos will be attached.

The photos, chipboard, cotton and button were glued onto the page and left to dry.

I hope you enjoyed this, especially since it was something a little different from me.

Until next time,

Selena

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