VIDEO TUTORIAL: Family Day

Hi! I'm back again!

New video tutorial is up now if you haven seen it!

As usual, I made this for my design team project for Colourarte. It's really a memorable day for me to bring my parents to Universal Studio Singapore for a special night out. We couldn't resist to take multiple photos with the iconic castle from Far Far Away! They had fun, I had fun, it's really a magical night. 

As you can see, I decided to go for bold colours this time round, along with the beautiful patterned paper from Blue Fern Studios that's super thick as compared to other brands and works really good if you intend to apply tons of mediums. 

Some closeup shots to see how awesome Colourarte's products are. 

Here's the supply list!

Colourarte Twinkling H20’s

Blushing Rose

Lemongrass

Dreamsicle

Pink Cloud

Mediterranean Blue

Colourarte Primary Elements

Go Navy

Lucky Apple

Autumn Skies

Ginger Flower

Sunflower

Others

Blue Fern Studios ‘Dans Le Jardin’ PP

Blue Fern Studio ‘Collage Frame’ Chipboard

Petaloo Flowers

Prima Marketing Flowers

Prima Marketing Stencil ‘Lace Trim’

13arts Stencil ‘Tattered Grid’

Stamper Anonymous Stamp ‘Sketch Elements’

Kaisercraft Stamp ‘Tiny Dots’

Kaisercraft Stamp ‘Journal’

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Liquitex White Gesso

Liquitex Texture Paste ‘Glass Beads’

Daler Rowney Clear Gesso

Cheese Cloth

Memento StazOn Black Ink Pad

Martha Stewart Adhesive Silkscreen on Vellum

Dear Lizzy Thickers ‘Glitter Vanilla’

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I actually did my layout based on this BFS sketch. I think my usage of 2 photos and my over-enthusiasm of using the paints somehow made layout looks different from the sketch. *OOPS*

Anyway, you can view the details of the challenge HERE!

That's all for this post!

See y'all soon!

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Mixed Media Layout

 

Hi Guys!

I'm back again with a video tutorial for Colourarte Design Team.

 

This is a rather special blog post designed to the Breast Cancer Awareness Month that Colourarte took part in. I have to admit that this layout has got nothing to do with breast cancer, but I know that rainbow always comes after rain! Remember the beauty in life and stay positive!

 

 

 

Please feel free to donate National Breast Cancer Foundation to the people in need of your help by clicking on the image below.

 

I've also taken my inspiration from Scrap Around the World October Moodboard.

You can check them out over HERE!

 

Here's the final look of the layout!

 

 

 

Supplies List

 

Colourarte Twinkling H20’s Think Pink Set

(Breast Cancer Special Set)

Hopeful Honeysuckle

Courageous

Dreams Bloom

Luv-u-pink

Lucky Apple

Good News

Colourarte Primary Elements

Firefly 3 pcs Set

Indian Summer 3 pcs Set

 

Others

Heidi Swapp 'Ticket to Ride' PP

Prima Marketing Flowers

Prima Marketing Stencil 'Checker'

Prima Marketing Checker Stamp

Kaisercraft Stamps

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Liquitex White Gesso

Liquitex Resin Sand

Daler Rowney Clear Gesso

Blue Fern Studio Chipboard

SewEasy Fancy Floss

2Crafty Chipboard 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'

 

 

That's all for this post. 

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HAPPY GRADUATION VIDEO TUTORIAL: Colourarte Mixed Media Layout

Hi Guys! I'm back again with a video tutorial for my Colourarte Design Team. This time round, I created a mixed media layout as a gift to my bestie as a gift to celebrate her graduation and officially stepping foot into the society.

This time round I was inspired by the moodboard from Paper Dvizhnik. I love how vibrant the colours are and these are also one of my favourite combination of colours. 

So sit back, relax and enjoy the video tutorial!

Here are some closeups for this mixed media layout. 

Here are the list of supplies I used

ColourarteRadiantRain Pink Grapefruit

ColourarteRadiant Rain Teal Zircon

ColourarteRadiant Rain Pewter

ColourarteRadiant Rain Sea Foam

ColourarteSilks Pink Grapefruit

ColourarteSilks Yellow Rose

ColourarteSilks Mediterranean Blue

White Cardstock

Prima Marketing Flowers

Prima Marketing Doily Die

Dear Lizzy Stencil

Crate Paper Notes & Things

Martha Stewart Adhesive Silkscreen

Vellum

Brayer

Liquitex White Gesso

Makeup Sponge

Assorted Pattern Papers

Kaisercraft Acrylic Paint Candy

Kaisercraft Acrylic Paint Seabreeze

Kaisercraft Acrylic Paint Slate

Kaisercraft Acrylic Paint Hot Pink

That's all for this post. 

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M for Mabel: Mixed Media Block Letter for Colourarte

Hi Guys! I'm back again with a video tutorial for Colourarte.

Since this is my first official video tutorial for Colourarte, I decided to alter this block letter deco piece 'M' for my initial that I got out of our local novelty stationery store, Typo.

Enjoy the quick and simple video tutorial!

Here are some of the close up shots. :)

That's all for this post!

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Childhood Memories Mixed Media Layout for Meg's Garden

Hi Guys!

This is Mabel here with my first blog post for Meg's Garden Design Team. I'm from Singapore, a small island country in Southeast Asia. Most of my projects involve Mixed Media and today I have a Mixed Media layout tutorial for you using Meg's Garden projects from the English Rose Garden Collection.

I picked Paisley & Roses (P6432) as my layout base. I also really love the flourishes on Meg's Garden name card! So I decided to not waste it and fussy-cut out the flourishes for embellishment later.

I also picked out a couple of Meg's Garden products I wanted to use for embellishment later. I have the vintage rose tag cut out from Cut & Create (P6434) which I snipped it into half to make full use of this beautiful tag for layering. I also fussy-cut out the frame from Vintage Ornate Tags 1036.

I briefly arranged my embellishments and photos to determine the area I would like my mediums to go onto. 

I primed the patterned paper beforehand with clear gesso. I used 13arts Ayeeda Matte Coral and Lemon paints as well as Tim Holtz Distress Stain Spray in Tattered Rose and Milled Lavender to create the area I want to embellish later on. 

I wanted to bring out different textures and effects and stamping is a very good way to achieve visual texture effects. I used Prima Marketing stamps from Cigar Box Secrets Collections as well as Finnabair clear stamps with my Black Stazon ink pad. I chose Stazon as its permanent and the ink will not run when I use it more mediums on top of it. 

I continued to bring out more texture for the background by going over my stencils with modelling paste. I used Tattered Grid stencils from 13arts as well as Prima Marketing's stencil. 

While the modelling paste was still wet, I poured on some mica flakes from 13arts to create some sparkle! 

I also added Gold Glitter paint from 13arts as well as creating some splatter with diluted black gesso.

This is one of the trick I love to use when I need to stick alphabet stickers. I placed them on a ruler so I can gauge the length of the entire word, I can also shift them around easily to see where they fit better. Once I'm happy with the placement, I simply tilt my ruler and gently rubbed in those 'open' areas so they stick to the background.

And after embellishing my layout, this is the final look!

I diecut some leaves from Prima Marketing dies. I also tucked some laces as layering for added effect. 

Meg's Garden has got a wide variety of flowers to choose from. I used some of the mulberry papers flowers as they're awesome for altering. 

As mulberry papers are porous, inks can spread easily with water. So I just dipped my brush into Tim Holtz's Milled Lavender Stain Spray and brushed onto the flower near to the stamen. I then wet the areas I want the colours to spread to with water so the ink will flow. This creates a very natural looking flower. :)

More close ups looks of the layout!

That's all for my tutorial! Thanks for reading!

Hope you're feeling inspired by my tutorial. 

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