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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Process Video for Starstruck ATC with Colourarte

I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE A GOOD NEWS!

I've been selected to be part of Colourarte's new Video Design Team! YAYY!

I'll be sharing more videos for Colourarte in the future so do stay tuned to my process video!

Click on the Colourarte logo below to view other DT members!

For today's post, I'm sharing something I did for Colourarte's Challenge #2: Textures. I love how wide this theme covers, there isn't much restrictions on the rules of the challenge, so do take part in it! You can view more details by clicking the picture below!

Here are the close-up shots I did for this challenge. I chose to the leftover holder for Prima's trim as an ATC.

Here's a process video I did.

Supplies Used

Colourarte Silks - Mango Mamba

Colourarte Silks - Guatemalan Green

Colourarte Silks - African Jade

13arts - Black Gesso

13arts - 3D Glass Microspheres

Liquitex - Modelling Paste

Liquitex - White Gesso

Liquitex - Heavy Matte Medium

Ranger - Clear Crackle

Dylusions Spray - White Linen

Memento Stazon - Jet Black

Tsukineko - Versamark Ink Pad

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Honeycomb Clear Stamp

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Platinum Glass Glitter

Prima Marketing - Leftover Holder for Trim

Studio Calico - Stars Wood Veneer

7 Dots Studio - Destination Unknown Collection

2Crafty Chipboards - Frames Tiny Henry's Chipboard

Stampendous - Aged Silver Embossing Enamel

Tim Holtz - Stripes Stencil

That's all for today! 

Leave some love at the comments below and tell me what you think!

TIA!

Collect Moments Not Things Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Guys!
I'm back again with a Mixed Media Canvas piece for Off the Rails Scrapbooking DT project.
This canvas was inspired by Scraps N Pieces Challenge Blog's moodboard.

I love how dreamy this galactic theme is! Hence I chose blue and purple as my main colours.

Find more about the challenge here!

I first primed by 5.5 x 7 inches canvas board with white gesso. I pulled out my Tim Holtz blending tool as well as Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserve ink pads. I randomly brushed on those inks using my blending tool onto stencils from Crafter's Workshop and Dylusions. Since the inks are water soluble, I actually sprayed water to allow the inks to flow slightly. 

See the white patches? I create the effect by 'stamping' gesso using my palette knife. I just thought that the colours are slightly too vivid and wanted to tone down my colours slightly. So by creating this white patches, I can not only tone down my colours, I can also create some additional interest and effects.

As my canvas was inspired by galactic theme, I wanted something sparkly and dimensional for my canvas. I applied heavy matte medium from Liquitex over my Dina Wakley stencil and poured a mixture of Black Sparkle and Silver Tinsel embossing powder from Ranger. As the matte medium was still wet, it managed to capture those embossing powder. The trick to this technique is to wait till the medium is completely dried before you heat-set the embossing powder to prevent the medium from bubbling.

So this is the final look after embellishments. The papers are from 7 Dots Studio Soulmates Collection and my sentiment is actually a sticker from Mambi. I used Thailand's Mulberry flowers for my canvas, but you can actually purchase these flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I used 13arts pastel mists in Lavender and Cobalt to highlight my centerpiece. I actually dipped my brush into the mist bottles and colour it around my centrepiece. 

See those texture over there? I actually mixed Glass Microspheres from 13arts with my Clear Gesso. I chose to use Clear Gesso instead of matte medium was that my matte medium will act as a resist to watercolours unlike clear gesso. So I randomly swipe this mixture onto my canvas and also sprinkle some Platinum Glass Glitter from Prima Finnabair line. I also gently brushed on white gesso as highlight after everything dried.

And who say stamens can only be used at the center of flowers? I layered stamens underneath my flower composition so that it looks like they are bursting around the flowers. 

That's all for my tutorial.

Thanks for reading! :)