Wednesday 29 August 2018

Art and Soul Challenge Mood Board....

Hi everyone, today I have created a journal page to play along with the current mood board challenge... it's your last chance to get your entries in, the current challenge closes at the end of the month...
I was drawn both to the colour palette of the challenge and the requirement of adding a flower.... 
I took this literally and did one big flower...

Normally, I would have a process video to share with you all... however, I have fractured my ankle and can't sit under my desk and film at the moment... so instead I have a photo step by step...

so I began by wetting down my page with paintbrush and water 

 

I applied Aqua Green, Turquoise and White Marabu Crayons to the wet page... and used the wet brush to blend and smooth the colours together...

 

I used a jar to draw a partial circle in the corner of the page... and coloured it with the Cocoa Marabau Crayon.... I blended the crayon with my fingers...


I sketched out the basic flower petals with the white Marabau crayon...

Next I began to colour in the petals using  Rose Pink....

and added some Raspberry for colour variation..

then I coloured the rear petals using Raspberry...


I used both White and Lavender to add highlights to the petals....

I added Terracotta over the centre in a circular motion so as to leave some of the dark showing through... 


Next, add some Gold over the Terracotta again in a circular motion leaving the lower layers showing through....


I added Orange highlights, and Plum shadows to the petals to create depth...

to finish off.... I added more White highlights to the petals and the flower centre, then I used my Stabilo All pencil to deepen the shaded areas...

the finished piece...


now here are the mood board rules again...


Mood Board Challenge Rules
Please use our mood board as inspiration to create an art journal page, a card or a scrapbooking layout. Use the mood board however you want but you must add a flower on your project.
As these challenges are sponsored by Art and Soul Studio please make sure that you use at least one product that is available from the store.
There are 3 x $50 vouchers up for grabs!! One will be awarded for scrapbooking layouts, one for cards and one for mixed media/art journaling.
You can enter an art journal page, a card and a layout but you cannot win all three.
You have until the 11:59pm on the 31 August to enter and then the design team will vote to determine the lucky winners.
Please note that the vouchers can only be won by residents of Australia but if you are from overseas and win the challenge you will be offered a guest design team spot.


Thanks so much for joining me here today, I hope you'll have the opportunity to have a go at the challenge.... enter your project over in the Soul Sisters Group on Facebook...

till next time
happy creating
xC






























Monday 20 August 2018

Doggone Cute..... for Scrap FX

Hi Scrap FX fans, today I have my latest layout to share with you all....
This layout is of a pic of my gorgeous crazy boy Kanishka.... check out that totally loveable goofy face, and yes that's his tongue hanging out... it's always hanging out somewhere, lol...
This new title was so totally perfect for this pic of Kanishka...  love this title... perfect for those adorable photos of your furbabies...
I used the new Scratchings & Scribble Stamp on my background.... this is a two stamp set... a positive and negative... an awesome set... this is the negative...
and here is the positive of that Scratchings & Scribble Stamp ..... I think this set is a new must have in your stash, very versatile...
I added the Heart Set Stamps to my background and then sketchy outlined them for emphasis...
I also added the Harlequin Stamp to create greater depth in the background ... this is one of those stamps that is in my must have box... always useful for any occasion... love it!!
Finally, I finished off the layout with a hashtag statement from the #dogs pack, totally fabulous for my photo... The hashtag packs, and there are heaps of them now covering a huge range of occasions/sentiments, are a must have for me... they are so fabulous and so versatile and often the finishing touch I need...
A final look at the completed layout and my gorgeous boy...
thanks for joining me here today
till next time
happy creating
xC

Thursday 9 August 2018

Cactus Sunset Alcohol Ink Painting

Hi everyone, I'm back with you today to share my latest piece for Art and Soul Studio, an alcohol ink painting on Yupo which I have called "Cactus Sunset"


I have been wanting to have another play with alcohol inks on Yupo paper since I had so much fun doing the Autumn Stream piece in June... For those that aren't aware Yupo paper is plastic paper and is great for not only alcohol inks but also for watercolours and professional printing too...
It was fabulous to paint on with the alcohol inks and if you have the opportunity I would definitely say have a go at it... you can't ruin it using alcohol inks... cause you can just use Isopropyl alcohol and clean it all off and start again!!! Even if remains stained it's still useable... As you will see in the video below, I begin with a previously experimented on piece of Yupo... 

I have made a time lapse video of my process for you all... so grab a cuppa and enjoy...




here's a couple of close ups...




Product List:

Alcohol Ink Blending Solution

hope you enjoyed seeing my process,
till next time
Happy Creating,

xC


Monday 6 August 2018

You are Pawesome for Scrap FX

Hi peeps, today I have my latest layout for Scrap FX to share with you all....

For this layout I have a gorgeous pic of the beautiful Iris... 
She is my friends furbaby, isn't she a fabulous looking dog...

For this layout I grabbed out a previously created gel printed page, the colours were just perfect to set off the photo...

I thought this new title was perfect for this gorgeous photo... I love this title so much...

look at this adorable little paw print in the middle of that title.... way too cute...
I added some flowers and tags and diecuts to accentuate the photo further...

I used five of the hashtag words from the #dogs pack... this is such a fabulous pack, I love it... so versatile.. such cute little #words...

One last look at the total layout and the beautiful Iris...

that's all from me for today
till next time 
Happy Creating