Lace Feathers with Primary Elements Arte Pigments

Hi everyone just wanted to share with you all a video I created for ColourArte....

using the Primary Elements Arte Pigments in the silicone shallow moulds...

Here's my video demonstration on how to make them...

Hope you enjoyed this video... thanks for watching...

till next time

Happy Creating

xC

The Ancient City

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing my latest layout for Scrap FX, The Anceint City, using some of this months new releases...

 Loved the gondolas in Venice. This is my favourite picture, I love it.

The new title, The Ancient City was a perfect fit for this layout....  painted up with True Silver.

I used the new Rolling Waves on top of the new Yacht Stencil (you can only see the water ripples behind all the photo and embellishments)

For the background I added the Moroccan Tile Stencil and Scribbled Script Stencils ...And I also added some medium chicken wire, painted up with some True Silver.

One final look at the full layout.

till next time
Happy Creating
xC

Owl Journal Cover with Creative Paperclay®

Hi Creative Paperclay® fans, it's Cindy here, I am excited to share with you my latest project, An Owl Journal Cover.... 

keep reading to see how to create your own...

Supplies:

Creative Paperclay®

Clay shaping tools

Rolling pin

Water for smoothing clay


Directions:
I began by removing all the pages from a hard cover book...

I then rolled out some Creative Paperclay®...

and applied it to the front of the book cover...

Next I started to make the owl.... I began with the body, making a sort of tear drop shape...

and then applied it to the book cover, then press down slightly with your thumb on the head area...

Next make a flat oval piece and attach to the thumb spot on the head... this is the beginning of your owl's face...

then using a ball tool (or end of a paint brush), create two eye cavities...

Now add a beak ridge and some eyebrows...

Now it's starting to look a bit like the beginning of an owl...

time for the wings... begin making the shapes of form the wing structure and then the feathers... make lots of feathers....

put down the wing structures first to decide the wing positions, and then add the individual feathers as shown below...  don't forget to mark up the feathers to make them look realistic...

Now create the tail using more of the feathers you made...

time to sculpt some little 3D claws...

and attach them along with some tiny balls of clay to form the eyes....
I also used my ball tool to create the pupils in those little clay ball eyes, and speckles on my owl...

So now my owl is completed and ready to paint... but I decided that the plain book cover wasn't what I wanted after all... so stay tuned for my next post and see what I do to finish it off...

thank you for stopping by and joining me here today,

Till next time
Happy Creating
xC

Adventure

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing my latest layout for Scrap FX,  Adventure, using some of this months new releases...

  This is a picture I took while I was Hot Air Ballooning over Melbourne... all I can say is it was magical... 

  I chose the new adventure arrow for my title, just love these new arrow titles in the latest release...

   

 For my background I use the cool circles stencil with some modelling paste for texture, before paint and inking it up...

   

 I added the new Compass Aim and the Mercator  Flourish after painting them up with some Vivid Ultra Metallic paint...

   

 I also used the Feather stamps and stamped them onto watercolour paper, then stamped the Chicken Wire Stamp over them, before adding them to my layout...

   

 To finish my layout off I used the Chicken Wire Stamp around the edge of my layout along with a small text stamp...

   

 A final look at the layout...   

 till next time 

 Happy Creating 

 xC

Creative Paperclay® Tool Holder

Hi Creative Paperclay® fans, it's Cindy here, I am excited to share with you my tip for August on how to create your own tool holder for your clay working tools, keep reading to see how to create your own...

Supplies:

Creative Paperclay®

Silks Acrylic Glaze Midori Melon

Silks Acrylic Glaze Teal Zircon

For the how to... I created a little video...

thank you for stopping by and joining me here today

Till next time

Happy Creating

xC

Creative Paperclay® July tip ....

Hi everyone, and welcome.

It's my turn to share with you a tip or technique.... today I have chosen to share a quick tip....

There are several reasons I came to love Creative Paperclay®. 

 Firstly I love that Creative Paperclay® is nontoxic not only for my own personal safety but that's fabulous for the environment also. 

Secondly, I love to work with an air dry clay as opposed to having to use a kiln. The truly awesome  thing about Creative Paperclay® is that even when a piece is dry and it is as hard as a piece of wood, it can still be changed....  Did you know that you can then carve into it or sand it, a really awesome advantage, meaning your piece can be altered even once it was finished...  this is such a reason to love Creative Paperclay® especially for me as I tend to want to keep changing my mind, lol...

Thirdly, I love working with air dry clay, as you can you work with it for hours at a time, if it does start to dry out, you can just mix a little water into it and it's as good as new.... 

great for me as I work very slowly... 

thank you for stopping by and joining me here today

Till next time

Happy Creating

xC

Dreamer Art Journal Spread Tutorial for Scrap FX

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me today for a special share for Scrap FX...

A step by step photo tutorial of my "Dreamer Art Journal Spread"

Scrap FX have so many wonderful products that are fabulous not only for scrapbooking and mixed media but also for art journalling as well...

Here's how I created my journal spread:

I began by painting my background... using Dylusions paints...

next up I started with my circles for the dream catcher...

the Scrap FX Circle Stencil is fabulous for creating concentric circles....

adding more layers...

I stamped the smaller feather from the Feather Stamp Pack using Dylusions paint... initially in one colour.... then....

re-stamped the feathers using two colours of Dylusions paint... 

I applied several more coats of paint to my dream catcher...

and then painted in my string lines and began stamping my background...  I began using the Harlequin Stamp...

then added more detail with the Chicken Wire Stamp and the the new Polygonic Stencil...

and added even more to my background using the Moroccan Tile Stamp...

Next I stamped my dream catcher using two of the arrows from the Arrows Stamp...

I stamped around the edge of my dream catcher using the Lace A Loops Stamp, by inking and stamping only one or two little lace loops at a time to curve around the dream catcher...

Next it's time to paint in the beads on the dream catchers strings... and add a centre piece to the dream catcher using one of the Maze Circles painted up with a couple of Dylusions colours...

I added my quote with a white pen and then started adding white pen highlights...

a final look at the completed piece...

Scrap FX products used:

Circle Stencil

Feather Stamp Pack 

Harlequin Stamp

Chicken Wire Stamp 

Polygonic Stencil

Moroccan Tile Stamp

Arrows Stamp

Lace A Loops Stamp

Maze Circles 

I hope you enjoyed this project...

till next time...

Happy Creating...

xC