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You now know my total love for Mindy Lacefield. I know for sure that she is one of these Souls I was meant to meet again in this lifetime, I simply adore her. In 2013, she offered a year long class called True Free Spirit, filled with monthly projects. Anastasia is the painting I created inspired by her December project 🙂

You may be aware that I am an art supply hoarder lover. I have plenty of stuff (currently in the process of sorting everything, box by box, and keeping only what I want to use). Mindy’s project reminded me that I actually have a jar of Golden crackle paste (it is very different from the Kroma crackle I usually use now), it looks like white frosting). I wanted to use it somehow. It eventually was used for her hair. Love it.

I was so eager to try the new products from the latest release from Lindy Stamp Gang. It’s a collection called Totally 80’s and designed by Cindy (aka Cynthialoowho). The colors are just amazing and I am happy she came up with them. I don’t like pink in general, except dusty rose because it is more subtle, there is a touch of mauve so it is not pinkinmyface 😉

I went with a winter theme in mind and love how it turned out, even with these two little characters that showed up. They were both pink so I decided to go for it, and add some glittered gel to make them pop a little. By applying it with my finger, I was able to create that texture I love so much.

to purchase Anastasia. If you’re interested in a print, please contact me.

I love the different textures happening, it is definately a painting that you can discover through your touch as much than with your eyes.

I hope you’ll enjoy the video:

Here are the products I used (click to be redirected to the product’s page):

Canvas Panel	Collage Pauge	Foam Brush	Bleeding Tissue Paper	Razzleberry Plum
Emboss It Dabber	Blick Matte Acrylics	Golden Fluid Acrylic	Catalyst Blade #6	Golden Crackle Paste
Totally 80’s Magical Micas	Stabilo All pencil Black	Silver Alcohol Ink	Mad Hatter Glitter	Soft Gel
Clear gesso

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It’s December guys ! wow, just wow.

We are bringing you the last Color Challenge of the year at Lindy Stamp Gang. I love love the color inspiration but it is wearing its name perfectly this month: challenge !

Remember that to enter, you don’t have to use all 4 colors, you can pick 2 of them and go from there.
You can find all the infos about entering the challenge on the LSG blog. You can win a gift certificate 😉

We are now offering limited kits to help you in your choices colors, in case you are having a hard time deciding (you have three options: sprays, embossing powders, or both).

Find what my amazingly talented friends on the DT created as well for this month’s challenge over there.

This month, I came back to my happy place: my art journal. I am almost at the end of this one (the big Dylusions one) which makes me very happy (because I love finishing a journal and starting a new one !).

If you’ve been following me, you know that spray+stencil are what utterly lift my spirit.

I started my page with a sketch made in bed, I sometimes do that yes (sketching while watching tv). I was feeling very heavy emotionally and this Nixie emerged:

I made some splatters of Tibetan Poppy Teal (take the sprayer part off from the bottle, and shake over your surface. Be careful, it’s unpredictable).

Then, I mixed some beautiful Autumn Maple Crimson Magical Mica (part of the Autumn Leaves collection) with heavy gloss gel medium. It creates a wonderful sparkly paste. I applied it through the Pomegranate stencil from The Crafter’s Workshop. I decided to use that to give her a whimsical body:

I sped up the drying time a bit with my heat gun. I did not apply it very thickly so I would not have to wait too long.

The spraying fun started after: I used one of my favorite stencil (I think it was from Studio Calico) and sprayed Flying Monkey Midnight through it and aside (it is one of my favorite Flat Fabio color, one without the shimmer).
After that, I picked I’m Late I’m Late Slate (another Flat Fabio spray) to spray all over my spread, to bring everything together. It is a very subtle color so perfect for this purpose)
I used one of my favorite stencil, still from The Crafter’s Workshop, and sprayed the drops/tears with Tibetan Poppy Teal.

I am more of a Silver girl than a Gold one, I love our Cranberry Mist Burgundy color (part of the Holiday Wreath collection, now only available as shots… but you know what ? you can mix it up and put it in a spray bottle if you want)because of its beautiful strong silver sparkle, it goes so perfectly with the Flying Monkey Midnight and Tibetan Poppy Teal colors…

I worked on my Nixie’s face with Neocolor II (watersoluble crayons from Caran d’Ache) and white acrylic paint. I wanted her hair to pop, so I used Poinsettia Red Gold Starburst Shot (part of the Holiday Wreath collection as well, with touched of the Tibetan Poppy Teal shot to highlight it. Look at this gold shimmer !

I wrote her messages («Let this Sad Heavy Heart teach you» and a quote from Albert Camus saying «In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.»)

Done !

I hope you liked this step by step, and that it’s getting you inspired to participate in our Color Challenge 🙂

Here is the list of the products I used (click on the image to be redirected on its page):

Tibetan Poppy Teal	Autumn Leaves Magical	Wizard of Oz	It I’m Late, I’m Late Slate	Danny Zuko’s Denim
Holiday Wreath	Summer Of ’89 Shot Set

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