Hey you !
Today, you can find me over Lindy Stamp Gang’s blog for my monthly project.
To start this year off right, we are trying to find ways
Here is my process on video (remember to turn the HD on for a better experience :)):
I hope you enjoyed (don’t be shy, tell me what you think in the comments below) !
Here is the list of the products you see me use in the video (click to be taken to the info page in the shop):
2014 is here… wow.
Don’t forget that if you enter our challenge, you can win a $50 gift certificate in the shop ! And you can also purchase the set to make it easier if you want to. More info on our website.
To start the year with our first Color Challenge, I wanted to work around my guiding word for 2014. I had several in mind, but the one came to me while talking and brainstorming about it with my Chéridoo, during a car ride (some of our best conversations actually happen when we are driving).
Aren’t these colors perfect for winter ? It screamed using our new set, Totally 80’s. Of course, it needed a touch of teal 😉
I used a 5×7” wood panel (because I can abuse it more than canvas, which I am always afraid to pierce somehow).
I apply a generous coat of gel medium all over the surface and then covered it with tissue paper. I wanted the first layer to be very textured so I crimpled it while adhering it, and then torn the edges so it would fit the panel’s size.
Once completely dry, I covered it all with Down The Rabbit Hole, and then used stencils with Bodalicious Blush and Gag Me With A Spoon Gray.
I then applied some extra heavy gesso through a scallop stencil on the right and left borders.
And because nothing is complete to me without a touch a blue or teal, I splattered some Time Travel Teal for a bit of contrast.
When everything was completly dry, I grabbed Midnight RendezVous Magical Mica to use as paint to write my word. Actually, this year my word is EXPANSION but the verb works too 😉
I used my waterbrush to write my word (previously lightly sketched to avoid bad surprises). And to make it pop, I outlined it with my white pen.
Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(PS: I will soon write a bit more about my choice for this year’s guiding word)
Hey there !
I invite you to check Lindy Stamp Gang’s blog today as I am sharing the mixed media piece I created especially for the booth we will have at CHA next January.
I hope to see you there 🙂
Welcome to LSG & 7 Dots Studio Creative hop! We are so excited to have to amazing companies team up for a full day of creativity. This hop will surely get your creative juices flowing so head on over to all these incredibly talented crafters to check out how they’ve combined the beautiful lines by 7 Dots Studio with Lindy’s Stamp Gang products, it’s a match made in color heaven!
We have a little surprise for you:
We would love for you to show some love to all our crafters and leave them a little message. You will have the opportunity to win a fabulous prize by both 7 Dots Studio and Lindy’s Stamp Gang so please let us know that you have done so by coming back to 7 Dots Studio and Lindy’s Stamp Gang blog at the end of the hop.
I love 7 dots studio, brand that I discovered through the amazingly talented Anna Dabrowska (aka Finnabair). The lines are so gorgeous that, to be totally honest with you, it is a bit intimidating to work with for me as I tend to cover up most of my paper layers in my creative process.
I started by tearing the beautiful Messy Head paper to 9×12”, I love ragged edges. Then, I mixed some Gab Me With A Spoon Gray Magical Mica with soft glossy gel medium to create a wonderful shimmery paste, that I simply applied with one of my Catalyst wedge here and there (it was helping me to overcome the «blank page» syndrom). I also used it for the top left corner.
I love love love the new dusty rose color, Bodalicious Blush, and sprayed it through a stencil as well.
Gel media and our LSG products love each other, proof is I used heavy gel with our Midnight Rendezvous Raven glitters (still from Totally 80’s) to stencil through and create her leafy wings; and then again with another stencil that I sprayed, once dry, with Icy Primrose Gold (a discontinued color) *the ink goes in the cracks and creates natural contrast*.
I used Fiber paste mixed with Time Travel Teal Magical Mica to create a great texture for her hair. It stayed so vibrant even once dry.
The short sentences on this paper are great, you don’t necessarily see them at first but they are here.
I embossed the drops with Pumpkin Fiesta and Hydrangea Blue Mauve embossing powders, I did want the overlapping of the two colors so it was totally made on purpose.
Her antlers were cut out from the What Wood U Say paper, and then sprayed with Cowabunga Copper before being glued.
For her dress, I used the Sweet Dreams paper from the Dreamer collection. The fabric and colors were perfect for a dress. I did not want it to lay flat on top of the rest so I applied gel medium through a stencil, and to make it pop just a little more, sprayed with a golden Starburst Spray (as said earlier).
Her messages, Little Miracles, comes from the Messy Head Elements. I simply sprayed it with Cape Cod Coral and glued it where it seemed important.
I used Frolic In The Forest Green Magical Mica (from the Tickle Me Fancy set) for her eyes. And last but not least, I splattered the amazingly unique Sweet Violet Purple Teal as a final touch.
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):
