Art - find new ways

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a mixed media canvas using 13 Arts mixed media products.

I prepared the background of the canvas by stenciling onto chipboard and then, once it was dry, cutting it into strips and arranging them on the canvas, together with cogs/gears, art stones, lace and other embellishments.

I then painted everything with white gesso.  Once everything was dry, I started adding blue paint,

spritzing it with water to make it run across to the centre of the canvas.

I then firstly added dark brown chalk spray followed by Andalusite Color Glow powder paint 

to blend with the blue and to flow towards the right of the canvas.

I added a frame, wings and title onto the top of the canvas.

Once all of the paint and ink was completely dry, I lightly brushed with white gesso to 

bring out some of the details.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Until next time!

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Take me back to the Sea

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent mini album created using the absolutely gorgeous 

"Mechanical Seaworld" papers from Stamperia.

It was so much fun to play with this beautiful collection ... so many beautiful papers - 

it was hard to choose which side to use.

In the end, this album was put together as a kit 

so I am just going to share some pictures of the pages for you to enjoy.

I hope that you like this album.

Until next time!

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Perfect blend

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a single layout as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee 

using the gorgeous new Essence collection.

I prepared the background of this layout by stenciling coffee beans onto the paper 

and adding teal ink in the area where I wanted my composition to go.

The round chipboard embellishment was covered with Juniper Alcohol Ink and then, 

using a brown distress crayon, I coloured in some of the wording to make it stand out.

So many pretty cutouts in this collection ....

I covered a cog/gear embossing folder with liquid wood glue and left it to dry for a 

couple of days.  Once it is completely dry, it should peel right off the plastic folder.

I rubbed it lightly with brown Distress Ink and white gold wax and then used pieces 

to back my photograph.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Moment in time

Hi everyone.  I am so excited to share my first project as Guest Designer for 13 Arts.

I have been keeping this information to myself for a while and so happy 

to be able to share it with you all now.

I used the beautiful Rosalie papers for this layout and prepared the background by

adhering parts of the transparent foil as well as stenciling here and there.

I LOVE the 13 Arts Color Glow powder paints and used Tiger Eye (brown), which suited my 

vintage layout perfectly, around the composition for depth and definition.

The gorgeous Ephemera pack is a perfect accompaniment to the beautiful papers.

Once the layout was complete, I added some old gold glitter around the composition as well 

for some shimmer.

I hope that you like this layout.

Visit the 13 Arts blog to see details on how I created this vintage layout.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/06/moment-in-time-layout-by-moira-gilowey.html

Until next time!

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Spread your wings and fly

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a single layout created using inspiration from the 13 Arts mood board challenge

for June, being inspired by the colours or elements in the board.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/06/wyzwanie-challenge-91.html

I love the combination of the pinks and mauves with green and was inspired 

to use these colours together.

I created the background of this layout by mixing Amethyst Color Glow paint powder 

with gesso and dragging the colour down my paper making sure that it will be 

visible around my composition.

I then added more gesso to the mixture to make it a bit lighter and stenciled 

around the page.  Once the gesso was dry, I added green glitter to modeling paste 

and added a bit of green stenciling.

I added some stamping around the page with black archival ink.

The chipboard doily and title were painted with black gesso and then coloured with waxes.

The large chipboard frame was painted with diluted Emerald Color Glow paint powder 

and then dry brushed with white gesso.

I hope that you like this layout.

Why not join the challenge and create a project of your own.

Until next time!

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Loved beyond measure

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a recent canvas created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee 

using the Vintage Garden collection.

I loved the idea of creating a secret garden and used a picture of my daughter looking through the gates.

I prepared the background of this canvas by securing paper from the range to it 

and then stenciling with Platinum crackle paste, dragging it down the canvas with the spatula 

to soften the edges of the stenciling.

I used a wreath made from twigs for the centre of the canvas and then coated lace with 

clear sculpture paste, draping the lace over the edge of and running down from the wreath.

I used a lot of flowers, leaves, sisal, moss and cutouts from the collection to make the garden.

The gates were painted and added to the composition.

The title and leaves were heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I hope that you enjoyed walking through this garden with me.

Until next time!

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Timeless Beauty

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a recent single page layout created as Brand Ambassador 

for Penelope Dee using the absolutely stunning Vintage Garden collection.

I love this pic of my niece taken amongst the leaves and it suited the papers perfectly, 

especially as I wanted to bring the coral colour into this layout.

I prepared the background of this layout by mixing green Impasto paint with modeling paste 

and stenciling onto the page together with gold Icing Paste.

The resin embellishments were coloured with Red Pepper, Flamingo and Salmon Alcohol Inks 

and then lightly brushed with white gesso.

The chipboard embellishments were painted with white paint and then 

lightly rubbed with gold wax.

Some splashes of white paint and the layout was complete.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Love life in full bloom

Hi everyone.

With lockdown, it has been such a while since have I posted a project as 

Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee.

And what a beautiful collection this new one is ...the papers and 

embellishments are gorgeous!

I prepared the background of this layout by tearing papers from the collection and 

adding them to the top of the layout.

I then added Distress Oxide by blending outwards from the centre so that the Oxide is 

visible around the area where my composition would be.

I then added the Oxide to the back of the stencil,

lightly sprayed it with water and then pressed the stencil onto my layout 

to create a reversed effect.

I added stamping around my composition with black archival ink.

The chipboard elements were heat embossed with white embossing powder.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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