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Thursday, 22 October 2020

Rice Papers from 13arts

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing three projects showcasing the beautiful new 13arts rice papers which

co-ordinate with each of the new collections.

I created an art journal page for my first project using the rice paper from the

End of Summer collection.

I combined gel medium and black ink and then stenciled onto the page.

I love the bright, bold colours of this collection and used co-ordinating watercolor paints

to add more colour.

For my second project, I adhered rice paper from the Bella collection to this wooden leaf.

I added pearl shiny powder to gel medium and stenciled onto the rice paper.

When the gel medium was dry, I added bronze shiny powder to gel medium and,

using a spatula, added it around the edges of the leaf as well as

lightly brushing it over the stenciling.

I created a single layout for my third project, incorporating the Sunrise rice paper into my flowers.

I made some flowers out of the rice paper as well as added layers to foamiran flowers.

I hope that you like these projects and that I have inspired you to try the new rice papers.

Until next time!

💛

Friday, 9 October 2020

Sempre

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a layout for 13arts with you using the beautiful new Bella collection.

The original photo of my niece and her friend is of them sitting in a doorway and I felt

that this pic would be perfect for this paper with the big, beautiful door.

I stenciled onto the background of the layout and then, when the modeling paste was dry,

I added pink watercolor paint around the stenciling.

I added gel medium mixed with Bronze Shiny Powder and applied it around the edges

of my layout with a spatula. The chipboard pieces were painted with the same Shiny Powder

combined with a little liquid medium.

Lots of fussy cutting completed this layout.

I hope that this has inspired you to create your own project with the

amazing 13arts papers and products.

Until next time!

💗

Friday, 2 October 2020

Sunrise

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent mixed media layout for 13arts blogpost using the gorgeous new

Sunrise collection.

These papers are all so beautiful ... it's difficult to choose just one for a project, but I wanted

to use one that I could use a lot of mixed media on it without losing details.

I covered the paper with clear gesso, adding stamping over the page.

I combined blue and black paint powder with gel medium and stenciled along the lines of the page.

I then added the same medium around the edges of my layout, dragging the stencil in a

downwards motion. A butterfly wing was also stenciled to the right of the main composition.

Once I had added all embellishments to the layout, I also added gel medium around the

composition to give it depth.

Diluted chalk mist was added around my layout to break the blue and to tie in with

all the pink elements on my layout.

I hope that this layout inspires you to create one of your own.

Until next time!

💗

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

You are my sunshine

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a single layout which I recently created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee

using the bright, beautiful Alyssia collection.

I prepared the chipboard embellishments by painting them with a combination of

Red Pepper and Sunset Orange Alcohol Inks and then, once dry, rubbing them with white gesso

to tone down the colours and to accentuate the grooves in the chipboard.

Stenciling was added around the main composition of the layout.

The chipboard wording was painted with black gesso.

Stenciling was also added in black.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💛

Memories

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a wooden tag which I created for 13arts using rice paper from the new

End of Summer collection.

I adhered the rice paper to the tag with gel medium and coated the top of the paper with medium

as well to protect it.

I then added colour to modeling paste and stenciled around the edges of the tag.

I applied gel medium to the metal frame and then added Rusty Bronze Powder before spraying

Reagent onto it to make the rust react. It then turns all rusty and makes it look as if is has been

out in the elements for a really long time.

I did the same thing to the metal heart as well as on the left side of the tag.

I also added diluted paint around the edges as well as adding black paint to gel medium and applying it around the edges of the tag with a spatula.

I hope that you like this tag.

Until next time!

💛

Friday, 25 September 2020

Wonderful

Hi everyone.

I am so excited to be sharing my very first 13 Arts Design Team project with you today using the beautiful new Dreamland collection.

It was so hard to choose a page from the collection because they are all so gorgeous,

but, don't worry, I will get to them all!

I felt that this page suited my photograph of my great niece perfectly.

I turned the page around so that the flowers were at the top.

To prepare the background of my layout, I added Pastel Black mist to white gesso

and applied it to the paper using a spatula and then added Pastel Cinnamon mist

to modeling paste for stenciling.

Stamping was added around the edges of the layout and Old Gold glitter ink

and silver Mika Flakes to the flowers for sparkle.

Some splashes of white ink added the finishing touches.

I hope that you like this layout and feel inspired to create your own.

Visit the 13 Arts Blog to see more from the design team.

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Until next time!

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Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Simple joy

Hi everyone.

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

using the Simply Life collection.

I loved this paper from the collection with the stone detail and knew that I had the perfect pic for it. We had enjoyed a Sunday afternoon visit to Franschhoek in the Cape and taken the pic at the entranceway to a quaint walk through to shops and restaurants. The stone of the arch above us reminded me of the stone arch on the paper.

I wanted to recreate the look of the stones and pebbles onto my layout so I stenciled using a cobble stencil and expanding mousse. Once the mousse had been heated, it gave the raised look of a cobble stone wall.

I stamped around the arch on the page to make it look cracked.

I used a stamp on my chipboard title.

A mixture of gel medium and jade green paint was added around the edges of my layout and also lightly rubbed onto the chipboard embellishment to make the wording stand out.

I added stamped leaves and a few stamped and heat embossed leaves around my composition.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

💚

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Timeless

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a single layout with you today as my final project as Guest Designer for 13 Arts.

And, I have some very exciting news .....

I am staying on with 13 Arts as part of their Design Team!

I am absolutely thrilled to be joining a company and team who continue to inspire and create the most amazing papers and mixed media products for the crafting industry.

Thank you so much to Aida and 13 Arts for including me and allowing me to share my creativity with you all.

I hope that our projects will inspire you to create your own.

I used two sheets of paper from the Unforgettable range for this layout, cutting the one so that I could place it in the bottom right corner of the layout.

I added Tiger Eye Color Glow to Gel Medium and then stenciled onto the background of the layout, using the spatula to pull some of the colour downwards on the layout.

Once the gel medium was dry, I added some black gesso around and over the stenciling as well as around the edges of the layout.

Coral Red Color Glow was diluted and painted around the composition.

I added some Bronze Shiny Powder to transparent wax and rubbed this around the edges of the page, around my photograph as well as around the composition. Stamping was also added onto the layout.