Sunny day

Hello creative friends.

The 13arts Design Team are creating with stencils this week and I am sharing my 

layout with you all using papers and embellishments from the Sunrise collection.

I used a sheet of gold metal, used for metal art work, across the centre of my layout.

I placed the stencil beneath it and rolled over it with a brayer.

This allows the stencil to emboss the metal and give it texture.

I love this effect!

I stenciled above and below my photograph with white modeling paste as well as 

stenciled with gold paint added to gel medium.

I hope that you like this layout and feel inspired to try these techniques.

Until next time!

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Everyday life snapshots

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent layout created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee using the gorgeous 

new Heart and Home collection.

I love the natural earthy tones in this collection alongside the peaches, pinks and lilacs.

One of my favourites for sure!

I didn't do any special or amazing techniques on this layout other than stencil 

platinum crackle paste around my composition, but I felt that this layout 

deserves a special place on my blog, mostly because I love this photograph 

of my brother walking through the field in Switzerland a lot (so much so that I think 

I've used it more than once) and also because of the beautiful elements 

in this collection. And yes! I did fussy cut them all!!

Here are a few close-ups of my layout ....

I hope that you like this layout and are inspired to create one of your own.

Until next time!

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Mr Handsome

Hello creative friends.

I am sharing a new layout for 13arts with you all today featuring Mr Handsome 

papers and embellishments as well as 13arts products and mediums.

I created the background of this layout by stenciling onto the paper with modeling paste and then applying the paste around the edges of the paper.

I also added stenciling with a combination of Tiger Eye Color Glow and gel medium.

I then painted a piece of corrugated board with white gesso and adhered it 

to the centre of the page, adding paper on top with stamping and stenciling. 

Chipboard embellishments were painted with Tiger Eye Color Glow and then

lightly rubbed with a comination of gel medium mixed with Jadeite Color Glow.

I added diluted Tiger Eye Color Glow around my composition for depth.

Some of the 13arts products used include ....

I hope that you like this layout and are inspired to create one of your own.

Until next time!

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Blooming

 

Hello creative friends.

I am sharing a new 13arts project with you all today ...

a canvas created with the papers and embellishments from the Young and Free collection 

as well as stickers, chipboard and other 13arts embellishments.

I prepared the background of this canvas by adhering paper from the collection 

to my canvas and giving it a good coating of clear gesso.

I then painted the top of the canvas with a combination of 13arts Acrylic Liquid Medium 

and Garnet Color Glow, spraying it with water to allow the colour to 

flow down the canvas.

I added stenciling as well as stamping to the canvas.

I then mixed Amber Color Glow together with gesso and 13arts Texture Powder 

to form a thick paste which I applied around the edges of my canvas

with a spatula, dragging the paste downwards.

Heating and drying this paste produced all of these amazing cracks.

Chipboard elements were painted with diluted Garnet Color Glow and then 

lightly heat embossed in gold.

Some of the 13arts products which I used include ...

I hope that you like this project and are inspired to create your own.

Until next time!

💛

Colour your dreams

 

Hello creative friends.

I am sharing a recent double page layout with you all as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee

using the beautiful Azure collection.

I love the soft blues and florals in this collection and felt that it was perfect for this beach

photograph taking a quite a while ago.

I wanted to try and create a shimmer of a reflection in the water so stenciled 

onto the layout and then, when the paste was still wet, I added a beautiful glitter 

to the paste, leaving it to dry completely.  Once the paste was dry, I used a hard brush 

to remove the excess glitter.

I wouldn't recommend this if you are not a glitter fan because, believe me, 

in between brushing off the excess glitter and trying to get it all back into the jar, 

there was glitter everywhere!!!

There were no other techniques applied to this layout other than use of the 

beautiful cutouts and chipboards which make up this collection.

Here are a few closeups of the details ...

I hope that you like this layout and are inspired to create one of your own.

Until next time!

💙

Time flies

 

Hello everyone.

It is hard to believe that we are already into the month of July and that half of 2021 

is behind us, but time does fly and it waits for no-one!  We just have to be sure to 

live in the moment, having no regrets, making memories along the journey.

I am sharing a new project for 13arts with you all today ... 

a wooden mixed media canvas with a chipboard clock and other grungy elements.

I prepared the background of my canvas by adhering paper from 

13arts' Young and Free Collection, covering it with clear gesso and then, 

once the gesso was dry, I stamped as well as stenciled onto the paper 

with a combination of gel medium and Luster Black Shiny Powder, 

dragging the spatula down my canvas as well as 

around the edges with my spatula.

I covered the top piece of my clock with gel medium and then, while it was still wet, I sprinkled small microbeads into the medium and dried it completely.  This will create texture to the clock once other mediums are added.

I covered all of the chipboard clock pieces with black gesso and then painted 

the top piece with a combination of three 13arts Color Glows 

(Tiger's Eye, Andalusite and Smoky Quartz) mixed together with fluid medium. 

I also added the brown paint around the edges of my canvas with a paintbrush.

My centrepiece was created by using cut out butterflies from the Young and Free collection 

as well as other elements and then covering it with a perspex dome with the sides of the dome 

painted with the same brown paint using a sponge.

13arts products used include the following ....

I hope that you like this project and are inspired to create one of your own.

Until next time!

💛

Happiness blooms from within

 

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a canvas with you all today created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee

using the beautiful new Azure collection, Penelope Dee's 50th collection since they started 5 years ago.

I prepared the background of this canvas by adhering paper to it, coating it with 

clear gesso and then first stenciling with expanding mousse and then, once that was dry,

applying blue crackle paste onto the corners and around the edges, 

allowing it to dry completely to bring out the cracks.

I then added diluted a sand coloured paint with a paintbrush onto the paste, 

allowing it to seep into the cracks of the paste.

Chipboard elements were painted with a periwinkle blue paint, making sure 

that the paint coated the embossed areas of the chipboard and then removed the 

excess paint with a wet wipe.

I then lightly painted the open areas with sand paint.

The resin pieces were coated with brown alcohol inks and then lightly rubbed 

with brass wax to bring out the details.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Until next time!

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