ColourArte Mixed Media Textured Tags by Barbara Rankin

Hi everyone!  Today I have a couple of textured tags to share with you that I hope you will enjoy.  I will show you one tag with molding paste and a stencil, and one tag using Creative Paperclay® for some spectacular texture.  Of course, the finishing touches are using ColourArte's Primary Elements Artist Pigments.  These colors are so beautiful, and there are so many to choose from.

I hope you will enjoy my video tutorial here!

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ColourArte Supplies Used:

Primary Elements Powdered Pigments

  African Jade

  Sunburst

  Ancient Coin

  Bronze Medallion

  Burnt Umber

  Rose Gold

  Yellow Rose

  Moss Agate

  Mandarin Citrine

  Black Orchid

  Bolivian Blue

Other Supplies Used:

Tags from Product Packages (Prima, Graphic 45)

Golden Molding Paste

Creative Paperclay®

Honeycomb Texture Sheet

Rebecca Baer ST-614 Urban Jungle Stencil

Jewelry Findings
Metal Embellishments
Tim Holtz Quote Chips
Tim Holtz Trinken Pins
Various Ribbons
Aleene's Quick Grab Tacky Glue
E6000 Glue
Shabby Shutters Distress Ink
Black Archival Ink
Script rubber stamp
Krylon Gold Leafing Pen

I hope you enjoyed my video today, and I would love for you to subscribe to my YouTube Channel.  As always, I appreciate your stopping by, and have a wonderful, crafty-filled week!

Barbara

Quick and Easy Cards with Craftwell USA eBrush

Hello everyone!  This month, the Craftwell USA eBrush design team is stepping outside their comfort zone and making something new to their own individual style.   I chose to make a couple of cards, clean and simple (CAS), and ever so easy.  This was definitely not what I am used to making.  So, here goes.

To start,  made a paperclay stamped image, trimmed around the edges, and allowed it to dry.  I had a second clay-molded Eiffel Tower that was ready to use and waiting for the right time.  

While that was drying, I started working on my background papers.  I chose these two Teresa Collins embossing folders and ran them through my die cutting machine using glossy white card stock.  The one on the left is the Swirltangle embossing folder, while the smaller one on the right is from Teresa's Timeless collection.

I trimmed a couple of sections from the Swirltangle embossing folder.  My clay pieces are dry and ready for color, too.

With the Timeless embossed piece, I first colored the background with Y32 and BV01.  I kept the center light so my focal image would pop.

Next, I eBrushed the Eiffel Tower molded piece made from the Lumina clay with B24 Sky.  I darkened some areas by simply keeping the eBrush color in one spot.  You can get lots of definition using just one marker.

I layered a piece of yellow print paper , then my embossed background, then the Eiffel Tower piece.  I used some matching blue chalk ink to stamp "Paris" over the banner.  

For my next card, I used one of the smaller embossed pieces cut from the Swirltangle embossing folder.  I eBrushed the entire background with B52, deepening the edges and leaving the center lighter.

Next, eBrush a light coat of YG06 over the background.  I also edged it with brown distress ink.

eBrush the Paperclay rubber stamped piece with R32.

eBrush YR24 Pale Sepia around the edge for a bit of aging.

Add brown distress ink pad direct to the Paperclay to hit only the high spots and edge the sides to bring out the rough texture.  It makes it look like an ancient artifact.

Layer a piece of matching print paper, then adhere the embossed paper, then the stamped clay tile.

For my sentiment, I used another label piece from the Swirltangle embossing folder, colored it to match the previous embossed square, and added the "Go For It clear sticker.

Supplies used:

Craftwell USA eBrush
Teresa Collins embossing folder - Swirltangle
Teresa Collins embossing folder - Timeless
Glossy card stock
Molded embellishments
Lumina air dry clay
Creative Paperclay
Rubber stamps - tile, alphabet
Silicone mold - Eiffel Tower
Copic Markers:  Y32 Cashmere, BV01 Viola, B24 Sky,  B52 Soft Greenish Blue, YG06 Yellowish Green, R32 Peach
Ink Pads:  brown distress, blue chalk
Clear word stickers

I love my eBrush!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to stop by the Craftwell blog for more inspiration from the team.

Have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Creative Paperclay® & Gina's Designs Lasercuts Halloween Blog Hop

Happy Halloween my lovelies!  Bwaaahaaaahaaa!  Welcome to today's Halloween inspired blog hop with Gina's Designs Lasercuts and Creative Paperclay®.  Both design teams will be sharing fabulous projects made from Creative Paperclay® and Gina's Designs Lasercuts chipboard.  

We are excited to show off our Halloween projects, and even more excited about the fact that YOU can win a prize.  

PRIZE PACKAGE INCLUDED

1 pound package of Creative Paperclay®

1 sample package of Sandits

$25 shopping spree to Gina's Designs Lasercuts

How to enter - each of these will get you one entry
1) Enjoy the hop
2) Stop by each blog on the hop and leave a comment
3) Pin each project on your Pinterest site
4) Share this post on your Facebook page
5) Like Creative Paperclay Facebook page
6) Like Gina Designs Facebook Page

I think you are going to enjoy the fabulously spooky, and perhaps even freaky, projects by everyone, so sit back, grab a cup of Gruel, (okay, maybe not) and enjoy the hop.  A complete list of the blogs can be found at the bottom of this post.

So here it is, my coffin roadster.  And what do we have inside?  We have Manny Bones with a  goblet full of Piña Ghoulada to toast his friend, Justin Pieces, who seems to be sharing his coffin.

I love this coffin box from Gina's Designs, and I knew just how I wanted to use it with my Creative Paperclay® pieces.

Use skull die to cut into the top of the box, as shown.  Remove die cut.

Paint both sides of the coffin box with black gesso and both sides of the skull with white gesso.  Age the skull by lightly rubbing burnt umber antiquing cream over it.  

Glue box together with a white tacky glue.  

Paint Border Lace with Peeled Paint distress paint and adhere around base of coffin box.

Paint wheels with a medium gray paint.  

Use a brad to attach your wheels to the wheel hub and glue skull & crossbones charms to each brad.

Turn bottom of coffin box over and adhere wheels and hubs, as shown.

You can use all sorts of molds with your Creative Paperclay® and Delight modeling compounds.  In the picture below, I have a Wilton cake decorating mold (dark blue), clay molds from Martha Stewart (aqua), and a clear plastic candy mold.  Make as many or as few clay pieces as needed for your project and let them dry, usually overnight.

I used both the Paperclay® and the Delight modeling compound for my pieces.  Both products are so easy to use and give amazing results, as you can see below.  I laid the pieces out to help determine how I might want to place them, and I filled the coffin bottom with Spanish moss.

I painted the pieces with grey acrylic paint, aging the bones by dry brushing with an off white paint.  Silver metallic was brushed over the filigree bits, and the spider, of course, was painted black with a red mark on her back.

I adhered mica fragments randomly to the coffin lid before adhering my Paperclay® and Delight molded pieces.  The hand was gently bent to look like something was trying to reach out from beneath the lid.  Oooooh, spooky!

Before adding my skeletons and other bits to the coffin, I added small metal handles, two on each side, of the coffin.  Then the fun began, adding Manny Bones and his friend, Justin Pieces.  Spider webbing was stretched across the lid and bottom for even more creepiness.

And here are a few photos of the finished coffin on wheels.

On the coffin lid, you can see a better shot of the spider, the creeping hand reaching up the side of the lid, and the pretty filigree pieces.

Looking down into the coffin, you can see all of the skeleton pieces molded from the Paperclay®.

In this picture, you can see the bats from the Spooky Shape Set, painted purple with orange stickles for eyes, and adhered to a spooky tree branch.

And here is a shot of the side of the coffin with those cute handles and fabulous wheels.

And here is a picture of my completed cemetery with the addition of Gina's Designs Tombstone Stand Ups.  You can see how these were decorated in my previous post.

Supplies Used:

Coffin Box
Wheels 1.5 Inch Fancy
Border Sticks Lace
Spooky Shape Set

Creative Paperclay®
Delight™ Modeling Compound

Silicon and plastic molds
DecoArt Media Carbon Black

DecoArt Media Dark Grey Value 3
DecoArt Media Translucent White
DecoArt Media Metallic Silver
DecoArt Media Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide
DecoArt Media Cadmium Red Hue
DecoArt Media Black Gesso
DecoArt Media White Gesso
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Skull mini die
Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves
Mini metal handles (Hobby Lobby)
Stampendous Tarnished Mica Fragments
Halloween embellishments (my stash)

I hope you are enjoying the hop today, and thanks so much for stopping by.  Good luck, and have a very safe and Happy Halloween!!!

Barbara

Mixed Media: Cards with ColourArte

Hello everyone!  Barbara here with more mixed media fun using my ColourArte products.  Just wondering if you all are warm enough wherever you live.  It was sweltering here in the mid-South a few weeks ago, and then something wonderful happened... it cooled down a bit.  I don't know about you, but I seem to have more energy when it is not so hot.  So let's play!!

Speaking of hot, mixed media is hot right now, and that even transcends into card making, so here are two cards I made using these techniques.

Supplies used:

Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glaze

Lemondrop
Plum Blossom
Kiwi
Sea Spray
Snap Dragon

Radiant Rains Color Concentrates (Dauber)

Nutmeg

Low Tide 12x12 paper pad (Me & My Big Ideas)
Cut n' Dry Foam (Ranger)
THS 004 Stripes Stencil (Tim Holtz)
Chocolate Baroque stamp sets: Seadragon, Underwater Kingdom
V237 Lone Bird rubber stamp (Stampendous)
Crackled Texture Paste (Wendy Vecchi)
Goosebumps Clear Texture Spray (Tsukineko)
Fancy Tags die (Sizzix)
Trellis Frameworks die (Tim Holtz)
Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
Ink Pads: Memento Luxe Nautical Blue, Rhubarb Stalk, Lilac Posies; VersaFine Smokey Gray; StazOn Spiced Chai, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Fantastix brush tip tool
Nautical silicone mold (Mod Podge)
Creative Paperclay®
The Robin's Nest dew drops

Blue Card directions:

Cut two pieces of white chipboard (our paint chipboard white) to 4" x 5-1/4".  Set one aside for the second card.

Cut piece of cut n' dry foam and, using rubber side, spread Sea Spray Silks across chipboard, then Kiwi Silks.  Cover paper with both colors until you like it.  The rubber side does not absorb any of the paint, so it merely sits on the surface, allowing you to make swiping motions.  The colors do not actually blend but, instead, simply layer on top of each other.  I like this technique a lot.

Dab Sea Spray Silks over the top, leaving these cool "crackle" like textures.  Now that I look at it side ways, and having a beneath the sea theme in mind, I think they look like jellyfish.  What do you think?

 Next, I began stamping my mermaid and underwater plants using Memento Luxe Nautical Blue ink pad.

My mermaid did not stamp really well, so I used a Fantastix brush tip tool to add more Memento Luxe Nautical Blue to her.  You could have restamped her with a stamp positioner, but I liked having the control of adding the color and shading.

 Next, I stamped the coral and plants with Memento Luxe Rhubarb Stalk and Lilac Posies.  I discovered that if you make a mistake, the ink wipes right off using a baby wipe or damp paper towel without disturbing the Silks acrylic glaze background, thereby taking all the fear right out of the equation.  Love it!!!!

Spritz Goosebumps clear texture spray over background and let dry.  This gives the whole background a "wet" look.

Stamp "Secrets of the Deep" onto a scrap of tan card stock with StazOn Spiced Chai ink.  Sketch a design around the words to make it appear as though it is a piece of wood, rotting away underwater.

Cut it out roughly, ink edges with Vintage Photo distress ink, and adhere to card with foam dots.  I also added some blue dew drops as air bubbles.

Edge chipboard with the Nautical Blue inkpad to finish the edges off.

Cut a 4-1/4" x 6-1/4" piece of print paper from the Low Tide pad and adhere to a 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" folded blue card.  Adhere chipboard to card, aligning to the right.

 Add twisted leaves to the left side, as shown below.

 Make underwater embellishments pieces using a Mod Podge silicone mold and Creative Paperclay® air dry clay.

Paint paperclay pieces (starfish, shells, sand dollar, octopus, seahorse) with the Silks Acrylic Glazes, mixing colors and adding water to make a wash for each piece.

Sand Dollar (Radiant Rain Nutmeg mixed with Lemondrop Silks)

Octopus (Radiant Rain Nutmeg mixed with water)

Large shell (Radiant Rain Nutmeg,Plum Blossom, and Lemondrop Silks)

Small Shell (Lemondrop and Snapdragon Silks)

Starfish (Radiant Rain Nutmeg, Plum Blossom and Lemondrop Silks)

Seahorse (Kiwi and Sea Spray Silks)

 Here you can see what I mean by mixing the colors together with water to make a very light wash.

 Adhere dried Paperclay pieces to the bottom of the card, as shown.

Pink Card directions:

Cut piece of cut n' dry foam and, using foam side this time, spread Lemondrop Silks across chipboard, then Plum Blossom Silks.  Because the foam holds the paint, the two colors blend more rather than laying on top of each other.  Cover chipboard with both colors until you like it.

Use a spatula to spread crackled texture paste through Stripes stencil, let dry.

Here is a close up of those crackles after they dry.  Do not use a heat gun for this step, crackle pastes don't like heat.  For best results, be patient and let it dry on its own.

Place a dot of the Nutmeg dauber onto your craft sheet, use a wet brush to pick up the color and apply lightly to the crackle paste.  Wipe excess with baby wipe or damp paper towel.

Continue to pick up the Nutmeg color from your craft sheet with a wet brush to add color to the grunge board Trellis die cut, then adhere this to the background.

Stamp the lone bird onto a scrap of cream card stock with Smokey Gray ink.  Die cut the image with the Fancy Tags die.

Now for some fun. Did you know you can use ColourArte Silks like watercolor?  I colored the bird image by adding a bit of water to a tiny dollop of the Sea Spray Silks, and the Kiwi Silks was used to color the leaves in the same way.

Ink the edge of the die cut Fancy Tag with the Smokey Gray ink on a baby wipe.  I wanted a very pale inking.  Adhere this to the background, over the trellis, with foam dots.

Ink edges with Nautical Blue ink pad and adhere the embellished background piece to a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" folded, olive green card.

Finally, I chose some small paper flowers that I colored with a wash of the same colors of Silks Acrylic Glaze to help them match my background.

All flowers need leaves, so I punched three leaves from a scrap of white card stock, colored both sides of the leaves with Kiwi Silks, and placed them around my flower bouquet.  (See photo above).

Well, that's about it.  I really am enjoying working with mixed media, and I have found it to be useful not only in canvas works, but as I have shown here, in everyday card making.  You could also apply these techniques in your scrapbooking and home decor projects, as well.  

Don't forget to play along with our Scavenger Hunt. There are still a few more days for  a chance to win an awesome prize.  

Its time for our Bi-Monthly Scavenger Hunt

How to play:

1)  Stop by our Facebook page and tell us what three Designers  Used:

• Radiant Rain: Wine and Roses ( dauber) pure color concentrate
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Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, creative week.

Barbara