July SnP challenge!!!

Γειά σας αγαπημένες!! Έχουμε πλέον τροπικό κλίμα στην Ελλάδα αλλά πιστεύω πως μπορούμε πλέον να πούμε για τον Ιούλιο πως μπήκε για τα καλά το καλοκαιράκι. Άκρως καλοκαιρινή είναι και η πρόκληση στο Scraps 'n pieces με υπέροχα χρώματα!!!

Έτσι κι εγώ αποφάσισα να φτίαξω κάτι με θέμα τον βυθό!!!

Είχα αυτή τη σφραγίδα "γοργόνα" της Prima, η οποία στην ουσία με ενέπνευσε και είναι το κεντρικό θέμα του καμβά μου. Για το background, ξεκίνησα χρησιμοποιώντας στένσιλ και Dylusion sprays. Στη συνέχεια πάτησα τυχαία εδω κι εκεί μερικές σφραγίδες με γράμματα και άλλα σχέδια ιδανικά για backgrounds.

Τα φύκια τα έβαψα αναμειγνύοντας infusions με λίγο matτ ή gloss medium!!! Βγαίνει τέλειο!!! Για τα highlights (να τα τονίσω), έκανα μερικές γραμμούλες με λευκό Signo μαρκαδόρο (The best!).

Τα μαλλιά και το σώμα της γοργόνας τα έβαψα χρησιμοποιώντας gelatos και νερομπογιές...χρειάζεστε σίγουρα και ένα μικρό ψαλίδι ειδικό για να κόβει λεπτομέριες χωρίς να κολλάει για να κόψετε τα διάφορα μικρά μέρη της σφραγίδας σας.

Δώστε λάμψη και ξεχωριστή υφή με stickles και διάφορα αυτοκόλλητα διαμαντάκια! Στο τέλος σκόρπισα και μερικές πιτσιλιές με μαύρο spray.

Για να χρωματίσω την ουρά, επέλεξα να παίξω (πολύ διασκεδαστικό) με distress και oxide inks. Την τεχνική θα την βρείτε σε βιντεάκια του Tim Holtz στο Youtube! Ουσιαστικά ταμπονάρετε με τα ink pads (διάφορα χρώματα) πάνω στην ειδική επιφάνεια, ψεκάζετε λίγο νερό και μετά ταμπονάρετε απο πάνω το χαρτί σας.

Ελπίζω να σας ενέπνευσα και να βγάλετε έξω ότι είδους μπογιές έχετε και να πειραματιστείτε!!

Materials:

dylusions+ink+spray

distress+oxide+ink

infusions (for the leaves I used "Slime" and "Olive Green")

stencils

decoart-media-gel-medium-matte

watercolor

Pearls and jewels

uniball-signo-white

stamps-accessories

stazon-ink-pad-jet-black

double-sided-foam-tape

teflon-scissors

non-stick-craft-sheet

See you soon!!!

xoxoxo

Vicky

SnP October Challenge!!

Hello dear friends!!!

There is a new challenge up to Scraps n pieces blog!!

Here is the WONDERFUL Mood board!!!

For this art journal page I obviously got inspired by the lovely photo of the vintage rusted car! I instantly fell in love with it!

For the color combo I was also inspired by the photo and I used wool and the quote from the mood board!

Infusions frenzy!!!

I am in love with this product! There are so many possibilities!

For this background I used the following steps:

• I primed the whole page with white gesso

• I spread the "A bit jaded" infusion with some white glue using a paint brush

• I did some stamping using background stamps randomly

• Next step was to use a stencil and apply modeling paste randomly on the layout

• I then covered the pages with clear crackle medium

• When it dried, I sprinkled some "Rusty car" Infusions and sprayed water over it

• I created the composition making sure there are some metal elements to match the whole concept ;)

• The edges were darkened using dylusions acrylic paint in order to create some depth

• To highlight the whole thing, I used some coper acrylic paint with my finger, again randomly

Some close ups....

I hope you were inspired, this color combo is amazing!!

Go on and try it!

I can't wait to see how you will interpret our mood board and what inspired you the most!! 

Supply list:

White Gesso

colour-shaper-wide-firm-flat-15

Glue-n-seal

Finnabair-art-basics-brush-set-7pkg

Infusions-a-bit-jaded

Infusions - Rusty Car

Archival-inks-potting-soil

Cling-stamp-background letter

Stencil

Finnabair-art-basics-modeling-paste-opaque-matte

Finnabair-art-extravagance-texture-paste-clear-crackle

Dazzling-metallics-bright-copper

Dylusions-ground-coffee

Mix-match-pitt-artist-pens-assorted-journaling-2

Metal embellishments

Strong glue for heavy items

I am participating in the following challenges:

Mixed Media place
A vintage Journey

Mixed media canvas, my 1st fairy girl!

Hello dear friends!

And here she is... my very first quilt fairy girl that has an actual face on haha!!!

And I love her soooo much!!! I can't even describe to you how much I enjoyed the process!!!! Visit Scarlet Lime and get a workshop by Christy Tomlinson! She is amazing, full of great ideas and just the style I love! Bold and happy!!

"Fairy girl"

And some details and close ups for you....

Thanks so much for visiting!!

See you soon ;)

xoxo

Mixed media canvas "it's the little things"...

Hello again!!

I am obsessed now with this lovely mixed media/collage canvases! They are so fun to play with and enjoy colours, pastes, papers, stamps, stencils and drawing as well!! It combines so many things that after you are done, you feel content!!!

Here is a canvas I made, this time I did some drawing and I sketched the tree by myself! 

"It's the little things"

I used washi tape to create the roof!! And a lovely fabric button with a heart! The numbers on it are rub ons!!

Thanks for visiting!! I hope I have inspired you a bit!!

Hugs from Greece!!!xo

Mixed media "she art" canvas-"start doing things you love"

Hello dear friends!!

Today I am sharing with you the "she art girl" I made. It is a small canvas 6x8 inches or 15x20 cm. You are going to see more of these as I just LOVE the creative process!!! It is so much fun!!! Again I must mention that I got inspired by talented Christy Tomlinson <3 !!

"Start doing things you love"

and some close ups!!!

This is a box for Ioli's school. The teacher asked for it so they can put their projects inside! Of course, I would never give her a plain craft box hahaha!!!

Cute little mixed media houses!!

Hello dear friends!!

I just LOOOOVE cute little houses!!! These two are my 1st attempts to make some and I really enjoyed the procedure!!!

This one was made to decorate my daughter's school box. They use it to put their crafts inside. 

"House for Ioli's box"

So, a quick how to process:

• Glue with decoupage glue scraps of paper. Green at the bottom and blue on top.
• Use acrylic paint randomly (green & blue) and mostly on the edges of each cut piece of paper for shading.
• Get your stamps and go crazy ;)
• Use stensils and modeling paste to add texture,
• cut out paper pieces to create your house and then use paint or markers for shading
• Use some rub-ons randomly to decorate
• last but not least, use black & white ball pens to highlight.

here are some close ups....

This is another little house which was made very plainly and quickly and was mostly done by my daughter under my guidance of course. It was for a school homework and it is more like an art journal page because it's made inside her school notebook :) The title is handwritten by her and it says "ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ" which means "school".

"Ioli's homework"

Thank you for visiting!!

hugs from sunny Greece!!xoxo

Mixed media door hanger!

Hello dear friends!

Today I will share with you the mixed media door hanger that I made for my two daughter's room!

"N" stands for Nefeli and "I" for Ioli (their ancient Greek names).

"Door hanger"

The base is a thick box cardboard that I cut out of a package box. I covered it it all with gesso, then I applied some modeling paste using some stensils, I sprayed several colors (dylusions) together with some water, I glued a few pieces of paper, did a lot of random stamping and in the end some doodling with black and white ball pens!!

Below you can see some close ups!

The letters are out of wood from Artemio.

Thanks so much for visiting!

hugs and kisses!!xoxo

She art girls - mixed media canvas

Hello dear friends!!!

It's been a loooong time since I last blogged and I was worried that I would not remember how it's done anymore LOL!!!

So, I recently watched a few workshops on mixed media by Cristy Tomlinson and fell in love with her gorgeous "she art" girls! I love the bright, bold, happy palette she is using and all the fun techniques! So, here are my first attempts!!

"So very happy"

and the second one was an order from my daughter to create Elsa from "frozen" :P

"Elsa"

Well, I've done a lot of mistakes like short legs or a big waist but practise makes you better so I guess I'll chat with you again soon ;)

Hugs & kisses from sunny Greece!!! <3