Here is another upcycled project from me! I really love giving old, tired objects new life. I can always count on my All-Purpose Ink to help freshen things up!
Skill: Advanced
Time: 1 hour + dry time
• On Point Glue
• All-Purpose Ink – Sky Mist, Blue Bayou, Lemon Yellow
• Creative Medium – Clear
• Gesso – White
• Glass Vase
• Paintbrush
• Resin flowers
• Prima ephemera
• Paper napkin
• String
Create a 3D piece of Mixed Media Art with a metal flower and a variety of inks. To add a nice 3D effect to your project, just use metal! Metal is a great way to add dimension and can even be colored to match with StazOn Pigment ink. The results can really be spectacular!
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
Add color to a metal flower with StazOn Pigment Inkpad.
On an art panel, create a watercolor background with Memento DewDrops.
Spray panel with Sheer Shimmer Spray in Sparkle.
Stamp script stamp onto the panel with StazOn Pigment.
Apply Memento ink in Teal Zeal and Pistachio onto the Craft Mat, add water, then use to stamp dots onto the panel.
Stamp stem image with StazOn Pigment in Piano Black.
Add water to a smear of Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and splatter onto the background with a brush.
Stamp saying with VersaFine CLAIR in Nocturne.
Adhere metal flower onto the panel at top of the stem.
Tie ribbon around the bottom portion of the panel.
The sun turned into a square! Capture the colors of the sun on faux enamel jewelry piece with a marbled pattern. Decorate the Imagine’s Sheet Metal in the squares shapes with a mix of irRESISTible colors and create a marble design that is covered with clear Mboss embossing powder to protect and give the impression of enamel.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Cover the square Sheet Metal shapes with the irRESISTible in Gold, mixing the gel with a bamboo skewer or toothpick.
Add drops of the irRESISTible in Tangelo and mix in circular motions with a bamboo skewer. Let the paint dry well.
Press the square shapes on the VersaMark inkpad, cover with Mboss embossing powder and heat set.
Turn over to the other side of the Sheet Metal shapes, cover with StazOn Sunflower Yellow.
Cover with GlazOn Vintage to secure the color. This is very important to use GlazOn in between uses because StazOn solvent qualities react with other layers of StazOn. In other words, you will erase or lift the color you just laid down.
Cut 20-inch long cord pieces, pass it through a jump ring and inside the Sheet Metal shape hole. Add a gold colored bead.
Continue with the rest of the pieces and secure all the cords together with a jump ring creating a stop.
Cut 20-inch long cord pieces, pass them between the shapes and the previous stop jump ring. Braid the cords and secure all the edges with jewelry caps and clasps.
Color of the Month is Tuscan Sun. We were thinking of blended burnt orange and yellow sunset when we choose this hot summer color. Some of the inks that easily reflect this color choice are Memento Luxe in Morocco, Memento in Tangelo and VersaMagic in Pumpkin Spice.
For the Month of July August, we are also doing a special feature of Rinea Foil Paper. This beautiful paper foil comes in a variety of colors and patterns and we challenged our artists to use them in their tutorials and projects, so be on the lookout for awesomeness!!! ******Correction: the exchange with Rinea is in August!
Today, I show you a simple technique using your Memento DewDrops. You don’t need stamps when you have fabulous inks! I choose colors of Memento that work well together for an interesting background.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
Interested is slowing down and being more mindful? A Daily Journal to document artsy ideas and creative thoughts might be just what is needed. This journal includes “My Creative Day” journal templates (with prompts for daily journaling), blank art pages (for art journaling, sketching and jotting down ideas) and a special hand decorated cover to house it all.
Skill: Advanced
Time: 1 hour
Select ready to make a cover or create a cover of your own (size 5 ½” x 7 ½”)
Apply a trio of Fireworks! Sprays to add color, allow to dry. As you can see the color of the waterbased inks brings out the chevron design that was preprinted.
Use the same Fireworks! colors on a ½” sheet of white card stock, allow drying.
Stamp swirls and script randomly onto the card stock panel with StazOn Pigment ink.
Add some shine to sections of the card stock panel with Delicata ink and a large Sponge Dauber.
Use diecuts to cut out floral images from the card stock panel.
Add additional color to the flower heads with Shimmer Stix in Rose Gold.
Apply shading to the flower by using a Fantastix tool with StazOn Pigment ink.
Stamp a floral pattern and script onto journal cover with StazOn Pigment ink.
Directly apply VersaMark ink to cover, sprinkle with MBoss powder(s) and heat set for added texture.
Adhere to a layer of tulle.
Highlight floral cutouts with white ink.
Assemble floral die cuts, adhere sequence, and apply StazOn ink directly to edges of cover for shading.
Assemble Journal and embellish with fibers.
Complete first daily journal entry.
• StazOn Pigment Inkpad – Peacock Feathers, Shamrock Green, Piano Black, Koala Gray
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Cottage Ivy, New Sprout, Bahama Blue
• Delicata Inkpad – Golden Glitz
• Fantastix – Bullet Tip
• Sheer Shimmer STIX Dauber Top – Rose Gold
• VersaMark Watermark Stamp pad
• Mboss Powder – Shimmering Night Sky, Lucky Stars
• On Point Glue
• Large Sponge Dauber
• Prima – Mixed Media Covers
• Uniball Signo – White
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps
• Lori’s Cards & Creations Stamps – Art Script
• Sizzix Thinlits – Wildflower Stems
• Hero Arts Sequence
• My Creative Day template
• Fibers
• Tulle
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