Fan for Colour Blast

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This week on the Colour Blast Blog I used a fan that I had gotten when I went to Hamilton Island a few years ago it was a very special trip

Make sure you check out the Colour Blast website and see all the awesome stencils and stamps from Michelle Grant and while you're there check out the Kit Club it could be a great Christmas gift to yourself for next year  

I have also made a YouTube Video of the process which you can watch and make sure to subscribe to both channels Colour Blast and mine

I started off trying something else and didn't like it so I got the Heavy White Gesso to cover up everything and then went from there

So I decided to go with some Colour Shimmer Dusts - I went out of my comfort zone and chose blues

I used the Colour Shimmer Dust Powders - Duke, Cobalt and Peacock sprinkled across the fan then spritzed it with the water and dried it

I used Sunflower Colour Shimmer Dust Powder that I have pre-made in a bottle of water (I use this one a lot) and sprayed the flowers

I used the Midnight Colour Shimmer Dust Powder on the clock which is made of paper clay and gave it a little swipe of Old Silver Wax from Finnabair to show up the details

I filled in the gap of the mask with the Watermelon Colour Mica Powder which I had added some  Heavy Body Gel from Finnabair (which I also used to adhere everything to the fan with)

I love how vibrant the colours are

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Bloom for Art and Soul Studio

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It's my turn on the Art and Soul Studio Blog today and I created this canvas around this quote 

I like to collect quotes I see on the internet or Facebook and use them for inspiration and motivation 

We also have a Facebook Group - Soul Sisters so make sure you check that out for loads of inspiration 

I started off with using some modelling paste through a Couture 

Creations stencil - Rosy for some texture

Then painted the canvas with black gesso so it added atmosphere of the quote 

Then I cut up a piece of  7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Nightshades cardstock into random sizes including one to mount the photo on

Awhile ago mum gave me some pinking shears and I thought these would be perfect with the zig zag in the paper 

So I randomly cut one edge of each piece with the scissors

And this is a paper clay piece from mum that she made for me from a Prima Mould (she has the moulds and every now and then if I can afford it I will buy her one to add to her collection not that she needs me too she has LOTS - which in the long run helps me cause I get more patterns to use lol)

I used some Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Pink Blush and Opal Magic Aqua-Rose on the background 

I love the way the Opal Magic paints work

On the black it's Aqua and if you use it on a light colour it would be a Rose colour (so clever)

As you can see I used the Acrylic paints on all the embellishments as well

I added white flowers from KaiserCraft and Art Stones from Prima to finish it off

Products I used from the Art and Soul Studio Store

7 Dots Studio Paint Chip Night Shades Cardstock

Couture Creations Stencil - Rosy

KaiserCraft - White Flowers (not on the site but I'm sure they have them in store if you just ask)

Finnabair Art Stones

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Opal Magic Aqua-Rose

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Pink Blush

Finnabair Mechanicals Mixed (out of stock)

Prima Mould (mum's)

Paper Clay (mum's)

Prima Modelling Paste 

Colour Blast Black Gesso (my stash)

Helmar Premium Craft Glue (my stash)

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New Design Team Members

Creative Atiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog

We are looking for a few new members to start in February 2019 who:

-Can commit to one mixed media project a month for a minimum term of 12 months.

-Have their own current blog.

-Will comment on a regular basis throughout the month on challenge entries.

If you are interested please email us using the Contact Us from at the top of the left sidebar with your blog and contact details.

The DT call will remain open until January 5th 2019

Love for Memory Maze

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This week on the Memory Maze Blog I created a canvas for a friend who lost her dad last year and every time I saw this photo on Facebook I knew I had to do something with it

And it just so happens it was her birthday a couple of days ago so what better present that a lovely memory

Don't forget to check out the rest of the blog for inspiration and check out and see the new products that are always coming out

I started off with some impasto on the background with the Diamond Stencil

Then I used Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Cubes in Singin the Blues and Just Blue on the grooves of the diamonds

With the Vintage Corners I painted them with Colour Shimmer Cubes in Snow White just for a bit of shimmer

On the Hearts a Pair I used the Snow White and Fire Engine with a bit of the Snow White over the top

After it dried it gave it a crackle look

Words Fancy Awesome, Spectacular I also used the Fire Engine

After finishing with all the embellishing I used the Micro Beads with a bit of Helmar Super-Tac Glue mixed together

I used some paper flowers, a metal circle and a paper clay key hole

Here I used a paper clay heart with wings I thought it was perfect for this picture

Memory Maze products I used

Vintage Corner

Words Fancy Awesome, Spectacular

Hearts a Pair

Diamond Stencil

Micro Beads

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To Do Lists for Colour Blast

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This project was inspired by my husband 

He has lists everywhere, so I thought I would make something that will keep everything in one place because he won't use his phone apparently that's to hard

So for the Colour Blast Blog this is what I created

Also be sure to check out what the rest of the team have created

Each hook has a different label - Things to do, Things to buy and Places to go so when anyone has something they need or are going too it can be written down (hopefully LOL)

This was a Kaisercraft kit thats been around awhile 

First I painted it all with White Heavy Gesso

Then each square I used a different stencil with Colour Paste 

Two with Stormy Weather and one with Fire Engine

On the top part I used an arrow stencil with some Colour Paste Snow White then used Colour Shimmer Dust Midnight

Flicked the Dust in a few places then sprayed some water 

Then tilted it until I was happy with the coverage I had on it

I love how one Colour Shimmer Dust can have a few different colours come out

The letters I used are white plastic ones so I went around the edges with a black marker just so they would stand out a bit 

I glued them down with Helmar Super-Tac Glue

I also used this glue to adhere the clips to the chipboard squares

My husband came up with idea of cable ties to attach the two parts together 

Fingers crossed it gets used

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Book Cover for Memory Maze

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My turn on the Memory Maze blog today and I thought I'd decorate the front of a book I got cheap out shopping the other day

Make sure you check out the rest of the blog for great inspiration from the Design Team and see what's new on the Memory Maze Website as the Boss seems to have a great imagination and brings new things out all the time

I'm not sure if I'll use this as a note book or as an Art Journal yet but I'm sure it will get used eventually 

I found this book in a store for $5

I then used black gesso with a roller it gave it such a smooth finish

In this corner I added a paper clay ceiling rose a metal piece and the Mini Frayed Edge Chiffon Rhinestone Flower Light Pink with a few little white flowers 

The pink chiffon flower is so pretty I could use it on everything LOL

I started buy putting the Scribble Frames Two and Embellishments down, I added a doily then added some straws that I cut at different lengths, I then put a silver metal circle under the Owl Swirly

I added the key to the side and some muslin to the other side 

I used some Pineapple Fusion I won from The Resin Rainbow it came with a whole bag of goodies then I added a paper clay ring of flowers over the top to make it look a bit like a wreath on a door with a little resin heart 

Along with the paper clay key hole

Then I added the Wrought Iron 30 to look like some iron work on the door

I added lots of the timber bits that you get with your canvases and then added one of the globes from the Globes set

I used a metal that had diamonds around the edge and added some flowers along with some Mermaid Beads

I had some of the Chicken Wire Small I cut it into two pieces and used it in two of the corners of the book

I used a metal corner and added a glass bead as well as some Mermaid Beads and some Diamond Gems

I love flair buttons and this one is from Flutterby Designs

The little camera was from The Resin Rainbow as well

I went around and added bling and Mermaid beads where I thought they were needed 

Then I used some Finnabair Art Alchemy acrylic paint that's gone a bit thick- I used my finger, so I rubbed it over everything then I used some Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust in Lollipop that I have made up in a bottle with water spraying as I went till I was happy with the finish

And I glued everything down with Helmar Premium Craft Glue

I had a tassel so I attached some string so I could use it to mark what page I was up to in the book

Memory Maze products I used -

Mini Frayed Edge Chiffon Rhinestone Flower Light Pink

Owl Swirly

Wrought Iron 30

Chicken Wire Small

Globes

Scribble Frames Two and Embellishments

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come back soon x