Bling Challenge for Art and Soul Studio

Hey Everyone

This months challenge for Art and Soul Studio is all about Bling and who doesn't like bling 

I love the whole mood board this month it's so feminine, soft and pretty

If you enter the challenge on our Facebook page Soul Sisters you have the chance to win one of three $50 vouchers to spend at the store

The photo is of my chandelier in my bedroom I told hubby when we finally did our room no matter what we are having a chandelier in our room 

It's not a huge grand one it's perfect for the size of our bedroom

I played underneath to take it as it's over our bed

I started off with a timber frame and gessoed it so when I painted it the paint would go on smooth

This is the back of the frame which I painted with gesso as well so I could use the mix of Heavy Body Gel and a fine glitter

I used the mix through the Bohemian Bouquet Stencil

I then used Colour Blast Snow White Embossing Powder randomly on the frame for a bit more bling and sparkle

I had some tulle that has bling in it so of course I had to use that 

I added the stem of flowers and then added some of the other flowers in amongst it all

Then added some plastic bling randomly through out the mix

I had the large blog flower which I love - it fit perfect on this project

As you can see I used a lot of the Rose Gold painting all the metal and paper clay

Products from Art and Soul Studio 

Art Basics Heavy Body Gel

Ultimate Crafts Bohemian Bouquet Stencil

Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Opal Magic Rose Gold (sold out)

Little Birdie Crafts Flowers (sold out)

Kaisercraft White Flowers

Prima Say it with Crystals from my stash

Prima Flower stem from my stash

Paper clay from Mum

Metal and some bling from my stash

Colour Blast Embossing Powder Snow White

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Texture Challenge for Art and Soul Studio

Hey Everyone

This week is my turn to share my interpretation of the challenge over at Soul Sisters Facebook Page where each month we give away 3 vouchers of $50 - one for each category - layout, card or mixed media project so make sure you enter

Also don't for get to check out the rest of the blog for some great inspiration from the rest of the Design Team 

I used the Art-C Clipboard I seem to have a thing for clipboards at the moment I used the Heavy Body Gel through the Couture Creations Rosy Stencil

Once that dried I then painted the clipboard with the Art Alchemy Sparks - Unicorn Hair and Dragon's Eye

Then when they were dry I tried to use the Heavy Body Gel to even out the board so if you are to put paper on there it won't be lumpy to write on - it's still a little bumpy but I'm sure I can add a piece of cardboard on top if I use it

Ephemera Cardstock Dies has so many different pieces in them so I used a few here and there - a few feathers, a flower and a couple of tickets

I used one of the Journalling Notecards which I ended up cutting down a bit in the left corner and another for the feathers which is the little square

The Chipboard Stickers gives it a little dimension and I just love this little gold bee

I used some Art Ingredients Glass Beads in different parts on the Clipboard for some more texture

Products I used from the Art and Soul Store

Heavy Body Gel (check in store)
Art-C Clipboard
Couture Creations Rosy Stencil
Prima Midnight Garden -
Journalling Notecards
Ephemera Cardstock Dies
Chipboard Stickers
Art Alchemy Sparks - Unicorn Hair and Dragon's Eye
Art Ingredients Glass Beads
And some random Prima flowers I've had forever


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Birds of a Feather for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

Hey Everyone 

This month on Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog our sponsor is WOW 

Make sure you check out their site and see the great range of products they have including a huge range of embossing powders

I happen to have one of their moulds that's what I used

 Also don't forget to check out the Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog to see all the creative work the Design Team have made and enter to win

With the Feathers Mould I used paper clay 

It's such a light medium to use and is great on a canvas 

I love how detailed the feathers come out

I decided to add a chipboard house to the top of the canvas like a bird house for the paper clay birds that mum gave me

I used a stencil of lanterns but I thought they looked like bird feeders

Once I glued everything down with some Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive Glue (it's great because it really does dry quick and it's very strong)

I then used some Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dusts in Sunflower, Candy, Lollipop and Amber 

Adding a little bit of one coloured powder at a time 

Sprinkling it with the tip of a small brush then spraying water and drying each colour before adding the next colour 

I used some Colour Mica Powder Cool Mint  mixed with some Dorland's Wax Medium over the top of all the raised edges 

And by heating it, it went into the grooves as well so it made the feathers details stand out more

Making sure to get colour in the grooves of the feathers as well

I added a few white flowers because if you've seen my work and know me you know there has to be some flowers somewhere LOL 

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Beautiful Strong Woman for White with 1

Hey everyone

This page is for the White with 1 June Challenge and the colour is Space Frontier

I saw this quote and loved it

It spoke to me in so many ways

I suffer from depression and anxiety and this just says what I wish I could do everyday

I have a tattoo that says Breathe and so this reminds me to do just that

I used the Memory Maze Doily Stencil with the Finnabair Graphite Texture paste

Then over the top of that I used some tissue paper that I tore around one of the flowers and adhered that over the stencilled pattern which it then went into the grooves
I also tore up more of the tissue paper to add flowers and leaves over the paper to give it an added dimension

I used Lindy's Magical Shaker Black Forest Black watered down like a paint and randomly painted in places on the page

 The butterfly was from a sticker sheet that Kaisercraft used to sell I just used some foam to raise it up a bit then used a paint brush to roll the wings a bit to add a bit more interest to it

I also used it to paint the flowers 

I found these gorgeous feathers at a cheap shop the gold on the end is so shimmery it's a shame the photo doesn't show it

I had a plastic coaster that I cut in half and used they are so pretty they look like doilies

I added some white flowers as well because you can never have too many flowers 

I had the die cut from a Prima pack I think it was and it fit perfect with the  quote so I raised it up with some foam tape and added it to the layout

I randomly stamped with a Kaisercraft Texture Script stamp

 I then finished off with some Prima Art Stones and thats it

Thanks for visiting and I hope you will come back again soon xx