July Challenge for Random Arts

Hey Everyone

This is my first post for the Random Arts Blog

And I'm starting off with the July Challenge

It's so exciting and I love this mood board with all the vintage pieces I used 

Here's my take 

Mood Board Challenge Rules

  Please use our mood board as inspiration
to create anything in any style.
As these challenges are sponsored by Random Arts Pty Ltd please make sure that you use at least 3 products that are available instore. Random Arts
There are 3 x vouchers up for grabs every month!!
1x$50, 1x$25 & 1x$15
You can enter as many times as you like, but you cannot win all three.
You have until the 11:59pm on the 31st July to enter
and then the entries with the most votes from the group win
Please note that the vouchers can only be won by residents of
Australia but if you are from overseas and win the challenge
you will be offered a Guest Designer spot.
Make sure you put your entry in the challenge album in our Random Arts Creative Group to win.

I started off using clear gesso to adhere the doily to the canvas

I then stencilled over the top with a clock stencil I had with some Finnabair Art Extravagance Icing Paste in White Gold but it smudged uneath but most of it got covered any way

 I used Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in White Gold on most of the plain embellishments that needed colour 

Here you can see some of the Resin Wings from the Resin Creations in Store

  I used 3 butterflies from the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Thrift Shop Ephemera pack I also used some of the cards and a mannequin that was in the pack which you see below

 I used some Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Heirloom Roses scattered over the canvas they are so pretty and easily changeable by adding a little colour or painting them with gesso you can change the colour fully 

The Prima Marketing Resin Frame  I covered in the White Gold Wax and stuck some of the AB Studio Vintage Elements 5/6 paper that I cut to fit underneath it

I then added some Art Stones randomly and brushed everything with a light coat of the White Gold Icing Paste

 The picture of the lady is from a pack of cards I have in my stash

Products I used from the Random Arts Store

Finnabair Art Extravagance Icing Paste - White Gold 

Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - White Gold 

Resin Wings from the Resin Creations in Store

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Thrift Shop Ephemera pack

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Heirloom Roses

Prima Marketing Resin Frame

AB Studio Vintage Elements 5/6 paper 

Art Stones

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you soon x

Magic for Helmar

Hey Everyone

This week on the Helmar Blog I've made a grunge/steampunk type frame for a friend who loves that style and loved this quote

Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team 

With the whole frame and embellishments I used the Helmar Premium Craft Glue as I have limited supplies at the moment where I am and I find this glue sticks everything from paper to metal

So I started with an old timber frame and painted it with some Art Alchemy Impasto in Dark Chocolate with some sand mixed in then I randomly put some Finnabair Red Rust Paste over the frame

I also did the same with the Memory Maze Chipboard pieces I used

I used an acrylic Unicorn Head from Memory Maze with some white paper flowers

I used a few pieces of paper clay which I covered with Art Alchemy Vintage Gold Wax with a stipple brush which gives a great coverage and gets into all the the little hard to reach places

On the background of the frame I used Memory Maze Lots of Squares Stencil 

I then used the Colour Blast Artist Inks in Calypso and Rust

Then I added some Memory Maze Chipboard Chicken Wire

I used a few bits of metal and a little jar of Magic with a few glass cabochons which I placed randomly after I added some Vintage Gold Wax to the back of them 

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

The Girls for Art and Soul Studio Challenge

Hey Everyone
This is my take on the Mood Board challenge 

This is my daughter and her girls on her wedding night by this stage they were very merry and had enjoyed the evening

This months Challenge is RED 
The mood board bellow is for inspiration and you can use that as a starting point but you MUST use RED
There are 3 x $50 vouchers to win
One for a card 
One for a layout
One for a journal page/mixed media project 
Check out the Art and Soul Mixed Media Blog for more Details
And make sure to share your project to the Soul Sisters Facebook Group for the chance to win

Some of the metal I was lucky enough to have leftover from doing Finnabairs classes in early November I flew up to Hervey Bay just to do the classes and meet Annette and Amanda and was lucky enough to meet lots of other lovely ladies too

And of course meet my Mixed Media Idol Finn what a beautiful soul so down to earth and she was so patient with everyone wanting photos and autographs (I didn't do either I felt bad to ask)

Thats how I found out about the embellishments under the glass counter and a few other bits that haven't made it to the website - there are SO many things in the store so if you're after something check with them and you never know they may have it that's why sometimes I may use something that's not on the site

so as you can see all my pieces are painted red I started off by painting them with clear gesso 

Then painted them with Finnabair's Acrylic Metallique Royal Red and it wasn't quite the colour I wanted so I added a coat of the Red Wine over the top it's so rich not that you can tell by the photos

I used the Dusty Attic Mandala Stencil with some Finnabair Heavy Body Gel when it dried I painted it the same as the embellishments 

The metal embellishments are a mix of Finnabair mechanicals, Art and Soul Studio (from under he glass counter make sure to take a look) and the large flower is a Little Birdie Sharon Cherry

Heres a close up of the little bird in the cage - the place the wedding was held is called the Budgie Smuggler so I had to put a bird there (they have a huge cage of budgies as you walk in it's so cool)

The Pearls underneath are from Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Pearls  

This is one of the embellishments that live under the glass counter (they are all silver to start with)

I used Finnabair's Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Old Silver over the top of everything to show all the details some of it is just from how the paint strokes left their mark 

I love the Little Birdie Flowers they are textured so when I rubbed the wax it enhanced the texture

I used Finnabair's Art Pebbles on the page these are so versatile and make great space fillers

I used the was on these after painting them with the clear gesso first 

Products I used from Art and Soul Studio

Dusty Attic Mandala Stencil (sold out)

Little Birdie Sharon Cherry Flowers

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Royal Red

Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Red Wine

Finnabair Art Basics Gesso Clear (sold out)

Finnabair Art Pebbles (sold out)

Finnabair Mechanicals (sold out)

Finnabair Art Alchemy Métallique Wax Old Silver (sold out)

Finnabair Art Basics Heavy Body Gel (could still have some in store)

Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Pearls (could still have some in store)

Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Resin Frame Oval (Sold Out)

Lace (from my stash)

Kaisercraft White Cardstock Coconut (Sold Out)

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

Family is For Memory Maze

Hey Everyone

This project for Memory Maze is for a very special friend who lost one of her family members Uncle Lyleczku one of her beloved poodles

I painted the canvas in Pomegranate Dylusions paint then stencilled over the top with impasto once it was dry I rubbed Vintage Gold wax over the top of the raised area to make it stand out more

I used the Family from the Family Hearts set and painted it in the same colour and rubbed it over with the gold as well then rapped the stem from the flower vine through it

Here I used Graphite paste through the Mini Noughts and Crosses Stencil so I could put some hugs and kisses because that's what this stencil is for me  

I used some of Tim Holtz word quote stickers and the ones I used were -

Hello my darling 

with brave wings she flies (I coloured out the s)

adventure awaits you

I thought they all suited his new adventure he was having up in heaven xx

Products I used 

Mini Noughts and Crosses Stencil

Family Hearts

Make sure you check out the Memory Maze Blog and see what the Design Team have been up too and catch up on what's new for your local store to get in for you

Thanks for visiting I hope you will come back soon xx