Love for Art and Soul Studio

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This is my first post with Art and Soul Studio and I'm so excited to be here

Make sure you check out the Store for all the awesome products and the Blog for the fabulous projects that the Design Team create

I started off by using clear gesso over the paper then cut out one of the circle it has words of love on it

I then used some Helmar Tacky Craft glue and a scrap of cardstock to cover the whole as I wanted to raise to cut out piece up with some cardboard

I then glued the cut out circle to the Petite Resin Round Frame

I then used the 3D Matte Gel through the Bohemian Bazaar stencil randomly over the 13 @Arts paper

I painted the Colour Blast Leather Colour Shimmer cube over the stencilled areas and then over all the circles

I painted my paper clay piece with the Leather shimmer cube

 I poured some of the Patina powder out and added water to make a paint

It made it look old which is what I wanted

I then rubbed some of the wax over the top of the clay just enough to get the parts that stood out

I then used the pink and painted the paper clay flowers the same way

I tried a darker wax but it didn't look good so I used a wipe and it came off 

I liked the look of it as it was so I left it that way

I used the Leather Shimmer Cube to paint the frame as well and rubbed the brass wax just over the flowers

Before glueing the embellishments down I used the muslin down across the paper making sure to hide the hole that I'd cut out

I glued the bling into the centre of the spoon then glued the pebble to the top of the bling once they were stuck together I glued them down

I covered the metal word with the brass wax as well and then glued it to the paper clay 

I then placed the other embellishments down on the muslin once I was happy with everything I added the Art Stones randomly over the page

Products I used

Frank Garcia Artisan Powders - Antoinette Pink and Trianon Patina

Ultimate Crafts Bohemian Bazaar Stencil

Prima Frank Garcia Memory Hardware Resin Frames 2/Pkg: Petite Round (sold out)

Colour Blast Shimmer Cube Leather

Frank Garcia Antique Metalware Le Merlier

Prima Moulds (Sold Out)

 Mould 2.5"X3.5": JOIE

Mould 2.5"X3.5": Fleur

Mould 2.5"X3.5": Woman

Finnabair Art Ingredients Melange Art Pebbles (Sold Out)

Finnabair Art Stones and Mega Art Stones (Sold Out)

Finnabair Art Basics 3D Matte Gel (Sold Out)

Finnabair Metallique Wax Aged Brass (Sold Out)

13@rts Alice in Candyland - Madness

Bling, metal love word, and muslin from my own stash

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

Butterfly for Memory Maze

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This week for the Memory Maze Blog I created a canvas with a quote that I  think a lot of us should listen too especially me

The photo is very dark so I wanted to go with soft colours to make it look how we should feel after the change - different

It's a simple canvas with not a lot on it but I wanted the quote to speak for itself and the embellishments. just to soften it

I started off by using the Door Wire Stencil in random places on the background paper (I love this stencil it works with anything you're doing)

I then mixed a bit of Colour Blast Colour Paste -Blush and Sunshine each with a bit of water to make a thin paint consistency so I could make it drip through the lines of the stencil the Sunshine worked great but I think I put too much water with the Blush

On the Butterfly Corner Flourish I spritzed some Colour Shimmer Dust in Sunshine first and then a little bit of Lollipop I have them made up already in bottles very lightly over the top 

With the Heart with Wire insert I spritzed that with the Colour Shimmer Dust in Peacock for a contrast

Here you can see the Sunshine Colour Past in the grooves of the stencil 

I then just finished off with my favourite embellishment - flowers and some tiny metal pieces and that's it 

Memory Maze products I used

Door Wire Stencil

Heart with Wire insert

Butterfly Corner Flourish

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

Roses for Colour Blast

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So for my creation this week for the Colour Blast blog I decided to try something out on a hoop I made my own gritty texture paste and I wanted it to be rusty 

I made a mix of decorative stones which are tiny stones, texture powder and impasto making sure it was mixed completelyI then went around the side and one edge of the outer hoop as the inside hoop would be covered by the calico

I then used Colour Artist Ink Rust and Colour Shimmer Spray Leather mixing them as I went to try and get the colour I was after but it didn't turn out how I wanted

So I made a mix of of Colour Mica Powder Espresso and some Gem Stone Glue from Helmar so the shimmer would stay instead of using clear gesso which takes the shimmer away

Then I used some of my large collection of the timber from the backs of the canvases (I collect them all they come in handy for all sorts of things) and arranged them into this pattern which isn't really anything

I then used Colour Paste Blush with a Rose stencil on the timber pieces (I wasn't sure how it would work but I like it)

I love when you use the colour pastes how the colours change when they dry

I then added a sprig of flowers that has some birds on it as well

Then I added some metal embellishments for a contrast colour and a different texture

Can't go past some Bling from Memory Maze

And these gorgeous Mermaid Balls that my mum gave me I have so many different colours in them they are so pretty

This is a side view of the hoop so you can see the texture

And another so you can see the shimmer of the Colour Mica Powder

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

Change the World for Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

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This month on the Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge Blog we have Tando Creative as our sponsor they have a great range of products 

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 I started by painting my frame with black gesso then used a little stencil with some graphite texture paste to add some dimension and interest to the frame

 

I then used a Lantern stencil on the background paper with impasto once that dried I used some yellow spray to bring out the details

On the papers I used they had different strips and pieces that had different sayings this one was perfect for my photo

My cousin who is in the photo has a shine about her so this embellishment was perfect

And then of course I had to add flowers

And these little embellishments that matched the papers

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