Best Buddies for Memory Maze

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My project this week for the Memory Maze Blog is a layout of  a photo from my son's 18th Birthday Party

These are his close mates that he's gone to school with 

Two from Primary School and the other was from High School which they all went too

I started of by using the  Lots of Squares Stencil with the Finnabair Graphite Texture Paste

I raised the photo up with some cardboard and glued it with the Helmar Acid free glue the rest of the chipboard I used the Helmar Tacky Craft Glue

On the Best Buddies I used Finnabair Metallique Wax in Old Silver but then went over it with Fire Ruby because the words didn't stand out enough

On all the Cogs and Pulleys, 12 x 12 All there is is Cogs for everything and the Clock Face I used the Finnabair Metallique Old Silver Wax

I love how silver it is the chipboard actually looks like metal

Memory Maze products I used - 

Clock Face

 Cogs and Pulleys

 Lots of Squares Stencil

12 x 12 All there is is Cogs for everything

Best Buddies

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The Girls for Art and Soul Studio Challenge

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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)

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Paint for Colour Blast

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For my Colour Blast Blog post this week I couldn't decide which photo I like so I did both as they were both to do with paint

You will find the Colour Paste here at the Colour Blast shop or find your nearest Stockist here

Colour Paste Canvas

So for the first canvas after painting with White Gesso  I used the Colour Paste as a paint rather than a paste to paint my very uneven stripes the colours I used are - Apple of my Eye, Blush, Fire Engine, Singin the Blues, Sunshine and Tangerine Dream I did two coats so the colours came out intense like they do when you use them as a paste through a stencil

I also painted the paintbrush that was covered first in BlackGesso which makes the colours look different - I used Fire Engine, Sunshine and Apple of my Eye

Then to do the stencilled dots I used Colour Paste Stormy Weather

I added a few embellishments like the transparent butterfly and the Today which I've had forever I think they were Heidi Swapp 

The dotted card I'm not sure if it's Project Life or Kaiser and then the words are from Tim Holtz's Small Talk sticker book

The paint Brush I just added some flowers and a butterfly that I can't remember where it came from I've had it that long 

Colour Shimmer Cubes Canvas

The second Canvas I splattered the watered down Colour Shimmer Cubes over the canvas after painting it with White Gesso the colours I used are - Apple of my Eye, Fire Engine, Punch, Singin the Blues, Sunshine and Tangerine Dream

Then to do the little frame from Memory Maze I used Colour Shimmer Cube Leather

I painted a small piece of watercolour paper with Tangerine Dream Sunshine and Singin the Blues and used a flower sticker I've had for ever I think it came with the green butterfly from the other canvas and the butterfly on this canvas

I had some old paint brushes that I dipped in the same three colours so it looked like they were the brushes I used to paint the canvas then put a few flowers across the bottom 

I also used another card this time stripes from either Project Life or Kaiser with a Small Talk sticker quote

I had a little clear arrow I've had in my stash for ever - these canvases have been great for using up older pieces 

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Sound of Music for Helmar

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My turn on the Helmar blog this time and I created a tribute to The Sound of Music but more so my favourite song from the movie 

Edelweiss 

I don't know why I love this song so much maybe because it bring the family back together I'm not sure

I also have little tributes to My Favourite Things and Do-Re-Me on there as well

I couldn't leave them off as they are some of the popular songs from the movie and when you hear them it makes you think of the movie

On the little flowers I used white flocking powder because the Edelweiss flowers look like they are fluffy so I use the Craft & Hobby PVA Glue to adhere the flock to the flowers

On the little stamens I used Colour Blast Colour Mica Powder in Olive dipping them in the Tacky Craft Glue first then dipped them in the Mica Powder 

Once they were dry I used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to glue them to the flowers

After the glues were dry on the flowers and stamens I then took them outside and sprayed them with the Crystal Kote Fixative Spray because of the Mica powder and the flocking powder I wanted to make sure they didn't come off

I used Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dust Candy to colour the white flowers I had

I also used the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to the flowers to make it look like rain drops on roses 

Like always I used the Acid Free Glue on my photos

I found some of the word from the song off the internet so I printed it off on photo paper

I had a metal hat I couldn't find a straw colour like Maria's hat so I used Vintage Silk Finnabair Wax

In the background you can see sheet music which is the music from the song Edelweiss  

I used the Memory Maze Madala Doily Stencil with some 3D Matte Gel 

Then for some colour I used Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink 

Here's a close up of the Raindrops On Roses unfortunately you can see the bubbles from the glue but I still like that it looks like they are wet

Here you can see some of My Favourite Things - Bright Copper Kettle (I used Rich Copper Cinnabar Wax), Brown Paper Package, Raindrops on Roses

On the frame I randomly used Icy Snow Paste and Finnabair's Art Stones which were stuck down with Tacky Craft Glue everything else was stuck down with 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

And here - Do a Deer a Female Deer , So a Needle Pulling Thread, La a Note to Follow So

On the edge of the frame I used Rose Gold Finnabair Wax

On this Memory Maze Criss Cross Mini Heart I used Fire Ruby Finnabair Wax it has such a beautiful shimmer to it 

On the little bow I used Colour Blast Colour Artist Ink Calypso 

Helmar products I used -

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