Don't sit on a cactus! Video Tutorial by Tanya

Hi Guys 

Tanya Here..

Today I thought I would try something new... a video tutorial..

Follow this link to watch it..

https://youtu.be/49H0RE4G9Og

Products used were...
Prima Art Philosophy Oil Pastels
TCW Botanical Dreams Stencil
Distress Oxide Sprays
Art Foamies

Thanks for watching!

Until next time!

'Creative Madness' with Lisa Amiet

Hello Crafty People!

It's Lisa here on the blog today,

and I have a new art journal page with you.

This month's challenge is 

I have been inspired by both the colours,

 and the segmented circles from the mood board.

This is what I have created

I have started by using my 'Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint' in 'Lemon',

as the base colour for my page.

I love these paints, as they are such a thick good quality paint, 

while being liquid enough for you to easily work with.

Next I have used the 'Gin Blossom Stencil' from TCW,

along with some more of the 'Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints',

this time using the 'Blush' colour to sponge through my stencil.

I have then added some doodling to the blossom.

I have then added some strip of 'Art by Marlene Collage Paper #3' to my page, 

scrunching and overlapping the pieces.

I have then used the 'AAll & Create #35 Stamp' to add some stamping to my page.

To finish I have used some of the 'Marta's Small Words Stickers',

scattered across my page. 

I hope that you like what I have created,

and this it has inspired you to enter into our challenge.

Take care

Lisa

Scrap Matrix Products used:

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints

in Lemon & Blush

TCW Gin Blossom Stencil 

AAll & Create #35 Stamp

Marta's Small Word Stickers

You Got This .... art journal page by Lynn Good

Hi Everyone, Lynn here today with an art journal page in my Dylusions Art Journal that I have created for this months challenge inspired by Tanya Froud and her recent fantastic live FB tutorial on the magazine transfer.

Again this is based on the moodboard for this month, which I LOVE:

I first applied gesso to the page and then began applying the colours to the page - I have used Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays - Cheddar, Lime and Lemon 

I have used a Finnabair Stencil - Wild Berries and Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paint - Tangerine.  I have applied this with a make up sponge - make sure you use very little paint or it will blob under the stensil.

I have then adhered the magazine image face down to the paper using Matte Medium and left overnight to dry.

The next day I have applied a spray of water to the transfer and rubbed, and rubbed and rubbed - little by little it comes away and reveals the image.  DO NOT rush this process, relax and enjoy the paper transformation.

I applied Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Paint - Snowflake and Kaisercraft Stained Glass stencil to rub back the paint.

I have then repeated the same thing but this time using black paint

For the finishing touches I have coloured the eyes, lips and added a title and some scribble around the picture.  

Here are some close ups:

I loved doing this page and getting messy with the paint.  I hope that you find some inspiration and enter this months challenge at Scrap Matrix.

All the details are on the Scrap Matrix Shares facebook page - but it is super simple to do - create a project, upload a photo of it to the right album in the FB Group and let us know what products you used that Scrap Matrix sells - Easy Peasy and you could win a voucher to buy some awesome products.

Til next time - happy crafting

Citrus Doodles.

Hi once again! 
I'm back with an art journal page this time.

I really enjoyed myself creating this page.  So much so, that I forgot to take photos. 
This is what happens when you are having fun and lose a few hours creating.

It's a simple page.  There's not much technique involved and anyone can do it.  

You will need:

An Art Journal

I've used Art by Marlene Medium Journal

Paperartsy Paints - 

Cheescake, Limelight, Zesty Zing, Tango, Coral and Granny Smith

An assortment of Stencils - 

I've used Paperartsy PS111, PS136, PS160 and one from my stash as well as one I made myself

White Posca Pen

Coloured Fine Tip Markers

Make-Up Sponges 

* * * *

First I covered my page with Cheesecake paint.

Next I sponged Limelight through my homemade circle stencil, but it wasn't dark enough so I mixed in some Granny Smith. 

I repeated this process with Zesty Zing, Tango and Coral.

  

(I made my stencil from a plastic file folder separator thingy with some circle dies.)

Next I sponged Snowflake through my stencil shapes over my circles.

 I outlined them with my Posca pen and then doodled everywhere. 

I then got out my fine tip markers and doodled some more. 

Lastly I stuck on a quote sticker. 

Then I stepped away, because it becomes very addictive and I didn't want to overdo it.

There you go.  Nice and simple.  

It's not perfect, and I didn't want it to be.
 This page is about just letting it all go with the flow.

So look on the bright side and get creating.

Jen 

>^.^<

May Challenge: citrus anyone? - Journal page

Hello,

Citrus anyone? When I saw this, my first thought was lemons - so I took the challenge literally!

 A little bit of thinking outside the square and I had no idea how this would turn out.

 It was good fun to just experiment.

Lemons ..... I wondered if you could use them for mark making, a bit like the old potato printing. So I cut up some lemons and left them to dry out for a week. What I found was after a week they were dry on the outside but were still quite juicy on the inside. Possibly needed to be left longer but I will try again another day!

To start my page I glued a variety of tissue paper and stamped  from Tracy Scott set ETS37  which I a covered with gesso. I used  a mixture of ordinary gesso and clear gesso where I wanted the tissue to be more predominant.

I coloured the page with paint which I watered down to soften the look. I have used Paper Artsy Zesty Zing and Dina Wakley Lime and Tangerine

Along the side I printed with the lemons. I loved the effect. 

I could see definition of the flesh in the paint splotches.

 I painted the lemon shapes with Paper Artsy Slimed and Coral, along with Dina Wakley Magneta. 

To finish the lemon shapes I have used coloured Sharpie pens. I pencilled the wording on the page before finishing the page with black markers and pens.

I hope you have as much fun with this challenge as I did. 

Great colours to work with and the possibilities are endless.

 Enjoy crafting.

Tam creates.....

Hello there creatives!

Tam here today with my second creation for the 'Citrus Challenge'.

A play with some BRAND new Scrap Matrix products!!

Here's a few close ups.....

Ok let's go through the steps....

I recently got an order and was busting to try them out.

I had ordered some PaperArtsy Stamps including the new PaperArtsy mini Stamps - a couple by our beloved Tracy Scott, and a Seth Apter one....

I teamed them with my current fave PaperArtsy stencil.

Let's break into these beauties.....

I added white gesso to the page - I applied it with the NEW silicone brush. Oh yes, that gives a lovely smooth finish. No brush strokes. Genius!

I applied some greens for the background, and a touch of yellow - I used PaperArtsy Paint in 'Slimed', 'Aqua Duck Egg', 'Weathered Copper' and 'Banana'.

I then added 'South Pacific' and lots of water and allowed it to run down my page.

Just love those drips.

I then rubbed some of the paint away with a wet baby wipe through a TCW stencil called 'Deco Leaves'

Once dry, I actually used a dry baby wipe to rub some of the paint through the stencil and add colour back in. 

This layering adds depth and interest.

I then added some more paint using the colour 'Lawn' and the PaperArtsy stencil.

Now let's add some stamping.

I used Tracy Scott 57,  Tracy Scott 63 and Seth Apter 50 to create a background. 

There's others too which I look forward to ordering. You can find them here.

I love them!!! I can see they will be making a regular appearance in my creative projects.

I focused the stamping towards the top of the page.

It's important to include some white space in your project, so the finished result is not too busy and confusing to the eye.

Now I decided to add in a touch of that deep grapefruit colour from the moodboard.

For this I used Dina Wakley's 'Eggplant'.

I watered it down, brushed it on and then wiped it off with a wet baby wipe through that TCW Stencil 'Deco Leaves' again.

By watering it down, it doesn't take over the page, but instead adds another layer and a pop of colour.

So whilst this dries, it's time to stamp and fussy cut.

Using that gorgeous 'Smooth' PaperArtsy cardstock, I stamped out some of the images from the PaperArtsy stamp EKC30.

I then coloured them in using my 'Art by Marlene' watercolours.

I love that this paper stamps so beautifully, but also allows you to add wet mediums without warping the paper at all!

Amazing!

Now's the part I don't like...fussy cutting!!

Ugh

I also cut out some butterflies from a 7Dots paper.

Now time to adhere using 'Matte Gel'

I also used this to adhere a quote from the Dina Wakley Collage Words

The final step was to add in some white.

This just ties in the white around the fussy cutting, so I added some splatters and also a bit of stenciling and doodling.

There we have it.

I hope you  have a go this month at our challenge.

Here's a reminder of it....

I hope you are finding some time to get arty and creative during this strange time.

Colourful hugs to you 

Luv Tam

xx