Colourful kitties...... by Tam

 Hi creative souls

Tam back again with some colourful kitties this time.
Yep it had to happen!! 
Many of you know how much my kitties mean to me, so I just HAD to create an ode to them.

A trio of Colourful Kitties!

Purrrfect!

Let's take a look at how this came together....

I began by selecting my paint colours.

I chose Paper Artsy Paints in:

Cerise

Slimed

Banana

Cerulean

Twilight

Electric Violet

Southern Skies

I applied them pretty randomly to my page, adding in torn strips of paper from Art by Marlene Collage Paper and leftover bits from a Gel Printing Session.

I adhered these with TCW Matte Gel Medium.

Then fill in all the gaps...

Now I added some stenciling...

I went for one of the NEW TCW stencils.... TCW882 Fantasy Tile in 12x12.

I placed it down and then added paint through different sections using a sponge.

I constantly moved the stencil around, changing paint colours as I went.

I love that this stencil gives you 2 or 3 different looks.

I then added in some Dina Wakley white paint using TCW Brick Poetry Stencil....

the white really helps brighten it up.

I also added in some mark making - random brush marks.

As the paints are a mixture of translucents and opaques and semi-opaques you get some gorgeously interesting layers....

I then added more white paint using another new stencil TCW889 Dash 12x12.

This one does the mark making for you!

Love love love, know this will get a lot of use in future projects.

I then added in some stamping marks using Black Archival Ink.

I'd recently purchased this Art by Marlene stamp - Little Ladies and love the background stamps that are in this.

Ok, that's the background done....

Now time to create those kitties.

I roughly sketched them onto the page and then using the Twilight Paper Artsy paint, I painted around the edges....

Now that you've done the background, keep building up those colours.....adding extra shadows around the kitties.

This pushes the background back and brings the kitties to the forefront.

I added some markers to add details around the edges and to add in face, collars etc.

I also added a few touches of fluro paint using the Dylusions Tropical Sangria and Lemon Drop.

Eventually this happens....

For the quote, I used one from the Dylusions Bigger Back Chat Sticker pack. 

There were a few in there that suited cats, but this one summed it up perfectly....

Yep my cats to a tee.

(this is actually one of the things I love about them, their sense of independence, their air of not giving a hoot)

Finally, some flicks of white paint and a scribbly border....

So what colourful and quirky characters are you creating this month?

Here's our moodboard for extra inspiration, thanks to these amazing artists and their work on Pinterest....

See you over on the Facebook Scrap Matrix Shares Page where you can enter your project.

Much love 

Tam

xxx

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 

>^.^<

Creating with Tam

Hi creative souls

Tam here today to share my first lot of creations for our current challenge.

Challenge.....yes definitely a challenge for me this time.

Let's take a look and then I'll explain further....

Another creation inspired by the current pandemic.

This month I struggled - I'm not sure if it's to do with the current situation, or if it's the colours - I don't create with red and orange very often, but hey I guess that's the whole idea....
a challenge!!

Here's the inspiration:

Ok, so I lined up some Paper Artsy Paints to go with the colours.
I selected 'Red Lipstick', 'Smoked Paprika', 'Zesty Zing' and 'Green Patina'.

I was stumped, so I began by going back to an old fave style.

Just paint striped rainbow colours! Lol

I add water and let some of the colour run and blend.

Now it kind of looked like a sunset, which gave me the idea of adding a city scene.
I adore houses, in fact I've just ordered some NEW stamps with houses and can't wait for them to arrive.

So I used the following stencils -  'TCW 6x6" Floating City' and 'City Buildings'.
Vicki is out of this one right now but look at this one HERE.  (Oooh let me think - how can I justify another?!?)
I added paint through them using a dry baby wipe.
I firstly used a touch of Dina Wakley 'Fuchsia', and then 'black'.
This gives the illusion of depth.

I applied the same technique around the edges using the 7 Dots Dreamscapes stencil.
Now add flicks of black paint.

And lastly,  the journalling.

The journalling reads:
"When this is over, may we never again take for granted....
A handshake with a stranger, full shelves at the shops, conversations with neighbours, a crowded theatre, Friday night out, a routine check-up, a stadium roaring, coffee with a friend, a meeting and life itself.
When this ends, may we find that we have become more like the people we wanted to be, we were called to be, we hoped to be. And may we stay that way, better for each other. Because of the worst."

So I decided to have another play....

I began with the same colours as above, but added a touch of  'Aqua' by Dina Wakley.

Just spread the 'Zesty Zing', 'Green Patina' and 'Aqua' out randomly, 

Then with a wet baby wipe, rub through the 'Botanical Dream' 12x12 stencil by TCW.

Using the 'Floral Statement' 6x6" TCW stencil and a dry baby wipe, I then rubbed the 'Smoked Paprika' and 'Red Lipstick' through so that some of the flowers and details came through.

I then added some Dina Wakley 'Fuschia' using a dry baby wipe.
I really wanted to use that circular shape in the challenge pic so I added this colour to a Foamie shape called 'Ring Fling' and stamped it randomly.
I added white paint to the Foamie 'Leaf Vine' and added that in random spots.

I added a bit more stencil work using 'Dreamscapes 7dots' and TCW 'Deco Leaves'.
I then grabbed a black pen and a white pen, and added doodling.
Flowers, leaves etc.

This part is very relaxing!!

You can see a bit more of the stencil detail in this pic.

There you have it, a wildflower garden.

I can't wait to see what you create for this one.

Much love

Tam

xx

A Rainbow of Inspiration

Welcome back!

I have two projects that have been inspired by Tammy this time.  

The first one is using stamps to create something different from their original purpose. 

I've been blown away by Tammy's creations and thought I'd give it a go.  

Once again I've used Paperartsy's products.  They are my 'go to' items. 

First I gessoed two pages in my large Dylusions journal using a brayer.

Then I've grabbed Butter, Guacamole, Mermaid, Wisteria and Lilac along with the stencils PS154, PS155 and PS156.  

Then with a very wet brush I splashed Wisteria and Lilac onto my pages.  Grabbing a baby wipe, I removed some colour using the stencils, and sponged Mermaid and Snowflake through another.  I repeated this with Butter and Guacamole onto the bottom part of the page.  It's very messy but fun.

I made the insects/butterflies from the flowers in JOFY82.  I just used two petals and removed the third.

Next I used Stone, Truffle and Mushroom to paint the tree and limb.

On a journal page that I had removed, I sponged Snowflake, Surf's Up and Lake Wanaka and stamped the head from JOFY54, the wing from JOFY82.  I stamped the small 'feathers' from ETS09 onto a section painted with Snowflake and filled in the feathers with the blues. I then cut out a rough body for my baby kookaburra.  The beak was the large heart from ETS09 which I trimmed.  It was painted with Mushroom.

My gum leaves, gumnuts and flowers came from JOFY90, JOFY53 and EKD06.  The leaves were painted with Sage, Tinned Peas and Pewter.  The gumnuts were done with Mushroom and Haystack.  The flowers were made by sponging Haystack onto my extra page and stamped in Cheesecake, which didn't show up well, so I stamped them again with black Staz-on.  I then detailed the gumnuts and flowers with Cheesecake dots.

I added more details with my coloured pencils, a white Posca and a grey Pitt pen.

>^.^<

Now onto my next project.  

This was inspired by her dream catcher.

First I covered a page from my Art by Marlene journal with black gesso.  

Then using Stencil PS124 I sponged Tango, Zesty Zing, Limelight and China onto the page.

Onto my scrap paper I sponged Tango and Zesty Zing in one spot and Limelight and China in another.  I then stamped the Small Circle from ETS35 four times.  and cut them out.  I stamped the 'strings' from EKC02 in Zesty Zing and stamped the small flowers in Limelight and Tango. 

I added the quote and details in white Posca pen.  

So that's it. 

 I hope my interpretation of Tammy's designs inspires you to give it a go.

Stay safe everyone.

Jen

>^.^<