An Explosion of Colour!

Hi there creatives

Today I'm here to share my second creation as part of the TCW Design Team!!

It's a very colourful art journal page that just kinda exploded!

Told you!!

If you'd like to see step by steps on this one......I've written that over on The Crafter's Workshop Blog.....you will find the link HERE.

I used the following TCW products:

TCW9045 Matte Gel Medium

TCW157 Flower Frenzy

TCW261 Art Is

TCW219 Punchinella

TCW585 Inspired Words

Love it! 

And so much fun to create!

I'll see you again soon

Love Tam

xx

Back with more drips....

Hi lovelies

I'm here again to share another drippy creation for Scrap Matrix....

A drippy girl.....

To create this one I used the following products:

I began by applying white gesso to my page and then sketched a face.

I then used the Prima Bloom Stamps.

I love this stamp set.

Everyone should have this in their collection.....

Firstly I stamped each one onto scrap card and then cut them out.

I use these as masks.

I stamp directly onto the page using archival ink.

NOTE this ink must be waterproof so it doesn't reactivate when liquid is applied.

I then cover that stamped image with it's mask, ensuring it lines up...

I then stamp the next image, overlapping slightly.

See how the mask works?

You are left with layered stamps....

Time to start adding colour....

I used Art by Marlene Watercolours, in both Bold and Bright and Whimsy and Bright.

I layer upon layer the colours until I am happy with the depth and vibrancy.

I aslo sprayed water and allowed the drips to run down the page.

For the face I used Jane Davenport Glitz Sea Watercolours.

They are just a bit softer.

I also added some drips to her eyes.

I then went in with a fine pen to add some details.

I also added some pen work to a few of the flowers, just to add some highlights.

Finally a few flicks of paint!

Love those drippy flowers....

and I love the white space around it.

Helps the colours to pop.

Keep your entries rolling in.

We love to see how you drip, spray and spritz on your creations.

Much love 

xx

My first post for TCW!

I'm here to share my very first project with The Crafters Workshop!!! 

I created an art journal page......

TCW provided me with some awesome goodies to play with but the opinions and creations are my own.

I'd created a few in  this style lately and I'd had a ton of people message me to find out how I did it, so I thought I'd show you.....you will find step by steps over on their BLOG.....right HERE.

But here's some close ups.....

I used the following TCW Stencils:

TCW924 Lush Petals

TCW157 Flower Frenzy

TCW780 Botanical Dream

TCW450 Deco Leaves

I need to come up with a name for this girl, so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for stopping by

Tam

xx

Getting drippy for Scrap Matrix

Hello there beautiful people!

I'm here today to share my colourful creation for our current 'Drip, Spray, Spritz Challenge' over at Scrap Matrix.

This is such a me page.

Colour....drips....mess...

So let's go through the process together...

I began with a layer of gesso.

Recently I scored these gorgeous stamps from Scrap Matrix.

ESA13 Paper Artsy and a Darkroom Door Artist Brushes.

I love the grunginess of them, and knew they could work together so well.

I had a hankering to create a rainbow. 

Whenever I see drips, I think of all the pages I've created that had drippy rainbows.

Time to bring it back me thinks....

I grabbed out my fave rainbow colours in Paper Artsy Paint.

I used:

Cherry Red

Tango

Yellow Submarine

Slimed

China

Electric Violet

I began with Cherry Red, adding a splodge to the centre of the left hand side of the page, 

I then added water and allowed it to drip down the page.

I then turned the page and let it drip the other way too.

Now dry with a heat gun.

Continue this process through all the colours.

Whilst this is drying, stamp and cut out all the brushes from the Darkroom Door Stamp set - Artist Brushes.

I used PaperArtsy Smooth Cardstock for this and black archival ink.

Please note, this ink pad must be waterproof, as we are adding liquid on top and need it to not reactivate.

Now back to our page, I added loads of stamps from ETSA13 for the background.

I added 'journey' all the way across the page.

I then added a few of the circular stamps.

I grabbed a TCW stencil called 'Well Rounded' and rubbed some paint through the paint splat sections.

I kept the colours together, but placed them randomly, ensuring some were half off the page.

Now add splats/flicks of paint again keeping colours together.

If you can't control your splats, cover as you go to ensure they land kind of where you would like.

Now add in the background stamps from the PSA13 set. 

I love these. 

Be careful not to go too overboard, focus the stamps across the centre, coming out slightly.

It's important these look random, so do NOT use a stamp block, just add a touch of ink to a section of the stamp.

It doesn't matter if it smudges, you actually want different depths of ink.

This just helps it all to merge into the background, rather than becoming a focus.

I also added in lots of the stamped word 'Art' and 'Create'.

(forgot to take a pic of this but here's one from the finished piece)

ok let's go back a step...

Now adhere your brushes with Matte Gel medium.

Once adhered, add paint to the brush tips, and a few random bits to the handles

(my brushes are NOT very clean! so I wanted to recreate this)

I also added some splats or blobs to the page next to the brushes to look like paint had landed on the page from the brush.

I added the quote from the Darkroom Door Set...

Lastly, I added some shadows to the brushes using a stabilo.

You could also use black paint....

There you have it!!

This month's challenge is so FUN!

Colour and drips and spritz and spray.

What more could a girl want?

I have a feeling this month is gonna be a ripper....

just head over to the Facebook Scrap Matrix Shares Page...find the album and load your entry, listing what SM products you have used.

Easy peasy!

I'll be back again soon

xx

PS. A big shout out to all the amazing artists and their images found on Pinterest.

Exciting news!!!!

GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT?? GUESS WHAT??

I made The Crafter's Workshop Design Team!!

How awesome is that?

I've been a fan of theirs for years, I mean seriously tell me a scrapbooker/art journaler who isn't? Not only do they have the biggest range of stencils but their mediums are brilliant. They are based in New York but sell all over the world and are an integral part of the mixed media cohort.

Anyway last year I'd cut back on some of my arty commitments as life was just so busy, and I'd said no more DT's for a while, except for Scrap Matrix, in the hope it would create more arty time for me to focus on what I wanted..... but when this came up I just had to have a go. 

So I sent in my details and was absolutely thrilled and a little shocked to get the invitation to join their talented designers!!!

So.... watch this space....lots more arty goodness coming your way.

Much love

Tam

xx