VIDEO Hop & Giveaway : 'Mini Album' Cover

Hello friends,

Week 4 of Video hop with Us.  

Every Tuesday of August 2017, I will be sharing a video tutorial on my youtube channel.
(Scroll down for links to the rest of the Video Hop)

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'A Wish Come True' 

Mini Album Cover

My project this week is a Travel mini album to document a trip to Europe.
Today, I share how the cover page came together.

Watch me create the cover here

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Susanne Rose

Shilpa Nagaonkar

Here are a few close ups.

Linking this to Mixed Media Place August Challenge
Alongwith using the colours from this prompt, the book inspired me to make a mini album.



Simon Says Stamp : Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Definitely, the theme of the album was inspired by Aall & Create challenge - Europe. Thank you ITAC'17 for making me begin a looooong overdue project :)

Ive included in my project

• Pattern Paper
• Lace
• Letters (chipboard)
• Textures (background chipboard & key to represent the beautiful mysterious doors in France 
• Something vintage - distressed pattern paper, lace
• Something modern - sequins & gold

Thank you for stopping by today.
I hope you enjoyed the video tutorial.

Happy creating,
Cheers,
Kripa

Video Tutorial : 'Art' Journal using 2crafty chipboard and Colourarte

Hello friends,

Im so overwhelmed with the response to the two previous videos as part of Video Hop with Us -

 ❤ THANK YOU for your appreciation & support ❤

If you missed it, this month I'm collaborating with two very talented ladies to bring mixed media Video tutorials every Tuesday this month.

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'ART'

 Here is my project - an Art Journal page.

Click below to watch me create this page.

So, here is the story of the inspiration behind this page - the first challenge at  

Aall & Create - Europe

Its been 5 years since I was last in Europe but I still remember those beautiful, huge doors we saw all over Austria & France.  Ooh la la those vintage colours & textures! That's what inspired me to try and recreate a window on an old wall.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the video hop & visit me again next Tuesday.

Be sure to Subscribe & Comment on all the videos to win some exciting prizes. 

Susanne Rose

Shilpa Nagaonkar

 

Until then,

Cheers,

Kripa

 

(Tutorial) : Beginner Mixed media Grungy Masculine Scrapbook Layout

Hello creative friends,

My project today is a grungy, masculine scrapbook layout using Colourarte's Vivid Ultra Metallics and Primary Elements Artist Pigments and 2crafty chipboard made in May as a Father's day If you are a beginner, this is an easy layout that can be completed within and hour or two including drying time.

Here is a step by step of how the page came together.





1. Start by applying clear gesso on the pattern paper. Take a closer look at the photo on the left, you can see a very thin layer of texture paste through a gears stencil.

Before adding paints and more, I like to place the photo and decide on a sketch of sorts so I know where the next layer of paints should be applied.  

 

2.  Stick a few of the pattern papers and wire mesh tape. Mix some Spiced Pumpkin,Majestic Blue Primary Elements Arte Pigments individually with gel medium and a tiny blob of sand texture. Mix well and apply through a stencil as below. 

After applying the paste, I placed the stencil as is and cleaned it on the pattern paper with a dry wipe. That gave the faded brown marks on the far right.

3. Dilute some Teal Zircon Vivid Ultra Metallics and using a paint brush apply around the stenciled gel paste and spray with water to move the paint around. This helps reveal the gears texture. This is the reason I gesso the entire layout before adding any medium.  I like to use water to make drips and move the paint around. Without gesso, the paper will soak up the paint and it wont move as much.


You can use a heat gun to dry the paints, but I didnt want to wake the kids with my noisy heat gun. So, I went on to prepare my embellishments while the background air dried.

  


4. Apply a layer of white gesso on all the 2crafty chipboard pieces using a sponge dabber and then using your fingers add some blobs of sand texture very unevenly and in a few random places on all the chip boards except the title.

Dry and then add any remaining paints from the previous steps onto the cogs. Spray some water so the paint gets into the cracks and the crevices of the sand texture so that it gets highlighted.





5. Here is a close up of the layers behind the photograph. Just cut some pattern paper, distress with the edge of your scissors, layer behind the photograph with a wire mesh tape. In between the layers, Ive glued cardboard (instead of foam dots) so that I can tuck in some chipboard pieces. Can you see the shiny paints!



6. For the title, after a layer of white gesso, only one word was painted with some Primary Elements in Spiced Pumpkin. Here is a closeup of the title. Finish off by stamping using Black Archival Ink & texture stamps from Kaisercraft & Prima.

 Another look at the layout.

🌈✨ Thank you for visiting me today 🎨

I would love to invite you to visit my youtube channel for more inspiration.

Cheers,

Kripa

New Beginnings - Altered Canvas

Hello peeps,

A very Happy New Year. Sharing with you all my first project for the year - hope I make many more as I totally totally loved experimenting with these products that were sitting in their original packaging - donna Downey stencils, colourarte pigments (wow!) and a whole heaps of finnabair stamps, beads, microbeads, stencils. Hurray to Mixed media place. The challenge New Beginnings made me sort my supplies and find all this buried treasure. Lol.

I don't think of myself as a true artist just yet, but just making this piece has filled me with a certain amount of confidence to just let go and Create for the joy of colours,  experimenting and expressing.

My first time with pigments, I used all the 4 in my stash - autumn skies, cinnamon brown , spiced pumpkin and china black. Linking to the Colourarte Jan challenge :

Also, Linking this to Scrapki wyzwaniowo: Altered art (altered my faithful paintbrush, plastic gears, metal, chipboard)

Lulupu Challenge #31 & Offtherails Designer Hot Spot

It's my turn over at Lulupu for challenge #31 - Dry Embossing. It's also my first attempt at grunge and I'm quite happy with the way my card looks. I'm so used to pinks and pretties, never thought I'd enjoy the other end of the spectrum but I may just have found a new love :)

I hope you take a few minutes to head over to the blog to see the full card and also read through my tutorial on how to dry emboss using stencils.



On another note, a while ago I won a designer hot spot at offtherailscrapbooking.  Along with my card there is also a short interview of sorts.


Ill be back again soon with the rest of the projects that are awaiting final touches.