The Color of Fall with Gratitude... with Tamiko

I love creating this page.. It totally says fall to me.. The the color of the leaves and texture of the bark of the trees.. I used a bunch of stamps from Sin City Stamps to create this page.  My supplies included:

Sin City Stamps- Leaves stamp plate by Terri Sproul

Tim Holtz - Woodgrain stencil

Archival Ink Pad

Acrylic paints

Gelli plate

Deco Art- Moldeling paste

Deco Art Metallic Lustre- Espresso

Dylusions Paints- red, orange, green, yellow and brown

Gelli Plate ( I use the 8x10)

Helmar Craft and Hobby Pva glue

Spatula

Scissors

Distress ink

White Sharpie (water based)

Unibal Vision pen

What I did first is what you cant see is I made a few gelli prints using the leaves and some of the paint. I smoothed paint on the plate and stamped across it.

Then I took the modeling paste and with a spatuala I stenciled some on the page, rather thin-like.

 

Then I painted over the areas I stenciled with brown paint, to create what looked like a bark of a tree.

After the barks were created, I added a little bit of definition to the raised areas, by rubbing some metallic lustre. Can't see it well here..  ::sad face::

I started working on the leaves.  The leaves were stamped with archival inks and fussy cut.  I then inked the edges just a little bit.

I took my scoring tool and along the length of the leaf i created a faux crease to resemble a stem.  I also curled some of the edges of the leaf.  

I finallally adhered the leaves to the page with some Professional Craft & Hobby PVA.  I wrote my quote in white sharpie (waterbased) and outlined the lettering with plain unibal vision pen.   Gratitude helps us to see what is there instead of what isn't.  Here just a few more photos of closeups for the page.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my journal page.  Remember you too can see the light in every day things and its starts with gratitude and some stamps from Sin City Stamps!!  Now GO MAKE SOMETHING!!

Butterfly Canvases

Hello! It's Gracie. This month Sin City Stamps has partnered with Cottonwood Arts. I've used their excellent canvases for various projects of mine, and today I want to share a set of butterfly canvases I've colored and embellished.


Though I have presented these canvases individually, I had the intention of coordinating their design to hang them together as a set. I used 6"x 6" round corner canvases.

Check out How to Make a 3D Embellished Canvas With Pan Pastels by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

Check out How to Make a Shabby Chic Canvas Using a Gelli Plate by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you are inspired to get some Cottonwood canvases to try out some or many of the techniques we've been sharing with you this month! If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog!

Thanks for stopping by.

Colorful Canvas

This month Sin City Stamps is partnering with Cottonwood Arts. Cottonwood Arts offers a variety of art products: canvas notebooks, sketchbooks, cold press blocks and more.

Today I want to share with you a mixed media project I made with a 6 1/2" x 4" Cottonwood Arts canvas. This canvas is really great quality... It can hold many layers of products, which makes it perfect for mixed media.

Main Supplies
Sin City Stamps Rosette Hearts stamp set
Sin City Stamps Chickenwire with Butterflies chipboard sheet
Cottonwood Arts 6 1/2" x 4" canvas
Other
Pan Pastels
Crafter's Inks
Sponge applicator
Die cuts
Gold acrylic paint
Tacky glue
Homemade gesso
Textured cardstock in white and beige
Gold embossing powder

I have a complete step by step tutorial on how to make this colorful canvas. Start the guide below to check it out!

Check out How to Make a Mini Canvas With Lots of Texture and Color by Gracie CH on Snapguide.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my project and tutorial. If you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment here or at my blog.

Great Things Art Journal Page

Hello everyone, and welcome back.  This month, the Sin City Stamps design team will be sharing projects using some fabulous products from Cottonwood Arts.  I was lucky enough to receive their large canvas notebook.  It has thick chipboard pages covered with canvas, allowing it to hold up to lots of wet, heavy mixed media.



For my first project of the month, I made a journal page using my notebook, some stencils, rubber stamps, and lots of mixed media.

I have prepared a Snapguide tutorial for your viewing pleasure.  I hope you enjoy it.

Check out How to Art Journal With Cottonwood Arts Canvas Notebooks by Barbara Rankin on Snapguide.

Supplies:

Sin City Stamps: Art Journal 3 stamp set; Clockworks Inspired by Terri Sproul set; Flower Stencil, Entangled Stencil; Fleur de Lis die cuts

Cottonwood Arts Canvas Notebook (6.75" x 12")

Ginger Peach, Emperor's Gold Acrylic Glaze

Homemade Spray Inks:  Liquitex Prussian Blue and Sap Green Inks

Indian Corn, Cork Glimmer Mists

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Wedding Dress IrResistible Texture Spray; Versamark ink

Detail Black embossing powder

Light Molding Paste

Cheesecloth

Mixed Media Adhesive

Metal filigree butterfly charm



Thanks so much for stopping by.  I always enjoy seeing you and I hope you are inspired to give art journaling a try, especially with these wonderful journals from Cottonwood Arts and stamping products from Sin City Stamps.  And check back often throughout the month to see what wonderful projects the team comes up with.



Have a wonderful, arty weekend, my friends!



Barbara

Art Journaling with Sin City Stamps and Pan Pastels

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new month of fun and inspiration here at Sin City Stamps!  This month, we will be using a fabulous product called Pan Pastels.  Before I begin, let me first tell you a bit about this product.  Pan Pastels are professional artists’ quality soft pastel colors packed in a unique pan format (cake-like). The special qualities of PanPastel Colors mean that artists can blend and apply dry color like fluid paint for the first time.  All PanPastel Colors are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in rich, ultra soft and super-blendable colors.

Each color is loaded with the finest quality artists’ pigments for the most concentrated colors possible. The colors have excellent lightfastness and are fully erasable. Uniquely, for pastel color, they can be mixed together for a complete painting palette.

Now that you know what Pan Pastels are, let me show you what I made with them.  I started out with a blank journal page, and here is my finished piece.

To view my directions in their entirety, I have included a SnapGuide tutorial.  Just click on the Start Here button to view the process and more detailed pictures.  

Check out How to Stamp With Sin City Stamps & Pan Pastels by Barbara Rankin on Snapguide.

Sin City Stamps supplies used:

• Natural Beauty stamp plate
• Bingo stamp plate
• Love of Butterflies stamp plate
• Rose Stencil
• Entangled Stencil

Other Products used:

• Pan Pastels colors:  Burnt Sienna (bricks), Red Tint Magenta, Hansa Yellow Tint, Ultramarine Blue Tint, Permanent Green Tint
• Cottonwood Arts Coldpress Notebook Journal
• Light Molding Paste (Golden)
• Versamark, Memento black, StazOn Midnight Blue ink pads
• Spatula

I hope you enjoyed my project and tutorial today, and be sure to check back for more inspiration from the team.  And while you are exploring the internet, I hope you will visit both the Sin City Stamps and Pan Pastels shops for all the supplies you need to make a journal of your very own. 

Have a wonderful, creative weekend!

Barbara