"Flutter By" Sin City Design Team Project by~ WildHeart Art ~

 ~Flutter By~

 Sin City Design Team Project 

By WildHeart Art

I have always loved butterflies with  the beautiful colors in their wings as well as the transparent colors in stained glass artwork so I decided to check out my "stash" for this design team project and try to incorporate them both together.  I love the outcome and it was a very fun and easy project to do!

~Supplies~

Journal page

Gesso

Glass Bead Gel

Fine glitter

Alcohol inks

Dylusions Ink Sprays

Prima Color Bloom Spray

Black ink pad

Blue acrylic paint

 Sin City Butterfly Die Cuts

Sin City Stamps Art- Journaling with Terri

Sin City Stamp- Words of Butterfly

   1) Gesso your art journal page and let dry.

2) Spray randomly with the ink sprays and let dry.

  3)Apply the butterfly die cuts and using bead gel medium and a palate knife, spread the bead gel medium over the die cut to cover, in a very thin layer. Sprinkle some fine glitter over the butterflies and let dry.

4)  When dried add the alcohol inks by drops onto the wings  and body  randomly to emulate the beautiful  colors on the wings.

 5) Using  the swirl stamps in the Terri Sproul Art Journal stamp set, apply the stamps here and there with black ink. Then using the butterfly stamp to stamp in the middle right of the page.

 As you can here in the close up of the wing the bead gel and glitter give it that texture and the alcohol colors give it that lovely transparent color.

 6) Here I finished off with some dots of acrylic paints  in blue to bring it all together

Hope you have enjoyed this unique butterfly project!

Have a beautiful creative day!

~In love & Faith~

Sherri

~Pony Express~ Sin City DT Post created by WildHeart Art~

~Pony Express~

Vintage Style Envelope

 I just LOVE this fun envelope template by Green Sneakers called Kreate-A-lope!

I had a "Vintage" Style in mind for this envelope, using Tim Holtz's"" craft resist collage papers. They offered the perfect look for this idea! And  I finished off the design with stamps from Sin City Stamps!

~Supplies~

Kreate- a -lope  Template by Green Sneakers

Tim Holtz Craft Resist "idea-ology" collage papers

Glue tape

Decorative scissors to cut edges

Sin City Stamps- Art Journaling with Terri Sproul

Sin City Stamps-Butterflies

Stamp pad in Archival Black and Sepia

Cream colored card stock for the address label

Glitter Glue

Acrylic paint in Turquoise

1) Cut out envelope using the Kreate -a-lope template and the decorative edging  scissors.

2) Fold the paper as directed to form the envelope.

3) Secure the edges using the glue tape.

   4)Stamp the butterfly stamp on the inside of the flap.

5) Using the  letters stamp from the Art Journal Set , stamp in black ink down the sides of the front of the envelope.

 6) Using the Sepia ink pad gently go around the edges of the envelope and address label to give a more Vintage feel.

  7) Highlight the butterfly stamp with a bit of glitter glue

8) I wanted a bit more color so I added the turquoise dots down both sides of the stamped design. The Butterfly stamp gives the envelope a  more feminine touch but without the butterfly stamp it would be a nice envelope for a handmade  Father's day card too!!

Hope you have enjoyed and have a beautiful day!

~In Love and Faith~

Sherri

"With This Ring.. I Thee Wed"~ Design Team Post featuring SinCity Stamps and Ecstasy Crafts

"With This Ring I Thee Wed"

By WildHeart Art featuring SinCity Stamps and Ectasy Crafts

I love creating these fun little wedding cake journal pages and what better time to do this project than in May! I love to work with all kind of fun textures and this project lends itself well to that type of artwork! You ca also use up alot of little "do dads" for the decorating as it doesn't take much in the way of supplies to decorate them! I  also happen to be using some beautiful items from SinCity Stamps and Ecstasy Crafts.

~Supplies~

Journal page

Assorted markers for shading

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Tim Holtz Stickles

Acrylic paint in corresponding color for background

Gel medium-matte

 Vintage style tissue paper for the background

SinCityStamps Butterfly  & Bee Die cast

Selection of corresponding collage papers cut into rectangles to represent each layer

Gold die cast lace stickers and Pearl Dots  from Ecstasy Crafts

Velum quote

1) Start by gathering your  pre- cut rectangle  collage papers and tissue paper.

2) Using you Matt Gel medium glue down the tissue paper for the background onto the journal page. I also dabbed some acrylic paint here and there for interest and color.

3) Glue down the rectangle papers of different lengths to represent a wedding cake with size different tiers.

 4) You then will start the detail work positioning the lace stickers as shown above and adding the self adhesive pearl dots. Feel free to also outline the tiers in maker to give the cake depth.

5) This collage paper already had a butterfly on it about the same size, so I am just gluing it down over the existing pattern.

Here you can see the detail up close.

 6) I wanted to give the illusion of a stained glass butterfly so I applied  Ranger Stickles glitter glue inside the butterfly wings for a bit of color and shimmer to the wings.

7) I then detailed the lace and the cake with "Liquid Pearls" by Ranger

 I just love how it all comes together with all the beautiful detailing!

8) The last thing I did was to add the velum quote at the very top of the wedding cake!

I hope you all have had a wonderful time  creating this beautiful tired wedding cake!

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 I am featured in the Artist Spotlight with my "Vintage Beach Houses" Mixed Media Canvas! YAY!

In Love & Faith

Sherri

WildHeart Art~ You've Got " Pretty Mail"~ SinCity Stamps Design Team Project featuring GreenSneakers

~You've Got "Pretty Mail"~

How special to send a letter in a lovely envelope that you have created! By using the  Kreate-A-Lope by GreenSneakers you can create a fabulous envelope in no time at all! I had so much fun, it is so easy and they look so professional! 

~Supplies~

Kreate- A-Lope Envelope template

Gelli Plate for creating your designed paper

Brayer

Asst acrylic paints

White copy paper

SinCity "Love of Butterflies" rubber stamp

Embossing ink

Embossing  Powder (glitter)

Heat gun

  I started by adding paint to the Gelli Plate and spreading it around with the brayer. In the paint I stamped some of the butterfly stamps and then applied the paper pushing down firmly to create a good clear mono print.

  Here you have the outside template that creates the envelope shape.

 Place the template over the patterned paper,line up and tear around the edges.

 To get the shape you then fold the paper (print side down) around the inside template

 The envelope is then designed further with  the SinCity stamps. 

Because of the fact that there is allot of colored area I took white paint and smudged a small area so it can be  easily addressed .

 For a final touch I added some random stamped butterflies in purple ink and then embossing ink onto the butterfly stamp,applied embossing powder (glitter)  and then heated it with the heat gun.

The added touch of the embossing powder just made the envelope pop with sparkle and shine!

What a beautiful surprise to find in your mailbox~ fun to send and wonderful to receive!

Have fun with this easy and creative project!

~In Love & Faith~

Sherri

WildHeart Art`"Fly With Your Creative Muse"- Sin City Stamps Design Team Project featuring ComposiMold

"Fly With Your Creative Muse"

Yes ...we all have that sweet little creative muse within us that whispers to us when we are playing with our imagination "out loud" on the paper in front of us. It isn't necessarily what we see... but what we feel when we look at something. I started this project without a "plan" and just relied on my "creative muse" as I went along. Remember those "ink blots" where we would interpret  the ink blot and share what we had seen on the page.. well, this is the same idea and I love the way this project evolved! 

~Supplies~

Gelli Plate

SinCity Stamps- Love of Butterflies

ComposiMold Masks ( previous blog post)

Asst. acrylic paints

White copy paper

Brayer ( to spread the paint around)

Gel Medium Matte

 Asst.TomBow Markers

Black Pitt Pen

I started by using my Gelli plate to create the background but with one twist... I took the ComposiMold masks ( above) I had made for the  last DT blog post, and applied them on the plate. It then blocks the paint from attaching to the paper therefore creating a  "mask". I also applied the rubber stamp " Love of Butterflies" by SinCity Stamps.

Apply acrylic paint onto the Gelli Plate and spread with the brayer. Lay the ComposiMold  mask on top of the paint to create a "mask" or empty space with that shape on the paper.

Above is the print I created and then spent some time looking at it before I "felt" what I thought was there on the page waiting to come through. I then used another background to complete my "vision".

 Small butterfly stamps where randomly stamped with purple ink to create a bit of texture also.

 What I felt or saw in that white space that was created by the ComposiMold mask was a beautiful bird with some fancy feathers!

I cut long oval shaped feathers from the other sheet of background paper  I created and glued in place to create long flowing feathers.

  I then used my TomBow markers to create shadows ,highlights and to outline the shapes. Along with some deep yellow for the beak and the feet.

  The bottom "masked space" I turned into a free form flower using the TomBow's to color in the flower and added some stamens with the Pitt Pen. I finihsed off the whole print with the matte medium gel and it gave a nice finish to the page.

I love when an artistic creation is made by what one feels or sees when  our imagination is used and we are guided by our creative muse! And having that fun heart shaped spot that appeared on the print put a smile on my face! Let your creative muse "fly" and Enjoy!

~In Love and Faith~

Sherri

Check out the websites below for the products I used for this project

ComposiMold Product

Sin City Stamp