Messy Threads

Did you hear that Shimmerz Siren Call?  Yep, that was me, Joyce, calling out to you to share in my art design team journey with the luscious Shimmerz Paint products. Let me share my newest Exquisite Gown page with you on the Shimmerz Paint Blog.

The cooler weather and cool color palette inspires me.  This is quite a simply page, but using monotone colors sometimes can pack a punch of textures and delight.

This photo of a lovely lady in her soft billowing dress in a winter forest is surrounded by Shimmerz cool color palette of the following products and colors found at Shimmerz Paint Store:

Spritz: Rocka Fella Blue

Spritz: See Ya Latte

Vibez: Deep Sea Blue

Vibez: Cold As Ice

Paste-eez: Salt of the Sea

Creameez: Marshmellow

Paper Techniques: 9 x 12 Watercolor paper was moistened with a spritz of water; then a spritz of spray of Rocka Fella Blue and lightly dabbed off with a moistened sea sponge to leave a mottled effect; let product dry completely;   repeat the same process to add more depth; add a spritz of spray of both Deep Sea Blue and Cold As Ice and lightly dab off with a moistened sea sponge and let products dry completely.  After all the above, I embossed some white stamp work for texture. After all the spray work, some separated splatters of Marshmellow, Rocka Fella Blue and watered down gesso were applied to the paper.

 White snowflakes: These were created with a stencil and the dimensional paint Pastee-eez  Salt of the Sea.  Some diamond dust was added on top of the dimensional paint to make them shimmer.

Snowflake Chipboard:  Some Gum Arabic was added to some Rocka Fella Blue Spritz to add some stability to paint with on top of the snowflake chipboard pieces on both sides of the photo.

Textured elements:  And finally, Rocka Fella Blue and See Ya Latte were added to some white mulberry fiber paper for a little texture.

And, if you’re wondering if I really sew that badly, well no…not really, but sometimes a happy accident can add so much interest.  

Come back and visit me on February 15th for more Shimmerz Paint inspiration!

When it Hurts...Observe. Life if Trying to Teach You Something

Hello Friends! 

Here's a little sneak peak of my latest work

created as a Design Team Member

for Shimmerz Paints.

Join me here as I am up on the Shimmerz Paints Blog

sharing close-ups, some techniques, and Shimmerz Products used

to create this art journal entry.

See  you there.

Products used on this Project are found in the Shimmerz Paint Store: 

Vibes- Plum Tuckered Out

Vibes- Blushing Bride

Spritz- Plum Pudding

Spritz- Rocka-Fella Blue

Shimmerz- Berry-Licious

Inglingz – Ruby Lost Her Slipper

Inglingz –Precious Posey

Paste-eez –The “Cream” Team

For more inspiration from my fellow arty friends at Shimmerz, check them out here on Facebook.

Another Gown to Share with You.

I'm adding another gown to the series.

 Oh how I wish I was in my early 20's, I'd certainly want this hanging on my laundry line.

 Isn't her bodice a beauty? 

Some Blue Fern Studios Chipboard added some of the crocheted lacy look to the art piece. 

I used the Prima, Finnabair stamps to press on top of a light application 

of molding paste to capture some of the distressed wall behind the gown. 

Some close-ups for your viewing pleasure:

Thank you for stopping by and sharing my new gown creation.

Sketch Challenge at Creative Club Simple Pleasures

Welcome Friends!

The sketch challenge at Creative Club Simple Pleasures inspired me to create this work with this

beautiful Pinterest photograph of a gown.  As soon as I saw the sketch, I felt inspired to create with this particular photo that I have been holding on to for quite a while. Isn’t the bodice work gorgeous?  How could I not want to create with this kind of beauty ?  For those of you that have shared my journey on creating the Exquisite Gown Series, you know that I try to duplicate a feature of the gown with my arsenal of art products.  Here I have tried to duplicate some of the beaded work on the bodice and have placed it on the little postage stamp looking feature on the sketch, and on a little flower next to the photo on the left. Some Art Alchemy gesso, mica powder, and metallic yellow magic acrylic paint helped me to create just a little snip-it of that beaded masterpiece on the bodice. The paper I have used is Canson's Mixed Media 9 x 12 paper.

Thank you for letting me share with you this new gown to my Exquisite Gown collection.

Here are some close up's for you:

 

 

 

Simple Pleasures Sketch:

Lace and Wood Challenge at Scrap Magic

I found the Scrap Magic Challenge so very inspiring.

First was the challenge of using two contrasting elements: Lace and Wood

The wooden frame is my wood element, and I painted it to resemble distressed wood and then inserted some small antique lace behind the frame.

 

Second were the photographs to inspire us. The colors of shabby white, cream, dusty aqua, hints of brown, and the color of a lovely subtle soft pink.

One of the photographs in the inspiration picture particularly stood out…the wire heart with a piece of lace woven around the shape of the heart. What a grand idea! I had to find a way to use the wire heart element on a much smaller scale.

I found some old fabric wrapped floral wire and wrapped it around a small Blue Fern Studios chipboard heart piece to create the shape of the wired heart, and glued some of the antique lace behind the frame of the heart, and voila, a pretty little lacey element for the lovely photographed lady.

I recently rented a movie entitled, “Farewell, My Queen” about two days in the life of Marie Antoinette’s Reader during some pretty intense social upheaval that was going on during Marie’s reign of power. A scene that resonated with me was when Marie brought out her scrapbook containing snippets of lovely embellished fabrics and some embroidery ideas for future elegant gown designs. I don’t know if Marie actually had a scrapbook of this nature, although I am told that this was common practice of ladies of her stature during that time, but if she had, I would have loved to have gone through her book of textile treasures.

Here’s a picture of the Scrap Magic Challenge:

You still have time to enter the Scrap Magic Challenge here.

Exquisite Gown Series Continues...

Hello Friends!

  Here today to share the next gown with you. This photo came to me via Kathy Mosher, a Facebook Friend, and I was delighted to add it to the Exquisite Gown Series. Thank you Kathy for the inspiration!

 

The sketch from Thirst For Creativity helped make the page come alive. I used the jewel feature on the far right on the sketch attached to the circle element to add the detailed miniature clothes hanger that holds a tule and embroidered gown wrap which also helps form the horizontal element on the sketch. It's a pretty little feature, I think.

I don't have a small brick stencil so I used a Prima small brick stamp on top of a layer of light molding paste which was first applied on the paper. When you try this technique, make sure you allow the molding paste to set just a little bit before you apply your stamped image.  Otherwise, you may end up with a chunky application and lose your image.

This is a simple looking layout, and yet there are some very small elegant details in the photo that I tried to replicate to add some drama.

Here's the Thirst For Creativity Sketch #33 and you still have time to play the challenge. 

Thank you for dropping by and letting me share this gown with you too.

Enchanting Lilac Gown to add to the Exquisite Gown Series

I don't often get long periods of time to create, and when they do come around, it's such a treat to 

pull out a piece of mixed media paper and start filling up my tray of  paints, stamps, ribbons, laces and whatever inspires me at the moment.  Here's a lovely gown with beautiful textures on the coat and skirt. The photo looked so shabby elegant and inspired me to add her to the Exquisite Gown Series.  By the way. How many items is considered a collection or series?  Is three enough?  Hmmm...as long as I'm feeling the inspiration, I'll make a few more. ;)

Before I start to work, I gather all my supplies on a tray and then I work out some techniques, stamps, and tests colors.  My intent was to choose the best of what was on the sample page, and then start again on a new piece of paper. In this case, I used my sample page as my background.You can see all the juxtapositions of textures, patterns, stamping and colors. Looks busy, but kind of interesting. 

Thanks for looking. I hope you come back to visit the next gown.

Exquisite Gown for Thirst for Creativity Sketch Challenge

 

 Another exquisite gown to add to the series.

The sketch from Thirst for Creativity

was the perfect showcase for this peachy gorgeous

and elegant gown to add to the Exquisite Gown Collection. 

 

So, off I went digging

through collected treasures to work

with this piece and decided that the perfect

element would be a piece of chipboard.

Here I have tried to mirror the texture on the right

hand side of the exquisite gown.  

 

The texture on the chipboard was created by

adding a small intricate lace image

on top of colors of the dress and

then heat set with a white embossing powder.

 

Some more close ups.

 

 

 

This piece of art was created on a 9 x 12 mixed media paper from Canson.

 

Thirst for Creativity Sketch No. 32 is currently ongoing until December 5, 2015.  You can find the challenge here.

 

 

Thank you for visiting, and I hope I have inspired you to create a series of your own.

 





Exquisite Gown Series (one of many I hope) inspired by Scrap Around the World Challenge

You know when you have that one photo that you have used before on a creation but didn't quite like the end result? This is that photo for me.  So, here's my chance to make it right...well, maybe. ;) Isn't that dress lovely? I adore this color combination of blue, blue gray, and white featured in this months inspiration board at Scrap Around the World. My take on the board focuses on the photo of those little tiny blue gray houses sitting on what looks to be a gray textured and pattern quilt. The warm glow emanating from the windows add a touch of warmth to this chilly cool palette.

My creation was created on a 9 x 12 paper from a mixed media Canson tablet.

I don't normally create with a photo that is not family related, but when I saw this palette, I had to work with that photo. The luxurious and exquisite fabric so rich and ornate prompted me to think about creating a collection of similar photos with these types of gowns. I haven't felt this inspired to create in ages (thank you Tiphanie from Scrap Around The World for igniting my creative muse again.) I started another Exquisite Gown page just after finishing this one.

I am entering this page in the Scrap Around the World challenge.

 

 

 Scrap Around the World Inspiration Board:

 

 

 

Thank you for dropping by...