Sea Glass Inspired Project using Blue Fern Studios Chipboard

 

I knew when I saw those pretty delicate chipboard sea shells at Blue Fern Studios I was going to do bling them up and do something different with them. You know that feeling you get when you're working on something and you're enjoying the process and you don't want it to end? Well, that's how it was for me while creating with these sea shells.  Oh, there's so much to tell you about them and not enough time or space to provide all the details.   I'm offering you some close-ups so that you can see what went into them, but mostly what gives them life, is the art fiber tissue paper found at art supply stores.  It's very similar to mulberry paper, but softer and easier to use. The paper provides peaks, valleys, structure and dimension.  I've added some more instructional details on the Blue Fern Studios Blog found here.  Check it out when you can, it's really quite simple, and I think you'll enjoy the process and results as much as I did. Later on during my Design Team term, I'll provide a written tutorial on how to achieve these results with the art fiber tissue paper to share with you.

A few shells above were treated with a taupe colored acrylic paint, clear gesso, crackle and various colored mists.

The bargain bin picture frame was painted in Titan Buff, treated with Helmar's Crackle product, and various colors of mist were applied to the frame.

Thanks for looking.  If you like these colors, come back in a few days, and I'll share a small canvas piece I made using the same art fiber paper technique on a different Blue Fern Studios chipboard piece.  :)

Time 2 Create (Art Journal Page)

I was inspired to create my first art journal page by the inspiration that came from C’est Magnifique’s  Inspiration Forum about Texture Paste.  Coincidently, Balzar posted a tutorial on art journaling.  Well, when the universe speaks to me like that, I have to act!  I bought at Canson 7x10 mix media tablet (specifically for acrylics, watercolor, and pen and ink) months ago and just haven’t put any time aside to work on it and didn’t  feel any inspiration to attempt anything either.  Here’s my first page ! 

The texture was created by water misting various areas of the paper and applying a stamp randomly on the moist areas and the dry areas; I stamped on artist tissue paper, tore it, and applied to the paper using a gel medium.  After the page was dry, I applied gesso on a horizontal line and swirled it in various places and applied a heat gun to it to create more bumps and texture.  After that application dried, I applied a light water mist and then applied some glimmer mist over it, on the dry portions of the page, I applied more mist by applying the nozzle as close to the page as possible and letting it drip down the page while holding the paper up. Once the page dried thoroughly, I applied some gold rub-on paint over the raised areas.   That’s it…not too difficult right?

http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/

http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2012/06/art-journal-every-day-step-by-step-with-lechatquitousse.html

Hope you are inspired to give it a try too, and if you do, let me know so that I may drop by your blog for more inspiration to create the second page.

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