Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft designers have teamed up for a fabulous blog hop from August 27-31st! Hop with us all week for craft ideas, inspiration and tutorials!
Don’t forget to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win! Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will each be giving away a $50 prize pack!
The blog hop will end at midnight on August 31st. The two winners will be announced on the companies’ blogs on September 4th.
Ready to be inspired?
Start hopping!!
START AT: Faber Castell
END AT: Creative Imaginations
Our first project reveal is by Design Team Member, Lynn Kopas!
The DT here at Creative Imaginations squealed when we heard about teaming up with Faber-Castell! Faber-Castell products are so versatile and the creative possibilities are endless. I decided to create art journal pages combining tons of products from both companies. The background for my pages was created combining a few Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists and water ...
I then grabbed my Butterfly CI Existencil and placed it on the background - before I heat set the mists - and spritzed water over the stencil. This gave the background another subtle layer ...(this technique shows up more with darker colored mists) ...
I planned on creating an outdoor scene so I started with a dimensional tree on the left page. I used the tree stencil from the Nature CI Existencil Kit and mixed Primary Elements in Dragonfly with modeling paste and dabbed the mixture over the stencil ...
Then, it was time to bring on Faber-Castell's Gelatos - one of my FAV products!! Gelatos have so many uses and add color and depth to your projects. I cut out some leaves from CI Paint It Paper, wet the leaves and crumpled them up. Once dry I "painted" them with a gorgeous Lime green Gelato. To paint with Gelatos, rub the gelato on a craft sheet, add water and blend together - then paint on any surface ...
My scene needed a sun, so I mixed glass beads with Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist and applied the mixture to the opposite page with bubble wrap (for texture). I cut small strips of Paint It papers for sun "rays" and added Luminarte Twinkling H20's for shimmery color. I added stamped images with permanent inks and gesso for more background detail. The grass was created with Faber-Castell Art Grip Aquarelles which are AMAZING watercolor pencils ...
Next, a house was needed for my outdoors scene! I hand cut a house and roof from CI Paint It Paper and then used the oh so fabulous Faber-Castell Art Grip Aquarelle water color pencils. These are so easy to use - I scribbled various colors on the house - you don't have to color in the whole area - just enough to add color, and then blend with water and a paint brush. This gives a lovely painterly, watercolor effect ...
The birdie was created the same way and then outlined with Faber-Castell Artist Pen in black ...
What's an outdoor scene without flowers ... so the gelaots came back out! I used the same technique as I did to create the leaves. I used the tip of my rub-on tool dipped in gesso to create the flower centers. The stems were drawn on with another of my FAV Faber-Castell products - Pitt Pens!!!
The Big Brush Pens are great for shading, outlining, adding color anywhere. I used them to outline the leaves and to add color to the stenciled tree. Another fun use of the Pitt Pens is to apply them directly to a stamp, lightly spritz with water and stamp as I did here ...
This technique adds a lovely watercolor effect. The amount of water you use makes a difference, so often the second generation stamp is clearer.
After outlining and doodling with the Pitt Artist Pen in black and flicking more Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist on the background and going around the edges with a dark green Big Brush Pitt Pen I was finally satisfied! Here's the end result ...
I hope this tutorial gave you some ideas on how to use the amazing Faber-Castell products! This was so much fun and stay tuned all week for more projects from the team here at CI and the Faber-Castell team!!
Lynn Kopas:)
Creative Imaginations Products Used:
Luminarte:
- Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - #29523 Bashful Blue
- Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - #29524 Sour Lemon
- Luminarte Petite Twinkling H20 - #26352 Lemondrop
- Luminarte Primary Elements - Dragonfly
Existencils:
Paint It!:
Faber-Castel Products Used:
PITT Artist Pens - Big Brush:
PITT Artist Pens:
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Black - 199
Art Grip Aquarelles:
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Yellow - 107
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Olive Green - 167
Gelatos:
Other:
- Studio Multi-Medium Matte
- Studio Gesso
- Liquitex Light Modeling Paste
- Liquitex Glass Beads
- Adirondack Dabber - Snow Cap
Thanks for stopping by and remember to hop over to all the blogs for more inspiration from all of our designers using the fabulous Faber-Castell and Luminarte Products!!
So many great details. I have LOVED this hop. It is artsier than most craft blog hops. I've been really inspired!
Posted by: sharon gullikson | August 27, 2012 at 07:22 PM
Just beautiful! LOVE these pages!
Posted by: Jill Foster | August 27, 2012 at 07:43 PM
This is so gorgeous!!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | August 27, 2012 at 07:51 PM
Love, love, love this! I'm going to try it!
Posted by: cassie t | August 27, 2012 at 09:01 PM
Great blog hop! Inspiring to see all the different mediums being used.
Posted by: Calinda Goo | August 27, 2012 at 11:09 PM
love this! thanks for the tutorial!
Posted by: Jess Moore | August 28, 2012 at 02:19 AM
the tree!!! i must do this sometimes.. thansk for sharing
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Anita
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Posted by: Anita Kouwenberg | August 28, 2012 at 05:24 AM
I loved seeing your step by step. Beautiful project!
Posted by: Lisa Cousineau | August 28, 2012 at 09:02 AM
fantastic project - the texture really stands out in this project!! thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Jeanne Kelly | August 28, 2012 at 03:25 PM
Good to see the entire project! What a fun hop!
Posted by: Susan M | August 28, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Truly fun pages!!! love this!
Posted by: Rita Barakat | August 28, 2012 at 04:33 PM
Amazing amazing
Posted by: Ann | August 28, 2012 at 05:58 PM
Wow! This looks great. I love all the different techniques you used.
Posted by: Sue B | August 28, 2012 at 07:05 PM
Wow ! The sneak peek was great, but to see the whole project was amazing. There are so many things I want to try after seeing allthe great projects. It was a truly inspiring blog hop !
Posted by: S. Patterson | August 28, 2012 at 08:28 PM
Great colors and textures.
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Posted by: MelodyJ | August 28, 2012 at 11:07 PM
Lovely work. Thanks for the tutorial. This is the first time I've seen Twinkling H20's at work. Very pretty!
Posted by: Grace | August 29, 2012 at 07:52 AM
I loved watching your creative process in action! The materials look top notch too. This is something I'd love to play with! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Patricia | August 29, 2012 at 09:33 AM
That tree is so cool and love all the wonderful colors on the pages!
Thanks for a most enjoyable blog hop!
Posted by: Sue McRae | August 29, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Thanks so much for sharing the inspiration of some great artists.
Posted by: Penny W | August 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Wow what great artwork and wonderful blogs! Thanks for the amazing art by extremely talented artists! I will definitely be shopping tomorrow to get some new mixed media product paints and some canvas.
Smiles,
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Dawson | August 29, 2012 at 07:23 PM
Love seeing the stencils used. All awesome projects. Great blog hop. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | August 29, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Whoa, what a blog hop. I'm worn out, lol. I got so many ideas. Thanks!
Posted by: Bonnie Rabon | August 30, 2012 at 12:07 PM
So pretty! great blog hop!
Thanks to everyone who posted projects & participated!
Posted by: Gina Howe | August 30, 2012 at 08:47 PM
Gorgeous texture on this journal
Posted by: Cathy A | August 31, 2012 at 04:24 PM