Splash of Color Blog

Flower Power!

Hello and Happy Friday!

Tina here again for my final post as a Guest Designer for Splash of Color.  I would like to thank Cheryl for inviting me to share my passion and creativity with y’all.  I have enjoyed my week with you and I hope to see you around Cyber-land soon. 

For my final project, I created a Home Décor Art piece that evolved from a sheet of Birdie Darling paper, LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze, and LuminArte Primary Elements.  I love putting these basic items together to create a unique, one of a kind work of art.

To start my Home Décor project, I used this paper, Birdie Darling as a painting template.  When I first started this project, my intention was to paint the flowers and just frame the sheet of colorful paper.  But, (like many of my projects), my ideas and inspiration evolved and changed, and what I ended with was entirely different.

Here is what the papered looked like at the beginning of this process…

And what the colored paper looked like at the ‘end’. 

You can see that the transparent nature of the silks look beautiful on the paper, allowing the detail of each flower to still be visible.  This would be a beautiful work of art displaying on your wall, but I went past this stage and kept creating.  ;)

I have ‘mildly’ obsessed with anything wax these days, (okay, so mildly is a little understated), so I wondered what my sheet of painted paper would look like if I covered it with wax. 

Well, let me show you.

The wax created a softness to the harsh black lines and the texture was amazing, BUT, I wanted more.  So back to the drawing board.

Using the project I shared on Wednesday (my Art Journal page) as inspiration, I painted several large flowers on my paper with Distress Paint.  I wanted a more opaque image against the translucent background and this was the look I wanted. 

As my painted flowers dried, I realized the background was a bit busy for my bold, bright flowers, so I struggled with what to do next.

I got it!  I’ll make my own colored Gel Medium with LuminArte Primary Elements.  I mixed up a batch of Pink Crocus, (part of the ‘It’s Springtime’ set) colored Gel Medium and proceeded to cover the background.  What is great about this is that peeks of pattern and color are still visible through the colored Gel Medium, so I didn’t lose the beautiful background entirely. 

Once it was dry, I outlined my flowers with wax pastels, charcoal, and black and white pens.  Love how the color just POPS off the background.

Well, that brings me to the end of an amazing week.  Thank you for stopping by each day.  I feel truly honored to be able to share my passion for creating with you.  I hope I was able to provide some inspiration this week.  :)

Thank you again for taking the time. Have a fantastic weekend!

Hugs,

Tina

Easter ATC's

Hello and Happy Thursday!

Tina here again today with my 3^rd project share.  :)

Today, I went small, as in ATC size small.  ATCs are super fun to create!  There is something about the small ‘canvas’ that really appeals to me.  With large ‘canvases’ the size can sometimes overwhelm me and leave me confused on where to start.

I immediately fell in love with the Easter Cards double sided paper, from the Easter Wishes collection.  The individual vignette scenes are a bit bigger than the traditional ATC size, so I just cropped them down to size.

I adhered my chosen scene to a chipboard ATC card to give it some backing.  Using the image as a guide, I colored each scene with coordinating LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze.  Since Silks are transparent/semi transparent, the background image peeks through the shimmer of the Silks, which is exactly what I wanted.

Once my scene was painted, I outlined the image with my doodle pen.  I really wanted the image to POP through my next layer of goodness.

Once my pen doodle was completely dry, I covered my ATC with a liberal layer of Viva Colour, Transparent Crackle Paint.  I am so addicted to this product.  I love crackle ANYTHING, and this creates the most amazing cracks!

Once the crackle was dry, I dabbed the ATC with Distress stains to age the image.  I love how the stain creeps into the cracks.

To finish my ATC cards, I fussy cut several shapes (bird and mushroom) from the Seedlings, double sided paper and aged with distress ink.

I added a bit of twine and a sentiment and they were done.

What a great way to dress up a normal ATC sized paper with color, crackle, and a vintage theme.

I hope you enjoyed my ATC project today.  Please stop by again tomorrow for my final project share.

Thank you for stopping by.

Tina

Unique result....

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

Tina here today and I am back with another project share. 

Today, I am sharing an Art Journal page created with the one of a kind – LuminArte Twinkling H2O’s.  Twinks, as they are commonly referred by those who love them, are incredible water color paints that are vibrant and full of yummy shimmer.  They last FOR.E.VER and they will quickly become of your go-to creating products.

To create the background of my Art Journal page, I started by liberally applying white gesso.  I wanted some texture from the gesso to show, so I left my ‘brush’ marks (I often use an old credit card to spread gesso) visible.  Once the gesso was dry, I applied Mango Freeze, part of the Summer Fun Petite 6 pack kit to my background.

To create the ‘drips’, I applied (very wet) Royal Satin to the edge of the page and spritzed with water.  I repeated this on the opposite edge of my page.  I did the same technique with more of the Mango Freeze.  When the drips were to my liking, I let the background dry completely.

Using a stencil as a guide, I drew oblong shapes randomly to my page.  I doodled inside each shape and colored them with more of the beautiful colors from the Summer Fun Petite set.  In addition I used Montana markers for more hints of color.  I love how the shimmer from the Twinkling H2O’s look with the opaque, matte of the Montana markers. 

To finish my Art Journal page, I added several doodled circles along the drips and added my journaling, ‘A work of art, is the unique result of a unique temperament – Oscar Wilde’.

The richness of color and the graphic design of the doodles really combine well.

I hope you enjoyed my project today.  Please stop back again tomorrow with another project, ATC style.

Thank you for stopping by.

Tina

Art Angel

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

Tina here again today with my first Guest Designer project share. 

I love 3-D projects.  Projects that are off the page and projects that have little bits of goodness, delight, and sparkle.  I call my project today my 'Art Angel' and she possesses all of that.

I started off with a bare chipboard from Paper Whimsy and decided where I wanted her 'parts' to be placed.

Green, Blue, and Gold is one of my favorite color combinations, so I decided that I would use the following LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze for her base color:  Pretty Peridot, Fern, Key Lime, Bolivian Blue, Solar Gold, and Yellow Rose.

I applied several thin layers to the base allowing the shades of colors to peek through.

Once the Silks were dry, (which was almost immediately - love that), I decided I wanted more texture, so I stamped embossed her body, wings, and background.  I love the texture that this added to the flat chipboard surface. To finish off these parts, I edged with Distress Ink, then rubbed Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub (in Gold) to the edges.  I also rubbed the raised areas of embossing and it added the perfect highlight of gold glimmer.

I embellished my Art Angel with glitter, more embossing, and more Inka Gold.  Inka Gold is perfect on metal embellishments for the same glitz as the rest of the project.

This was a rather quick project to complete and I really love how she turned out.  What is your favorite use for Inka Gold?  I'd love to know.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please be sure and stop by again tomorrow for another project.

Have a great day!

Tina

Welcome our March Guest Designer, Tina Walker

Hello and Happy Monday!  My name is Tina Walker and I will be sharing a bit about myself and my art with y'all this week.  I am so excited to be able to share in my passion for creating with my Splash of Color friends and I hope you enjoy my projects this week. 

So who am I?

I have been a crafter my entire life.  When I was a little girl, I remember many summers with my Grandma at the ceramic studio, prepping and painting our latest works of art.  I was bitten by the creating bug at a very early age, and it has never slowed down.

I dabbled in scrapbooking approximately 15 years ago and would create in bursts of artistic energy, but it wasn't until 4 years ago when I really started to be 'obsessed' with Scrapbooking.  I have been blessed to have been published in Somerset Memories, Artful Blogging, Scrapbook Trends, and Creating Keepsakes.

My love for creating has now opened the door to Mixed Media, and I must admit, I am hooked.  I tend to lose interest quickly when creating one type of project over and over, so Mixed Media is the perfect match for me.  I consider myself a craft (art) chameleon and really enjoy mixing up my projects.   

I am a working mom, working outside the home.  My children are grown, so much of my inspiration comes from my two French bulldogs, Moose & Flikka.  They have quite the reputation in the scrapbook world.  I currently live in Salt Lake City, Utah, but am an Mid West girl by heart.   (Go Buckeyes!) 

In addition to my personal art projects, which can be found on my blog, A Dog's Life, I also own Frog Dog Studio, a monthly Mixed Media kit club.  I believe that anyone can create art and my kits provide video and photo tutorials to make creating art fun and easy.  I believe that Mixed Media is the window to the soul and it is the basis for all self expression.

Before I leave you today, I want to share a project I created with Cheryl while I was in California during CHA.  Cheryl taught us how to create an Art Journal cover full of texture and dimension, with plaster and wax.  In addition, we used lots of amazing Splash of Color products.  This is one of those projects you just want to touch.  I wish someone would invent 'touch a vision' for our screens.  ;)

 

On top of our dried plaster, I layered several colors of LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glazes, Twinkling H2O's, and Primary Elements.  I love the richness and depth of color you acheive when using these products.  The work beautifully together and the inspiration possibiites are endless.

I hope you enjoyed this peek and please stop back each day this week for more project shares.

Thank you for stopping by!  Happy Creating!

Tina

Floral Canvas with LuminArte and Viva

Hello again!  I made this 6x8 canvas last week using Viva and LuminArte products.  First I laid down a thick coat of Viva Ferro in the bottom corner and stuck my Prima flowers in to it so as it dried, the flowers were permanently attached.  The next step was to apply a thick coat of Viva White Crackle Paint over the rest of the canvas using a palette knife, then I immediately applied the Zva Creative Rhinestone flourish on top of it so it would also permanently adhere.  The waiting began... it took several hours for the Crackle Paint to dry, but when it did, it left a pretty cool pattern of cracks all over the canvas.

After everything was dried and set, I used the LuminArte Silks paints on the canvas and on the flowers as a color base.  Stargazer Silks paint were used on the background and a few different colors were used on the flowers, mostly deep down in the cracks were the powders I used next wouldn't easily reach.

Then the fun really began!  Using a little aerosol hairspray as an adhesive and an eye shadow makeup brush, I worked on small sections at a time and worked the LuminArte Primary Elements Pigment Powders all over, which is what really amped up the shimmer and sparkle.  The beautiful thing about these pigment powders is that at first it looks nice, but the more your apply and layer the different colors, the more beautiful the project becomes!  You really can't mess anything up on a project when using them because if you don't like it, just add more!  This was my second canvas project using the pigments and I'm starting to get more of a feel for them.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how my usage for these amazing powders continues as I use them more and more.  I hope you like my project.  Stay tuned for more as I learn more!

by Melissa Papke

Guest Designer With My First Project!

My name is Melissa Papke and I currently work at Splash of Color!  Next month on November 8th, I will turn 51 years of age and I am almost 13 years crazy-happily married to my dreamboat of a husband, Brian.  We don't have human children but we do have two fur-babies, a girl and a boy, Toffee and Nugget.  I owned a Scrapbook store called The Scrapbook Garden (www.thescrapbookgarden.com) for 4 years here in Huntington Beach, but closed it over two years ago because of the downturn in the economy.  I currently still teach three classes a month for page layouts and cards at another local store here in Huntington Beach and I still host my two weekend retreats for 30-50 ladies up in the Big Bear Mountains.  I have actually been Scrapbooking since way back in high school (the late 1970s) when I made the first one for my high school sweetheart and I... mostly a collection of ephemera from our dates and photos of our school dances, but it's all in a scrapbook, so it counts!  Because I owned a store, I mostly did Scrapbooking and Card Making for the last several years, but lately I have found myself branching out in to many other kinds of crafting. I have enjoyed all kinds of crafting throughout my life: scrapbooking, painting, needlepoint, etc... and now, mixed media!  This is me:

The first project I'm posting today is something I've had in my noggin for about the last five years, but I don't drink alcohol and it took my Mom that long to send me enough of her wine corks so I could actually make it!  Here it is:

My sister lovingly named this piece for me:  "A Horse is a Horse, of Cork, of Cork... meet Mister Ed!"  Silly, I know, but it made me laugh and it kind of stuck!  The background is on a 36"x24" canvas-wrapped board and was collaged using Matte Gel with two different handmade papers I found at Art Supply Warehouse.  I then painted the entire background with some amazing colors from the LuminArte Silks Paints:  Honey Amber, Nutmeg, Chestnut Brown, and a little Cinnamon Brown thrown in for good measure!  Around the edges I used the Hematite Ferro Special Effects Paste for texture, let it dry, and then painted over it with Cinnamon Brown Silks Paint.  There are 230 wine corks in this piece!  That is a LOT of wine!  I made Mister Ed's eye out of polymer clay and painted it black.  The final touches on the mane and the foliage in the bottom right corner were purchased at Michael's in the floral section.  I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out considering it was my first foray in to crafting with corks, but I truly believe that the Silks Paints made all the difference in the way this looks! 

On a final note, if you get a quirky idea in your head, just make it!  Don't worry about how it will turn out... just put your creativity to work and try something new!  There's always a chance that something might not turn out like you imagined it, but there's also a chance that it might turn out amazing, but you'll never know if you don't take the chance.  Most importantly, just have fun and enjoy your time being creative.

Guest Designer and a Layout

Hi, My name is Lisa Gregory and by profession I am a registered nurse. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 children who are now successful young adults.  I have been a crafter my whole life. I sew, embroider, crochet, paint and have dabbled in many crafty things in my life. Back in 2005, when my son was doing his senior project with his girlfriend (who is now his wife) They were creating a scrapbook of their lives. They elicited my help as I was the crafty one. We took a ride to The Dollar Tree (our local dollar store) who had a section dedicated to scrap booking....papers, albums, embellishments, flowers, and we grabbed everything we could find. I knew about the new way of scrap booking, but never gave it any thought until that trip to The Dollar Tree. After helping the kids create their albums , which by the way turned out fabulous, I was curious as to where I could get more "scrap booking stuff". So I drove to our local Michaels and Joanns craft stores. That is when I became hooked. Then I sought out the local scrapbook stores and found stuff I didn't even know existed until then. I shopped and shopped and shopped some more. I found Scrapbook.com and saw the kind of scrap booking the artists did. I was amazed at the styles. It just wasn't cut and paste and stickers. It was 3 dimensional, it was gorgeous, and oh so inspiring. So I created a gallery, created my first layout and the rest is history. My style has changed a bit throughout the years, but playing with paper and scissors is still so therapeutic for me. I am so incredibly honored that Cheryl invited me to be Guest Designer for Splash Of Color. 

I have been using the Splash Of Color products for quite some time and absolutely them. I have accumulated quite the arsenal of Silks Acrylic Glaze, and you will find me using them in almost all of the projects I create. I especially love them to color the flowers and leaves I create for my projects.

I created the flowers using the cream piece of 12x12 card stock. 1 sheet made all of the flowers and leaves as well as the flourishes. I used Splash Of Color Silks Acrylic Glaze to color the flowers. I used Silks Acrylic Glaze in Fuzzy Peach, Nutmeg and Coral Berry and rubbed the petals with Inka Gold Metallic Rub in Old Silver after the Silks was dry. Then I used Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pretty Peridot and  Viva Decor ~ Inka Gold Metallic Rub in Yellow/green to color the leaves. The flowers were die cut from one of Sizzix  Susans Garden dies. The middles were created with a little brown Flower Soft and Splash of Color Pearl Pen in Copper Pearl.



The frame was die cut with a Sizzix die, and painted with Splash Of Color Crackle Paint in white. It is amazing and dries shiny!! Then it was rubbed with a very light coat of Silks Acrylic Paint in Nutmeg using a foam applicator and rubbing it into the frame. Because the crackle dries shiny, the paint sunk into the cracks and left a light coat on the crackle. I love the look.

I used some texture paint mixed with a little gesso to thin it out and spread it over the Prima mask using a wide palette knife. Then I rubbed more of the Silks Acrylic Glaze in Nutmeg watered down a bit over the dried stones. Then I stippled just a little more over the stones when they were dry.  Using a charcoal pencil I outlined each stone for definition. 

The flourish is another Sizzix die cut using the same crackle technique as on the frame.

Here is just another view of the cluster of flowers I created and colored with the absolutely fabulous Silks Acrylic Glaze.

I did a little color spattering on the background using Silks Acrylic Glaze in Fuzzy Peach and Black Ice by flicking the paint off of a brush.

Products Used: 

Silks Acrylic Glaze in Nutmeg, Fuzzy Peach, Black Ice, Pretty Peridot and Coral Berry. 

Viva Inka Gold Metallic Rub in Yellow/green, and Old Silver

Viva Crackle Paint Base Coat and white color.

Viva Pearl Pen Bronze

upcycled clock

Hello!

I'm honored to post my project as a guest artist for Splash of Color today.   

I've been crafting and stamping about 20years now, still going on.  

A few month ago I ran into the demo of Splash of Color team, hooked instantly, got some paints right away, played on old plastic cheap clock, turned out goegeous!

 

 

side view

original cheapy clock

 

 

this is the view of after first coat

 

I had no idea how it will be while I was working.  As you see above, the first coat was not beautiful yet, but after a few more coats, it become better and better.

Supply List

• Precious Metal Effect Paint
  • Olive
  • Orange Yellow
  • Bronze
• Silks
  • Ocean Wave
  • Spiced Pumpkin
  • Bolivian Blue
• Ferro Special Effect Paste
  • Graphite

As a finishing touch, added bead trim on the rim and half pearls on clock surface.

Thank you for stopping by.

Kazuko Kocho

Yet another tag from the Character Construction Tag Swap

I am back again with yet another of my tags from the Character Construction Tag Swap.  This is my Sand Dollar tag using Viva Colour Inka Gold~blues for the background.  I painted the sand dollars with Viva Colour Inka Gold~Old Silver to make them shine.  Her tail has Viva Colour Inka Gold~green painted on the bottom and thick embossing powder over the paint to give it a patina.  Her hair is Viva Colour Pearl Pen~yellow.  The decorations in her hair and her bikini top  were created with Viva Colour Pearl Pens and Glitter Pens which are so easy to use.  She was stamped on card stock using Catherine Moore’s Character Construction Stamps.  The sayings are also from the Character Construction collection She Sells Seashells.