Splash of Color Blog

Splash of Journal Collage

 My favorite way to create has to be in a journal. My decisions for color, theme, technique, anything are up to my own whims. 

 Recently, I joined a journal "round robin." Its a sort of sisterhood of the traveling journal, except we all have our own journals. We each decorated our covers and I decorated the first 2-page spread. 

 I used collage papers designed by Marah Johson, and I especailly love the new Vamp ladies!

  I kind of cheated on this collage because the fancy lady was on a page with the French newspaper, the damask scroll, and some writing in the corners. But outlining the newspaper, I made it look like I added it, and by placing the Eiffle Tower where it it is there is a hint that I'm hiding a seam. I also used color to bring the girl forward.  Below you can see the only added pieces and the black is German foil. 

In place of the title page is the savage lady. For the background I used a Marah Johnson stencil of roses. The focal lady was a bit small for the page, so I built up a stage for her. I have painted book text and cardstock then built the collage pieces to reach outside the mats which all gave this small cut-out a much more substantial look. 

 

Close up you can see the heavy brass key and the dark German foil weighted down and gave a foundation to my lady. I love the overall effect!!  

Keepin' it savage! (wink)--heather

Splash of Organization

Several months a go I bought these drawers for my pens and pencils. I put it together and covered each drawer with a 12x12 piece of paper. Recently I decided to finsh off the piece with paint. 

First I covered the outside with 

Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Orange Yellow

 

Next is a layer to prepare for crackling: Viva Colour's Crackle Paint Base Coat

 

 

It looks white at first but dries clear. The base coat is nesseccary for the crackle paint to work. I used

Viva Colour's Black Crackle Paint.

As for the front, you can see some shimmer on the papered drawers. That is from using a very watery brush and a small amount of Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Orange Yellow .

With a few inspiring words, it was done! 

Hope you get a chance to upgrade your organizaton! -heather

Funky Cheetah Gift Bags and Mini Basketball Albums for Basketball Party

 Shelley, here, with a some cute basketball items, using Splash of Color's awesome products!

 These are the gift bags that I used for the mini albums I made for my little girl's basketball team!

 I painted white gift bags with Sky Blue Silks Acrylic Glaze and African Jade Silks Acrylic Glaze, leaving some white spaces for where the spots would go later.  I then cut a large heart out of random black and/or grey basketball paper, and glued it in the middle of the sack.

I painted the spots with Key Lime Silks Acrylic Glaze.  After these completely dried, I used Black Ice Silks Acrylic Glaze around the spots.

 I then punched out a tag out of aqua cardstock, stamped a basketball on it and painted the basketball with Kiwi Luminarte Twinling H20.  I then finished it off with a few curly ribbons on the tag and on the handle of the bag! 

Here are the books I made for the girls that went in the bags!  I put around 10 pictures in each one of the albums!

Here is a close-up of the front of the album!

Here is the back of the album!

 

Here is Team SWISH after winning the Championship!! 

Here are the bags, sitting with the Championship trophy at the end-of-the season party!   We were proud of our girls!

Here is my little baller with her goodie bag!!

 

Thanks for looking!  I hope you enjoyed it!

~ Shelley

 

Splash of Color Products

 Sky Blue ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Key Lime ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Black Ice ~ Silks Acrylic Glaze 1 oz. jar

Kiwi ~ Luminarte Twinkling H20s Grande 10 gram

 

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

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

.....just PLAYIN'

HOWDY PEEEEPS!!
I don't know about you but
I have SPRING ON THE BRAIN!!

I want flowers....warmth
and grass under my feet!!

I was given an assignment to create
something "SPRINGY" for another 
manufacturer. Now, I wanted to try
something.....when I am trying something
new...I like to try things out on a seperate
similar item.

I wanted to see Primary Elements
worked with Perfect Fabric Medium.

 
I mixed a bit of Luminarte Primary Elements
Summer Breeze and
Black Orchid with
a dab of Perfect Fabric Medium and
applied the mixtures through 
stencils and spritzed them with water!

LOVE THE EFFECT!!!

I used Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze
Black Ice
to created the petals and word!
I painted the petals and stem with
Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze
Olive Vine.

I think this idea is a GO!!!

Splash of Rusty Metal Journal

 

I had a great time making this rusty precious metal cardboard journal cover!

Let me show you how it began.

 I took some cardboard that is sold with the corragated part exposed. Then I ripped parts, bent parts, and gave it some distressed effects. Then I applied some acrylic paint to cause variation in the base color. 

In the portions where I tore off the corragated paper, I applied

 Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Yellow Orange

 

In the next step I used acrylic glaze, which was in the place of

Primary Elements All Purpose Clear Glaze Medium.

I then added a Rusting Powder, which is very dark. To start a beautiful patina, I sprinkled on

Luminarte's Primary Elements Artists' Pigments.

 

While adhering the pigment, the rusting powder was slowly changing (this product has to be sprayed with white vinegar). It began to show oranges and reds. I decided to add another metal color:

Viva Colour's Precious Metal Effects in Copper. 

 

Then I would rotate through all the paints adding where ever I thought the colors were needed. 

 Finally, I did the cover collage and used the same paints as I used in the background to color the dense chipboard cut-outs and the wooden buttons.

For the title and my name on the back of the book, I used glitter letters and gave them a coating of 

Viva Colour's Clear Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen.

 I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I recommend getting a little bit dirty! -heather

 

Framed in Love...

I am soooo excited to be blog hopping with Splash Of Color and Die-Namites!!! 2 Days of absolute LOVE!!!!

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I used the Cotswald Manor Collection from Splash of Color for my layout. It is absolutely gorgeous!!! I got a little inky with Silks for my splashes and splatters.

For my photoframes, I used 2 different Die-Namites dies and combined them for a beautiful frame. Rose Bouquet DN-1120, and Elegant Heart FrameDN-1127.

I just cut the bow off of the bottom of the Rose Bouquet and placed the flowers on the top of the Elegant Heart Frame and the bow portion on the bottom.

I fussy cut one of the pages of the paper and used it in the corner of my layout. I used Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub in Lava Gold for my Heart Frames and the buds on the Rose bouquets. Then I covered evrything with the Viva Colour Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen. I colored the bow porion with Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade. I also used African Jade as a color wash around the layout.

The butterflies are from Iron Orchid Designs Die Cut Shape pack. I just smeared some Viva Colour Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen on them for shine. 

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SOC-Die-Namites Dies Blog Hop: Sweet Treats by Shelley Hamilton

 Welcome to the Splash of Color Die~Namites Dies Blog Hop...

MAKE SURE TO LEAVE COMMENTS on each of the Splash of Colors Design Team Members posts that will be featured ALL DAY TODAY! Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies will be giving away randomly chosen prize packages equaling $25 each!

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Shelley, here, with a Sweet Treat, just in time for Valentine's Day! 

I've made a few Valentine's Day Magnets, and decorated a jar to put a few treats in!

 For the jar, I took a doilly and sprayed it with Ginger Peach shimmering mist, then daubed the edges with Hot Cinnamon.  After it dried, I covered the inside metal lid, and put the ring around it.  These fabulous cupcakes were made with the "Delightful Cupcakes" Die-Namites Die and some thin metal.  They look good enough to eat!

 

Here are the magnet-valentines I made!

I started with chipboard pieces.  On the scalloped piece, I used Inka Gold in "Lava Red".  This provided a nice base to start with!  For the top chipboard piece, I used a piece of Cotswald Manor paper.  The "Heart Bouquet" is another awesome die from Die-Namites!  To give the little chipboard bird a little bit of texture, I used Magic Transparent Pearl Pen.  I glued a piece of magnet on the back of the piece.  So, instead of giving a little Valentine's Day card, I will give my Valentines a little magnet that will have them thinking of me just a little bit longer!

Here is a variation on the last magnet, still using the same beautiful die!

On this magnet, I used the "Delightful Cupcakes" diecut again!  I cut it in two different colors of metal, allowing me to have the cut-out parts in a different color, and then I glued them on!

Here, I used the cut-out parts on the chipboard heart, as well! 

I hope you enjoyed my project!  Have a great Valentine's Day, and a fun time at the HOP!!!

Die-Namites Dies Used

Delightful Cupcakes Die-Namites Die

Heart Bouquet Die-Namites Die

 

Splash of Color Products Used

Ginger Peach Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Hot Cinnamon Luminart Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

Viva Clear Magic Transparent Pearl Pen

Viva Inka Gold - Lava Red

Cotswald Manor- Romantic DS paper

Cotswald Manor - Devotion DS paper

Cotswald Manor - Sentimental DS paper

 

Be True!

Good morning ~ Cheryl here to share with you my project for the Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies blog hop! 

   

 

Splash of Color and Die~Namites Dies
 will be giving away randomly chosen prize packages 
equaling $25 each!

 

MAKE SURE TO LEAVE COMMENTS 
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When i started designing with our Luminarte paints and Die~Namites Dies I quickly realized it is a match made in heaven!  

  This is the book showing how the die was cut from the cover , making a transparent image.  

Here is a closeup!

 

 

Close up of in the inside front cover

 

 

And of course the full image showing how the album folds out!

 

 

I die cut the Regal heart and the Love Arrangement from cardstock.  I painted them with various Luminarte Twinkling h20's and when dried i dipped the pieces into hot beeswax.  I cut the flowers and the leaves from the Love Arrangement adding them to the Regal Heart.  

Supplies:

• IOD Cotswald Manor Collection
• Luminarte Twinkling H20's
• Christine Adolph Boho 6x6 paper pad 
• Flip album
• Die~Namites dies ~ Regal Heart & Love Arrangement
•  IOD Devotion ATC diecuts
• Devotion 2.5x10" paintable word stickers
• Bazzill white cardstock
• AccuCut Craft Scallop Lace border die
• Tsukineko "New" Neon ink pads
• Natural Beeswax

 I diecut some white cardstock using the DieNamites dies and painted them with various Luminarte Twinkling H20's! 

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