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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

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

.....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!!!

Butterflies and Silks Color my World!!

For those who know me, You know I just adore butterflies. They can lighten a project and just add a little beauty to your them. I have a butterfly file that I created, but the colors were not the vibrant blue/green I wanted. That is where Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze came to the rescue. I love how with just one light coat, the details of the butterflies still came through. 

 For the base coat I started with LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in African Jade.

Then in selected areas I painted LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze in 2 different colors,  Celedon and Emerald. I used a touch of Periwinkle and Pink Anthurium. 

I also enhanced my flowers using the LuminArte Silks Acrylic Glaze. The pink is Pink Anthurium

and the blue flower was enhanced with Celedon and African Jade to match the butterflies.

The photo I used in my layout is courtesy of Amber of The cardboard Collective.

She is an amazing artist who works wonders with card board. I absolutely adore her butterfly wings....sigh....

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you are inspired to use Luminrte Silks to color and enhance your projetcs. The shimmer iin the Glazes are just magical!!

Till next time....Dream in a Splash of Color!!!

xoxo

Lisa

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

 

Winner......WINNER!!

SOOOOO SORRY FOR THE DELAY....
in the announcement of our 
Die~Namites Dies and Splash of Color Blog Hop!!!

THE WINNER IS.......
Heather Thompson

Heather.....please send an email with your full name and address to 
our education director, Cheryl Mezzetti {[email protected]}
and we will ship out your prize package!