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Altered Project by Shelley Hamilton: Wooden Spool Photo Holder

Shelley, here, with an altered project, using a Melissa Frances Spool Photo Holder and some awesome Viva Colour products!

 

I began with a wooden Melissa Frances wooden spool.  I first distressed it by using a file in many places.  Then, I used Viva Colour Gold Crackle Paint over several parts of it to give an old look.

The corner scrolls are by Melissa Frances, also, and are just the thing for this photo ATC!  I used the file on these, then painted them with Black China Luminarte Twinkling H20.   After letting this dry, I added some Viva Colour Gold in "Gold" and some Viva Colour Gold Crackle Paint.  I layered these products, until I achieved the looked that I wanted.

On the ring holder, I used Viva Colour Inka Gold "Gold".  I used a wood ATC and glued a black and white photo on it.  I heavily distessed the edges of the photo and the card itself.  I painted over all of the edges with Black China Luminarte Twinkling H20.  I then glued down the corners.  After getting everything down where I wanted it, I used a stamp on the edge of the photo and card.  I then touched up all of the card and corners with the Viva Colour Inka Gold "Gold", Viva Colour Gold Crackle Paint, Black China Luminarte Twinkling H20, and Viva Colour Silver Precious Metal Effect Paint.

You can see toward the top of the spool and in the middle, the Viva Colour Inka Gold in "Gold" that I have wiped in the scratches made by the file.  On the bottom part, you can see the crackle paint.

Thanks for looking!  I hope you enjoyed it, and will give these products a try!!

 

Splash of Color Products

Viva Gold Crackle Paint

Viva Inka Gold in "Gold"

Black China Luminarte Twinkling H20

Viva Silver Precious Metal Effect Paint

Cherry Wood ATC pack

 

Happy Birthday Cupcake with May Arts by Shelley Hamilton

Get Inky with Splash of Color and May Arts and you could be the winner of a generous prize package!  Our design team will be posting their projects all day today on our blog using our beautiful Luminarte Paints and May Arts ribbons - you just need to post a comment or two for a chance to win our paints and May Arts ribbons!  

But wait there is more, tomorrow the May Arts design team will be posting their projects all day on the May Arts blog!  Hop on over there tomorrow and post some comments!  One winner will be selected before the opening of CHA Summer in Las Vegas.

 Here is a sampling of some of the Splash of Color and May Arts products used in our Blog Hop projects! 

 

And here are several ribbons by May Arts that we have  used in this Blog Hop!

Let's get the ball rolling with this adorable Birthday ATC project by designer Shelley Hamilton!

 

 

I started with our real wood ATC and added Viva Modeling Cream with a zebra stencil.  In order to make the cream the pretty purple color, I mixed in a bit of Lavender Primary Elements in the cream before using it with the stencil.  After this completely dried, I painted the remaining wood with several coats of Mediterranean Blue Luminarte Twinkling H20.

  

I used some Viva White Stone Effect Paste mixed with Cinnamon Primary Elements powder, and put it on the top of the cupcake for the icing.  I then sprinkled some glass beads on it while it was still wet.  I painted the candle with Viva Turquoise Precious Metal Effect and the flame with Viva Orange Pearl Pen.

For the cupcake holder, I used the white eyelet ribbon from May Arts and sprayed it with Periwinkle Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist.  For the bow, I used white May Arts ribbon painted with the Turquoise Precious Metal Effect Paint somewhat sparsely.

To finish off the ATC, I used a few birthday sentiments!

I hope you guys enjoyed looking, I certainly enjoyed sharing it with you!!

Don't forget to comment on our blog and on May Arts blog to win the prize!!

Good luck!  Have fun with the Blog Hop!!

 

 

Splash of Color Products

Cherry Wood ATC

 Viva Pearl Modeling Cream

Mediterranean Blue Luminarte Twinkling H20

Viva White Stone Effect Paste

Viva Turquoise Precious Metal Effect Paint

Viva Orange Pearl Pen

Periwinkle Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist

 

May Arts Products

White Eyelet Trim #447

White Faux Linen Trim

 

THANK YOU.....it is!!

I LOVE creating ATC's...
just to see how much
CREATIVE goodness I can fit
on a 2.5" x 3.5" space.

I decided to try an experiement....
I took one of each of the
Splash of Color ATC's
Corrugated Kraft, White and Black
along with the Birch ATC.

I lined them up and created each one exactly the same....
I pulled out my basket of Silks ~ Acrylic Glaze.
Now....this product is a bit transparent in nature
so I wanted to see how it would respond
on each of the different colored backgrounds.

Here is the White Corrugated ATC...
and yes those are mini puzzle pieces...
adhered with Black Gesso
and colored with Viva Colour Inka Gold ~ Orange. 
See that amazing sparkle from the
Viva Colour German Glitter ~ Gold. 

The easiest to tell was the Birch...
I just love how the Sikl Acrylic Glaze
flowed with the wood grain. 

Here is the Black Corrugated ATC.
hint hint....I dabbed on a pile of
Viva Colour Modeling Cream ~ Champagne
and used it as an adhesive to hold down the mesh. 

Last but not least,
the Kraft Corrugated ATC.

I will be adhering these little darlings 
to the face of a few cards...
and sending them out as THANK YOU's to
my friends!!

Products Used:

Splash of Color
Birch ATC's
Black Corrugated ATC's
White Corrugated ATC's
Kraft Corrugated ATC's

Luminarte
Silks Acrylic Glaze
Cinnamon Brown
Apricot Nectar
Bolivian Blue
Forest Green
Twinkling H20
Sunflower 

Viva Colour
Modeling Cream ~ Champagne
Inka Gold ~ Orange
German Glitter ~ Gold
 

Love You.....ATC

I created these little beauties with a very sad heart. 
They are to commerate the passing of my friend's father.
I made one for all the girls in the family!! 

I am a person who like litte momentos to remember occasions....
So, I thought I would create something beautiful 
to remember such a sad day!!

I began my creation with a piece Paint It paper.....
that I covered with various Luminarte ~ Twinkling H20's.
Then cut 3.5 x 2.5 to create my ATC backs.  

Using Tim Holtz ~ Mini Heart Set, I cut four of the larger heart 
from two pieces of Corrugated Kraft ATC's.

With the smaller heart, I cut 4 hearts from
one piece of Birch ATC. 

This is where the fun began!!
I mixed up a batch of Hot Cinnamon and Coral Berry ~ Primary Elements.
Making sure to have equal parts of Primary Elements and Bind and Resist
with a dash of water.
(if you don't use the Bind and Resist....
all the beautiful Mica will just fall off!!!)

I randomly painted Hot Cinnamon on the
corrugated heart and spritzed with water
for better coverage!

When dry I randomly painted on
Snap Dragon ~ Luminarte Silk Acrylic Glaze.

For the smaller heart, I painted on
Emperor's Gold ~ Luminarte Silk Acrylic Glaze,
when dry I painted on the Coral Berry.

To finish up my little grouping I used my Primary Element mixtures
to color the Color Me Crazy flowers.
The leaves were colored using
Spanish Moss ~ Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist
and Olive Vine ~ Luminarte Silk Acrylic Glaze.

On the back of each ATC I stamped my favorite saying......

"We do not remember days,
We remember moments"
Cesare Pavese 

Be sure to tell those that you hold dear to your heart....
that you LOVE THEM!!!

PRODUCTS USED:

ATC's
29169 Corrugated Kraft
29170 Brich

Luminarte ~ PRIMARY ELEMENTS
29531 ~ Dragon's Dance
(includes Hot Cinnamon, Coral Berry and Bind and Resist)

Luminarte ~ Radiant Rain SHIMMERING MIST
29041 Spanish Moss

Luminarte ~ SILK Acrylic Glaze
Olive Vine
Emperor's Gold
Snap Dragon

Misc Products:
Petaloo ~ Color Me Crazy flowers
Tim Holtz ~ Mini Hearts Set
May Arts ~ Twine and Silk Ribbon 

 

Another ATC...All About Layers!

Hi Everyone!  Nicole here with another fun ATC Card to share featuring layer upon layer of technique, medium and color!

I started with one of the new Birch Wood ATC canvases to make sure my base was nice and sturdy so it would hold up to lots of creative abuse!  I then began to tear up book text from an old dictionary and adhered it to the base using Mod Podge.  When it was completely dry, I began fingerpainting over the book text with the Silks Acrylic Glaze colors...green, blue, yellow and yummy pink!  What I love about these glazes is that they are more transparent than acrylic paint, so after painting it on I was still able to see the book text layer underneath without having to wipe any off...so cool!  After the glaze was dry, I grabbed a couple of fun stamps and randomly added some text style and postage style stamps to the background, along with some small snippits of rub-on extras I had hiding in my stash.

While that was drying, I grabbed the little bird & flower die cuts and painted them with silks.  I added them to the the final layer along with lots of fun ephemra I had in my mixed media stash, like washi tape, drywall tape, a little filmstrip, random metal bits, ribbon and a button!

And here's what I ended up with:

 

Creative Imaginations Products Used:

• Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pink Grapefruit
• Silks Acrylic Glaze in Sky Blue
• Silks Acrylic Glaze in Sunburst
• Silks Acrylic Glaze in Fern
• 29164 Antique ATC Die Cuts
• 29170 Birch Wood ATC Card
• 29158 Life As Words Art Stickers

Colorful and fun ATC's

Good morning!  This is Alicia and I'm excited to show off two ATC cards I put together using the Luminarte Silks and the fabulous ATC products. 

 

I love bright colors so I played around with the corrugated ATC papers and just randomly painted the background  in bright colors.  I then love the Sunburst yellow and decided to paint the butterflies and the frame so they would pop off my ATC.  On my second ATC, I used the real wood ATC and also painted it with the silk and chose to keep the paintable birdcage black and white for contrast.  I added some words from the ATC word sheets and some ribbon, and they were done!  ATC's are so much fun to create!

Kraft Corrugated ATC Card Pack 

Birch Wood ATC Card Pack

Loolah ATC Diecut Shapes  {scallop frame}

Loolah Paint it! Word Stickers 

#29572 Paint it! Love Blooms Diecut shapes {birdcage and butterflies}

Luminarte Silks (Fern, Ginger Peach, Pink Azalea, Sunburst, Sky Blue)

 

 

 

Birds of a Feather!

Hey there, Tanisha here to share a couple of projects that I created with Debbie Mumm's gorgeous Song Birds Collection. This is one of those lines that I fall more and more in love with every time I look at it. It's filled with adorable little treasures like the tiny peach flowers in the die cut pack to the clever little phrases that inspired the title for my layout.

I started my layout by layering patterned papers, cardstock, and a border punched strip of wood to create the background. I lightly spritzed the lightest part of the background with Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist.

Since this line has a lot of nature elements, I added flowers, a spray, and jute to add to textural interest.

I used a paint brush and Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist to paint the chipboard photo corners.

I used the design of the layout and some of the same elelements to create a frame.

Here are some close-ups of the details.

Products used:

Debbie Mumm Song Birds

• 29228 Sweet Tweet DS Paper
• 29229 Song Birds DS Paper
• 29230 Fancy Flight DS Paper
• 29231 Nature's Song DS Paper
• 29233 Song Birds 12x12 Cardstock
• 29235 Song Birds DC Shapes
• 26397 Butternut Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist
• 26041 Real Wood 6x12 Thin Cherry

Christine Adolph--Sakura

Have you ever come across one of those collections that is just so pretty that you don't even want to cut into it?  That's exactly how I felt about Christine Adolph's Sakura collection.  The beautiful colors and patterns are suitable for framing!

As you can see, I eventually decided to cut into those pretty papers to create this layout.  I used the die cut paper as my background and cut the lanterns from patterned paper to use as a decorative element across the top of the layout.

I brought out the purple in the papers by painting a strip of Paint It papers with sugar plum Luminarte Twinking H2Os.  I further embellished with die cuts, layered stickers, and a border punched strip of real wood paper.

I create this card for a friend.  I embossed a piece of wood paper and then inked the raised design and then embellished with twine and a die cut. 

 

Luminarte

Twinkling H2Os in Sugar Plum

Christine Adolph Sakura

 Sakura DC Shapes

 Sakura Layered Sticker

Sakura Serenity DS Paper

 Sakura Lovely DC Paper

Sakura Blooming DS Paper

Sakura Spring DS paper

Real Wood

Real Wood 12x12 Thin Cherry

Marah Johnson Paint It Papers

Monarch Define DS Paper

 

Tanisha

 

Introducing our new monthly feature ~ Techniques with Eva Dobilas!

Hi there, this is Eva here today.  I am bringing you a new monthly feature that will showcase some fun techniques each month!! This month I choose to work with our Real Wood paper and showing you how to use it in different ways.  To show of the techniques I created three different ATC's. 

Die cutting with Real Wood paper.

Dry Embossing with Real Wood Paper

Wet Embossing and painting on Real Wood Paper

To see how I used the techniques on these ATC's please watch the video below.

 

On my Life is Beautiful ATC I used Samantha Walkers Spellbinders Antique Frame and Accents. I simply diecut it and to highlight the design I dry brushed some white acrylic paint and that is all you need. To decorate my ATC I used Samantha Walker's Life is Beautiful Unity Stamp set, which I painted with Twinkling H2O's.

On my Love ATC I did some dry embossing and used Spellbinders new Valor M-Bossibilities folder. Once I embossed the paper I once again dry brushed some white acrylic paint over it to highlight the embossing. Love that affect of embossing real wood paper, definitely one of my favorite techniques. To finish off my ATC I used Marah Johnson's Monarch Die cut frames, which I painted in with Twinkling H2O's. The Love stamp is by Justrite Stamps from their Winter Words set.

My last ATC is showcasing wet embossing on real wood paper. For this ATC I worked with My Favorite Things Inspired by Butterflies and Inspired by Love sets. I simply inked up my butterfly stamp with Versamark embossing ink pad and using White embossing powder I embossed it and here is what it looks like. Once I embossed it, I just painted it with Twinkling H2O's.

We will be featuring some of our other 

Christine Adolph Oceanside

Just one look at Christine Adolph's gorgeous Oceanside collection and you can almost hear the rhythmic, foamy waves crashing onto the soft sandy beach.  The variegated blues and browns will add a soft vintage flair to your beach themed projects.

The delicate butterflies and dragonflies add to the versatility of this line.  This collection is perfect for boy, girl, and adult scrapbook pages and will definitely allow your imagination run free!

{click on images for a close up view}

 

Above 12x12 layout designed by DT Member Tanisha Long

Card by DT Member Alice Carman

This collection also comes in a 6x6 pad!!

8x8 layout designed by DT Member Nicole Capote

Be sure to jump over to Artist Christine Adolph's blog or become a fan on her facebook page.