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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

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

 

Faux embossing and a Splash of Color!!

Today is the day we get to reveal our new Design Team Member 
Lisa Gregory. We are looking forward to the
creativity she will bring to our team!

Help us in welcoming Lisa!! 

I am so very excited to have been asked to join the fabulous Splash Of Color Design Team!!! I find myself reaching for all of their fabulous products time after time. It was only natural that I accepted the invitation with honor! So for my first official DT project, I bring to you a layout on canvas, and a short tutorial on how I created the background.

I created the canvas background to look as if the canvas was embossed. And the shimmer of the Silks Acrylic Glazes and the Viva Inka Gold Metallic Rubs is unbelievablely beautiful!!

I touched up just about everything I used on this layout. The flowers and the chipboard were all rubbed with the Metallic rub as well as the some of the Silks.

Here is one of the clusters of flowers that were touched up with the Silks.

 

 TUTORIAL TO CREATE THE FAUX EMBOSSED CANVAS

To prepare your canvas, give it a good coat of gesso.

After it has dried, I die cut some leaves and embossed them with the matching embossing folder. I adhered them to the outer edges of the canvas with some craft glue.

Once they were adhered, I coated the whole canvas with a couple of coats of gesso, making sure the edges of the die cut leaves were sealed.

I covered the entire canvas using
Viva Colour Inka Gold Metallic Rub Base Coat - Gold Base Coat 

On top of that I added the Viva Colour ~ Inka Gold in green. To add a little more drama, I rubbed on some Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Pretty Peridot and Mallard using a small foam applicator and rubbing it into the edges of the raised leaves.

I used a little more of the Gold rub over the entire canvas to soften the spots there was to much green. It evens out the whole look of the color. I used a soft cloth to apply the rub.

Once the canvas was coated, the magic begins. I used different colors of Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze to give the canvas a bit of color. Because the glaze is transprent, you don't need a lot to add the  bit of color. I used a small sponge applicator to rub in the various colors into the canvas. The colors I used in this canvas piece were French Lilac, Plumeria, Celadon, and Snapdragon. There are so many color od Silks to choose from.

 

Thank you for joining me for my first official post as a Splash Of Color Designer!!! I am so excited to be working with the wonderful artists on this team and look forward to a productive, colorful new year!!!

 

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.  

Welcome Guest Designer Sue Whittemore!

I am very excited to share a bit about myself and my work on the Splash of Color blog!  

I always knew that i would be involved in some type of Art since attending Art School!  I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not use paint as a medium into my crafts and my decor, I even painted images of all the Winnie the Pooh characters on the wall of a child's room

Since retiring I am able to spend alot of time with my two teenage grandchildren, Tess and Emma, who I thoroughly enjoy.  I live with my Siamese cat, Ming Mei, who is very devious and feisty but I still love her.  

I always knew that i would be involved in some type of Art since attending Art School!  I cannot remember a time in my life when i did not use paint as a medium into my crafts and my decor, I even painted images of all the Winnie the Pooh characters on the wall of a child's room

In addition to painting, I enjoy making quilts, machine embroidery, working with felt, wool and roving.  I also love to make greeting cards for various stores in our area. 

But since my niece, Cheryl Mezzetti, introduced me to mixed media and the Splash of Color products, I have been concentrating on learning all the techniques and products thanks to Cheryl's expertise.   She shared with me how easy it is to use the Splash of Color paints!  I am hooked - so of course when I needed to make some tags for my swap I had to use the paints!  Splash of Color's beautiful mixed media products and Catherine Moore's Character Construction stamps are a match made in heaven.  

For my swap I created 5 tags using many of the Splash of Color products!  For this first tag, I stamped the mermaid image onto a piece of white cardstock.  I rubbed with Viva Colour Inka gold ~ blue, for the base of her tail.  

I mixed together the Viva Colour "Pearl" Modeling Cream with Luminarte Primary Elements{i can change the color of their pearl or champagne modeling cream just by mixing in Luminarte primary elements}.  Using the "Quartrefoil" 6x6 stencil from The Crafters Workshop and a palette knife, I covered the tail and quickly dried it with a heat tool.  

Her necklace was easy to create - I rubbed a bit of the Viva Colour Inka Gold ~ Blue onto the Oceanside small resin pieces and viola ~ finished!

Supplies used: Viva Colour Inka gold paste "blue", Modeling Cream "pearl" mixed with Luminarte primary elements "dragon fly", Viva Colour Inka Gold paste "gold"rubbed with my fingers onto the compass, Viva Colour Inka Gold Paste "blue" painted onto Oceanside small resin "starfish" and for the hair I used the stamp Posh Limited by Dee Gruenig "prairie grass" and stamped with Colorbox ink.

Heather Kindt, Silks Exploration

Heather here again my final post for this series!  I am excited to share a bit of work that you may have seen on my blog. You can see the entire collection by clicking on the link "artwork for a pediatrician's office." These pieces were intended to be suitable to a wide range of ages and must not be too cheesy. 

 

My husband is a rather new pediatrician, but has strong
opinions about the appearance of his patient areas. We took down some canvases decorated by elementary classes because the colorful construction paper had faded to grey. I felt bad but it was drab! I covered the surfaces and went for some simple designs.

 

 (look at that lumpy surface)

 

 

The staff was so thrilled, which was a huge relief to me. Their favorite: the fairy. I was always asked about the background. The secrects are the lumpy bumpy surface and Silks on top of acrylic paint. 

 

happy creating! -heather

Coloring with Silk Acrylic Glaze....

Howdy y'all.....Lynne here!!

I had been asked to participate in a team up with
Petaloo and Splash of Color....

Here is my creation! 

Out of the wide variety of ways to color available,
I chose to use the Silks Acrylic Glaze
from Splash of Color.  

I chose to use my periennial garden as the
inspiration for my creative piece....
I don't know about your garden....
but mine is full of all kinds of colors!!

What better way to accent my flower cluster
then with the CMC Chipboard ~ Gates
and the "little birds" from the Birdhouse with Birds
CMC Chipboard which I painted
with Viva Colour Gold ~ Precious Metal Effects Paint!! 

I have created a video tutorial
on my creative process and 
how I colored my flowers.

Hope you enjoy....and are inspired
to PULL OUT SOME AMAZING
SPLASH OF COLOR of color products
and COLOR AWAY!!! 

Guest Designer Nancy Wethington!

Hi everyone. My name is Nancy Wethington and I am today's guest blogger on the CI Splash of Color blog.

Cheryl introduced me to the Splash of Color array of products and I was immediately hooked.

The paints, metallics and modeling creams opened up a whole new world for me.

After grabbing a canvas, I decided to mix my new love of these paints with my addiction for inchies/betwinchies.

Inchies are 1" x 1" squares that you can paint, decorate, draw on, paper

and otherwise embellish to your heart's content.

You can do the same with betwinchies only on a slightly larger surface: 1.5" x 1.5"

Beginning with a 6" x 12" canvas, I reached for my *go to* color preferences:

 

I opted for Splash of Color Luminarte Acrylic Silks for the base.

Using a large flat brush, I painted in one direction and began layering the colors. This paint is so unique, you can layer colors over colors and you will never create a muddy look!   

You can easily achieve the most beautiful blending with these water based paints.

 And look at the sheen!

 

Next, for the background, a Crafters Workshop stencil and Viva Colour Pearl Modeling Cream were the medium of choice.

The Splash of Color Modeling Creams come in a variety of colors and are so smooth!

I love the Pearl (and I can tint it myself with any of the Luminarte Acrylic Silks or Luminarte Primary Elements).

Once again, a lovely shimmer and a quick dry!

Using Luminarte Twinkling H2O's, I was able to add bits of color here and there.

The adorable little pots contain so much color and shine!

After cutting some heavy chipboard for the betwinchies,

I counted on the Splash of Color Mixed Media Travel Collage Pack to decorate.

These images are perfect for tiny collage work as they're detailed in a small pattern.

 

Using a template helps plan the images:

 Wanting to add color to the betwinchies,

I once again turned to the Splash of Color Silks for the background

as well as the Splash of Color Luminarte Twinkling H2O's for the detail work. 

The Twinkling H2O's are also water based and work beautifully right from their cute little jars.

 

All dressed up and ready to go:

And here's the finished project:

Adding carpenter rulers to the edges finished it off:

I hope you enjoyed this altered canvas with betwinchies. It was a surely a pleasure guest blogging today.

Thank you Cheryl and Splash of Color.

....a TECHNIQUE it is!!!

As many of you know....
I am ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUES...
I love trying new things...
Sometimes they WORK...
Sometimes they don't.

But the technique I want to share today
WORKS.....and I have used it many
times since.

I colored the Viva Colour Stone Effect Paste ~ Sand/Gold
with Luminarte Primary Elements ~ Olive Vine....
and applied it to the chipboard. 

 

I created a short video tutorial on how I went 
about this process....
Hope you enjoy it!!

 

 

Products Used:
Splash of Color
Viva Colour
Sand Effect Paste ~ Sand/Gold
Precious Metal Effect Paint ~ Olive

Luminarte ~ Primary Elements
Costa Rica ~ Olive Vine 

An Artful Journey by Lynn Kopas

Hello Everyone!  I wanted to share my altered journaling page from a couple of month ago during the hectic Christmas holiday season! I thought i would share some of the technique i used as you can incorporate these into any theme or project!

I like to use different journals and I learn something new with each adventure. This month's page was created in my 5.5 x 8.5 Strathmore Mixed Media vellum surface wire-bound journal ... (that was a mouthful!!) This journal is excellent for handling wet, messy, goopy mixed media mediums and will not disappoint! The journal lays flat nicely but the wire binding does get in the way and wet mediums can pool in the middle. I don't mind it so much, but for those that do Strathmore also makes a hardbound journal in various sizes with the same amazing paper.

I kept my page fairly simple this month. It's hard to know when to stop with art journaling and yet you can always go back and add more later!! I used a variety of Luminarte to create my background. I started by spraying a blank, dry page with a generous amounts of Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists in Bashful Blue and Ocean Wave. I let the mists sit for a minute or two and then wiped them off with paper towels. Next I placed the trio of Christmas trees from the 12 x 12 Christmas Time Stencil Kit over the page and sprayed over the stencil with the Ocean Blue again - using the stencil as a mask. The result was a subtle image of the stencil - with color still in the background.

Next I used a background stamp and Manganese Blue Archival Ink - a permanent ink - and randomly stamped images on the page. I then used a dotted roller stamp and some gesso and rolled it onto the page. I tore a piece of Monarch Allegro paper and cut a few strips from the Noel Transparency and placed them below the masked image - this provided a base for my transparency girl to stand on. I also liked the pop of red the transparency strips add to the page.

 I added another tiny strip of paper and transparency in the upper right corner of the page.

 I found a Christmas quote from the internet and printed it out onto plain paper.

I dipped a pen cap into Silks Acrylic Glaze in Carmen - a luscious red paint and added a few small circles to add more red to the page. I added a resin star to the middle tree. Lastly I added some rub-ons in black and a red ornament rubon and viola - done ... for now anyway!!!  

Supplies Used:

Creative Imaginations:

• 28585 - 12 x 12 Christmas Time Stencil Kit
• 28069 - Monarch Allegro DS Paint it! Paper
• 21351 - 12 x 12 Noel Transparency
• 29317 - Preposterous Die Cut Transparency Shapes
• 29175 - Oceanside Resin
• 18894 - Swatch Book Impress-ons - Narratives
• 20224 - Swatch Book Impress-ons - Narratives

Luminarte:

• 26392 Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Ocean Wave
• 29523 Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Bashful Blue
• 29519 Twinkling H20's Grande (10 gr) - Ice
• SLK-102 - Silks Aacrylic Glaze - Carmen

Other:

• Archival Ink - Manganese Blue
• Gesso
• Roller Stamp
• Background Stamp

 Thanks for hopping over and enjoy the Holiday Craziness!!