'Be Awesome Today' for Colour Blast

Hi there Colour Blasters! Anita here :)

I'm back today with some creative inspiration for you.

Saddly, this is my last post on the Colour Blast team :(

I have had a ball playing with these fantastic products.

Here's what I created...

'BE AWESOME TODAY'

 After playing along with Kraft+ challenge,

that Colour Blast sponsored

the other month. I decided I LOVED the

challenge soooo much, I wanted to have ANOTHER

crack at it LOL....

 

I've prep a little, using a gesso to created an 'island'.

I then grabbed a colour in the Mica Powders, & created

some watercolour detail over the gesso.

I used the same colour to mix in with some

gel medium & put thru the Flutterby

'Words of Wisdom' stencil.

I then finished of with LOTS of gorgeous goodies from Flutterby Designs!!!

You can find all the Colour Blast products here

Flutterby Designs SHOP

'Hello Love' for Colour Blast

Hi there Colour Blasters!!! 

Anita here :)

I'm sharing a sneak peek at some new

Mica Colour Powders!! Here's a layout I created

using them...

'HELLO LOVE'

I have not used mica powders a lot before, so I adapted

them in a way I was familiar

with. I firstprepped my layout with some gesso

& then moved in to create a watercolour

effect using the powders.

I decided then I wanted to do some stenciling,

so I mixed some mica powder in with some gel medium

& used a script stencil.

I wanted to alter my wood veneer, by colouring it.

I painted it with gesso first, & while it was wet, daubed

some mica powder onto it using my finger.

I had made up the pink mica powder & gel medium

originally for stencilling, but changed my mind LOL.

I didn't want to waste it - who ever wants to do that?!

So I started freehanding a big flower on my layout.

Once it was dried, I knifed around a few petals & tucked

my photo underneath.

I finished off embellishing with a few
Flutterby Designs goodies.
Have you had a play with the new Mica Powders yet???

You can find all the Colour Blast products here 

Flutterby Designs SHOP

'ONE BEAUTIFUL GIRL' for Colour Blast

My turn again on the Colour Blast blog today.

With this layout I wanted to create a big, bold &

dramatic background. I've used black cardstock

again to really make it pop.

'ONE BEAUTIFUL GIRL'

I've used lots of gold in this one!
Bling Colour paste, Bling shimmer spray

& Bling embossing powder!!

I'm not a stamp & emboss kinda girl, so what I
like to do is while my paste or paint is still wet & tacky,
is pile on some embossing powder & melt it.
It creates this kinda cool metallic enamel texture to your background.

You can find all the Colour Blast products here

June Shares for Flutterby Designs

I thought it was time

I popped in & shared a few projects I've created

over the last several weeks. I've just started retreating again... & I LOVE being able to let my hair down & create with my people. Nothing better than having sore ab

muscles from being bent over laughing for so long.

'Hello Beautiful'

I've used the new 'Partners In Crime' collection.

I loved this sheet of Cocoa Vanilla Studio paper &

it looked like the perfect starting point. I've gone in

with some gesso & my Flutter Colour paints swooshes.

I then began piecing & layering the Everyday Etc cards

with my photo. 

Finishing up with some doodling, Circle & Confetti Circles wood veneers, Flair button, Teal Sticky Snippets, Enamel dots & Partners In Crime Page Tabs. I've also used

a Charm's Creation Mini Heart.

 

 

 

PRODUCTS USED:

'Partners In Crime' Everyday Etc Cards

'Partners In Crime' Page Tabs

Flair button from set no.398

Circle wood veneers

Confetti Circles wood veneers

Enamel dots

Cool Snippet Strips

Flutter Colour Paint - Rainbow

 'Mum Mum Mum'

This cool monochrome layout I created at a my first

retreat away from Evie (who turned 1 the day before LOL). I've started with a mixed media base.

I've used the 'I {heart} You' stencil with some glass

bead gel, plus some Flutter Colour paint, gesso & a bit

of Colour Blast paste. With a simple bit of layering, flair button, Page Tabs, doodling & title - it's done!

 

 

PRODUCTS USED:

'Blank Palette' Page Tabs

Flair button from set no.292

'I {heart} You' Stencil

Flutter Colour Paint - Monochrome

'PIT STOP FUN' for Colour Blast

I'm back to share a layout I made using some

fab Colour Blast products!

I've gone with a black sheet of cardstock to

really make the background pop

 

'PIT STOP FUN'

I've used a 12x12 stencil & taped it down on
my workspace over top of the cardstock.
I then selected the Colour Pastes I wanted to use.

I went with these colours:

Deep Water

Envy

Apple of My Eye

Sunshine

I started with yellow & worked my out using a
using a palette knife to spread my pastes.
Once that was dried, I watered down some gesso

& created some splatters & paint runs to where
I had decided to place my photos. 

I then watered down a bit of Sunshine & Envy
colour pastes to wash over the gesso a bit.
I also flicked my brush to add splatters.

I then finished off with my photos & embellishments :)

A couple of weeks ago, at Shop & Crop's Glamping
retreat I showed the girls a quick demo using the
Colour Blast Colour Pastes.

With the one of the demo backgrounds I created,
I made into a layout for one of my new friends, Kathy
of her gorgeous tribe :) 

You can find all the Colour Blast products here

Kraft + June Challenge for Flutterby Designs

Flutterby Designs is one of this month's sponsor

on the Kraft+ challenge blog.

This month's theme, Kraft + Jigsaw Puzzle pieces.

The new 'Puzzle Me' stencil is perfect!! 

Here's a step by step of how I created it :)

Flutterby Supply list:
  Flutter Colour paint
  'Puzzle Me' Stencil
  Flair button from set no.386
 Everyday Etc Cards 

 Filler Cards from 'Happy Together' set
  Enamel Dots
 Page Tab Cut outs 'Happy Together'
  Snippet Strips

All the Flutterby products used can be found in

our online store

www.flutterbydesigns.com.au

Make sure you pop over to the Kraft+ blog to check out the AWESOME job their DT team did with this challenge!! You might spy the 'Puzzle Me' stencil feature in a few ;) http://kraftpluschallenges.blogspot.com.au/

'You're Weird I Like It' for Colour Blast

I'm back to share a little layout I created for Colour Blast 

the other week at a retreat .

This one is SUPER easy to create - let me tell you how....

'You're Weird I Like It'

Using some 'Marshmellow' Bazzill Cardstock,

I put down a layer of gesso & with one of my

old (kinda hard) brushes, I dragged it through to

add some texture to the gesso.

I then used some clear 'Glass Bead Gel' through a

Flutterby stencil. This media dries really cool.

 Then it was time for some Colour Blast Paste!!

I've used 'Envy' in this. I put a blob of it on my craft

mat & watered it down. Using a paintbrush,

I applied in areas to my background. Using a water

spray bottle, I can spray different parts & moving my cardstock around - I can achieve nice movement

throughout my background.

I gave that a quick dry & used the left overs on my

mat with a smallish paint brush, do add 'flicks' to my layout.

I finished my layout off with some simple embellishments.

Firstly a large open cutfile, an foiled ampersand, my photos, some word stickers, thread & a flair button :)

My little girl is the cheekiest kid ever!!

These faces she's pulled are priceless LOL

You can find all the Colour Blast products here