Art and crafting by Rebecca Davies-Sandall. Art journaling, Spectrum Noir Design Team, Crafters Companion, paper crafting, mixed media, stamping and more.
Spectrum Noir Harmony, Finesse and Watermark inkpads will be launching tonight on Hochanda at 6pm and 8pm. These really are the new must-have inkpads in my opinion! I’ve created a selection of samples to show the versatility of the Harmony inkpads.
Essentially, the Harmony inkpads are water-reactive dye inkpads for distressing, stamping and blending; Finesse are the permanent inkpads and come in 2 types – water-proof (so that you can use water based mediums like the Harmony inks or aqua pens) and alcohol-proof (so that you can use your Spectrum Noir pens or other alcohol markers). Finally there is also a watermark inkpad for watermark techniques and heat embossing. For more details on the range click here for the Spectrum Noir website or visit Crafter’s Companion to shop.
The main image is using the Finesse alcohol-proof inkpad for colouring with my Spectrum Noir pens. The background is a perfectly blended rainbow using the Harmony inks.
This card was created using a combination of the Harmony inkpads and the Rustic Brown Finesse Water-proof inkpad.
After taking a break from making art journal videos to knuckle down and finish my final dance teaching qualifications I’m pleased to say that I am back! I really enjoy art journaling so I’m hoping I can get back into a regular routine for you.
In this first video of the new series I’ve decided to demonstrate some of my colouring techniques with you as this will be my first video since becoming part of the Spectrum Noir design team. This entire spread was inspired by my daughter (who micromanaged the different stages lol x) (Scroll down for video…)
YouTube Partnership Changes
Before we get into it I have a few points to make: firstly, my channel has been affected by the recent changes to YouTube’s policies and now all of my videos that I worked hard to make have become demonetised. This basically means that I can no longer receive ad revenue (which was only pennies on my channel) but it was a very good incentive for me to carry on creating and sharing content. It also helped me justify buying another art journal or replacing supplies that ran out. In order to get monetised in the future I need to greatly increase the number of hours my videos are watched by people. Each video takes several days to create, then edit the footage, produce the final video and give you the blog entry listing all the materials, etc. If you would like to support my channel (for free!) then the best thing would be to subscribe to my channel and maybe watch a playlist or two on there from time to time. This, as well as liking and commenting on my videos, lets me know that you like my content and that you’d like to see more. Of course, if you’re a company and would like to sponsor me to make a video using your products then please get in touch too!
Voiceovers or Background Music
I’ve had a chance to reflect on comments made and there have been some occasions that people have said they would prefer a voiceover and/or more descriptions of what I’m doing to help them make similar artwork or learn from my techniques. I am super happy to start doing voiceovers for you but I also know that other people prefer to have the background music as they find the videos quite relaxing to watch. Therefore, for this video I’ve created TWO versions – one with voiceovers and one without. To help me know which format you would like to see in the future please comment on the video that works best for you.
Materials Used
Templates and Stamps from Paperbabe: Female Profile, Long & Fringe and Profile Face Stamp Set
Spectrum Noir Colorblend Pencils
Skin: Walnut, Saddle Brown, Vanilla, Peach, Cream and Linen
I finally got around to finishing my first Mockingbird Hill houses using the stamps and die sets from Sheena Douglass. Using the exact same sets I have created 2 looks – one is for my mum (I’m planning on making her a little mini card village for the winter holidays) and one is for my favourite holiday – Halloween! The festive one is snowy and twinkly and the spooky one is covered in cobweb and glows in the dark!
To make them into tea lights I have created side panels wide enough for a battery operated tea light and a solid back by tracing the outline of the house.
This is probably one of my favourite pieces ever. I have a lot of respect for the mysterious queen Nefertiti (one of my cats is called Nefertiti too) and have tried to portray the magnificence of her famous bust using Pebeo mixed media fantasy paints. The special effects from the fantasy paints have allowed me to create almost a hammered metal effect for the main sections (using the moon paints) and a jewelled effect for the precious stones (using the fantasy paints). The foiling adds to her majestic qualities.
I’m always looking for ways to do something differently and so it was nice to try a portrait with the Fantasy paints because they are so unpredictable that it was almost silly to do such a thing … so I did!
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Guess who’s back with a brand new speed art for you? If you know me already then you know that I am a HUGE fan of pirateology. Here’s my pirate inspired canvas using all Pebeo products and Jack Rackham’s jolly roger!
Inspired by the recent Sheena Douglass shows on Hochanda I decided to give some of my daughters old wall art a revamp as I had everything in my stash. The canvases were originally Disney princess pictures from the pound shop but I covered them up with black gesso. All mediums used are by Pebeo plus a few bits and bobs from my crafty stash. Here is a video on how I made the fourth and final canvas “Y”. This has an under the water theme and I love the shells, sand and Punchinello. This one was my personal favourite.
Scroll past the video for photos and a list of materials used…
Ingredients
Pebeo Black Gesso
Pebeo Modelling Paste
Punchinello
Shells (from a hobby store) and play sand
Pebeo Mixtion Relief
Pebeo Foiling Sheet in Green
Pebeo Fantasy Prisme paints (in a green and a blue)
Pebeo Dyna paints (2 of the blue/green colours)
Glue
Transparent Mixtion Relief (Pebeo makes one but I’m not sure what brand this one was)
Here is the finished set! I love how they each have been made using the exact same techniques but each one has a completely different theme to it.
Inspired by the recent Sheena Douglass shows on Hochanda I decided to give some of my daughters old wall art a revamp as I had everything in my stash. The canvases were originally Disney princess pictures from the pound shop but I covered them up with black gesso. All mediums used are by Pebeo plus a few bits and bobs from my crafty stash. Here is a video on how I made the third canvas “C”. This one is covered in cogs and is actually Lucy’s favourite one in the set.
Scroll past the video for photos and a list of materials used…
Ingredients
Pebeo Black Gesso
Pebeo Modelling Paste
Pebeo Mixtion Relief
Pebeo Green Foil Sheet
Pebeo DYNA paints
Pebeo Fantasy Prisme Paints
Sand paste made by mixing play sand in with the modelling paste
Inspired by the recent Sheena Douglass shows on Hochanda I decided to give some of my daughters old wall art a revamp as I had everything in my stash. The canvases were originally Disney princess pictures from the pound shop but I covered them up with black gesso. All mediums used are by Pebeo plus a few bits and bobs from my crafty stash. Here is a video on how I made the second canvas “U”.
Scroll past the video for photos and a list of materials used…
Ingredients
Pebeo Black Gesso
Pebeo Modelling Paste
Paper flower embellishments (the ones without centres are Prima)
Micro beads
Pebeo Mixtion Relief
Pebeo Gold Foil
Pebeo Fantasy Prisme Paints in 2 colours
Pebeo DYNA paints in 2 colours
Pebeo vitrail glitter medium
Here is the set of canvases all together. You can catch up on Part 1 here.
Inspired by the recent Sheena Douglass shows on Hochanda I decided to give some of my daughters old wall art a revamp as I had everything in my stash. The canvases were originally Disney princess pictures from the pound shop but I covered them up with black gesso. All mediums used are by Pebeo plus a few bits and bobs from my crafty stash. Here is a video on how I made the first canvas “L”. The buttons are a vey nice touch and the modelling paste really does hold them firmly in place.
Scroll past the video for photos and a list of materials used…
What are dyna paints and why their own set of techniques in addition to regular acrylic paints? Good question! Pebeo’s dyna paints are part of the high viscosity acrylic paints that they do but are extra special – each one is made of a shiny pigment colour and a different interference colour, so when it catches the light they are effectively two-tone. Even more magical is their ability to appear different depending on the colour of the background (i.e. white card vs. black card). Until cameras and monitors become sophisticated enough to capture the shine I hope you will see some of the effect in the video, but believe me when I say that the effect is wonderful! As with other acrylic paints feel free to pop on over to my acrylic paint background techniques as those will work with these paints too. Click here for a full list of my technique pages.
Techniques covered in this issue are:
Simple blend
Stamping (on black surface)
Watercolour resist
Sponging (same two colours shown on black and white)
Gel medium tinting
1. These paints blend on surfaces very well and can take a lot of water to help with a smooth blend, not only do you end up with a blend of the base pigment but also the interference pigments too.
2. I have sponged two colours onto a background stamp before stamping onto black card to give this fabulous result. Just remember to wash or at least soak your stamp as soon as possible.
3. I have stamped my background by sponging onto the stamp as before, but this could easily be any free hand paint on the background. Acrylic will resist watercolours so I have washed over the top with aquatints. You will still retain all the shine of the paints. My personal favourite is stamping in a lighter colour and washing with a darker colour.
4. I’ve picked this technique to also demonstrate the difference between painting onto a black surface vs. a white surface by painting half the card with Pebeo’s black gesso. Now you can see that the gold is actually green and the blue is actually pink in my example.
5. I wanted to test the effect out when mixed with gel medium. This gives a different effect as now the colours seem almost pearly. I’ve used a gloss medium for a high shine finished and both applied directly with a spatula and through a stencil.
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I’m pretty sure I’m going to divide opinion on this one – I wanted to challenge myself to create something in only greyscale this time. The inspiration ended up being the music video for the cover of the Sound of Silence by Disturbed which has been beautifully directed. I’ve used Pebeo acrylic paints in only mars black and titanium white, Tim Holtz tissue wrap and stamps by Sheena Douglass. I’m curious to know what you think of this spread as I know it’s a lot moodier than what I normally do but art journaling is all about playing and trying things out!
Ingredients
Pebeo High Viscosity Acrylic Paints – Titanium White and Mars Black
Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap – Menagerie
A Little Bit Sketchy Silhouette stamps by Sheena Douglass
Welcome to a new collection of background techniques – this time with Acrylic Paints! For a full list of techniques head over to this page and keep an eye out for future releases. I am using Pebeo High Viscosity paints.
This time we cover the following techniques:
Baby Wipe Blending
Stencil Lift (from Gesso’d Surface)
Streaks with Titanium White and Buff Titanium
Printing with any objects or textures
Scraping on
1. This is simple to do and blendability is dependant on the surface you’re using and the paints. Make sure you rotate the area of the baby wipe to keep the colours clear.
2. Working on a gesso surface means that the paint lifts off much better but isn’t necessary. I love this effect, even though the image is completely flat the depth of pigment in this paint gives it a 3D effect.
3. You can take any colour and paint it on with hardly any blending by adding Titanium White and Buff Titanium (pale cream colour). This will work with any colour for a background that looks impressive yet subtle.
4. There’s no need to buy anything to apply your paint just use whatever objects and textures that are in reach. The top picture shows the objects dipped into two colours of paint at a time whereas the bottom picture shows each object printing in separate colours.
5. I’ve left a couple of sides of an old card straight and cut into the other couple of sides with different sized notched. You can try different ways to scrape the paint across your surface. It also adds texture.
I have taken a card which I recently made and turned it into an art journal page firstly because there were some really cool techniques involved and secondly to share with you how I can adapt cards for art journal pages and vice versa. Included in this page is a simple watercolour background using Spectrum Noir Aquatints, colouring using watercolour pencils (Aqua Blend by Spectrum Noir), foiling technique using mixtion relief and a masking tape tree painted with Pebeo acrylic paints. All of the stamps are from Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy range and work together beautifully.
Ingredients
Aquatints by Spectrum Noir
AquaBlend Pencils by Spectrum Noir
Black Gesso by Pebeo
Acrylic Paints by Pebeo
Mixtion Relief and Gold Foil by Pebeo
Modelling Paste by Pebeo
Drawing Gum by Pebeo
Archival Ink in Black and Watering Can by Ranger
Stamps by Sheena Douglass: A Little Bit Sketchy (multiple A6 stamp sets)
I’m taking part in Tim Holtz’s Summer of Creative Chemistry over at Online Card Classes and here’s a few reasons why I think you all should too! <3
The live forum’s with Tim Holtz have been reopened!
He seems to be answering every single question the people are asking
Recap Creative Chemistry 101 and 102 and surprise yourself! When I first signed up to 101 and 102 I didn’t have that many supplies (mainly just distress inks) but I was thoroughly impressed with how much my stash has grown in the last year so I learnt even more techniques 2nd time round and recapped everything else to keep it fresh.
There are 4 sets of prizes given out each week (which are decent prizes!)
Start your own sets of technique tags which you can refer back to forever
Even if you don’t think you have everything right now, there will still be plenty of techniques for you or maybe it will encourage you to have a go with other things in your stash.
Be part of the brand new Creative Chemistry 103 when it is released in a couple of weeks with the same live access to Tim that you would have got when 101 and 102 launched.
Learn why we do stuff, why it works, why this and that go together and why those things over there resist each other, which surface to use, etc…
Apply the techniques to whatever craft you do: card making, stamping, scrap booking, art journaling, etc…
Here’s my set of technique tags which I’ve created from this week’s recap of CC102 – week 2: stencilling.
This is a mixed media canvas that I created for the designer Sheena Douglass. The end result was really beautiful with all of its shiny parts and especially the mermaid whose tail catches the light beautifully. I made it through to the 2nd stage of the recent Design Team Call out for Sheena Douglass and even though I wasn’t picked in the end I still wanted to share with you my makes and how I made my final round canvas featuring stamping, die cuts, stencilling and lots of Pebeo mixed media-ness! The canvas had lots of super shiny elements thanks to the foiling and the Dyna paints. For my samples that were made in the first round please scroll down past the video and past the ingredients list…
Ingredients
Gesso in White and Black by Pebeo
High density modelling paste and modelling paste by Pebeo
Crackle texture paste by Golden
Stamps by Sheena Douglass (mermaid and cracks)
Stencils by Sheena Douglass (pop dotty and equalizer)
Dies by Sheena Douglass (wild rose and day of the dead)
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