Live Your Dreams - Art Journal Page by Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafter's

Elisa here from the Design Team for Memory Maze Lasercuts,  I am just stopping by to share my next creation with you that featured on the Memory Maze blog last month, a very colourful Art Journal page using some gorgeous Memory Maze Stencils and Chipboard frame and of course some (ok lol maybe lots) of Colour Blast mixed media products.

This Art Journal page started off as a practice page in my Art Journal for the new Tim Holtz Distress Markers and then i  re-purposed the page by adding layer upon layer of Memory Maze stencils and Colour Blast until i had a very vibrant page with depth and texture.

After I added the Colour Blast Shimmer Dusts in Candy, Navy, Lush, Grape and Sunflower (add a small bit of the Dusts and add water) to the right side of the page, i used a circle stencil from Memory Maze with a white sharpie pen on the left side of the page. 

Next step was to add Colour Blast Mica Powder to Prima Crackle Texture paste and spread through a mini bubble stencil from Memory Maze with a palette knife.

I also used a white sharpie paint pen to trace around a love heart stencil on top of the watered down Colour Blast Shimmer Dust on the right hand side.

Also spread white texture paste through a chevron stencil with a palette knife and sprinkle the paste while it is wet with Colour Blast Embossing powder and heat with a gun til it bubbles...

With your chipboard frame, colour it with white gesso or a white paint sharpie pen and then add a small amount of Colour Blast Shimmer Dusts to the frame with a paint brush and water. Flick watered down white acrylic paint over the page.

Here are some of the Memory Maze products that i used!!

http://www.memorymaze.com/product_info.php?cPath=128&products_id=20866

http://www.memorymaze.com/product_info.php?cPath=142_28&products_id=19123

http://www.memorymaze.com/product_info.php?cPath=128&products_id=20956

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, make sure you head on over to Memory Maze Shop via the link above and check out all the amazing designs.

Make sure you leave some love...

Thanks

Elisa xx

To Come Alive - Art Journal page by Elisa Ablett

Hi Crafter's,

Elisa here from the Memory Maze Design Team again, just sharing a recent blog post on the Memory Maze blog. A colourful Art Journal page featuring some lovely Memory Maze Chipboard and a grunge stencil.

I wanted to achieve a different look with this Art Journal Page with the colour and texture only in the background whilst keeping the gorgeous Chipboard white, clean and simple.

To achieve this look i gesso'd the chipboard pieces white and laid them aside to dry. I have found a wonderful gesso in a spray can and is a life saver!!

I then tore strips from the Newspaper and included a title of To Come Alive which i pieced together from the Newspaper, I then gesso'd over the top of the newspaper to provide a bit of texture.

Then i used Colour Blast Shimmer Dusts and a splatter technique, splatter drips and drops of the gorgeous shimmer dusts which you have diluted with a small amount of water all over the areas in which your chipboard will sit.

I then splattered Bling Colourblast Shimmer Spray as well. I stamped several texture stamps and flower stamps over the top of the colour and then using a palette knife i spread Bling Colourblast Texture Paste over a Memory Maze Stencil.

Here are some close ups :-) 

Here are some of the gorgeous products i used from http://memorymaze.com/

Butterfly Lady

Dots and Stuff Template

Colour Blast Shimmer Dust

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today :-) 

Elisa xx

Off the Rails Scrapbooking May Blog Hop

Hi Everyone, welcome to the Off the Rails DT Blog Hop!!!

Here is your fun and bright moodboard....

Here is my take on the FUN BRIGHT Blog hop moodboard....a very vibrant and bright rainbow inspired art journal page using Colour Blast Paste and Sprays and Daler-Rowney Acrylic Inks.

I came across this quote from Maya Angelou a while ago and i loved it. It does not cost anything to be happy, supportive and encouraging to someone who may be feeling down or having hard times, that's my take on that quote....

And some close ups of the amazing colour shimmer and shine with Colour Blast Paste and Sprays

Other products used: Black Acrylic Paint, MFT Dies and Stamp set, Gauze, Vellum, Dina Wakely Stamp and stencil,  

YOU HAVE STARTED HERE AT OTR BLOG

Team A will start us off today Friday May 6-8 through Sunday. 

Please visit each blog and leave a comment as your hopping along. 

Elisa Ablett - http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au/... YOU ARE HERE NOW

HEAD ON OVER TO HERE NEXT -

Carol Theng - http://carolpaperie.blogspot.sg/

Lynn Good - http://memoriesonthepage.blogspot.com.au/

Narelle Fasulo - www.simplystampingwithnarelle.com

Mandy Melville - http://mandymelville.blogspot.com.au/...

Anguree - http://anguree.blogspot.com/

and end here on the OTR BLOG: http://offtherailsscrapbooking.blogspot.com/... 

and leave a comment for your ballot to random draw to win a great prize.

Please don't forget to follow me and leave some love!

Thanks for participating in our blog hop...

Off the Rails Scrapbooking - April Challenge By Elisa Ablett DT

Hi everyone,

Elisa again, sorry to bombard you with layouts in the last few days, but blogger is working for me today and I'm running with it!!

I just wanted to share with you the double Art Journal page I was inspired to create as my Design Team piece by the moodboard for Off the Rails Scrapbooking - April Challenge

Here is my Art Journal double spread -

And some close ups of the shimmer and glimmer of the Colour Blast Pastes and Sprays and Tim Holtz Distress Stains. Stay tuned for my Tutorial showcasing how I completed the background for this Art Journal page on the 5th April 2016.

Thanks for stopping by, make sure you leave some love and stay tuned for my tutorial

on the 5th April :-)

Kraft Plus February Challenge - Going Postal - DT Reveal

 

Hi Crafty friends,

 

Elisa here again sharing my first ever Art Journal two page spread that I completed as part of the DT for Kraft Plus Challenge Blog - February Challenge.

 

Here is the amazing challenge board, Kraft base plus Lots of Postage Stamps.

 

 

 

and here is my Art Journal pages:

 

 

 

 

The idea for these pages came from a postcard that I saw in a shop that had a caption on it that said 'from where you would rather be' with a picture of a man surfing at a beautiful beach. I immediately thought of completing a page about me dreaming of a holiday or perhaps 'my happy place' which is in the sun at the beach surrounded by my family and my camera. I used loads of postage stamps in the background for the beach and in the sun as well as I cut up a few stamps to add depth to the pages hence you will see Santa surfing, a crab, a plane, someone swimming and the Opera House. All the stamps were handpicked by me and all feature photos of Australian places, plants or animals, all places and things I would love to see in a mammoth trip around Australia one day.

Make sure you click on the link above and head on over to the Challenge site to view the design teams amazing reveal, lots of wonderful inspiration.

 

Thanks for stopping by ....