Revolution for Scrap Fx

Hi everyone, thanks for visiting today.

My page is a mixture of accidents today.  I have had one of those weekends where nothing seems to be working how I intend it.  It started when I went to stick the Loopy Script Collage Paper to a sheet of card.  Poured my matte medium to the back and when I started spreading it, realised I'd grabbed the gesso.  So I ended up with a white piece anyways and actually was quite happy with it.

Then I cut a few strips from the Faces Collage transparency and stapled them down the side of some backgrounds I had in my stash.   This reminds me of processed film and love the look of them.  I cut one of the faces from the Silhouette Faces transparency and backed that onto another previously made background.

I decided to back it all on a piece of chipboard.  I gave this a coat of Colour Blast black gesso.  Once dry I have used some Minc Reactive Paint to paint the title and the back of a couple of small faces.  Once dry these have been foiled using my Minc.  Lesson learnt here though, if the machine is hot it will melt your transparency to the carriage sheet.  So I just peeled it off.  Half remains on my Minc sheet, the other half, sans foil, made it to the page.

I also used the Flower Power stamp with some reactive paint and stamped randomly around the page.  What I didn't count on though was not only the foil sticking to my stamped images, it also adhered to the black gesso in the background.  I really, really wanted a black background for this page but am also enjoy the organic look of the foiling.

   

  

Hope you've been inspired ♥

Shh for Bee Arty

Hi everyone, hope you are all still staying safe and also warm.

I make these backgrounds sometimes where I just lay down some water and what ever I have near me.  This time it was some Bubblegum Colour Artist Spray and some Mermaid (yummmm) and Calypso Colour Artist Ink.   I let it just sit on top of the page and then squash another piece of card on top to make a couple of prints, just like I remember doing in primary school.

I make multiple of these and sometimes take them to work and doodle a little on my breaks.  This is how this girl started, filling in time at 3 in the morning and I just could not get her mouth to work.  I made a mess of her but couldn't bring myself to ditch her so took her home and threw her into the 'one day I'll finish that' pile.

She wouldn't stop looking at me though so I just went with it.  

I have used the That Way Stencil to add a star where her messy mouth was.   This was done with some Heavy Black Gesso and a sponge and outlined in white pen.

I have again used the Black Gesso and a sponge, this time with the Grungy Splat Stencil.  

I added some more colour to her eye with some Calypso that was not watered down and when dry, went over the top of the eye with a Clear Shimmer Pen.  

The little ...Shh at the bottom is some Scrap FX alpha transparency. 

Hope you've been inspired 💙

Bee You for Scrap FX

Hi everyone, hope you're all well.

Today's share is a piece on some mixed media paper.

It started with some gloss sprays and the Doily White, using this as a stencil when spraying.  The crackle that I have added is Nuvo Crackle Mousse.

I have then glued a key from the Bunch of Keys to the top of a Steampunk Bee. I then coloured the globe part of the bee with some Bee Arty black gesso and  and gave the whole piece a couple of coats of gold gesso.    I have also painted a few Random Numbers with gold gesso and placed these around my focal point.

I added some highlights to the bee with foil and Deco Foil medium.  I would usually just use glue and wait until tacky, then rub on but I had a new thing to try so gave it a go.  Worked the same way though, just added and waited until almost dry then rubbed on the foil.

I have also used some torn pieces from the Storybook Text Rice Paper around my page.  These have just been adhered with some Matte Medium.

The title on my page has been made by some awesome newbies this month, the Label Maker Negative and Sketchy Lower Case Transparency.   I just cut the letters I wanted to use from the sheets and added these with matte medium.

    

  

Hope you've been inspired ♥