Paint On Her Hands: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

punch out scallop circles with a punch such as paper scapers from stampin up

Embellishing Flowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prj_jiTzX4w&NR=1

Using a carrot peeler to distress chipboard

Waxed Paper with Cuddlebug - another take on it

waxed paper
glossy white card stock
brayer
classic ink
paper towel
plain white copy paper

Take a piece of wax paper, crumple into a ball, then lay that over the top of the cardstock, lay the white paper over the top.................................iron...
let it cool..... remove wax paper

Ink up brayer, roll over the top........

Variation - put waxed paper in the cuddlebug with a die to cut out piece... then crumple - do the same finish.

Cuddlebug Waxed Paper - cool

Household iron without water set to high
dye ink pad (like memento)
scratch paper
80# card stock
paper towels

How to make a bow with a collar

Video showing the progression of a large mixed media work of art

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Camera Tips

http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/

How to Background Header to your blog

Simple Custom Background Header from Digiscrap101 on Vimeo.

CitraSolv Art Techniques


	Cathy Taylor's Mixed Media Tutorial: All images are copyright by the artsit. Please do not use without permission. Photo comes from National Geographic Magazine.
	Cathy. Original image. Image after CitraSolv is used. Tree trunks added. Final Image. CITRART As a mixed media artist and workshop instructor, my favorite question is “what if?” Now that I think of it, perhaps that has always been my favorite question, accounting for the prairie dog rescue fiasco (they bite!), the laundry room chemical mixing mishap, the incident involving dam flood gates and my short swim, and other creative adventures from which my Mom is probably still recovering. My artistic experiments are not as harrowing, but they are every bit as compelling and exciting. I am less and less attached to the product, and more and more interested in the process. When I allow my mind to open up to possibilities, to the creative energy in the universe, my results are far more satisfying than when I try to “make” something happen. I love to explore artistic techniques by taking them one step further, pushing the limit. This “what iffing” mindset combined with a process of altering papers with Citrasolv is what led to the discovery of my “Citrart”. All you need is some old newspapers, Citrasolv concentrate (orange or lavender, your fav), old National Geographic magazines, a brush or spritzer, and paper towels. Cover you table with newspaper…this gets messy! Brush or spray all the pages in the magazine with Citrasolv. Squish closed and wait 10-15 minutes. Squish again…icky black ink will come out. Mop up with paper towels. Tear out the pages which will be weird and wonderful. No original image will remain, just cool shapes, colors and designs! You can use these papers for collage or paint back into them with acrylic paints and inks and gel pens. You can remove more ink with a Qtip coated with Citrasolv to create faces, clouds, waterfalls etc. Check out the gallery! Use your imagination! For detailed information on this technique, read my article in my very favorite mixed media magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors Jan/Feb 2010 issue. Also go to clothpaperscissors.com for online extras!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Glues for Multi-Media Art Work

As a general rule of thumb, I have found that the "weight" of the adhesive should get thicker as the paper you are aiming to glue gets thicker. I recommend (as always) Golden Acrylic mediums for the job. "YES" glue tends to have a long "open time" meaning it never ever seems to want to dry and PVA is a little too delicate for MM collage work.

For thin papers like magazines, try Matte or Gloss medium (the thinest adhesive)

For thicker papers like vellum or an envelope, try Matte or Gloss Gel Medium (slightly thicker and comes in a tub)

For thick papers like cardboard, try Soft Gel Gloss or Heavy Gel Medium

For wood or metal objects, try Extra Heavy Gel Medium
a metal washer stuck to a canvas - use the Extra Heavy Gel medium.

Sarah Winkler - CitraSolv Artist

http://gallery.me.com/sarahwinkler#100120&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=26

http://gallery.me.com/sarahwinkler#100120/P1050992&bgcolor=black

http://gallery.me.com/sarahwinkler#100104/IMG_2007&bgcolor=black Workshops with Sarah and National Geographic magazines

Robert Burridge Blog

http://www.robertburridge.blogspot.com/

watch his video on painting his circus birds! I could not figure out how to get a real player video to upload on here.

March 28, 2010 Derwent Water soluable sketching pencils - watch that video

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Using Tim Holtz Dies with Cuddlebug

Resource - BoNash Non-Stick Craft Sheet and other items to use if you can't sew

http://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/Bonash.php#gia

Bonds fabric together, instantly. No sewing required. Your secret weapon for fabric repair and fun! Can be washed, tumble-dried or dry-cleaned. Always use the powder with the Bo-Nash Nonstick Ironing Sheet. Surface design and embellishments are perfect for Bo-Nash! With 007 you can turn up hems, put in a zipper, apply appliqués and motifs, invisibly repair tears and cigarette burns to clothes and upholstery. 007 is strong enough for heavy canvas, denims, tents, awnings and sails, but soft and safe enough for delicate silks and lace.

use with Product for Mending, Hems & More

Plus: Surface Design, Foil, Angelina & More

Tips and how to order Angelina and many more supplies
http://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/Bonash.php#sur

Friday, September 24, 2010

Liz Hicks demos Tattered angels Girly Grunge technique

Make Your Own Glimmer Glam

Uses heavy body acrylics

Golden acrylic glazing medium - Satin finish - This glazing medium is the binder to hold the glitter onto the paint

Glitter from the dollar store or

Make your Own Glimmer Mist with Tim Holtz Reinkers & Perfect Pearls

Bundled Sage + Interference Green - write this on the label.

Use 1 eyedropper full of the distress ink, add a small scoop of Perfect Pearls (2 generous scoops) ...water. put label on.

Make Your Own Glimmer Mist

Coloring embellishments with Copic Markers

Copics are alcohol based paints

Homemade embellishments - Flowers with transparencies

Supplies for stenciling and collage

http://www.smallstudioproductions.com/Emporium/gaffer.html

Organizing Ribbon

How to Make Your Clip It Up

Gel Transfers with Mixed Media - a different technique

DebsOriginal Art

Rebecca Crowell abstract painter

Acrylic Blending - eyes

Flame Polished Acrylic Reacts to Alcohol

Two Layer Acrylic with Alcohol Drops

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Roz Stendahl's excellent tutorial on Pentel brush pens

http://rozwoundup.typepad.com/roz_wound_up/2009/01/pentel-brush-pens-the-pocket-brush-and-the-color-brush.html

How to Cut a Stencil

Designing with stencils and die cuts = your options

Mary Ann Moss Stencil Class

Another web site I like... stencils and spray paint

http://thepaperphantom.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/return-of-the-5-art-supplies-spray-paint/

More Stencil Stuff.... I like this web site too

http://designamour.com/category/stencil-art/page/2/

Mary Ann Moss - love her stuff

Did I mention she has a GREAT VIEW? Who wouldn't feel inspired?!

Making Stencils - Tutorial

http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/stentut2.html

http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/stentut.html

http://www.ehow.com/video_4994529_make-spray-paint-stencils.html

pj ez cut stencil cutter

http://www.ehow.com/make-a-paint-stencil/

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Where she stencils

Where I Stencil from Roben-Marie Smith on Vimeo.

Numbers Journal Page in progress

Making Patterned Paper for your art journal

How to make "dirty" backgrounds

Watercolor gauche - watercolor umber, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, mars black and white (optional0

Watercolor Crayons - brown, black, yellow, orange and a small amount of white

Watercolor pencils - copper beach, brown ochre, golden brown and terra cotta

stamp pad........ walnut stain

Spray Paint Wrapping Paper

Impasto - What is it?

Making Tabs for Art Journals

Very cool GRUNGE Background

Straw Blow Technique

Subtracting your design - Watercolors

Magic Spray Paint Background - not for me but someone may like it

Quickie - Weaving with paper or ribbon

String Painting

This is not for me but someone may find this useful

DJ Pettitt's Flickr pictures... love her work, you will too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21408397@N03/

Link to DJ Pettitt's free texture pics on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21408397@N03/sets/72157624241750138/

Elmers Glue Crackle Technique

Don't forget these important reminders

GrittyJane paints

Creating texture with Golden Medium on an old canvas

Tiny art show

I like this concept

Texturing large painting

Note... mute this, the music will drive you nuts

Collage Hearts

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Jodi Ohl Mixed Media Technique

Monday, September 20, 2010

How to use Acrylic Letters and Ink to make them look like aged glass

How to make a looped head pin

How to attach clasp to wire with a crimp tube - Impatient Crafter

How to use an Eze Crimp Bead

Impatient Crafter - Backgrounds

Impatient Crafter Making Jewelrywith UTEE

Grungeboard - Impatient Crafter

How to Open and Close a Jump Ring

Tissue Paper Background and Layers

http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/2007/04/textured-tissue-paper-backgrounds-and.html

Image Transfer Techniques - More (I can never get enough of these)

http://www.ebsqart.com/artMagazine/za_513.htm

Many Types of Image Transfers

http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/p/image-transfer-methods.html

Bows - At last an easy way to make Beautiful Bows - with the BOW EASY

I've never been able to tie a bow... I used to think that is why I had boys. My mother ties beautiful bows and so do many of my friends. Mine have always been unacceptable.. that is until now... now that I've seen this I am going to order it and have the most fabulous bows around!

The Bow Easy

http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/10/bigger-bows-for-the-holidays/

Box and Bow Tutorial

http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/a-bow-easy-tutorial/

This makes it look SIMPLE!

How to Color White Silk Ribbon (and where to buy it)

http://www.quietfiredesign.com/Galleries/Techniques/ColouringSilkRibbon.htm

You can also buy it from quiet fire designs!

Color it with dyes, or with your dye stamp pads or with copic markers!

Another tutorial here...

Background - Gesso and Newspaper - Very cool!

http://corvidarium.blogspot.com/2008/03/background-tutorial.html

Copy Transfer with the Chartpak Marker Blender Pen*

Chartpak Marker Blender pens are made to do just that - blend the colours of the markers when you are creating with the Chartpak markers!
For the "altering type" they provide a way to get an image into a book or onto an object that you can't feed into a copier. They are convenient to take to workshops, but they are smelly. Work in a well-ventilated place if you are sensitive to solvents. (Um, personally, I like the smell....!) Xylene is the solvent in the Chartpak Marker Blender which allows you to transfer the image. Many other solvents will work. Calligraphers will prefer solvents that leave no residue so they may write on the surface after transferring, and xylene leaves no residue.

http://www.quietfiredesign.com/Galleries/Techniques/CopyTransferChartpak.htm

Collage by Greg (Brdlee) Assemblage Vintage Photos

Collage - by Greg (Brdlee)

Another Collage Assemblage by Greg

Pigmented Clear Shellac

This looks dangerous, I would not try it inside

Embedding things in beeswax

Greg's Myrna Collage

Done on pressed board...glued inside a cardboardjewelry box with clear GE Silicone glue - background is from an old magazine

Another one of Greg's Collages (Brdlee)

He uses clear silicone in the chalk type of tube... and uses misc boxes that fit into frames to give it the shadowbox effect.

Another College from Brdlee

Note - he uses silicone from the big chalk type tubes to adhere items

Collage Technique - Collage Quilt - Brdlee

He makes his own Alcohol Ink with 90% alcohol and rit dye

He uses Elmers wood glue

Collage techniques -

Learn to Draw - A Sphere

Learn to Draw Eye - Part 2

Learn to Draw Eye - Part 1

Blending Acrylic Paint - Red through Yellow

Dry brushing technique

She uses Novaplex #235
www.novacolorpaint.com
Milky looking but dries clear and self levels.

Or Liquitex Gloss Medium

Can use this same technique with watercolors

Typos Out Loud - Abstracts in the works

She mentions making a gorgeous brown from Phalto Blue or Ultramarine Blue or even Cerelean Blue and Transparent Red Oxide

3 Step Layering - Acrylic,Spray Paint, Acrylic

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Splash Technique

More GREAT Storage and Organizing Products!

Neat Containers

Homemade Foam Applicator Blending Tool for Inks

Distress Inks - Color Blocking Technique

Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Tim Holtz Demo

These are solvent based dye

Specialty is anything non-porous - plastic, glass, metal, vellum, transparent film

Need an ink tool and felt

Work on non-stick craft sheet since they stain

Use Rangers clay coated glossy paper

Squeeze nib into the felt - several colors

USING METALLIC - use ONLY 1 little dot

BLENDING SOLUTION - Blends, Lightens and REMOVES color

STAMPING ON TOP OF IT...... use a permanent ink like Archival Ink

Alcohol ink can be used on glass......

Use on bling... just go over the bling

Color eyelets - put them in a small bag or saran wrap with the alcohol inks

Lights and brights Alcohol Inks - Tim Holtz

Also need:
Glossy Clay Coated Paper by Ranger
Can of Air

Then stamp with Archival Ink - since it's oil based it won't react with the background

Rock Candy Crackle by Ranger - Tim Holtz

This is different than crackle accent - the accent line is designed to be put on thicker, takes 4 hours to dry........ Rock candy dries quickly and dries to a thin, fine, porcelain crackle. Let it air dry....... if you really need to speed it up, wait until it starts to crackle.

Can work distress ink on top of it when dry

It's flexible so it won't chip off

Mixed Media Collage Demo

Friday, September 17, 2010

Texture Fades with Rachel

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Creating Texture with Alcohol Inks

Ranger Techniques

http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/ellen_hutson_simple_dream/ranger-techniques/

Eclipse Masking Paper

This is the best masking product on the market Judikins makes it

http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/amyr/2007/10/masking-with-be.html

Cordless Tools

Color Pencil Tools

tools for color pencil techniques

Sand Paper - sharpen the tips of color pencils to a fine point
Kneaded Rubber - remove excess color, eraser, stress relief Ü
Embossing Stylus - add detail to images
Drafting Brush - remove little specs of color from surface as coloring to avoid smearing of art piece.

Sakura Clear Glaze Pen

The Sakura Clear Glaze pen adds amazing dimension even in tiny spots

3 M Adhesive Guns

http://www.framingsupplies.com/

Stewart Superior Ultra Clean and Ranger Rubit Scrubit

Products for cleaning your Rubbah!

A tool to check out - Punches

http://www.thepunchbunch.com/power_punch.htm

Paper Piecing Template from Stamping Up

Stampin' Up! makes this awesome little tool. I use it to create texture, stitching, patterns on my cards all the time.

Spellbinder Die Compatibility Sandwiches Updated

The new Magnetic Placement Mat will work in the Cuttlebug, but you will need an additional white spacer plate to accomodate for the added thickness.

The Magnetic Placement Mat is an ultra-thin layer, much thinner than the xyron magnetic pads I made to store my Spellbinders dies in. See this post for my storage examples. It is important to me that I always research any idea that hits my brain and so I did try those mats in my Wizard and found that they did indeed hold the dies in place. But after several uses the die shapes were "embedded" in the magnetic pad I had made. I don't know what the outcome of this will be after repeated use, but I wanted to let you know that initially this does work. Unfortunately the depth of my magnetic "creation" is too deep to use in other machines without creating significant snapping and popping. In comparison the Spellbinders Magnetic Placement Mat retains its original shape much better than my homemade version.

One thing I did notice is that the Magnetic Placement Mat is larger in size than the White Spacer Plates. Therefore where the Magnetic Mat extends over the edge of the White Spacer Plate I made quit an indentation in my Mat right at the edge where it extended over the Plate. So I trimmed my Magnetic Placement Mat using my Carl Cutter to be the exact same size as my Spacer Plate - problem solved.

In the following Compatibility Sandwiches the products listed below are referred to repeatedly - I thought I would link you to these items to help you gain a better understanding of what they are.

•Spellbinders™ Magnetic Placement Mat
•Spellbinders™ White Spacer plate
•Spellbinders™ Tan Emboss Mat
•Spellbinders™ Dies
•Spellbinders™ Dies also include the Nestabilities

Most directions below recommend that the Spellbinder™ dies be placed on your work surface blade side up. Be certain to check your machine sandwich before cutting to ensure correct usage.

All recipes are placed in stacking order starting at the bottom moving upwards. After cutting do not remove paper from die to emboss, proceed with paper remaining in die.

Cuttlebug™
This machine is capable of cutting and embossing any Spellbinders™ die. I can not guarantee that the B plates will not break in the Cuttlebug, but when testing my B plates were fine. They did make that ever present cracking noise though and therefore my hesitancy to say that they will never break being I have broken many B plates over the last few months. I do plan on testing the Spellbinders Thick White Mats and the Blue Mats included in the Wizard Charm Embossing Kits to see whether I can find an alternative to the acrylic plates. The white and blue mats provided by Spellbinders are so much sturdier.

How to Use a Spellbinders™ Die in the Cuttlebug™:
Cutting Sandwich
1. A plate

2. C plate
3. Spellbinders™ die, blade side up
4. Paper or cardstock

5. B plate

6. Roll through Cuttlebug™

Cutting Sandwich with Spellbinders™ Magnetic Placement Mat
1. A plate

2. B plate
3. Spellbinders™ White Spacer plate

4. Spellbinders™ Magnetic Placement Mat

5. Spellbinders™ die, blade side up
6. Paper or cardstock

7. B plate

8. Roll through Cuttlebug™

Embossing Sandwich
1. A plate

2. 2 sheets cardstock to act as shim. Add extra pieces if needed.

3. B plate
4. Spellbinders™ die, blade side up
5. Paper or cardstock

6. Spellbinders™ Tan Emboss Mat
7. B plate

7. Roll through Cuttlebug™
Embossing Sandwich with Spellbinders™ Magnetic Placement Mat
1. A plate

2. B plate
3. Spellbinders™ Magnetic Placement Mat

4. Spellbinders™ die, blade side up
5. Paper or cardstock

6. Spellbinders™ Tan Emboss Pad

7. B plate

8. Roll through Cuttlebug™

*Shim with extra pieces of cardstock if needed.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Alterations Tim Holtz Vol. 1

A Primer on Gels, Mediums & Pastes

A Primer on Gels, Mediums & Pastes

Golden Digital Grounds Text used with permission, courtesy of Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Golden Digital Grounds turn just about any relatively flat surface into an ink-jet printable surface

Golden Digital Grounds Text used with permission, courtesy of Golden Artist Colors, Inc.

Golden Digital Grounds turn just about any relatively flat surface into an ink-jet printable surface, providing the control and freedom to create textures and surfaces at whatever scale and shape desired.

Botanical Canvas Tutorials

http://www.joggles.com/botanicalcanvases.htm http://www.joggles.com/botanicalcanvases.htm

Angelina Tutorial by Sue Bleiweiss

To be magically taken to the demo... this is your link

Adirondack Alcohol Ink Fillable Pen Tutorial

GLUE -

You no longer have to guess about what glue to use... this web site will tell you

http://www.thistothat.com/

Additional information

http://www.franktross.com/gallery/gallery.html

Inspiration

Monday, September 6, 2010

Foil Flowers

Altered Flowers

Prima Flowers

Flowers with Glimmer Mist

Can add Glossy Accents - in the stamp aisle at Michaels
Dot all over the flowers.....looks like rain drops

can sprinkle that with diamond dust

Tattered Angeks Glimmer Mist Basucs - How To

Anatomy of Glimmer Mist...water and dye mist product

Look at the back of the bottle... to see the color

Don't shake... tap it lightly and twirl it

How to keep sprayer from clogging........ if it clogs, soak in hot water to loosen it up. Tap it on your mat to dislodge it or use canned air to get rid of it - spray away from your face.

Not a permanent product.......will come out of clothing

If you don't want BIG DOTS< ... start spraying OFF the project piece

SCOTCH ATG Adhesive Gun

Helmar Adhesives - Tips

V2 Velmar Adhesive - Spray the backside of the velum in a box ... let it set up for 5 minutes.

Helmar Craft Glue - dries clear and will hold fabric in place

ZAPD IT Pop Dots - to create height

Gemstone Glue for buttons and gem stones

Fabric Roses - Websters Pages

Tattered Angels

Their web site is www.mytatteredangels.com

They have a printable color chart Once you print it out you can not only see the colors they offer, it has the option to check it off as have it or want it.

Crafters Workshop Template

I heard these mentioned on a video, they look very cool.
http://www.scrapbook.com/videos/397.html

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Some Art Supplies

Signal Uniball white pen

Sakura GellyRoll glitter

PanPastels - check out Teesha Moore.. these are chalks gone wild.......these are creamy artists pastels, they are $$$ but rich and wonderful.

Make your own Glitter Glam Paint

Art Journaling for Beginners: Watercolor Crayons Demystified pt 1

Neocolor watercolor 2 Crayons - best

Gesso backgrounds best

Portfolio series oil pastels

You can also use baby wipes to blend watercolor crayons

Dip crayon in water

Basic art journaling for scrapbookers - Demystifiying

Golden Gesso
Basics

Artist grade acrylics (Golden) Titan White Titanium white are two musts

Liquitex basic irridescent medium

Different kinds of acrylics

Apple Barrel

Liquitex Basics acrylics - very opague

Golden liquid acrylics

Can make your own with glaze medium and heavy body acrylics

Palette

Heavy body

Liquid

Basics

Craft paints

Jann Story - Tim Holtz Texture Fades

Used Brick plate -

heavier cardstock - stamping weight .. takes the embossing better

4 1/4 x 5.5

put it on a paper towel inside a small box so the glimmer mist doesn't splatter
everywhere

fire brick distress

black soot distress ink

Brick and suede - Glimmer mist ( could use a dark red glimmer mist)

Blending tool... finger dabber

Key - saturate the card stock with suede

Take fire brick and add a little intensity to red color with the blending tool

Tim Holtz Texture Fades

Jann Story Texture Fade Folders

Jann Story Mixed Media technique

Collage - tissue paper , books, paper lace, punchouts, fabric, wrapping paper, stamp tissue paper with versamark...

Begin with a coat of gesso on the surface

- dry

Put a good layer of modgepodge down

after totally collaged adn covered with modgepodge, while it is still wet spritz with walnut ink or glimmer mist

Suede /// burnt red .//// moonlight glimmer mist

use heat tool to dry

trim close to the edge

Flourish stamps

sand edges down

Use paint dabbers to color edges

To make a bendable cover, start with wallpaper