Faber Castell: Design Memory Craft

Discover the Design Memory Craft Mix & Match line!

 

Donna Downey's Workshop Project

For all of you that could not make it to the CHA Winter Show and the Design Memory Craft Mixed Media Workshop with Donna Downey,here is the complete project shopping list and steps to completing the dimensional Mixed Media Canvas. Enjoy!

Shopping List:

Design Memory Craft Mix & Match Gelatos

Design Memory Craft Stamper’s Big Brush in Scarlet Red and Chrome Green

12”x12” Stretched Canvas

12”x12” Canvas Fabric

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue

Prima Poppy Bunch Stamp (921828)

Prima Canvas Banner (921842)

Canvas Text Banner (921835)

Unity Stamps Hollyhock Stamp

May Arts Green Ribbon

Prima Blue Butterfly

Register Tape

Book Pages

Preserved Reindeer Moss

Decorative Nails

Steps:

1. Use Gelatos to stamp large foam stamp on background 12 x 12 fabric canvas

2. Use Gelatos to color background

3. Crumple white register tape strips and adhere to right side of one banner and left side of the other

4. Ahere ribbon length to hide adhered edge of paper ruffle

5. Rub Gelato along paper ruffle edge and spritz lightly with water to add color

6. Tear book text into 1" strips, crumple and adhere around the entire edge of the

12 x 12 stretched canvas

7. Apply big brush to large hollyhock wood mounted stamp and stamp onto dry background

8. Adhere banners to bottom right side of fabric canvas background so that they overlap at the 90 degree angle.

9. Adhere canvas fabric background to stretched canvas to conceal glued edges of booktext ruffles

10. Fold over banner and tack into wood frame of stretched canvas.

11.Adhere moss, butterfly and photo (optional)

 

Resin Jewelry with Gelatos!

Thanks to Jen Cushman for sharing her jewelry making technique using Gelatos.  You can find Jen's article in the Winter 2012 issue of Create with Me.

Splitcoaststampers has a great tutorial using PITT pastel pencils on black cardstock. You can see it here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/pastelsonblack/

Enjoy!

More Sketchbook Project Pages...

I shared some of my pages from the 2012 Sketchbook Project that I completed and mailed out last week! I thought I'd share the rest of my pages here since I used the new colored Gelatos, PITT® Artist pens, and Big Brush Stamper's Pen in Black. I'm so thrilled with the new colors! They are gorgeous!

Here are the sampling of the rest of the pages in my "Writing on the Wall" book:

The cover of my book... Lots of Gelato drippy goodness!

Good vs. Evil... a template made from my youngest son's photograph. I used Gelato sprays that I made through dotted templates and stamped with red and black Stamper's Big Brush Markers. I outlined the profile with the PITT ® Artist Pens.



I like those new colors A LOT!!! New Gelato colors used through a circle template!


More circles with some of the previously released colors! Love the metallics mixed with the other colors. YUM! I had so much fun creating this journal and can't wait to see who picks it up to view at the Brooklyn Art Library in a few months! Thanks for letting me share my art!

Writing on the Wall

Jen Matott her to share some new journal pages with you using some of the new colors in the DMC Gelato line. I am loving the bright colors that we are debuting at Winter CHA in just a week! I love the gorgeous colors that go perfectly with the existing color lines. I am going to share with you a couple pages from my 2012 Sketchbook Project journal. I signed up this year for the 2nd year with The Art House's Sketchbook Project. It is a traveling art journal show that goes all over the country and then is permenantly housed in the Brooklyn Art Library. I have one there from last year and then this year's is themed "The Writing on the Wall". I was thrilled to get that theme... had lots of images in my head to use. So, I set about looking through my stash for wall images, writing samples, etc... I used lots of stamps, art mediums, and DMC product on here!

Here is my first page that I'm going to share... it's the title page for my book.

There are many layers of stuff on this page! I started with gluing patterned papers down and then swiped some of the DMC Gesso from the Textural Accents set using a palette knife. I wanted to add some texture to the page. Once that was dry, I added some of the Gelato colors over it and used a brush to blend. I stamped with a brick stamp and pen tips stamp and the black Stamper's Big Brush pen.The "Writing" and "Wall" words were done using the negative space of a cut out (with my Cricut) of those words. I swiped some modeling paste through the negative space areas and when I lifted it off they were dimensional. I added some color with the Gelatos when they were dry. Some decorative tape was added and letter stickers.

This next 2 page journal entry was done with much the same techniques as above but using some of the Gelato made sprays and stencils.

Here you can see a close up for the new colors and some of our favorite older ones. I colored through circle waste (from a board game) and smudged with my fingers. Gesso was added below that layer too. I love using the Gelatos with my journals! I will say that I add a layer of the gel medium or glaze over top to seal it all in as it is going across the country and being handled by many people so I wanted it to last and not smudge.

I have more pages to share but I'll save them for a future post! I'm mailing this baby off this week and had so much fun making it! Hope you enjoyed a sneak peek from this project.

Mutltasking...

Hey there! Rita Barakat
here with more sneeks!

OK so I admit it -
I cannot sit and

watch a movie or TV show without doing something else at the same time!

...Well unless I am sick or something!

So I got some new goodies in the mail

from the Rubber Cafe and I had to play!

Of course I also had to pull out my

Gelatos and Stampers Big Brush markers.

We were watching some movie but I was also busy

doodling and I am loving these products! EEEK!

These are stamps - so gorgeous!

I used several Big Stampers Brush colors on top of each other.
For two of the butterfly stamps I stamped first with color, then with glue.

When it was dry (but sticky) I added very fine glitter and rubbed it in-

I wish you could see how gorgeous this looks in real life!

 

I didn't worry about getting it perfect or anything, just having fun!

Oh...are you noticing new colors on my page?

That's right Design Memory Craft has come out with

new colors for CHA!!!

WoooHooo!

 

To get the look of this back ground

I used the Gelatos like a crayon, scribbled a bit then scrubbed with this fun little tool

the spongy white one...

I repeated this with different colors and every once

in a while misted with a little water. (Just a little - enough to blend colors)

What is super cool about the Stampers Big Brush is that they don't bleed do you can

stamp first, them color or add another stamp after you have colored your background.

(Oh I used the brush one to brush off extra glitter!)

I think I need to pull out my art journal & multitask more often!

Supplies:

Design Memory Craft

Stampers Big Brush - Manganese Violet, Cobalt Green, Light Green

Gelatos - *Pistachio, *Grape, *Lavender, Grape,

*Bubble Gum, Cotton Candy

(*new colors)

Rubber Cafe

Stamps - Vintage Treasures, Large Paisley Butterfly, Blossom Branch

"You're so fine" Glitter - Blue Skies, Canadian Blue, Diamond cool Highlight

Scrap Happy Glue, Lil Inkers (tools)

Gelato technique!

Rita Barakat

here with a fun,

simple and easy

technique!

 

I love the Gelatos because they are so versatile!

Look at the dreamy color!

And Design Memory Craft is coming out with more colors!

(sneak below!)

To get this look draw lines with different shades of

the same color Gelatos across a paper. It can be pattern

or solid paper, the more water you add the more sheer the

color becomes. Mist the page with a water bottle and

blend with a paint brush; here is the result!

I love this technique and my Gelatos becasue they are so portable.

All you need is a spray bottle, a paint brush and the Gelatos!

When you get there fill your spray bottle with water and you are ready!

So easy lets see it again...

Draw lines with Gelatos...

Mist with water and blend with a paint brush.

The end result...

You can also add color as you go!

supplies:

Clear Scraps banner, Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos,

Spellbinders Die, Thickers, ZVA flowers.

stringed pearls & tulle

 

Gelato Clutch Purse

Jen Matott here to share a project that is perfect for all of you fashionistas!  With parties all around, I thought it was time that I show my artistic side with a new and unique clutch purse to wear with my little black dress.  I had some natural colored denim (or canvas) that I embellished with some Gelato stamping, sprays made from Gelatos and water, and my PITT® Artist Pens and Stamper's Big Brush Pens! 

I started with a piece of canvas and added stenciled designs using sprays made from Gelatos and direct application of new Gelato colors to a circle template.  Once dry, I added stamped text and wings with a Stamper's Big Brush Pen in Black.


 Next I cut a piece of fabric for the lining and used fusible interfacing to bond the two together.   I stitched the front and lining together at the bottom with a straight stitch.

I folded the bottom up 3/4 of the way and stitched the sides together.  The top was cut to resemble an envelope flap.  I stitched the edges around the flap.

Finally, I added embellishments such as a sequined edging using fabric glue.  I also added a snap and an  artsy flower. 

I can't wait to bring this baby along to my winter parties!   You will love the new colors of Gelatos too... coming soon to CHA!

 

 

A Chocolate and Pistachio Birdhouse

Colleen's last birdhouse is enough to make you want a snack.  She  used the Chocolate and Pistachio Gelatos to create this little gem.  Book pages were adhered to the birdhouse with Gel Medium. Colleen used her trusty paint making technique to make watercolor paint with her Gelatos by swirling them on to a palette and adding water.  She chose a Pistachio house with a Chocolate roof and doesn't it look yummy!  Circles and Stripes were painted on with the Gesso in the Textural Accents Sampler.  While wet, Colleen sprinked with glitter.  The Gesso acts as both a glue and an opaque paint.  She topped it off with some silk leaves and what else, a tiny feathered friend.

Making Stones

Hey bloggers Rita Barakat here!

A while back I posted this cute little house but I want to share with you how to make "stones" out of scrap chipboard! First cut various sizes out of chipboard, round the edges. (Think river rocks!)

Then take Design Memory Craft Gelatos in black, coconut and metallic silver
 and randomly draw on parts of the chipboard.
(Hint * with black, less is more!)

Mist with water and spread  the color around with your finger.

This is what they should look like when you are finished.
You can always add more color if you don't like the look.

Use a glaze on top  and set aside to dry - if the chipboard was wet when
you added the glaze it  might take a little longer to dry but it will be worth it!

And here is the finished project - polished stones!
You should try this!