Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Doodling with Gelatos®

Hello, welcome back! Meihsia here sharing with you a project that I've always enjoyed doing with -- doodling. Here are some quick steps showing how I made this cute coaster that kids will also love to use or create with doodling and some awesome Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® products.

Aqua Altered Flower Headband with Gelatos®

Hello everyone!  After a long winter Spring is finally in full swing in MN.   When I think of Spring I think of flowers, proms and wedding.  Today, I have a fun altered flower headband to share with you that would be perfect to make for a young girl to wear to prom or  for bridesmaids for a Spring wedding.  But you could also wear the altered flower headband for any occassion.  :)

Here is a close up of the altered flower before I attached it to the headband.  The great thing about these altered flowers is that you can custom design them to match any outfit.

Creativity for Kids Collaboration with Jill...and family!

Mother’s Day is around the corner, and this year, we wanted to do a special take on it.  There are times when we look back on our childhood, and treasure those special moments when our guardians taught us something new.  For this year’s Mother’s Day, we wanted to help create more of those moments by pairing up with Creativity for Kids by Faber-Castell  (http://blog.creativityforkids.com/). 

Each day this week, we’ll feature one creative kit that we’ll pair with Design Memory Craft. 

It's Jill here today and I had lots of fun with my nieces using the Bamboo Wind Chime kit!  My nieces took charge and decided that they would use the bamboo pieces, beads, and string from the kit and combine it with Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Gelatos® and Pitt Artist Pens.  Here's a look at the young artists at work!

Once the coloring was complete we sprayed all pieces with a Matte Fixative Spray and put the wind chimes together.  

Leave a comment for a chance to win some of the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products we used...

  

Hugs and Happy Creating!

Blog Hop with Pink Paislee- Day 3

Hi!  It's day 3 of our Blog Hop with Pink Paislee.  Jen Matott here to share a little project that I made with the Artisan line and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products.  I loved the wooden covers from their album because it's covered in fabric that you can color yourself!  I took one of them and made it into a cute hanging sign.

Here's some of the process I used with parts of this sign.  I started with creating a spray with the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft 50's Diner Gelatos® set in Banana using the Gelatos^® Mist Maker Set.

This kit makes it very easy to make your own sprays from the Gelatos® and some water.  I used the Banana color and shaved a bit off with the tool into a dish. I filled the spray bottle up with water and dumped it into the dish.  After swirling and mushing up the Gelatos®, I used the eyedropper to put the color in the spray bottle. Viola!  Done! I used a Pink Paislee stencil to create the background.  Once it was dry, I added some of the other colors in the corners.

I placed the stencil back over the design and drew with the PITT Artist Pen in black to create sketchy look.

I created some more spray and used it to color the ribbon. I attached the ribbon with adhesive to the back of the wooden plaque so that they were layered.

I love those Artisan shapes and words!  They are white and perfect for adding colors to customize your page or project. I used the PITT Artist Pen in Black Small tip to outline the groove in the word.

Here is one of the Artisan papers that has a resist design already on the paper so all you have to do is add color!  I used Gelaots to add color and wiped off the color that collected on the resist with a towel.  I also colored the butterflies (one was a chipboard resist one and the other is paper) with the Aqua Dolce and Banana.

Before I assembled it all, I added some dots with sequin waste and the Squid Ink Gelato and dabber.  I colored some on the craft mat and picked it up with the dabber.  I swirled it over the stencil and it created soft dots.   Here's a look at the finished project all done again.

Don't forget to visit the Pink Paislee blog for more inspiration from their DT!
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft will be giving away $50 in prizes!  Just leave a comment on our blog to enter.  Winners will be announced on Monday, May 13th.

Products used:

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft 50's Diner Gelatos®

Gelatos^® Mist Maker Set

Essential PITT^® Artist Pens: BLACK

Doily

Ribbon: May Arts

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Creativity for Kids and Mother's Day

It's that time of year that all mothers love... a day to celebrate us (aka Mother's Day)!  We work hard but it has lots of rewards when we see our children being kind, doing creative things and showing independence.  All the things we try to teach them in order to be productive citizens.   I was thrilled when I got this kit to create alongside my kids.

What's Creativity for Kids?  Creativity for Kids is our sister brand, specializing in activity products for children.  We thought we'd pair up with them for Mother's Day because our products marry perfectly well with each other.

We tore into the package and the kids had ideas right away!  There are so many pieces included in this set that you could make lots of projects with it! 
Our first project was making spinning "helicopters"... my oldest was set on this task.  He started picking out pieces and beads.  I got my Crop-a-Dile out and punched holes in the wood pieces easily.  We threaded them on sticks and pipecleaners.  They were super happy with this!

Concentration at it's best... he was determined!

My youngest made a car like on the box and then they were gluing popsicle sticks together to make frames. With 2 little boys, this is the longest we've sat and focused on a task!  YAY!

Here they are gluing the pieces together.

Now onto coloring the pieces.  We used Gelatos because they are very kid friendly and fun!  Then we also drew on them with PITT Journaling pens!   This was about all they could sit and do... then they were off to something else! Well, at least we completed a couple projects with the kit.

Here are some of our finished projects.  I tried to get them to hold them up for me but they were too busy playing another game.  It was tons of fun to create with this kit and I know we will save the rest of the pieces for a rainy day this summer and create more art! 

To win this Classic Wood Craft kit and a Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft prize pack (Blue Gelatos pack, and Journaling PITT Artist Pens), leave a comment here about what you'd make with this kit and who you would share it with.  

The winner  will be announced on May 10th.

Mixed Media Altered Canvas

Hello blogging friends!  Today, I have a mixed media altered canvas to share with you using several fun products from Faber-Castell DesignMemory Craft,  JustRite Papercraft® and Spellbinders Creative Arts™.

Here is the 8 x 8 Paris canvas.  I love how this canvas turned out! It was so easy to create and I have a step-by-step tutorial to share with you.

Let your heart sing

Hello everyone!  Nikky here.   Today I want to share this lovely project with you. I picked up this great little house (it's actually a money box but I covered the slit in the roof) along with an MDF plaque at a craft show recently for a couple of pounds (yes, bargain!) and I've been waiting to use them together with my favourite Faber products ever since!

Live a Colorful Life with Gelatos®

Hi everyone! Jill  here and I’ve been playing with my Gelatos® and patterned paper to create a fun collaged frame.  Beginning with a Faber-Castell Deco Mat, I adhered small torn squares of patterned paper using Gel Medium.  Next, I added a bit of Gesso along the edges and between each square.  Finally, I colored with coordinating Gelatos® around the perimeter of each square, blending with my finger as I went.  

My New Kicks!

Jen Matott here with some new kicks to share!  I found these shoes at Target (my favorite place to shop)... I knew on first glace that they were perfect for altering!  Too plain on their own but with some Gelatos, Stamper's Big Brush Pens, and Gesso, they were transformed into a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes!  I can't wait for spring so I can wear them! 

Textiles ~ making art journal covers

Hey bloggers Rita Barakat here! I love altering book - especially compostion books, they really come in handy for notes and such. And if I am going to carry a note book it needs to look cool so
I must alter it, I'm just saying.

Here is the front cover. First I covered the entire surface(front and back) with gesso. The books have a glossy finish, gesso changes that and covers some of the black. Once it was dry I used  a thick layer of modeling paste, I then closed the book backwards (the two covers touching each other) and that's how I got the back ground texture.