Faber Castell: Design Memory Craft

The Sunfairy

 Hey there bloggers, Rita Barakat here!

As you can tell I love MiXeD MeDia!

Today I am going to show you step by step how I get to the finished product!

This is on heavy watercolor paper, and later I did mount it onto a piece of

chipboard. (You know the ones you get when you buy a ton of paper? Or is that just me?)

I also used gesso and texture paste in the back ground.

If you click on the photo and make it bigger

take a close look at my sleeping fairy wings!

See how they pop out on the page?

First I drew the basics of my page.

 When I do this I am usually just looking for scale -

to make sure she is the right size for the piece.

I actually draw and color her first, then use PITT Artist Pens and Gelatos to color,

then cut her out. That leaves me freedom to be messy in my background with out ruining my

sleeping beauty.

To secure her wings I cut a slit in the paper above her,

tucked in the wings and glued it in with a scrap paper

sandwhiching (is that a word?lol)

 the the wings for extra support.

I used Gelatos™ and a wet paint brush to flick the page with color.

And a close up of the journaling...

After I adhere the stips I outline the with my PITT® Artist Pens.

(Note for a project like this, where my surface might be bumpy I use

Gel Medium to secure it to the page.)

Supplies

Scrap Happy Glue, You're so fine glitter, Lil Inkerz sponge tools

Design Memory Craft Gelatos, Gesso & PITT Artist Pens

Watercolor paper, Texture Paste,

Clear Scraps Acrylic sheet

 

Handmade Journal- One Little Word

Hi! Jen Matott here to share a project that I made using DMC products.  I have made a little mixed media book that has a variety of materials for pages.  The theme of this book is "One Little Word". I created this after being inspired by Ali Edward's yearly quest for the word that will become part of your yearly creative efforts.  I have wanted to participate for some time but didn't get going until now.  I created this book using a vintage photo proof portfolio (I found it among my grandfather's possessions when he passed away.)  They were used to hold photographs but are perfect to create a mini album!  I used watercolor paper, canvas, mixed media paper, chipboard, and cardboard as the pages.  Most of the pages use Gelatos® or Aquarelle watercolor pencils. I wanted to make something closer to my style in order to explore my word this year "Time".

Here's the cover... mostly covered in papers from Authentique and Prima but inside is the more artsy materials!

 

Inside front page that used a piece of chipboard that I covered wth paper  and cut out the window to reveal the drippy next page.

 

First I used a template to spray some Gelato® spray though it to create the clock background.  I then used the Stamper's Big Brush markers to stamp the clocks and banner pieces and used Gelatos® and water at the top of the page to create the drips. I cut out the banner pieces and starburst stamped image to create some depth.

I created a wash of color using Gelatos® on a craft mat and water.  I used them on the back of the page and when the dried, I drew with the PITT® artist pens to create journaling boxes for me to add my thoughts and goals. The next page was canvas on a piece of the portfolio and I used the Aquarelle watercolor pencils to create the circles and arrow shape.  I also used the Big Brush Marker  to stamp the letters to create the words in each box. More drippage and corregated cardboard!  Love the textures here and how the dripping Gelatos® interact with it!

The back of the cardboard page was done with Gelatos® smeared onto the background and then stamped text on top with the Stamper's Big Brush pen... Then, I used that template again to push light modeling paste through to create the raised clocks... add some papers and this one is done!

The reverse of the first page... the template with the Gelatos® sprays on it and turned over to create the opposite.  I used some punchinella to smear some Gelatos® through to create the dots.

More Gelatos® sprays, washes, and stamped images with Stamper's Big Brush Pen.  I created the tag with leftover wash colors.

This book was part of a class I taught at my local scrapbook store and I love the outcome of this special little word book!  I hope you enjoyed my project today!  Thanks for letting me share.

 

 

An ARTsy Card

Hey there bloggers! Rita Barakat here!  I have a hard time with cards so I had to think out of the box in order to create one! This is the result!  I call it an ARTsy card!  I was so excited to get the Vintage Treasures stamp set from The Rubber Cafe and use all these wonderful Images!  Right away I went for my Faber-Castell stash and my journal.

 

 

 

Right away I went for my Faber-Castell stash and my journal.  I stamped the images all over the page with my  Stampers Big Brush.... 

 Added color with Gelatos...

 Some of the places I blended with Lil' Inkerz (a sponge with a handle),  I didn't use water- just blended the color with the dry sponge.  On the upper right hand corner I used water and a paint brush- you can see the color is more vibrant that way = two different looks with Gelatos™.

Cut my page down to a card size...

Edged with Gelato™ (blended-dry).  To really see the difference between dry and wet Gelato the left (yellow) is wet and the bottom & right (yellow-green & blue) of the card was blended with a dry sponge.  I added this square to a blank card and decorated it.  The butterfly was cut from the same page and mounted only in the center with Scrap Happy Glue and You're So Fine Glitter on top .

If I can do it so can you!

Happy scrapping!

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)

Easy technique with Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils

Hi there everyone, Mou Saha here with today's post.Back in October, when I went to teach at Oh My Crafts' Discovering Possibilities event, many of the students wanted to know how to use the Art GRIP® Aquarelle watercolor pencils. So, I have been experimenting with these pencils. Let me share with you one of the simple things I learned.
Usually, I associate palette knives with oil and acrylic paints, but I found that they work great with watercolors too.
First I colored on my art journal page with several shades of the same color.

Then spritzed it with water lightly. I blended the colors and moved them around with a few quick strokes of the palette knife.

Once the backgrounds dried, I wrote on them, stamped and embellished them.

Happy Holidays everyone!

An art journal page with Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils

Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with another art journal page...Let me show you how I created this page in steps.

I lightly sketched lines on the journal page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filled the sections with colors using Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils.

Blended the colors with wet brush

When dry, I journaled on the page using PITT® artist pen

I let a little water drip down and wrote 'Favorite Season' with Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils on the wet surface to finish the page.

Have fun!

An Art Journal page

Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with a page from my art journal creaed with Faber Castell Gelatos, Essential Tool Kit. Stamper's Big Brush pen, and Artists' PITT® pen.

I started with mixed media paper cut, folded and stitched to make booklets. I rubbed yellow, pink and orange Gelatos along the right edge of the page.

I used the little misting bottle from the Essential Tool Kit to spray water and let it drip.

Next, I inked up a stamp using the black Stamper's Big Brush Pen and stamp on the right side of the page where the Gelato had dried.

I added a strips of paper tape at the top left and rubbed some blue Gelatos, sprayed water and let it drip for a layered effect.

I stamped a butterfly using the same Stamper's Big Brush Pen and filled in with Art GRIP® Aquarelle pencils.

Finally, I added my journaling using a Black PITT® artist pen.

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by!

One-of-a-Kind Art with Gelatos

 

  It's Technique Tuesday again here at Design Memory Craft and I'm here to share a technique using the Gelatos.  This is such a fun way to create artwork!  I am an elementary art teacher as well as an artist.  Many of my techniques are inspired by things we are doing in the classroom. One of my favorite projects are those with printmaking supplies!  I love the idea of making copies of artwork that are unique and magical.  There is little that is as magical as printmaking.  It's just amazing to kids and adults alike.  This technique is one that makes "one of a kind" work! Monoprinting (mono= one) is one of those techniques that has magical qualities!  You create an artwork on a slick surface and pull a print or two of the artwork.  Each print is unique and cannot be reproduced the exact same way again!  I love using Gelatos to create these unique art prints. 

I start with a clear piece of plexiglass (you can use glass, acetate, or thick plastic too). 

 
 Draw directly on the glass using Gelatos to create shapes, images, and textures. I also like to use templates, stamps, and found materials to create interesting textures/ design.  For this project, I drew freely on the plate and then stamped with bubblewrap, corregated cardboard and toilet paper rolls.  I wanted an abstract design. 

 
 Once, I created my base design, I could take a Q-tip and draw into it for some negative space.  The beauty of this kind of monoprinting is that the Gelatos give you unlimited work time!  No worries about ink drying too fast!  You can work on this for days if you want.  They are water-soluable so they will work no matter how long they sit! 

 
 Finally, I spritz a sheet of heavy watercolor paper and lay it over the design careful not to over saturate the paper.  It should be damp with no puddles.  Puddles or too wet paper will create a blurred image.  Slightly damp paper will allow you to capture details more clearly.  I use a wooden spoon or a printmaking baren to rub over the back of the paper to transfer the design.

 
 Peel the paper back by the corner carefully.  You can then pull a "ghost" print with the remaining color or add more details prior to pulling another print for another unique artwork! 

 
 
Kids love this technique and even my 2 year old can do this!  It's super exciting to see what we get when we reveal the artwork!  Try doing this over newspaper or other printed papers.  I'd love to see what you try!