Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Colored Magazine Print Hanger

Hello! Dana Tatar here today sharing another project as a Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft^® Guest Designer. I've been seeing a lot of fantastic art featuring faces and wanted to join the fun! Drawing smiley faces and stick figures are challenging for me, so I knew that I was going to need a guide to help me.

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

"Sea Glass" Votive Holders

Hello! Dana Tatar here today sharing my first project as a Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Guest Designer. I hope the month of May brings Spring to those of you who may still be dealing with snow! Here in Florida, I have been enjoying the warmer weather and have visited the beach several times already. My daughters and I enjoy collecting shells for our projects. Every once in awhile we come across a piece of sea glass. I love the beautiful blue/green weathered treasures and today I'm sharing how to create a gorgeous "sea glass" finish on a set of glass votive holders using Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products.

Mix-Ability Challenge Mix7: Splatter-ific

Hello Blogosphere!

I AM SOOOO EXCITED for today's post!

Today, I have another Splitcoaststampers.com Mix-Ability Challenge post to share with you! These challenges are designed to introduce mixed-media in a fun and approachable way! You can keep it easy or go a bit further outside your comfort zone, it's UP TO YOU!

I am playing Challenge Hostess for MIX7, Splatter-ific. I'm challenging everyone to incorporate a Splatter Technique into your project! Please go visit the MIX7 Challenge Forum and Gallery, play along, and upload your project using keyword "MIX7".

Video Tutorial:

Here are some card ideas:

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!

St. Patrick's Day Inspiration Spool

Good morning! Katie here.

Saint Patrick’s Day is next week, so for today’s project I wanted to make something inspired by the holiday. I love recycling spools into mini books; you can add photos or just make little inspiration spools with quotes. Which is what I did for this spool, I found an Irish Proverb that I liked:

"May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go."

Inspirational Canvas using Gelatos®

Hi everyone! I love to create with blank canvas - it is such a great way to start a project. The possibilities are endless. To paint or not to paint. Paper or no paper? What mediums do I want to play with?For this canvas I wanted to create something a little less constrained that I normally do. Something pretty free flowing. So I broke out my whole pile of Gelatos® and went to work.

An Artisan Jewelry Box

2013 is all about the artisan look, natural materials, and the search for the genuinely handmade. While organizing my accessories I realized that a box for my numerous bracelets was highly needed...

This Jewelry Box was once just an unfinished wood piece found at a craft store. I loved its earthy and rough style since the moment I saw it. It was the perfect piece to decorate and turn it into a unique item. 

Wax Monoprints: Paper Crafter Crayons

I am always looking for new ways to use our products and since I've been dabbling with Encaustics, I decided to try monoprinting with the Paper Crafter's Crayons.  I bought an aluminum plate to use on a hot plate for monoprinting wax. 

Here's the printing plate from Encaustikos... It's small and perfect to work on a hot surface with.