Faber Castell: Design Memory Craft

Gelatos on acrylic!

Hey hey bloggers Rita Barakat here!

 YES! You can use Gelatos® on acrylic!
Today I am showing you three pictures of the same project 

because I want to you see it from different angles! 

Working with acrylic gives you beautiful results

but sometimes it is hard to photograph! What looks like a mirror above is actually

the reflection of the sky on the acrylic!!!!

At a different angle you can see my door in the background.

To get this look I use a Prima Stencil  with Gesso directly on the acrylic.

Then I colored (scribbled) onto the dry Gesso with my Gelatos®.
I blended the colors together with a little water & paintbrush.

If you wanted to you could add paper behind it, but I like to see some of the clear show through.

 Another look!

Doodling...

Hey bloggers!

Rita  Barakat here with a reminder of what you can do with your PITT® artist pens and Pastel Pencils! 

 Over the summer I took these pictures and there were even more that I didn't use!

This is a great way to get lots of pictures on a page but with all those pictures,

 I wanted to make sure I left some white space too.

Well I just couldn't do it and I went back and added some journaling and accents!

I used the PITT® artist pens for journaling and accenting around the embellishments!

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I also enjoyed using my Pastel Pencils and PITT® artist pens to enhance the journaling.

It kind of reminded me of high school & college

where I doodled all the time to stay awake in class! LOL!

If you haven't done this in a while you should try it!

Supplies: Clear Embellishments from Clear Scraps.
Papers "Just Chillin" collection from Ta Da Creative Studios

Design Memory Craft Pastel Pencils & PITT Artist pens

Technique Tuesday: Resist

I have a quick and fun technique to try with stamping and Gelatos!  I had the priviledge to work with Brenday Pinnick's new stamps and boy did I have fun!  I used a clear embossing powder to create a background of paisleys from her Piccadilly line.  Here stamps were crisp and have great images that can be stacked!

Having started on white background paper, I heat set the powders and allowed them to cool.  Next I added several colors of Gelatos over the entire page.  I smeared a bit with my fingers or a blending sponge right over the embossed images. 

Once I finished that, I added a bit of spritzed water over a section with a large brush and further blended.  I used a soft rag or paper towel and rubbed away any color that settled on the embossing powder.  It wiped off those areas very easily.  Mostly the embossing powdered areas resisted the color and water.  I loved that I can create my own striking backgrounds in this way!  You can use any color embossing powder for different effects.

 

Technique Tuesday: Create Colored Gel Paints with Gelatos

Today, I'm going to share how I made colored gel medium or paints with the Gelatos!  I wanted some spreadable colored medium that would work over papers that I want to see the text through.  I also wanted to be able to make my own colors and use them on other mixed media projects that might be harder to use the Gelato sticks on.  So, I created a "paint" or glaze that uses gel medium (I used a matte medium) as the binder. 

This is very similar to the sprays I showed you!  You pick your Gelato colors and shave off a bit of each of the colors you want to mix onto a craft mat or wax paper. 

 

I've mixed colors to create my own colored glaze!  Here I mixed the light blue and the green to create a turquoise color.  You can also add white to make it lighter and black to make a darker version of a color.

Spritz some water using the handy little spritz bottle that comes with the tool pack that Faber-Castell makes!

Mix into a watery paste using a palette knife or your finger.

Scoop all the paste into a small container of medium.  You can also do the same with white gesso or a white acrylic paint.  It creates a more pastel version of the paint and is more opaque.

  Brush over canvas, thick paper, wood, plaster, or other substrate to create a luminous and sheer glaze or paint. The Faber-Castell Textural Accents sampler contains a sampling of 2oz each of Gesso, Gel and Glaze so it's a great way to give these new techniques a try :)

Here is a finished project that I did with this technique!  I hope you enjoyed this alternative way to use your Gelatos! 

 

Quick, Easy Scrapbook Stamping from Tiffany Johnson

Hi everyone! I have a very exciting announcement to make! You've seen her work here recently as a guest designer/blogger ..... and we're making it official! Tiffany Johnson is joining our Design Team! We are thrilled to have Tiffany with us!

As her first "official" project for the team, Tiffany has designed a fabulous yet easy scrapbook page using our Gelatos and our Stamper's Big Brush pens to create a  custom backdrop that beautifully supports her photo and anchors the whole page.

 

 

Want to know how Tiffany made the page? Check out this quick video tutorial she's provided us below...

 

 

 Inspiring as always. Thank you, Tiffany! And welcome to the team!

Nature's Beauty

Hi!  Alyssa McGrew here, back to share a little bit about a layout I created a few months ago. I had such a great time working with Design Memory Craft supplies on this page.

I started by creating the background using Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils in blues, greens, and yellows. Then I used gesso to stamp on the blue background cardstock and layered the watercolored background over it.

I then created the tree branch by sketching it, cutting it out, and then adding layers of detail and texture with Gelato Sticks, PITT® Artist Pens, and a Big Brush Pen. I loved how I could create shades and layers of using the Gelato by just brushing more on, or taking some off, with my fingers.

I colored the canvas bird with Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils after stamping the pattern with StazOn ink.  

Then I added lots of hand-cut bits of patterned paper and shaded in around them using the Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils again.  

This was the final result:

Thanks for coming by and checking out my project.  I hope that you have some Design Memory Craft products of your own, and that you can use a few of my tips to create your own masterpiece!

~Alyssa~

www.alyssasscraps.blogspot.com

Technique Tuesday: More with Gelato Sprays

Jennifer Matott here again to bring you another technique!

Last week (here) we created mists with water and Gelatos! I showed you a few masks and recycled materials you could use to create shapes. 

This week, I have a few more fun things to use to create artsy looking backgrounds for cards, layouts, journals, or whatever you desire! 

I love circles! Therefore, I LOVE anything dotted. So, here are a few items that I found around the house to use to create circles or dots on my papers.

COINS

Take a handful of coins from your pocket, purse, under the chair cushions and lay them onto your paper.  Spray over and either use a heat gun to dry or allow to air dry. Remove and you have a random dotted pattern.

Here is a page that I created with this technique:

DRYWALL TAPE or SEQUIN WASTE

This gem of a find at a local Lowe's Hardware store is my favorite way to make dots!  You can also use Sequin waste or an empty Pop Dots package. There are many types of drywall tape, but this is the dotted paper kind.  Hard to find but when you do grab up several rolls!  Here's how to use it with the sprays:

Cut or rip a section and lay over the area that you want sprayed. You can also use punches or cut it into a variety of shapes. Now spray over it! When lifted, you will see the dots and outline of the shape. Be careful not to flood it with color though. Too much spraying and it will bleed into a puddle.

Here's where I overlapped sprayed strips!  Messy and fun!  These were done with the mists I made with Gelatos.

Because I don't like to waste anything, I often turn the tape over and stamp it for a reverse effect.  You can also use the sprayed tape on your page directly because it has a self-adhesive backing!

BUBBLEWRAP

One of my very favorite items to use is bubblewrap!  All shapes and sizes will produce fun dots! Here you can stamp with them by spraying directly on the bubble surface.

Flip it over and stamp onto an area of your page for instant grundgy dots! This is so fun you will find yourself scavaging any bubblewrap packaging you can find!!

You can also spray onto an art mat and stamp the bubblewrap into the puddle to create interesting effects.

Here is the final result of stamping with bubblewrap:

Just a few more ideas to add to your spray/ mist repetoire!  Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and come back next Tuesday when I make some paints with Gelatos...

Technique Tuesday: Gelato + Water = Misty Spray!

Hi friends! Jen Matott here to show you a fun technique that is all the rage in the industry right now. 

Mists or sprays are turning up all over the place and when used over stencils, masks or everyday objects, they offer a unique look that is artsy, messy and exciting. I decided to make my own sprays using Gelatos and a mister.  It's a bit of a process but it's so worth it because in the end you get subtle, pastel or metallic bold color!

Here is a photo tutorial I put together for you!

First, I used a palette knife to cut a 1/4 of an inch of the gelato off. I used the metallic ones because I wanted shimmer too but you could mix the shimmer with a solid color to get a more dramatic effect. 

I used the palette knife to chop up and smoosh the color onto an art mat. 

  

 

 

I then used the palette knife to mix the shavings. Add a tiny spritz of water to soften it and make it easier to blend into a soft paste.

  

 

 

 

Using the palette knife, scrap up the paste and add to the water bottle. The more you add, the more intense the color. I chose to keep mine soft and pastel. 

Replace the cap and shake up! 

 

 

 

Try it out on white paper to see if it is the intensity you want. If too light, add more color using the same technique. It may clog up the sprayer because the pigment is thicker than an ink but just a good cleaning after you are finished by running it under warm water and spraying, will do the trick!   

  

 

I created this page using a variety of circle stencils, recycled materials.

You could use just about anything you have lying around the house as a mask. Get creative! I used a piece of chipboard with holes from game pieces and the leftover bits from an insurance card mailer! And a "real" mask from Heidi Swapp.

The colors layered are subtle and fun! Use just one spray for a monochormatic look, or layer two colors of spray like this...

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, add some PITT® Artist Pen details, a photo & a few scraps of paper and you all of sudden you have an easy but dynamic scrapbook page! 

 
Snow Day by Jennifer Matott

 
I hope you enjoyed my demonstration on how to make your own Gelato sprays! You can see more work of mine on my blog using this technique. I'll be back to share more techniques using Gelatos and other Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products!

 

An Artistic Approach to Scrapbooking

What can you do with one piece of white cardstock, one picture and a handful of Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft supplies???

 

A layout made for my baby girl. The journal is a song from Plumb called "In my arms".

It has such beautiful lyrics I had to illustrate them on a layout...

I used Gelatos, Art GRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils, PITT® Artist Pens... 

 

  

I think I will challenge myself again to use only my art supplies and a clean piece of cardstock, this was fun. How about you? Are you up for this challenge? If so link us up I would love to see it!

Blessings,

Rita

        

5-minute Layout: Stamper's Big Brush Markers and PITT® Artist Pens

 

Hello Blogosphere! It's Tiffany Johnson here to show you how to make a 5-minute Layout using the Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Markers and PITT® Artist Pens.

I love using the new Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft line because the products are easy and fun to incorporate into any paper crafting project and they're acid free!

Here's a fun video:

 

 

 Thanks for watching!