Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft

Mini Album for Valentine's Day

Hi everyone, Anita here and today I want to share with you a super cute mini album I made for Valentine's Day. I love to make mini albums - I have a bookcase full of them and they are all over the house.

For this project I used a Maya Road Square Canvas Binder Album. I started by taking the canvas off the album so I could work with it. I really wanted a hippie feel for this, and I knew I wanted some negative space on it.

Black Velvet Art

Jen Matott here again to share another mixed media project with you!  I love finding new materials to create my art on... I love dark surfaces for Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft's Gelatos and Metallic Gelatos to be used on.  They just come alive against the dark background!  Here I used a black velvet paper to create this journal page. This is nothing like those Elvis paintings!

Mixed Media Mini Album

Hello Everyone!

I’m going to share with you my last project as a Guest Design Team member for Faber Castell Design Memory Craft!  I’ve had a wonderful time and I wanted to thank Faber Castell for the opportunity! I hope the readers enjoyed my projects as much as I enjoyed making them!

For my last project I decided to make a mini album. I’ve never actually made a mini before because I found it daunting to have to create so many different, yet cohesive pages. Well I wanted to challenge myself and I decided to approach it with a “formula”J  I used my Stamper’s Big Brush Pens, Gelatos™ and Essential PITT™ Artist pens to help me along.

Gelatos on Acrylic Part II

 

Hey bloggers Rita Barakat here! The kids are back in school (yay!) and already I am thinking

what am I going to do with all that artwork? After all,

 

"Every Artist was first and amatuer!"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

  

So I came up with a mini album! How about taking a picture of your budding artist and filling the pages with pictures if their beautiful artwork?  This would also make a wonderful gift item for the granparents!   Of course I had to decorate mine, (but you could let the kids do it)
I will add their pictures as I get them!

An Everyday Pocket Book

Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with my everyday pocketbook.

It's the simplest book that takes very little time, effort and cost to make at home. I cut six pieces of 8.5"x11" cardstock in half, folded it, and stitched it right down the center to make a book that measures 5.5"x4.25".

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

Mini Canvas Album

Hi everyone! RIta Barakat here with a few techniques using Gelatos!

Did you know that Gelatos work on canvas?  They are so versitale! I used a mini canvas album - I dry embossed it and went over the top lightly with Gelatos!  They look beautiful on chipboard as well!  I used the gold metallic Gelato on top of the colors on the chipboard bird - you can really see

Love color? Me too!

Which is why I'm so excited about the new product line from Faber-Castell, DESIGN MEMORY CRAFT. Hi everyone, My name is Brenda Pinnick and I'm guest blogging today!

 
I want to share with you what my 75 students will be making in the Mixed Media Workshop I'll be teaching for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft this upcoming weekend at the Craft & Hobby Show in Los Angeles. Well, I'll give you a sneek peak, anyway...

 

This is just one of the pages in the minibook we'll be making.

When I first heard about this new product line for crafting, all based on color, I knew I had to check it out! Those of you who know me, know that I'm all about beautiful color palettes! As a colorist for over 15 years and a lifelong professional artist, I can tell you that having color confidence in your creative work will open up all kinds of creative fun and will take away the fear of "messing up."

One of my favorite things to remind artists in my classes and workshops is that using color is free. It doesn't cost you anything. Each hue is a tool in your tool box. Now that doesn't mean you should use all of them at once, but here, the color palettes are harmonious which means that you will end up with a project which offers both variety and harmony, two of the essential ingredients in making successful art pieces!

The other wonderful advantage is that these products all work together as mixed media! I know you'll love using the new Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products as much as I do. 

For the project above, I've used the following: Strathmore Vellum Bristol, Sizzix dies and Textured Impressions by Brenda Pinnick, (new lines, launching at CHA!), Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Mixed Media Sampler in blue.

After the show, I'll be posting a complete set of instructions here and on my blog at http://www.brendapinnick.com/blog  so be sure to check back. And if you're attending the show this coming week, be sure to stop by the Faber-Castell booth (#547) to say hello and enjoy my make & take from 10am- 2pm Sat and 9am - 1pm on Sunday & Monday. You'll have a chance to give the products a try and to enter to win an ipad touch, courtesy of Faber-Castell!!!  (I hope YOU win!)

See you there! 

A Metallic Star is Born! {Metallic Pens Sneak Peek!}

Look who we've noticed using our new Design Memory Craft PITT Artist Metallic Pens for several projects during her December Daily this month? None other than Ali Edwards! Very exciting! Here are a few photos of projects that she used, along with links....

 

Sneak Peek Alert!! Ali used our not-yet-released Ruby Metallic PITT Artist Pen on the above photo in her December Daily day 4. 

 

 

Ali used our metallic PITT Artist pen for the silver line and one of our black journaling PITT Artist pens for the words on her December Daily Number 13.

 

Thanks, Ali! We're excited to be a part of your December Daily this year on a total of four different days so far .... and the month is just barely half-way over!