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Hi everyone,

I continue to play with product and have enjoyed the journey. This is just a quick post to show you some of what I've been doing. I hope you enjoy this quick peek. 

Art Anthology Play

Hello friends,

Some of you may remember I was playing with some new paints from Art Anthology the other day. I made a few tags and played with the Gelli printing plate. I decided to incorporate some of that work into a scrapbook page. I used some of the Meridian paint mixed with gesso and applied it through a stencil for the background. I also used some of the spray paint and dripped it about for texture. I used a Prima mask on the upper right to create the "Cute" background.Then I started layering my tags and papers that had made the other day along with a few Prima products.

I love how the clear paint worked as a resist when applied through the stencil on the tag. There's also just a hint of gold glitter in the clear paint. The second photo below gives a pretty good close-up shot of that. 

I had a lot of fun using the pieces that I had created to complete my layout. That gorgeous teal green paint really pops on the page. Thanks for stopping by. Remember the Scrapbooking Studio has the Art Anthology paints available for you. You can also purchase them online here. 

WOYWW 243

Morning everyone,

Well it's Wednesday (somewhere) and after my whirlwind trip to California I have quite a mess and not just on my desk. I am not sure where it is all going to go.

New stencils, paints. projects,everything is out. I just finish some projects with the new Art Anthology paint you can check that out in my previous post if you are interested. In addition to showing my desk on Wednesday it's usually a cleanup day for me. I bought a new air compressor to use with my Copic markers and I need to assemble that. You would think I would have this done. Here goes.

Yippee one project up and running. Isn't that compressor a thing of beauty? I have toyed with the idea of getting one for years.

So I did a bit of tidy up. Now I'm ready to play. Here are some of the projects that we did in the alcohol ink classes with Copic. I did painting with ink and airbrushing and loved both classes.

Here's my space tidied and ready to use again. 

I tend to keep working and just pushing things back on my desk. That only works for so long.  I only stay clean long enough to drag out more stuff. I had a play today with more paint and did a video to show you what my play produced. I will say it was an exciting day. I dropped my favorite heat tool in my wash water and then the pan sprung a leak. ack! Here are some stills. I know this is getting lengthy so this is a peek of what I put in the video.

 Well I must get this posted and go visit the other deskers. If you're not familiar with this 'what's on my work desk Wednesday', check out the Stamping Ground at Julia Dunnit's blog. Hugs gentle crafters. I hope you are surviving this polar vortex again.

Art Anthology; paint love

Hello everyone.

 Today I started out a simple project making a keepsake box. 

The base is a Maya Road chipboard box created in the shape of a flower. It has a cut out front with the translucent piece for the cover. I pulled that out and set it aside while painting the box.

I have these wonderful new paints from art anthology in luscious colors and wanted to try them out. First I applied gesso to the project to prepare the surface for paint. 

 I sprayed the outside of the box with these luscious paint sprays from Art Anthology.  I find drying during the process created a pleasing effect. The spray paints are referred to as colorant sprays and I used Glorious, Studio Blue, Patients and Waimea Bay spray colorants. 

I used the Black Leather and Meridian dimensional paints for the top That I simply applied with a brush. They're both from the sorbet line of paints. They have a lovely iridescence along with the dimensional quality. 

After painting and drying the surface I started to apply my embellishments mostly from Prima. I coated the embellishments with gesso and began using the coloration sprays on them. After adding color I wanted to give the focal point a little more bling. For this, I went back to my dimensional gel paints in the sorbet line. The paint I used was Dazzle. It has a gold glitter effect. I know it's hard to see it in the photographs but it does sparkle. I used a chalkboard embellishment for the top from American Crafts. 

I love the marbling effect the multiple sprays create on the box surface.

I am sure someone can find some keepsakes to store in such a box.

While I had the paints out, I decided to do the layout. I wanted to see how the sprays would react on gesso and paper. When the paint is used to spray over a gesso stenciled area, the colors are soft and a pretty pastel. 

Do you see the tag done with the new Tim Holtz debossing folder from Sizzix? These will be in stores soon. Keep an eye out for all the new releases from CHA.

I also used the sprays on the flowers. Overall I'm well pleased with these new products. Next time I think I will have to pick up some dimensional paint in the tube so I can write my titles.

  

Remember, If you need any of these fabulous paints or other supplies, you can find them at the Scrapbooking Studio. I know the paints are in both stores. If you can't travel to see things up close, remember you can now order on line.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you had a great weekend.