Saturday, January 31, 2015

I want to be a part of the Colour Arte DT :)



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What can I say.. creating makes me VERY happy!  I absolutely LOVE color.  While I personally don't wear a lot of color.  I do LOVE to play with it! I think its the ONE thing that I am NOT afraid of in my art. If anyone were to ask me what my favorite color was.. I would say NEON, the brighter the better!! ::chuckle:: and probably narrow it down to a tanzanite or plum.  While both may be a shade of purple, they are very distinctly different!  Let NO ONE tell you otherwise! (smiles & laughs)

Anywhooo.. I am here today because I would like to be a part of Colour Arte Design Team and here is my project! Mixed Media Tags:  On the Left we have- Create Imagine Make Believe; On the right- Remember You Are Loved


  























 I cut a few hearts out an old pizza box.  I figured I could do it free hand.  Would look more MEKOish if I did.  I pulled pack the first layer or paper to expose the corrugated texture then I rubbed some gesso on it and let it dry as I prepped my tags.


I waited for the gesso to dry, I opened my pots of H2Os.. and grabbed whatever colors spoke to me at the time..No real reason or plan besides making a tag with a heart on it.  You should mist the pots and let them sit about 2-3 minutes so that water seeps into and all that colorful goodness!


     


 As the pots started to get a moistened and pasty, I just brushed color on the hearts.  Gesso may not have been the way to go.. but the H2Os are transparent, so I should have expected more white to show through.  I didn't use my paints so it wasn't really needed after all. On the left is a picture of some hearts I decided to color, just because I like to color hearts.  ::tilts head:: (laughs)  Don't my paints looked loved?  Took lots of use to get them that way.. Got to love them!


While these were drying I decided to go and work on my tags.  I had one large tag Prima doll tag and I had a smaller tag I received in Happy Mail that I knew I wanted to use. That tag had been hit with the #heatgun and embossed with some clear embossing power.  As you see in the next picture.. it creates a resist against the H2Os.. Cooooll Right? I think so!! (smiles) 




I saturated the tag in about 3 colors,.  
Don't they just look gorgeous! Blue Zircon, Pumpkin, and wild plum.  Then I worked on the other tag because I knew I had at wanted to make another one with a different technique. I painted the second card, but I got it extra juicy.  I wanted to add one more step to it before it began to dry.



So with my second tag.. I threw some rock salt on it.  I love how that turns out in the end.  Because not to drop any on the floor especially if you walk around with NO SHOES.. LIKE I DID! ::sigh::  Anyway, (smiles) here is a picture of that tag with salt on it!


I then decided, what they hey.. and tossed some on the embossed tag too!!
After I brushed the salt off I decided I wanted some color back on the second tag.  So I dropped some Deco Art Media Line Fluid Acrylic in my DA Molding Paste and stenciled a few spots.
  
While that was drying I decided I would hand write my quotes to go on my tags and I wanted to use some faces my daughter got from a dear friend of ours. (smiles.. HI VON) I painted the faces and did a quick wash on water color paper that i planned to cut up for my words.


After adhering my bits to my tag with my favorite Helmar Super Tac Glue. I finally added some scraps of ribbon and I felt like I was done.. :)  

My finished tags came out like this.. :)  I was pretty pleased with them.. Here they are once again!



  
 

I hope if you haven't given H2Os or other Colour Arte products a try that you will!
They not only provide you with QUALITY COLOR, but also AWESOME shimmer!  Grab a few and a brush and some water and give it go!! Have a GREAT WEEK!! ::waves::

8 comments:

  1. looks like your had fun with this post, thanks for using ColourArte products in your post today

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  2. I just LOVE the shimmer and shine on these tags, they are gorgeous!!

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  3. Love these tags they are very pretty and shinny, They are just beautiful.

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  4. Love these Tamiko. Absolutely love the one with the face, it just shimmers so much!

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  5. Color Arte would be so lucky to have you on their design team, Tamiko!! I love these tags - lovely colours and creative techniques. I adore seeing that clay face used - its a brilliant option to perk up your tag! Well done m'lady !! <3 <3

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  6. Fabulous set of tags. So much going on. TFS

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  7. Beautiful!!! Check out that yummy shimmer on those tags. Awesome work and they'd be very blessed to have you on their team. :) <3
    Hugs,
    Yvonne

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