7Gypsies Wanderlust Artist Book

This videos shows a detailed flip-through of the Wanderlust Artist Book I made for Canvas Corp Brands. Following the video are lots of photos. Enjoy!

Polished Stone Technique With Tattered Angels Paints

This is a simple technique for making paper look like polished stone or pieces of agate! These are the supplies I used in the following video:

Glossy pages from a magazine or travel brochure (request free US travel brochures here)
Polycrylic Gloss Varnish diluted by half with water (available from Amazon)
Rubbing alcohol (or surgical spirits) diluted by half with water (available from Amazon)
Water soluble graphite pencil (available from Amazon)
Tattered Angels paint as follows (available at Canvas Corp Brands)

Plain Jane Baseboard Mist - Purple Pansies & Sunburst
Plain Jane Simply Sheer Mist - Peony & Safety Orange
Chalkboard Mist - Seven Seas & Ruby Slipper
Glimmer Mist - Key Lime Pie
Glimmer Glam - Tinsel & Cupcake
Glimmer Glaze - Blue Cheese
Decor & DIY Paint - Crystal 

 

Check out these gorgeous results!

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Coloring the Trashy Junk Mail Journal

I recently made a fun junk journal out of junk mail that was destined for the trash. In this video you can see how I added some color to all those fun junky pages!

Here are some of the products I used:
White Gesso

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in raw sienna applied with an old gift card

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in primary magenta, diluted and brushed on as a wash

Homemade spray ink in some kind of blue 

Something sort of purple, may have been another homemade ink
Oil or wax pastels or crayons (I'm not exactly sure) from a kids art kit
Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and an old rag

More Citra Solv & NatGeo Fun!

These gorgeous papers are the impressive result of not very much effort! All you need is some Citra Solv Cleaner/Degreaser and a National Geographic magazine.

Check out these awesome results:

 

Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew 4 x 4 Canvas

My first project for the Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew is this 4 x 4 canvas that we were asked to decorate in a way that reflects our personal style.

My style is lots of layers but not a lot of dimension or "fluff" so I chose to create depth by making gel medium decals from paper pad pages and images.

The transparent decals were layered over the canvas which had been randomly painted with a variety of Tattered Angels paints.

Visit the Canvas Corp Brands website to find the following products I used:

7gypsies
Ordre du jour 8x8 Paper Pad
Gears: Industrial (14 pieces)
Mini Ephemera - Receipts

Tattered Angels
Walnut Gold- Glimmer Mist 2oz
Sangria- Glimmer Glaze 1 oz
Seven Seas- Chalkboard 2oz
Olive - Stained Glass 1.35oz

Canvas Home Basics
Ticking Fringe 1 Yard - red
4 x 4 Stretched Natural Canvas

Other products used:
Omni Gel
Perfect Paper Adhesive

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