Faber- Castell Design Memory Craft and ICE Resin Blog Hop

I'm honored to be sharing an artwork using a really cool product from ICE Resin and my favorite products from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft! 

 Here are some of the items I received from ICE Resin... immediately, my mojo was super charged!  I couldn't wait to try it all!  I have never used ICE Resin before so I had no idea how to begin.  I went looking for online tutorials to get me started!  ICE Resin has some great demo tuts on their website and I found a few from their designers too!
So, with some ideas from the tutorials, I started mixing up some resin.  I let it sit for a few minutes while I prepped a stamp with some Gelatos®colors in Margarita Mix, Snow Cone, and Metallic Mint. 

I also used a mold I had and got a few papers to try some Resin paper with the left over. 

I poured the ICE resin on the stamp so that a puddle formed and left it to set.  I poured a bit more into my butterfly mold and sprinkled some Opal Fire inclusions into the wet resin.  This stuff is GORGEOUS!  With the left over resin, I brushed it onto the papers. 

Here is what I made with the papers, poured resin and molds:

 This mixed media pendant necklace was so fun to make!  I had some scrap fabric, metal pieces, and wire to create a fun piece that would be special to wear or to display. 

 Here is a close up of the resin papers.  I colored them with Gelatos®colors too and then brushed the resin on and allowed it to set.  The papers are flexible and translucent.  This is a technique I'm going to try again and make some other items with them!

 The ICE Resin came right off the stamp with the Gelatos® coloring the transparent resin just by pouring it over the rubber stamp!  It is so cool!  I cut it with scissors and could punch through the resin to attach to the metal and jump ring.

 Here is a view of the resin butterfly.  I just set it there but may use it in another piece later. I used some ribbon for the necklace part. 

 You can see the little turtle charm that I embossed and some ICE resin with inclusions and a word sticker that says "Joy".

I hope you enjoyed my project for the blog hop... check out the other designers projects throughout the week by following the links below!

 Want chances to win a Designing with Gelatos Kit or an ICE Resin Kit?
The blog hop projects will end on Friday but you have until midnight Eastern time on Sunday, May 18 to post a comment. Winners will be announced Monday, May 19th.  Two winners will win a Designing with Gelatos kit OR a  prize pack from Ice Resin (a Resin Plunger, a Bezel, Medium and a Relique). 

Monday May 12
ICE Resin: Kathy Cano Murillohttp://www.craftychica.com/site/2014/05/mixed-media-greeting-cards/
Faber Castell: Jill Fosterhttp://www.studiosessionsart.blogspot.com/ 

Tuesday May 13
ICE Resin: Jennifer Priesthttp://hydrangeahippo.com/2014/05/use-art-ice-resin/
Faber Castell: (This is me!) Jen Matott http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/ 

Wednesday May 14
ICE Resin: Tatiana Allenhttp://blog.craftycutie.com/inspiration/if-you-do-you-will-be-ice-resin-and-faber-castell-bog-hop/
Faber Castell: Rita Barakat  http://wp.me/p47OIs-yy 

Thursday May 15
ICE Resin: Jamie Doughertyhttp://jamiedoughertydesigns.blogspot.com/2014/05/blog-hop-with-ice-redin-and-faber.html
Faber Castell: Tiffany Johnson  http://iheartartblog.com/?p=12820

Friday May 16
ICE Resin: Jen Cushmanhttp://jencushman.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/oodles-of-dood...-faber-castell/
ICE Resin: John Creighton Petersenhttp://artnewwave.com/?p=747
Faber Castell: Mou Saha http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/2014/05/blog-hop-with-ice-resin-faber-castell.html

Winner and a Journal page

Sorry I'm late in announcing the winner of the Faber-Castell Mixed Media journal... A random chooser picked... Mallrat!  Shoot me an email so I can mail this out to you!

Okay, now to share another page in my board journal!  This is a page full of fun collage details...

 

I created a "skin" from a photocopied image of a moth with 8 layers of gel medium. It takes awhile because you have to wait for each layer to dry before adding more.  A stamped circle that is embossed with glitter embossing powder by WOW Embossing powders makes a great base for the moth.  I also whitewashed the page with watered down Gesso (I used Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Textural Accents Gesso, Whipped Spackle, and Gel Medium on this page.).

 Some sketched circles with a PITT® Artist pen and word stickers and little tiny doily finishes up this page!

I love this page for it's texture and neutral color scheme.  Lots of fun techniques make it one of my favorites!  Thanks for visiting... more to come!

Art Journal page

 Usually, I post techniques on the various blogs of the design teams I'm honored to be on, but one of my resolutions is to post more on my own blog.  I am going to do this through the help of my participation as a designer with Party Time Tuesdays Challenge Blog.  It's a goal and I'm hoping I can stick with it!
So, today, I have a fun page I did in my Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft mixed media board journal.  Below, I have detailed the process!  Leave me a comment below by Friday, January 31st by midnight EST and I'll pick a winner of a Mixed Media Journal book for your own art!

          I started with cutting a piece of patterned paper to fit half the size of the page.  I ripped one edge and adhered down with some Textural Accents Gel Medium.

 Next I used some Washi tape (Lord knows I have too much of it!) to create 4 lines of varying lengths.  I like that the washi tape is easy to rip and also easy to remove when I'm done!

 Now, time to get your fingers dirty!!!  See my dry and messy fingers?

 Using Banana, Mango, Tangerine, Squid Ink, and Blood Orange colored Gelatos, randomly apply and smear with your fingers or foam applicator (if you can't stand to get your fingers dirty... which I love to do!)

 Peel off the tape and dispose.  You are left with masked areas that are white and patterned paper. 

 See?

Next, I stamped words of inspiration using WOW! stamps and Fiskars sets and Versamark ink.  Using WOW black and white embossing powders, I created contrasting sides of words.

The embossing powder will act as a resist for the drips of Gelato spray that you will apply next.  I like to grudge up my page a bit with drippage.  See this post for directions on how to create sprays from Gelatos.  The Gelato mist Kit is awesome for all that you need for this process!

 There is so much you can do with these books and Gelatos, that I'm sure you will have a blast playing!  Remember to leave a comment and you could win a Journal book!   I will announce the winner on Feb. 1st!

Stroke of Color: Altered Paint Brush

Hi!  While I am drooling over Winter CHA pictures on the web, even though I wasn't there in person :(, I am home with a sick little boy and creating!  I finally got my Donna Downey Altered Brush Project done!  I've had this baby for 6 months... and well... I knew what I wanted to do with it but let's face it, I put it off.  There was always another project that needed attention.  But I decided that I'd do it this week!  I loved how it came out and it's going to be tough sending it away to Donna's Studio.  I think I'm going to have to do one like it for my "studio". 

 WOW Embossing powder on metal... LOVE that!

 Paper feather

 Gelatos and Light Modeling paste... YUM!

 Prima goodness... with some Glam on it! Oh Ya!

 Drippage with Gelatos and Stamper's Big Brush Pens on stamps.

 New Prima stencils and paint splotches!

 Backview of the brush

 Front again. 

This is one project done. I should have finished it months ago but I'm happy with it now. Now I have to finish other incomplete projects. I signed up for The Sketchbook Project for the 3rd year and this was the first time I didn't finish on time.  Sigh... just didn't get it done.  I'll still do it and share on my blog but it won't be part of the traveling exhibit.  DARN!  So, I am telling you all right now that I will have it done by May 1st.  That's my deadline!  You need to hold me to it...

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll have some fun posts coming up with new CHA product and a tutorial or two!

Cha Cha Chipboard

This post is full of my projects in which I have used chipboard.  There is a certain company that I'd love to see what I can do with their chipboard...  hint, hint...

I was on the Basically Bare DT and used the chipboard banner pieces to make a balloon basket.  I love finding unusual ways to incorporate it into altered projects!

Love those gears and dressforms... Steampunk has a place in my heart!

This Nicho is completely made of chipboard and paper!  Chipboard frame, chipboard accents, and chipboard backing. The tiles are chipboard waste covered with embossing powder!

Shaped chipboard is a favorite as a design element or with themes!

Doors

Windows

Stamping on bare chipboard looks fabulous in my opinion!

Chipboard waste is never wasted with me!  I love the negative space as well as the positive space.

Little chipboard elements like the birdy and tree branch are worked into a cardboard backing piece.

A chipboard frame covered with WOW embossing powder and stamped into.

Another page with chipboard covered with embossing powder and stamped into the warm powders.

I hope that you enjoyed the different ways to use chipboard in your work... I also love using them as masks with sprays!  Thanks for checking my blog out!

Jen