Just to say: Thank you ASOI!!!

Hello my sweet friends!!!
It is time to say goodbye to my design team in ASOI. It was a really incredible and very positive experience! The store is spectacular, has lots of goodies for an artist! But won't get sentimental, because some doors close and the others ones open:) and I would like to thank to everyone for the amazing instance in this DT. So my last project is this simple card with simple words but from all my heart! I leave with a very good taste, with new friends and excellent organization! Just to say you: Thank you!!!

For creating of this card I have used Prima Paper as the background of the card. Creating texture with Buckground stencils and Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste. As well as adding the  Art Ingredients Micro Beads - Black.

The Finnabair Art Basics: Clear Gesso is essential in order to make Prima Color Bloom Sprays more colorful. And to get a vibrant effect, I have added the dry Finnabair Art ExtraVagance Glitter Set.

Some flowers, Chipboard and small elements complete the composition.

And this is all! :))
Thank you for being with me, for your comments and just because you are great!
See you next time!!! xx

Notebook "The time is over".

Hi everybody!
Today I want to share with you a male notebook. Made in style Mixed Media it speaks of time. The time is something ephemeral and very relative... The details of gears, metallic elements, colors and texture, everything is reminiscent of grunge.

The base is a gray cardboard, covered with Liquitex white Gesso and thousand layered. Also many  Buckground stencils and Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste are not missed here.
I love using washi tape like in this project. I have added a little bit of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Tape - Commute It looks really nice!
The red needle of the clock and more other red elements make the meaning clearer. Art Ingredients Micro Beads - Black create an awesome texture.

The recycled details always found its site in my works, as these parts of an electrical appliance. :)

To simulate the oxidation, I have resorted some parts with  Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabber: Cheese Puff.

To bind, I used a red Prima Wire Thread - Cardinal instead of typical rings.

Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder and background stamps provide much brightness and incredible effects.

The back cover is made with the same techniques and in accordance with all design.

Different layers of Ranger Acrylic Paint , Prima Color Bloom Sprays, and Prima Chalkboard Paint - Plum also help for creating the texture.

Well, I hope you liked it :)
Many kisses and see you soon!xxx

My little treasure casket.

Hi my friends!
How are you today?  We're in the middle of July and it is so hot on the street!!! Here in Valencia, Castellón (Spain), the temperature of water in the sea is +37 ° degrees! The truth is that you don't feel like going out, with air conditioning is fine inside :)) And what can be done at home meanwhile? Correct! Making scrapbook! :)
So I have prepared a  treasure casket for a little Princess :) Made in Shabby Chic style, with much glitter and flowers. This project is for A Sprinkle Of Imagination, an online store where you can buy everything you need for your Mixed Media projects.

  The top is decorated with beautiful Chipboard & Paper, all are in blue tones, very fresh and romantic :)  Different flowers serve as embellishment.

 The brightness above the flowers has been applying the Finnabair Art Ingredients Art Sugar with Finnabair Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel . I love this effect!

A Metal Charm, the  key adds a Shabby effect and underlines the significance of the functionality of the box, which is to save the Princess treasures :)

 I love this column, Resin Embellishment from Prima Marketing, it is so elegant, does'n it?

 To create the texture with Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste and Buckground stencils, previously hitting a white Ribbons & Trims.
Golden Fluid Acrylics  paints and Crackle Paint, Liquitex white Gesso, Prima Color Bloom Sprays, are some of the materials that I used to get this relief. The blue middle perls give it a special touches and the estamping with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads creates a little more contrast. 

 Well, it is all for now. I hope you liked it and I will wait impatiently your valuable comments. A very big kiss. See you soon!
xxx

A fairy tail - III. Finish the wedding guest book.

Hi everyone! 
It is the time to finish my guest book for bride and groom from Lebanon :) I will show you the covers and all pages carrying. It was a great pleasure to do so, because my dear friend Nadiya gave me the total freedom of making this book for her sister's wedding. That it is much appreciated! To practice the Mixed Media techniques and try totransmit the tenderness and elegance at same time... creating something special for one of the best moments of their life.

The cover is lined with cotton fabric and decorated with paper. A handmade beige flower, other flowers from Prima Marketing, ribbons, chipboard, etc. form a floral composition of decoration.
The bride and groom's names  are cut with the Cameo, painted and covered with Glossy Accent.

To emphasize more the background, I've created the texture with Finnabair Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel and  Finnabair Art Ingredients Art Sugar. The effect is very subtle and bright, it is what I wanted.

You can see how  the first 2 pages were made  here, the materials that I used and where you can buy them.

 The second 2 pages were posted here.  

 And this is the fourth page for another photo to the bride and groom will decide to put in. I have incorporated the transparent dot fabric, excess paper from a die-cutting element, flowers, chipboards, Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste with Buckground stencils

 The last page has a built-in pocket, with  this nice brder made with Dimensional Punch and a paper  tag made with embossing carpet.
Some sprinkles of  Prima Color Bloom Sprays  give a special touches providing a luminosity and brightness.

And it is all for today. 

All the materials used here you can find them in the srore  A Sprinkle Of Imagination and much more great products!!!) 

Many kisses and see you later! Bye!

xxx

A fairy tail - II. Two wedding layouts.

Hi, everybody!
Elena Arts here with you today. It is very sunny here in Spain, so I just want to have some refresh drink, to sunbathe in the sea and do nothing all the time:)) lol
However, scapbooking is always welcome :) So, previously I shared with you my first page of the guest book for the bride and groom from Lebanon and today I will show you two others ones.

Creating these pages, I used materials from the store online A Sprinkle Of Imagination where you can find a lot of the products for your Mixed Media work.
I started with covering the paper with Finnabair Art Basics: Clear Gesso, then with the same gesso I glued a piece of gauze to get more texture. Next I apply  Prima Color Bloom Sprays in some specific places. I created relleve with Buckground stencils and  Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste. To finish I always add a little bit of  Background stamps

Once the decor was chosen and glued, I reviewed above all elements with a brush dampened with a Finnabair Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel and  Finnabair Art Ingredients Art Sugar.

I sewed the photos with the sewing machine. I love how them look like, I think it is very  beautiful effect and the photos seem to be framed.

All the details are chosen to convey elegance, beauty, and the tenderness of the moment.

The next my post I will show you the last page and the covers to complete this project. At the moment it is all for today :)  I hope you liked it.
Many kisses and see you soon!
Your Elena.
xxx

A fairy tail - I. Wedding layout.

Hi everybody!

How are you? I hope that everything goes well and you are enjoying the summer days. I have a new project to show you. It's a guest wedding book for bride and groom, who live in Lebanon and they get married next July. :) For this book, apart from to make pages for firms, I have to integrate 4 photos of the couple in the book. So, I have created first page in Mixed Media style, of some pastel colors and a very romantic air.

So, I have started with applying the Finnabair Art Basics: Clear Gesso, which function is to make waterproof paper for later using of paints and sprays. After that, I've created a different textures using Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste with some Buckground stencils. I've  glued a piece of gauze using Finnabair Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel . To add color, I resorted to my loved Prima Color Bloom Sprays and I also have added a little bit of  Background stamps.
To decorate, I have created a floral composition, with some wegging chipboards, a Shabby lace and other small decorative elements. You can buy all the materials right now in the store Sprinkle Of Imagination here. You will find a lot of great products fro your beautiful Mixed Media work! :)) Don't miss it out!!!

Here I have used Tim Holtz Distress Stickles to fill the cup ;) Some thouches of color and  Finnabair Art Ingredients Art Sugar for the last details and the page is ready! :)

And it is all for today :) I still woprking on 3 more pages and soon I will share them with you :) I Hope you liked it and see you soon!
Many kisses!xxx

2 lovely wedding cards

Hello my dear friends!!!
Elena hire with you.
The communions have almost finished and it is coming the season of weddings. For this occasion I have created these 2 cards of lilac tones. The backgroung is made from white watercolor paper as a base. To create the texture I used White Gesso, and Finnabair Art Basics: Light Paste with Stencils. For the color, I have used some of  Dylusions Ink Sprays and for more contrast, I put some freehand  Darkroom Door Background Stamps. A bouquet of flowers and the text ended the composition. So we have a fresh result with a romantic air.

Here you have more photos with some details.

I hope it has inspired you to create your projects! :)))
Thank you very much and see you later!

Much kisses. xxx

Collage "Hi there!"

Hello my friends!
This week I have prepared a mixed media collage.

I used as the base an old paper craft that was a folder before.
I began to apply different templates using Prima Color Bloom Sprays with White Gesso. I caught a herbarium and I glued it with Finnabair Art Basics: 3D Gloss gel. To create more contrast I put some freehand Background stamps and added a few drops of color.

I also cut a cardboard frame and covered it with Finnabair Art Extravagance: Gold CrackleTexture Paste. To fasten it, I turned to the stapler instead of glue. I love the effect of an old framework, with the already worn paint.

To decorate, I took a bit of lace, newspaper, raffia, flowers Prima Marketing among other things. For title I chose letters of different sizes to provide visual interest. To give an uniform finish and integrate all the elements, I went over with white gesso brush and Finnabair Art Ingredients Glass Glitter - Gold Rush.

It is an easy work, so I hope it has inspired you to create your own fantastics projects! :)))
Thank you very much and see you soon!
Much kisses. xxx

Unusual page, recycled material.

Hello, my dear friends!

My DT project this week is a very unusual, round layout!
How I like to experience, renew and recycle things! :)) Yes!!! and do you know what I have used as a base for this page?
Sooner or later every thing reach the end of it useful life. I'm not Frankenstein (the opposite, pretty and nice lol), but the other day I did revive a "dead" and forgotten object that had pulled in a drawer in the kitchen. It was a mold to make cakes, old and almost rusty because it has not used for a long time. So, instead of throwing it in the trash (which would make any other woman seeing a white elephant in the kitchen lol), I rescued it and transformed it completely.

The first thing I did, was cover the surface with Black Gesso.

Then I used some Stencils with Finnabair Art Basics: Modeling Paste. When it comes to the colour, I resorted to sprays of Prima Color Bloom Sprays.

The next step was to add a few strips of different fabrics and laces, to achieve more texture and enrich the background.
I created a composition by mounting a few layers of paper, flowers, different embellishments, Finnabair Vintage Mechanicals: 961121 Plate & Label, dies cut and tags. To give a few finishing touches, I added Finnabair Art Ingredients Glass Glitter - Gold Rush

And the result is a different and very special layout :))  You can find all the materials in the store  A Sprinkle Of Imagination.
I hope you liked the idea and it has inspired you to try to do something different:))
 See you soon! Much kisses!
xxx