Once upon a time there was 5 tiny houses...

 Ciao! 😊 

As you know in August I've received a Surprise Package from the shop so my actual blog posts are mainly about using the amazing products I've found inside the box! 

If you are curious to see what I found inside here is a video opening...

Otherwise, here's project #06! 

I was very undecided whether to publish this "tutorial" and in the end I decided to make a list of used products and leave a very-long-video to let you see what I did. 

I was very intrigued and scared by these MDF houses ... They were born as an unconventional photo album but I wanted to do something different...

Wanna see what I've created in about 4 hours of work (excluding the part where I've inserted photos and quotes from Christina Perri's "Arms")? Here's the video!

Used products (random order):

• Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box MDF Art Houses
• Liquid watercolors 
• Clear gesso
• White glue
• Dutch Craft Art A5 Forest Animals
• PRIMA Resin In Wood Box - Clocks
• Pronty Crafts - Mask Stencil - Bubble
• White gesso
• Distress Oxide
• Cutting dies
• Craft paper
• Heat tool
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Heavy gesso

I've also created a shorter/flip through version where you can see only the final result... (It was litteraly impossibile to show you only few details!!!)

Hope you liked it and got inspired... See you super soon for a new blog post!

Michela

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Home is where the heart is

 Ciao! 😊 

As you know a couple of weeks ago I've received a Surprise Package from the shop so my upcoming blog posts will be all about using the amazing products I've found inside the box! 

If you are curious to see what I found inside here is a video opening...

Otherwise, let's start with project #05! 



First of all I've glued down Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Fabric Art - Jeans A5 Medium on a canvas board and I've primed it using clear gesso.

I've also also covered four houses from Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Greyboard Art A5 Houses.

With Pronty Crafts - Mask Stencil - Bubble and Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Enamels (shabby blue) I've created a sort of scene with hills and sun, both abstract.


After glued down house over the hills I've started coloring the jeans/sky with liquid watercolors trying to create shadows and contrasts and, as soon as it all dried up I covered the tiny little houses with Stickles glitterglue.

It was now time to add a quote so, using Dymo I created the sentence: "home is where the heart is" and I attached it on my canvas emphasizing the border with a white gel pen.

To merge the composition I've decided to create an irregular border all around the canvas in the same tone as the housesand in this way the project has ended!

Hope you liked it and got inspired... See you super soon for a new blog post!

Michela

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But I'm Only Human...

 Ciao! 😊 

A couple of days ago I've received a Surprise Package from the shop so my upcoming blog posts will be all about using the amazing products I've found inside the box! 

If you are curious to see what I found inside here is a video opening...

Otherwise, let's start with project #02! 


This time I was in art-journal-mood so I've began covering two pages with a coat of clear gesso and, while it was drying, I've started to choose some stuff to use. 

Using a blending tool and Distress Oxide Fired Brick I've created a background, and over it, I've started creating layers of interest using lift and splashes tecnique. With Pronty Crafts - Mask Stencil - Bubble (it's going to be my all-time-most-used stencil!) and the same ink I've realized a sort of line crossing along the two pages of the art journal and, at the end, I've added even more color touches with Distress Oxide Ink - Candied Apple.

At this point I've started creating my main focal point. I traced a silhouette on watercolor paper using Dutch Doobadoo Dress up Doll and then, I've colored it with black gesso and attached on the journal using white glue.

As you probably know I love to add quotes on my page so, this time, I've choosed to print some parts of Christina Perri's Human. After a quick cut I've enfatized the borders with a black marker and started attaching them on the journal.

As a final touches I've sprayed some water and black watercolor all around to create a more "merged" look.


Date stamped... and the project for today is finished!

Hope you liked it and got inspired... See you super soon for a new blog post!

Michela