I loved her first make - a tag - using the Fresco Finish paints and her process. I did a short break with all my ongoing projects (I have several in that time, my table is such a messy place doh!...) and for once, I was able to give her techniques a go…
25 janvier 2014
Inspiré par Ellen Vargo / Inspired by Ellen Vargo...
Bonsoir !! Evening all!!
Je passe ce soir vous montrer ce qui m'a été inspiré cette semaine par Ellen Vargo, une artiste de talent invitée sur le blog de Paper Artsy cette semaine. J'aime bien regarder de temps en temps les vidéos que Léandra partage sur son blog, avec ses peintures Fresco Finish que j'ai pour la plupart, comme vous le savez si vous me suivez régulièrement... Egalement, elle invite sur son blog des artistes connues qui font des réas assez géniales la plupart du temps... Je n'ai pas le temps de tout voir malheureusement, encore moins celui de participer la plupart du temps, car on n'a qu'une semaine pour les challenges... Mais pour une fois, j'en ai eu vraiment envie, j'ai beaucoup aimé le tutorial de Ellen Vargo que vous pouvez voir ici, et du coup j'ai fait une petite pause dans mes projets en cours (si vous voyiez l'état de ma salle à manger et de ma table de scrap, c'est une horreur !!... :O))).
Bref, je vous montre ce soir le résultat, j'ai suivi sa technique d'appliquer des couches de peinture successives au brayer, et j'y ai pris un réel plaisir. c'est facile, amusant et ça ça donne de magnifiques fonds !!
Pour les détails techniques je les donne en anglais, je n'ai pas le courage de tout retraduire, mais si vous avez besoin n'hésitez pas à me demander !!
On the Paper Artsy blog, I enjoy watching from time to time at the videos Leandra shares with the Fresco paints…. (by the way she made two new great ones over Christmas! -o)) and also look at the really fab works her talented guest DTs create, sharing very often interesting tips and techniques.
At least when I have time to see them, because it is impossible to see all we would love to!! I really regret because on PA's blog in particular there are a lot of amazing projects shared with us and very interesting tutorials, but time is so short...
But anyone who reads my blog will know that I use PA Fresco Finish paints very often, even if I really miss time to play along with the Guest DTs (even when I love them as much as you Alison, so sorry to have not had time for a go at the moment you shared your great hanging :-)).
Well, I finally managed to look at the makes showed by a new Guest DT: Ellen Vargo - a stunning artist I didn't know, who has a FABULOUS crafty room haha!!! (which you can visit here, hope she do not mind my sharing her link, but its really worth the Detour!).
I spent a very enjoyable few hours on this during three evenings.. the application of layers using the brayer like Ellen showed on PA's blog through her tutorial gives a great texture effect. this is my take. Thanks to Ellen!
I started with a large A4 Manila sheet rather than a single tag and at the end I divided it into 4 pieces to get three bookmarks (two large and a smaller one), and one card (that's another of my good resolutons for 2014, to optimize my creative process!!!!). I painted it in almost the same colours of Fresco paints that Ellen used, except that I replaced the Cheesecake colour I do not have by a coat of Stone (only partially) and another one of Nougat.
I stamped some flowers, leaves and sentiments from several Paper Artsy plates (ESN01, HP1010EZ, ELB01), either directly or on black card, or using scraps of watercolour paper. For the text directly stamped over the background I used Archival Jet Black and Libray Green inks, and for the daisy and leaves cut out from pieces of black card I used several PA fresco paints.
The daisy and two leaves comes from a Lin Brown plate, I stamped them in white paint first (Snowflake) as she recommends it strongly herself, giving the best results I agree... And then repeated the process using translucent paints. I used different oranges/reds and green (Autumn Fire and London bus mainly for the daisy, with drops of Hey Pesto, Toad Hall and Limelight colours for the leaves). I affixed the flower using foam pads for extra dimension.
To add a bit of texture on my background like Ellen did, I played with my Andy Skinner 'Code Breaker' stencil by Tando Creative, it is just at the bottom left on the card. (I also used several other new stencils from Tando on my bookmarks... but shh.. they are not released yet! I I will show you them more in details a bit later). I painted the inside of my numbers in reds/browns, as well as the small candle (coming from a pack of small Candles by Tando).
Some of my words and quotes were clear or caramel embossed, a bit sanded at some places and then reinked using distress inks. I also added a few metal and brads embellishments from my stash.
Voilà, j'ai fait aussi 3 marque-pages en utilisant le même fond (j'ai travaillé sur une feuille de papier Manila A4 que j'ai découpée en 4 morceaux, pour obtenir 3 marque-pages et une carte), mais pour ne pas faire un post trop long ce soir je vous les montrerai une autre fois... Je vous montre juste un petit aperçu de chacun !
Sur sur ces marque-pages, vous pourrez admirer des nouveaux masks et pochoirs qui vont bientôt sortir sur le site de Tando Creative, super beaux vous verrez !!!
Sur sur ces marque-pages, vous pourrez admirer des nouveaux masks et pochoirs qui vont bientôt sortir sur le site de Tando Creative, super beaux vous verrez !!!
Well, here are just sneak peaks on the bookmarks I made at the same time, but it would be too long to detail them this post also...
J'espère que vous aimez, moi j'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir en tout cas à faire ces fonds et à les décorer... Merci merci pour tous vos messages précédents sur mes ATCs, trop chouettes..! :) Bonne fin de week-end à tous et toutes !! Bisessss
Hope you like, I had great fun to make these backgrounds and to decorate them... Thanks for stopping by and for all your previous messages on my ATCs, so much appreciated! :) Have a good end of week-end all!! HUGS
Coco
I also enter it into the Simon Says Stamps Monday challenge:'A' is for..., with A for Art and Acrylic Paints.
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And no need to apologise - I know what time is like... it slips away!!!
Alison xx