Hi!! Lisa with you here again and I'm super excited to have a VIDEO for you today. Woohoo! I was super excited to learn a nifty new way to use my Gesso in card-making and I thought I'd show you all how I used it in the above card. It's so easy and so fun! You can even TINT the Gesso with your Gelatos® if you want to give the Gesso a different color other than white.

 

Here are the supplies that I used and I hope that you enjoyed the video...even in double-time! ;)

Have a great day!

Supplies: Gelatos® - Grape, Lavender, Lemon, Teal; PITT Artist Big Brush Pens - May Green (170), Pink Madder Lake (129), White (101); Gesso Textural Medium; Gesso® Tool set.

Other Supplies: Crate Paper (DIY Shop), Hero Arts Stamps, Brilliance Black Ink, Tissue Tape, Corner Chomper, Clear Embossing Powder.

 

Lisa Adametz I'm a veteran of the United States Air Force and a stay-at-home "mom" to two beautiful Ragdoll kitties.Creativity is in my blood and I've always been making something. Cross-stitch, silk ribbon embroidery...I love the creative process! I first looked into making cards as a way to keep in touch with family and friends after moving to CA in 2008 and wanting more than store-bought cards could offer. In my eyes cards are personal mini-pieces of art and a part of your soul that you are sending through the mail. I love dimension and color. LOTS of color.

 Hello Friends! alexandra here with a tutorial on how to make Ombré Cards with Gelatos. Here are some examples I've made...


TUTO:
To make them, you'll need some watercolor paper, masking tape, a few Gelatos, a paint brush and some water.
Use four strips of masking tape to frame your card.
Apply various hues of Gelatos on top of each other.
Blend colors with a wet brush.
When dry, stamp a sentiment or an image. Heat emboss.
And add an embellishment.
The second card was done exactly the same way.
For the third card, I started the same way but instead of stamping a sentiment and heat embossing it...

I applied a small amount of gesso directly onto the stamp.

Thank You! Merci!

Alexandra Sirugue- Macleod  Born in Paris and living in Chicago, alexandra sirugue-macleod is a published Franco-American designer. She has a deep love for Arts and always enjoys trying new mixed media techniques to showcase her photography.

alexandra's blog ? art scrap & more

Congratulations to the following winners!  Please email your color choices and mailing address to naoko@fabercastell.com.  Thank you!

Nicole Maki  You are such an amazing doodler - wow! I wish I could draw like that!

Now I want to pull out my gelatoes ( I'm usually quick to grab my Big Brush Markers) and play.

Here's my project: http://madebynicole.blogspot.com/2013/05/summer-garden-fairy-mixed-media-collage.html

Stephanie  I love this card and the challenge and finaly spring is also here in switzerland. Here is my entry:

http://scrapmanufaktur.blogspot.ch/2013/05/butterflies-in-garden.html

 

 

 

 For the Faux Paper Batik effect, I colored a paper using the Paper Crafter Crayons™, in a ombre effect. Once colored, crush the paper and then flatten it. 



Now scribble Stamper’s Big Brush Pen on the acrylic block and mix a bit of water. Brush this onto the colored paper. Dry with the paper tissue. 

Hello Everyone!

Elena Olinevich is here and I am very excited to share my first post as a Guest Designer at Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft®. It is such a pleasure to play with these awesome products as you can mix them as you want and they match each other perfectly.

  I like experimentig with the color and today I am ready to show some steps on how to create summer background. I am sure you will have plenty of spring - summer photos and all you will need is to pick some of your favorite colors as well.

 

I adore using lace and various trims, and I am addicted to use mediums on my projects too, that is why I decided to combine them.

 

  I started with gluing the lace trims onto canvas using Gel Medium and big brush. I did it randomly but you can prepare a sketch before.

 After Lace trims have been completely dried (it took me one noght) I started applying Gelatos of blue and green colors. To blend them use your fingers or the Stipple Brush, as the lace is textural and it takes more efforts to belnd it well.

 

  Mist some areas with water for better blending of the colors. Add more accents with blue  or any different colors.

 

 To highlight some of the areas, I used Gesso and a sponge. I applied it over and there as it creates a resist effect for the next Gelato covering.

  I used yellow and grey colors to create the dandelion spots on the background. If you feel that you need more light colors you can add more Gesso, as it is layered amazingly on the lace .

 

 I applied Gelato on the flowers too

 

and on the chipboard as well.

  I covered canvas alphas with Gelato and lined with Artists Pens.

  Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired to use some trims from your stash and color them as you desire. If you would like to watch more tips and some of my works, you are welcome to visit my blog.

Supply List:

Gel Medium

Gelatos^® Designer Colors - 50's Diner

Gelatos^® Color 4ct - GREEN

Metallic Gelatos^® Color & Clear Stamp

Gesso 

Essential PITT^® Artist Pens: BLACK

 

 

Hello Faber-Castell fans!

Emmy's here with my first post as a Guest Designer for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft. 

I had this cute picture from my best friend's little girl and I was wondering for a long time what would be the best way to desplay it. And after I saw the bright yellow and red Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils I knew in an instant that the best way is to create my own background paper.

I started with white cardstock, 12" background mask and Art GRIP^® Aquarelles: YELLOW (#770111). I used five different colors to create my dotted frame.

 After I was done drawing, I added just water to get this amazing watercolor painting effect. The best thing about the Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils is that the watercolor pigments dissolve completely and are permanent, waterproof and lightfast when dry. So you can add layer upon layer of different colors, media and textural acents and your colors won't change even a bit.

After the water was dry, I used another mask with a floral motive and Gel Medium (#770303) to give extra dimension to my background paper.

For my title I used Tickers and Paper Crafter Crayons™ RED/YELLOW (#770520)

the colors look perfect together and they covered the letters completely.

I did a lot of stamping on my layout, using the Stamper's Big Brush Pens - Stamper's Big Brush 3 ct. NEUTRAL (#770054). Mixing colors directly on the stamp was never easier!

As a final touch I added transperent semi-gloss Glaze to my flowers.

I hope you enjoyed my post today!

Come back tomorrow for more inspiration from our design team!

hugs 'n smiles,

Emmy

Congratulations to the following winners.  Please email you mailing address to naoko@fabercastell.com.  Thanks!

 blmoffett

Ohmyscraps

laurasmoke1

 

Hello everbody - Andrea Gomoll here with my first Guest-Designteam Tutorial. I'm really excited to share some pieces of my Art with you over the next couple of months.

Today I'll start with a fun, colourful Scrapbook-Layout using some handmade Washitape as a main focal-point. I really love just playing around with Colors and to see where the road leads me - the Gelatos® Colors  are perfect for that matter - you can achieve so many great yet completely different results every time with different techniques ... 

For a detailed step-by-step-instruction on how to have fun with the Washitape and on how the Scrapbook-Layout came together please watch the Video ... hope you'll enjoy it!

 

 

 

And here some more detailed shots of the Layout ... 

Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Products used: 

• Gelatos® Colors (Margarita Mix; Watermelon; Snow Cone)
• Stampers Big Brush Pens (Magenta 133**; Scralet Red 118***)
• Paper Crafter Crayons (NEUTRAL SET - Black) 

Andrea Gomoll lives in Berlin / Germany. She's a Scrapbooker & Mixed Media Artist with an eclectic, fun & colourful style. She's teaching Online-Classes on Mixed Media Art and Painting and shares her Life & her Art on her Cre8tiveCre8tions Blog as well as on her YouTube-Channel and her Facebook Page.