I had so much fun trying out the new Asphalt Texture Paste from Faber-Castell. It's a nice course, heavy weight paste that is opaque and dries with a matte finish. Here's a video I whipped up showing me testing it out on various materials:
I love testing out new products on Project Life sized cards (3" x 4") since I can then use them in my albums or just punch a hole in them and put them on a ring to reference when I need ideas. Here's the ways I tested the Asphalt Texture Paste:
On chipboard with a stencil and then stamping a lid into it to create rings...
Go try it out on your projects, it's fun!!
Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received products from Faber-Castell to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.
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I love playing with "new to me" products! Here's some photos of the backgrounds I made for my project life cards...
Because the Metallic Texture Gems have a precision nib on them they are great for drawing out a design.
You can squeeze out a nice thick amount too to create 3D texture!
Add easy embellishments to your patterned papers.
Works great on a variety of surfaces besides paper like this transparency.
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Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received products from Faber-Castell to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).
As a mixed media artist there are very few projects I do that don't have some Gelatos® on them! I just love them. They are so rich and creamy that they blend really well with or without water so it's a great way to add translucent color to your work.
Done on cardstock and gesso
Lately I've been really into making my own pocket cards for scrapbooking...here's a peek into some backgrounds I made with the Bright set of Gelatos onto 3"x 4" cards. Keep in mind, these are just the backgrounds I can still add doodles, paint, ephemera, and other embellishments to them.
Done on textured cardstock with a stencil and sprays of Gelatos + water
I think this might be my favorite Gelatos set! I'm all about bright colors and these ones are great to use individually and to mix!
Check out what's included in this set and ideas on materials you can use it on in this video:
Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant for Faber-Castell and has received products from them to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).
Are you like me with a bunch of scrap papers left over from scrapbook pages, and extra pre-cut pocket cards just waiting to be used? I'll admit, in the past I've thrown out perfectly good scraps and given away pocket-cards I knew I was never going to get around to using...because really how many “best day ever” cards can a girl have and use? But now I've decided to stop buying cut back on the amount of artsy stuff I'm buying an make do with what I already have...hello, I can paint over those best day cards or even just use them to practice new techniques on!
So in order to use up the stuff I have I started cutting down white textured cardstock scraps to 3" x 4", which is the perfect size for pocket cards. Now originally I used these papers for testing out some fun products for Faber-Castell and wound up having a bunch of them with the same stencil pattern gesso'd onto them. So today I'm sharing with you what I did with two of those cards...you can check out this short video below to see the process of how I created them.
As I said, I started by using a stencil and applying gesso over it. After I removed the stencil I let the gesso dry.
Next, I rubbed some Gelatos® from the Bright collection over the gesso and activated it with a wet paint brush. I love how easily the color spreads and how well the colors blend together.
Easy peasy! Now I have a great background to work with in my pocket page scrapbooking.
Next up is another white cardstock card that had the same stencil & gesso technique done to it. Once it was dry I just used my handy-dandy fine point Sharpie pen to outline the raised portion of the gesso.
Notice it's NOT perfect! Perfection is over rated. ;)
Once I finished outlining the sectioned I just made quick hash marks down each of the "aisles".
It's not even or straight...which makes it perfect in my book. While you probably can't see it in this photo, the gesso texture is really cool in real life. It would be fun to mix in some colored paint or Gelatos in the gesso too to give it another look.
How are you stretching your supplies and making authentically YOU art to use in your projects? I'd love to hear your ideas so comment below.
Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant for Faber-Castell and has received products from them to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).
Going on family vacations is fun, and scrapbooking about those trips is great...well, except when you do it after you're already home and you've forgotten the fun little things that happened each day.
To remedy that, this summer we took some journaling cards, pens, markers, crayons and a date stamp with us camping. And then every evening while we were cooking dinner my niece would journal onto the cards the things we did, funny conversations we had, and draw pictures.
Once we got back home we had the photos printed out and then just slipped those, the purchased cards and embellishments, and the cards we created on our trip into the scrapbook and we were done! Easy peasy...especially for kids!
The result was her very first scrapbook! Check it out in the video below:
