hooked: adjective ( slang )

 Captivated by or devoted to a custom or thing

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I love color, it's no lie, so when I saw the Helmar Monthly October Color challenge I was hooked. I also LOVED the picture of the flower that was the color inspiration too...double hooked! I actually didn't even want to alter the picture, if I had water droplets, I would have added those too!

Here is mine, I did a hanging canvas for my Art MoB studio. You can see all my wall hangings if you click on the tab at the top of my screen that says Wall Hangings for the Art MoB.

 

 

And if you want to see the progression of how I made it, here is a slide show. I really fought the background as you will see, in the end, it's black, just like the color inspiration. I just couldn't get that color combination out of my head. I told you I liked the picture! lol I used my Helmars Gemstone Adhesive for all the colored gems.

 

 

Products in order of use:

( opinion of products are purely my own )

 

Daler Rowney Gesso ( applied with an advertisement credit card, who says junk mail is all bad ?)

Atlas page maps ( really wasted this, since you can't see them in the end )

Art Word stencil ( another waste in the end )

Lil Davis Designs - Mint Glitter Glaze

Glimmer Mists ( Popsicle ,Peach Delight, and Candy Apple red )

water mist

Patio Paint - Petunia, Fern Green

Apple Barrel - Black Gloss, Pumpkin Orange

Delta Ceramcoat - Bright Red

blotted with wax paper

Faber Castell - Metallic Gelato ( used dry and rubbed with my finger to smooth it out )

Allene's Tacky Glue ( give it a moment to set up before adding twine )

Twine ( colored with the Galaxy marker )

American Crafts Galaxy Marker - ( LOVE this white marker! )

Reminisce Black pen

Me & My Big Ideas - colored gems

Studio 18 - gem

Helmars Gemstone Adhesive ( awesome stuff, especially since I am clumsy and kept smearing glue on my gems, but you can never tell once it's dried!!!! )

Reminisce sticker letter ( had to use glue under the letters to get them to stick to the gloss paint )

Pitt Pens - Black

White Reminisce pen

swirl - Don Juan cartridge

beads - misc.

word art: noun





From cute sayings to inspirational quotes, word art is an art form that involves presenting words and phrases in an artistic fashion. Techniques typically associated with word art include manipulating letters into various shapes, coloring letters and adding shading and texture.

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Hi everyone! I have been a busy little bee these days, the Art MoB is selling my stuff almost faster than I can make it, lol There are actually lots of projects that I haven't had time to show you! Like wow, right? So, anyway...some of you will remember that I did a demo at the Art MoB last Saturday, and as usual it was a blast. Hendersonville had TONS of people down for the Art On Main Street, it was so much fun to stroll around with Jerri afterwards and peek at what other artists create! I am so amazed with the creative mind, I know I am dull in comparison and truly humbled that people want to buy anything of mine!!

So here is what I made for Mou Saha's challenge over at Faber Castell's blog. Her challenge was to create "word art". I took the challenge to heart and tried to create my words into art....I hope I succeeded.

 

A few highlights to what I did:

 

I first used a gel medium to adhere a flower print piece of tissue onto my board, making sure to cover it well with the medium. When it was thoroughly dried, I added my sticker letters to it.

 

I painted over the entire piece with various shades of green paint using a Keenex Splash n' Go wipe so that it would be well blended.

 

I covered the chipboard letters with text book paper, and then outlined then with my Pitt Pen and adhered them to the center.

 

Next, using my Fiskar's Finger Tip knife, I gently scored around the painted over letters and lifted the dried paint up and away, revealing the pattern tissue paper underneath. Then I had fun, doodling and drawing on the letters with my fabulous Pitt Pens.

 

Lastly, edged the piece with Tim Holtz idea-ology tissue tape, used a charcoal pencil to outline it, smudged it with my fingers and used Glass Frost spray paint to seal it.

 

Here's a short slide show of the creation, I haven't had a chance to upload any music yet to my computer ( would love a good site if someone has one ), so until then, hum along ;)