Pour your Art out with Kay Halliwell-sutton and the BluBirds

Hello to you on such a wet and windy afternoon. Because its not nice out I decided it was the craft room for me and thought I would do a quick blog post to share with you with lots of photos and a couple of quick tutorials.


As you may have seen a couple of weeks ago, Kay shared with us on Hochanda another way to use the IndigoBlu Acrylic paints for Paint Pouring. If you ordered from her show you might be pleased to have a couple tips to inspire you to open those bottles and have a go! I have to say this is one of my favourite ways of using paint.










Kay has mixed up the paints with the Go-Flow pouring meduim along with a few drops of Cell-U-like and added each colour along with white paint to create a 'Dirty Cup'.




The cup of paint was then poured onto the prepared canvas set inside a foil tray to catch the excess paint from the pour.







With this pour Kay made little circle movements when pouring the paint from the cup, then tipped the canvas backwards and forwards until the paint covered all the canvas.




After a quick blast from the blow torch, more cells came to the surface and any bubbles were popped.




Kay then went on to show us that you can also do Pours over other objects like this bowl using the same method as above.




Below are some Video's I have made to take you through the first steps of Paint Pouring and mixing of the Paints and some easy fun techniques. The 2nd video shows you some different ways to do pours. I hope that they are helpful and you enjoy them.

Fellow Blubird Emma and I have put together a couple of quick tutorials for you to have a go out.

Emma Blake 1.To start with I used tiger Lilly, indigoblu, stroke of midnight and white paint.

2.I mixed up my colours using the 1:2 ratio and added a little water to thin the mixture down, I then added a couple of drops of the cell u like to the tiger Lilly and stroke of midnight.


3. I then poured each colour diagonally across the canvas.


4. Using a credit card I then made a wavy diagonal movement following the lines of paint.







5. I left the paint for a few moments to let the cells develop and went over with a blow torch and watched the rest of the cells pop up.


6. I then left the canvas on a flat surface to dry out. Its very important to make sure you do this.









Sue Ralph Quick Tutorial- Tree Ring Acrylic Pour




1. To do this type of pour, mix up your chosen paint colours (I used Aladdin, Welsh Slate, Olive Waistcoat and Lime Marmalade) and white GeeSoo Good with the Go Flow and a few drops of Cell-U-Like in the coloured paint in single cups then layer up the colours along with white in a separate cup to create a Dirty Pour Cup.


2. I choose to use a round Artboard with a stand for this Pour. I gave the artboard a couple of coats of white GeeSoo one side and when dry I used Masking tape to cover the back and the bottom part where it slots into the base so I could remove the tape and drips once the pour was dry.




3. Lay the artboard, without the stand on a cup in the foil container. Using the Dirty Pour Cup pinch one side of the cup together to create a spout to pour from. Using small circular movements, start pouring the paint into the middle of the board. Keep moving the cup in the same position and hand movement until the cup is empty or the artboard is covered.




4. Use a blow torch at this stage to pop any bubbles and to bring up more cells.


5. If you want to stretch out the rings gently tip the artboard in different directions. Now leave to dry out for a few days.


6. Once dry, take off the masking tape from the back of the artboard and paint that and the stand with white GeeSoo.


7. Leave to dry paint the stand and back of the board with Aladdin Paint. Now slot the two pieces together.


8. Wipe off any residue cell-u-like that has come to the surface of the pour, then Varnish to seal and protect your creation plus it also brightens up the colours again.








And so to finish off this post I would like to share with you some of the wonderful samples my fellow BluBirds created for kays Hochanda show. Absoulty stunning!




Samples by Julie Atkinson



Samples from Carolyn Lakin






Samples from Kay Molyneux









Samples from Emma Blake






And to finish off, a few more of my samples I made for the show.



Thanks for stopping by. I will be back soon with a few more quick tutorials and tips from Lou Withers Mxed Media Material IndigoBlu show . xx

Lush Luscious

Hello to you, Sue Ralph here along with fellow BluBirds, Kay Molyneux, Julie Atkinson, Carolyn Lakin and Emma Blake bringing you some quick makes using the IndigoBlu Luscious Pigment Powders. 

Luscious are ground Artist grade pigments with mica and a natural binder, so can be used dry as a pigment or add water to create a watercolour paint. Mix with Slap-It-On Thick to create an glossy shimmering translucent embossing paste or mix with Fabric Slap-It-On for painting onto materials.

Below the DT have put together some quick and simple techniques for you to try.

Sue Ralph A quick and quirky card to make, using Luscious Powders, Kevin’s Gang & Kibble Kits Stamp Set.

1. Start by wetting down a piece of watercolour card with a large paintbrush or water sprayer. Make it really wet then wait until nearly all the water has soaked into the card. (Tip- wet the underside of the card as well to stop the card bending).

2. Mix up the colours of Luscious Powders with water and make the colours runny. Add dabs of colour all over the wet card.

3. The colours should start to merge together slightly. Leave the card to dry out.

4. Stamp out 4 of the cat images & saying and emboss with clear embossing power. Paint the cats with the same colours of Luscious Powders. When theses are dry, cut out. Cut the saying into two parts.

5. Stamp Kibble Kits onto your Luscious watercolour background. Trim to the size you want and mat onto black card. Mount this onto a bespoke white card blank. 

6. Glue down the ‘dog’ part of the saying towards the bottom of the Luscious panel and layer the cats over the top using foam tape on2 of the cats. 

7. Finish the card by gluing down the ‘Cat’ part of the saying on blank side of the card. Layer the last cat with foam tape over the saying.

Kay Molyneux A quick and simple card with Luscious Powders. 

1.The background(Notes dinky) was stamped in VersaMark ink and brushed over with Gold and Silver powders. 

2.The big Flutterby was stamped onto the card and again using a stamping platform onto white card both in black ink. Luscious powders were then painted onto the later. 

3.It was re-stamped in black ink and heat embossed in clear embossing powder and fussy cut. 

4.The wings were shaped and it was adhered at the body over the Fluttterby on the card. A sentiment was added to finish.

Julie Atkinson For this quick keepsake...

1. Cut a heart from grey-board, an old cereal packet will do if not. Cover with a patterned paper or paint

2. Cut another heart slightly smaller from watercolour cardstock. Stick the hearts together with wet glue

3. Take a large Slim Jim acrylic sheet and mix Steampunk Lilac luscious powder with water. Flick off the acrylic sheet onto the cardstock with a dry paint brush to create splatters

4. Mix Steampunk Lilac luscious powder with Super Thick Slap it On and apply through Postmark Stencil in desired areas

5. Take a small frame(mine was made using paper clay and a mould) and paint with the Steampunk Lilac luscious powder. Once dry use the Super Thick Slap it On to stick the frame in place

6. Take three clear cabochons and paint with Steampunk Lilac luscious. Adhere using the Super Thick Slap it On 

7. Stamp the words ‘Live, Love, Laugh’ from the Live, Love, Laugh stamp set and the ‘Dinky Flutterby’ Butterfly using a black ink pad. Cut out and stick the words using 3D foam pads

8. Add a little net below the butterfly and adhere with 3D glue gel

9. Create antennae with thin wire. Add a handle to the hearts, taking care to twist the ends in well to avoid any sharp edges

Carolyn Lakin :-Quick make Greeting Card

1.Stamp & embossed the big butterfly in dark blue onto watercolour card. 

2.Use blue and teal Luscious to create a wash for the background. 

3.Paint the butterfly with the same colours and add a highlight of orange Luscious. 

4.Stamp the saying with Stazon Midnight Blue. 

5.Draw a line around the edge of the card and mount onto a craft card blank

Emma Blake  Explosion of Colour project. 

Items used black card stock, fizzy pop, sherbet lemon, posiden blue and pink luscious, the IB shine bright stamp set a white gel pen spray bottle and silver ink pad.

1.I started by using a paint brush to sprinkle the Luscious onto the black card stick and then sprayed with water but not to much as I didn't want the card to blend to much when drying.

2.I stamped the shine bright sentiment with silver and ran the ink pad around the edges then mattered it onto more black.

3.Once the Luscious was dry I used the white gel pen to draw simple stars and dots and went around the edges of the card to give a broken boarder.

4.I found a old car light bulb and glued it on using slap it on and drew some lines coming from it.

5. Then I added my sentiment which I matted onto black card stock.

We hope you have enjoyed the blog post on quick and simple techniques using Luscious Pigment Powders. 

If you have any Luscious projects you would like to share with us please pop onto our Facebook Group 'I Love IndigoBlu' where we would love to see what you have been making.

See you again very soon with more ideas and inspiration'

The BluBirds (DT) xx

Worker Bee Paperweight

Good Morning,

Carolyn here with you today sharing something I made a while ago. I wasn't able to share at the time as I used a stamp that hadn't been launched.So here goes.....

Firstly I selected a large pebble from the garden which was a suitable shape for a paperweight.

I gave it a coat of GeeSso Good White then sponged randomly with Duck Egg. Collectors Edition Number 16 Letters were randomly stamped in Steam Whistle.

Several Bumblebees  and  Journal Signs were stamped with black Versafine onto Rice Paper

These were then torn around so the edges weren't prominent when adhering to the pebble. The Bumblebees were painted with Lemon Meringue acrylic paint.

A coat of Slap It On was painted on the pebble to seal it.

To finish Fabric Sparkles were added to the Bumblebee wings.

 

This now sits on my desk taking pride of place and reminds me of the summer. Do you have an IndigoBu stamp that reminds you of the summer now that Autumn has arrived? 

Also have you seen the new challenge over on the 'I Love IndigoBlu' (unofficial) FaceBook page? We'd love to see what ideas you create for this challenge!

Enjoy your day!

Carolyn 

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Halloween Launch

Good Morning,

Carolyn here with you today and I'm sharing something new that will be launching later this month. Be sure to join Kay on Friday 21st September at 4pm on Hochanda to see these fabulous new designs. The DT are thoroughly enjoying making their spooky samples for the show. Thanks to Sue for the image below.

My idea was to use all the stamps and create a simple one layer card so I'll take you through a step by step of how I made this.

The first step was to decide how much of the card to mask. I used the 'Rule of Thirds' to help me position my stamped images. If you've not heard of this before it has been used by artists and photographers for centuries.It is considered a basic yet essential guideline to help compose an image and decide where to place the subject to create a well balanced image. The basic principle is to divide the card into 9 sections, 3 across and 3 down and where these intersect would be the strongest focal points

As I only wanted to divide my card vertically I masked my card on the dotted lines and I would stamp my images between these masked areas. I chose to stamp Batty first in the bottom left corner using my stamp platform.

Next I stamped Clarice the Giant Moth using Black Versafine in the top right corner. Both these were also stamped onto Post It Notes and cut out to create masks.

I then wanted the Skull to appear in the background so the masks were placed over Clarice and Batty before stamping the Skull.

The final stamp I used was the 'Cracked Glass' which also looks a little similar to a spiders web. So after creating a mask for the skull I free stamped the Cracked Glass in the blank areas.

The image below shows the stamped images after all the masks have been removed.

I had planned to leave it black and white but decided to give it a little colour. As it is for Halloween I decided to use Leather Corset and Burning Bonfire. These were watered down to give a muted effect plus I didn't want to lose the effect of the stamped images. I also drew a line either side of the images to define the edge and added a few zig-zags to break it up.

The final piece was matt and layered onto brown card an then onto an orange card blank.

I do hope you found this step by step useful and be sure to join Kay on the 21st to see what the rest of the DT have produced with these fantastic designs.

Have a wonderful day

Happy Crafting

Carolyn
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