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Do All Things With Love – Art Journal Tutorial | Donna Espiritu

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Hello, Bad Girlies. Donna here with a new project to share. I added another altered page to my PaperDoll Palace Canvas Art Journal and I hope you like it.

I created a shabby chic altered journal page with a beautifully textured background. I first brushed some Gesso over the surface before I added texture using a stencil and the Haute Mess Molding Paste. Once dried, I brushed Drop dead gorgeous and Couture Pink over.

Using another brush, I diluted Grunge with a bit of water and splattered over. I wiped off a little bit of the excess.

After everything has dried, I started embellishing with papers, die cuts, flourishes etc from the Ladylike collection from Kaisercraft.

Here is the process video I prepared for you to watch. I hope you like my art journal page as much as I do.

Thanks for dropping by and see you in my next post!
Happy crafting,

A Year’s Worth of Art Journal Spreads

Hello everyone. As promised, today, I am sharing a variety of art journal pages, I created this year. I must admit, I never considered myself an art journal artist, but I think it’s safe to say, I am one of them! This year, I challenged myself to experiment with art journaling, and it was fun.

Come take a look at the variety of pages I created using acrylic paints, molding paste, gel beads, and much more! By the time you’re finished watching my video, you’ll be ready to order your own art journal to play with! As you watch the video, you will see, just how easy art journals can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated…just have fun and enjoy the process!

Thanks so much for watching!

Playing with Molding Paste and X-rated Paint

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Good morning friends. It’s my favorite time of year! I LOVE fall. I love the crisp, cool air and the changing leaves. And my neighborhood is beautiful with all of the trees. I’m looking forward to taking a few pictures. Today I’m sharing a fall layout that I created using molding paste, stencil and X-rated paint.

I kept this layout pretty simple. I wanted to focus on the photos, but I love the leaves stencil from The Crafter’s Workshop and had to find a way to use it!

I used Creative Memories’ Gather Together collection to embellish this layout.

I hope I’ve inspired you today. Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Mixed Media Scrapbook Layout | Donna Espiritu

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Hello, Bad Girlies! It’s Donna here back with a new project to share. I made a scrapbook layout with a simple mixed media background using some Haute Mess acrylic paints and molding paste.

To create the mixed media background, I simply splatter watered-down First Crush, X-rated and Drop Dead Gorgeous acrylic paints. Then I used a stencil to add texture with molding paste.

The theme of my layout is about my love of scrapbooking. So I printed some recent layouts from the various companies and clubs I design/create for. I used a paper twine to hang the photos.

Used stickers and die cuts to embellish the layout mounted with some foam tape for dimension.

Totally love how this turned out. The Crafternoon collection from Kaisercraft is so perfect to what I had in mind for my project today.

That’s all for today and I hope you liked my scrapbook layout idea and it inspired you to be creative today as well.

Happy crafting,

Altered Fall Sign

/in We're Bringing Sexy Back/by Michelle Sanders

Ok, I admit that last time I blogged I was supposed to give you a real repurpose and I didn’t really do that. Today I’m repurposing an old sign I had in my garage that I wan’t loving…one from the Dollar Tree at that and making it into something that I love now and will happily hang on my door!

First I removed all the elements before I began painting it. (You can see the before and the process in the video below). I made it very classic and kinda farmhouse-ish by gessoing it first then giving it a crisp coat of of “Fallen Angel” Haute Mess acrylic paint. Then using a ruler I lightly drew some pencil lines to make it look like wooden boards. I came back over the lines with “Grunge” Haute Mess acrylic paint and a fine brush, making sort of rough and imperfect lines. Next I used foam letter stamps and using the same “Grunge” paint I stamped the word “Thanks” on to the top burlap section of the sign. I then freehand painted the word “Thanks” in the Haute Mess “Bad and Tatted” acrylic paint. Finally I glued it all back together and distressed the edges with some black paint. I added a black letter “S” that I found at the craft store to personalize it for our family. It’s the perfect timeless addition to our home that I know we will use year after year now!

Click here for the process video!

Thanks for joining us today!

Stronger Than Yesterday – Clear Canvas

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Happy SundayFUNday!! I hope ya’ll are having a fab weekend! Today I’m showing y’all a fun way to do a “canvas” in an unexpected way. A CLEAR canvas!

For this project I used small square of acrylic. The acrylic is actually a clear insert for a welding face shield that I purchased at a welding supply center. I’m sure my husband just loves when I tag along on his hardware adventures lol!

I started off with a rubber stamp that had some distressed lines on it and applied some “bad & tatted” Haute Mess acrylic paint then stamped it on to the acrylic. You can mimic this look by using the side of an old gift card and dip it in a bit of the paint then stamp it on to the acrylic square and just repeat.

I also brushed a little of the same paint along the edges to give it an inked distressed look.

For the embellishments I made a clay key hole embellishment and painted it with a wash of diluted Haute Mess “hippie in high heals” then some diluted “torrid” and rubbed with a bit of “kiss & don’t tell” before apply a touch of the Haute Mess glass bead gel. Finally I applied a rub of gold. I did a similar effect on the key and paint brush as well. The key has a base coat of “bad & tatted” then rubbed with “kiss & don’t tell” and the paint brush has a mix of all the colors i used in the project!

The tag had gold crackle on it previously but I wanted to incorporate it into this project so I applied some of the colors I was using to give it a warm background. I diluted some “torrid” first and then applied some drips of diluted “hippie in high heals” and then rubbed with a smidge of “kiss & don’t tell”.

The whole project is finished off with a Tim Holts paper dolls die cut and a sticker sentiment.

I’m pretty obsessed with the transparency of it! I want to do MOOORRREE of them!

Supplies:

Bad Girls Couture Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in Bad & Tatted, Torrid, Hippie in High Heals, Kiss & Don’t Tell
Bad Girls Couture Haute Mess Glass Bead Gel
Tim Holtz Paper Dolls
Paper Clay
Prima Clay Mold
Vintage Key
Old Paint Brush
Large Tag
Acrylic Square

Nothing to Bark At

/1 Comment/in We're Bringing Sexy Back/by Michelle Sanders

It’s Sunday Fun Day y’all! I hope you’re doing something beautiful;)

Today I’m bringing new life into something discarded. I recently had a city work crew doing some digging and working on plumbing in my yard…in the process they scuffed up some bark on trees. While I was out there cleaning things up I was just so struck by how beautiful these bits where that I scooped them up and saved them for just the right piece.

I began by applying some Haute Mess molding paste with a pallet knife.

While that was set aside drying I painted a clay face with Haute Mess “Bad & Tatted” acrylic paint.

I then rubbed a bit of “C-note” acrylic paint and then “Kiss & Don’t Tell” paint.

Now that the molding paste had dried I applied a coat of “Bad & Tatted” Haute Mess acrylic paint

I then glued the clay face on and applied some Haute Mess glass bead gel liberally to the edges and fanned it out. I also rubbed a bit on the face itself to give it a little texture.

Once the glass bead gel dried I brushed on some Haute Mess “Make it Rain” acrylic pain and came back over it with a wet brush to blend it.

I did the same blending with the Haute Mess “Bye Felicia” acrylic paint.

After all the paints were dried I did a metallic rub to give it some shine and glued some green reindeer moss at the bottom before calling it done.

‘Enjoy the little things’ by Lisa Amiet

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Hello Bad girls!
It’s Lisa here today to share some inspiration with you.
I have been doing a little painting in my
‘Park Ave Penthouse’ Art Journal.

‘Enjoy the little things’

I have started with a coat of Haute Mess ‘Clear Gesso’ to seal my page.
I then gave it a coat of Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in ‘C-Note’.

I have then used a mix of Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in
‘Dive Bar’ & ‘Distortion’ for the framing trees.

I have then used Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in
‘Drama Queen’ & ‘Million Dollar Baby’,
to add foliage to the trees, in a pattern that resembles Wisteria hanging.

I have then added flowers using Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in
‘Hippie in High Heels’ & ‘Bye Felicia’

I have then added some background scenery,
a path using a mix of Haute Mess Acrylic Paint in
‘Grunge’, ‘Dive Bar’ & ‘Distortion’.

Some hills, and finally some trees in the distance,
I have mixed together some ‘Million Dollar Baby’ & ‘Bad & Tatted’,
to give me a dark rich green.
I have also used some ‘C-Note’ & ‘Distortion’

I hope you like what I have created, it was fun to have a play.

Until next time!

Lisa

Bad Girls Couture Products Used:

Park Ave Penthouse Journal
Haute Mess ‘Clear Gesso’
Haute Mess Acrylic Paints in
‘C-Note’
‘Drama Queen’
‘Million Dollar Baby’
‘Dive Bar’
‘Grunge’
‘Distortion’
‘Bad & Tatted’
‘Bye Felicia’
‘Hippie in High Heels’

Canvas Moon by Elena Martynova

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Hello! Hello friends, Elena here with you today with my new inspiration!

I decided to decorate the canvas using photo of me and my daughter and chipboard by 2Crafty

and excellent products by Bad Girls Couture.

For my project, I used wonderful sprays by Lindy’s to create the background.

To make the surface more voluminous and textured, I applied the Haute Mess – Molding Paste through a stencil

I used a lot of different colors from Bad Girls Couture for coloring chipboard.

Mixed them together to get smooth color transitions.

Then covered it with embossing powder.

This made the colors brighter and added gloss.

I used chipboard Boho Floral Arrow. I’m just in love with this wonderful design !!!

I added Prima’s flowers as a base for the chipboard and creating layers and volume.

I have made with this products by Bad Girls Couture.

Haute Mess Mediums:

Haute Mess Medium – Clear Gesso

Haute Mess – Molding Paste

Haute Mess Paints:

Well that is all from me today. Have a great weekend and a beautiful week ahead.

Until next time happy scrapping.

Elena xo

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A Necklace A Mother Could Love!

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers, to your mothers, and any fur moms! Hope your day is beautiful and you are spoiled. I certainly was spoiled this morning! Mimosas, pancakes and a mani/pedi! It is a treat for sure! It was a busy week but I did manage to sneak in some creating time. My project is a re-creation (one I created with other materials in the past) since I sold the original at an art weekend event. I had photos so I made an exact duplicate for ME! I loved this necklace so much.

I used the Haute Mess Acrylic colors: Make it Rain, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Guilt Trip, and First Crush for the canvas part of the necklace. I mixed the paints with water to thin them out and blend them better on the canvas fabric. ** I’m so sorry to say that I didn’t take process photos (I really got into my limited creating time and my fingers were quite messy!)… I started by brushing the watered down First Crush onto areas of the canvas. Then, blended Guilt Trip over areas. I mixed Drop Dead Gorgeous with Make it Rain to create some blue greenish hues by overlapping areas. Also, I left some areas more transparent with more water.

I stamped with a permanent ink and used some silver texture paste I had through a stencil to create the circles. Once dry, I added the buttons, brads and gems. I used fabric glue to add the ribbon and velveteen backing to finish this piece. A tip… cut both the canvas and backing at the same time so that they match seamlessly.

I will be wearing this piece to an art opening reception soon! It’s a statement piece for sure! I hope you will get a bit of creating time for yourself. Happy Mother’s Day to you all and Happy Sunday!