Leon

Are you familiar with Mathilda and Leon The Professional?
One of the most unforgettable movies ever, wouldn't you agree?

Today, Pascale decided to show us her Leon inspired layout.

Hello Sweeties, 

Today I chose a work with a photo from Luc Besson's movie: "Leon" with Jean Reno and Nathalie Portman. 

To make my background, I first added some paints on a stencil before applying it on the paper. When the stencil was still on the paper, I added some crackle paste. When everything was dry, I stamped randomly the background. 

I replaced the stencil properly and added randomly some heavy gel medium to glue the microbeads.

After covering the chipboards with gel medium, I colored them with gelatos and a light touch of gold wax.

I also added a light touch of gold wax on the little flowers  after coloring them with a "Love Struck" Primary Element paint.

Materials from Mixed Media Place:

pssst... Although the actual soundtrack to "Leon" movie was composed by Eric Serra, there is a song that appears in the film and guess what - it's also in our last Music Challenge.

Drop by for some more inspirations and add your own Sting inspired creations to win a discount in our store. We'll be waiting 'till October 19th.

Precious Moments

Let's say farewell to the summer with the sweetest story by Pascale...
Today, she's sharing a truly precious memory captured in a beautiful layout...

Hello Sweeties,

I hope that you had a great time during this summer.

Today, I want to share with you a summer photo of my son taken a long time ago. He was only 1 year old. Every time he saw the sea, he started running like a new born turtle toward it.

We were on the top of the Dune du Pilat (the highest sand dune of Europe) and the photo was taken just at the moment when my son discovered the sea. I can tell you that a little boy on his knees "run" faster than two adults on their feet. We were half way down the Dune before we were able to catch him...

To make my background, I applied a thin coat of gesso that I colored with some Twinkling H2O. Then, I stamped randomly around my page and around the gesso I applied. I used various colors: white gesso, teal chalk ink, black Archival ink.

To recreate the sand in the photo, I added some microbeads and to finish - some splatters of black gesso and Izink here and there.

In order to add a rust effect to the gears, I colored them with Ginger Peach Silks.

I first covered the chipboard with gesso before coloring it with the same colors I used on the background.

Supplies from Mixed Media Place:

Speaking From the Heart

Gayle prepared a real feast for us today - as usual, her art is both expressive, thought-provoking and technically stunning.

We hope you feel inspired and pull out your stamps. ;)

Hello. I’m sharing an art journal page with you today.

Aside from speaking from the heart and sharing my thoughts (which of course is what art journals are for), these pages are all about the stamps. I have always loved using them, but once upon a time, stamps were pretty much the sole domain of card makers. Today, with the love for “mixed media”, stamps are used by everyone. For scrapbook pages, stamps mostly hang about in the background, but today in my journal, I’ve made the stamps the focus.

These particular stamps by Dina Wakley, available from Mixed Media Place store, I found to be very expressive and they suited my mood. I’ve also used stamps from 3rd Eye and several from Finnabair’s range.

The colour in this work comes mostly from Prima’s Color Bloom spray mists. Oh, how I love them, particularly “Gold Foil”. Can you see it in the photo below?

The tag has many layers of Color Bloom sprays... I think 5... The colours are very pure and rich and work beautifully with stencils. I did not let each colour dry completely before adding the next one which has created a very soft, subtle blended appearance and the tag almost feels like it’s been varnished.

When the tag is flipped over, the second face is revealed and the mood has changed.

The tears will never stop falling until the guns stop shooting.

Some tissue paper pattern and Finnabair’s beautiful little doily stamp.

Supplies from Mixed Media Place:

p.s. In case you missed it - check out this amazing post by Linda explaining the magic of gel medium and grab a discount on all Talens gel mediums & Amsterdam acrylic paints!