Is there anything better than two companies combining their amazing products? Today I have a joint venture project by Prima Marketing and Faber-Castell!
Not only do their products work perfectly together, but they provide wonderful platforms for inspiration and creativity! Both of the design teams were challenged to create projects
combining products just for YOU! Hopefully this will get your creativity
going too. (LOOK for prize details below!)
Faber-Castell's products are a perfect way to color many of Prima's Mixed-Media products! I used the above products to color a watercolor paper page in Prima's Mixed Media journal. (Have you tried the journals yet? They are AMAZING! They have 4 watercolor sheets, 4 canvas sheets, 4 resist canvas pages, 4 clear pages, multiple patterned paper sheets, 2 tags, and more inside!)
For those of you who have not tried art journaling YOU NEED TO TRY IT! Just jump in and swim. You will love it. (My journal is actually half scrapbook, half artsy stuff. I decided to do what I like...and I like to do both...so there you go. It's okay. No one is going to open your book and judge you for what's inside!)
First I colored my resist canvas shapes because I like everything DRY when I put it all together. Try
coloring them with FC gelatos. Use like a crayon to
color the canvas; then wet slightly to slide that gorgeous color all
over. Dry. Tip: You can layer canvas shapes with other items for more dimension.
Next you want to create the background. After coloring directly on the Prima stamps with gelatos (mix colors for a great
effect); mist the stamp with a touch of water; then stamp directly on the water-color paper. After it is dry, brush on a thin layer of gesso over the middle section to tone it down a bit;
dry, and stamp all over again with your favorite clear stamps by Prima and brown chalk inks (pick a few different shades) for a distressed effect.
To finish off the page I added glass bead gel. Once the gel dried a glitzy touch of gold gelato was rubbed over the glass bead gel. (Rub some of the gold gelato across the page with your finger for even more pizazz.)
Embellish your page with crystal swirls, your sentiment, seam binding, canvas shapes and sculpture flowers to finish the page!
Prima Products:
- 557942 Mixed Media Journal Pages
- 554743 Resist Canvas Flowers
- 554699 Canvas Resist Butterfly
- 558253 Mid-Release Butterflies
- 544683 SIIC Swirl
- 921736 Peonies & Poppies Sculpture Flower
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550776 Vintage Button
- 891008, 891169, 891183 Chalk Inks
- 550929, 542016, 536411 Stamps
Faber Castell Products:
- Metallic Gelatos
- Color Gelatos-blue, green
- Stamper's Big Brush Pen
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Textural Accents: Gesso
Other: Ranger Inks, Tulle, Seam Binding, Glass Bead Gel
How about prize?
This selection of gorgeous Prima products is just for YOU from me! Open to all countries. Simply leave a comment here on my blog and I will randomly choose a winner by May 22nd. Good Luck!
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Prima/Faber- Castell Prize Details:
Prima and Faber Castell have also included a chance to win some of their products. Hop around to the other talented design team blogs and leave a comment on each
of their blogs. Once you are done, go back to the PRIMA and Faber Castell blogs and let them
know your favorite technique. They will pick a random winner on the Prima
blog May 30th! Faber Castell will also have a prize so make sure you go
to their blog for details on how to win!
Ready for the fun to start?
Ready, set, GO!
- Blog Links for Prima:
- Blog Links for Faber-Castell:
