Donna isn't a huge paint-user, but wanted to use this opportunity to demonstrate that even those that rarely dip their brush in a paint pot, can use this fabulous product to add a touch of liquid magic to their creations. In this layout, Donna has used the soft, glimmery LuminArte H20s to add depth and dimension to Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips. If you look closely you will notice that by lessoning the amount of water used Donna has added greater depth of colour to the oval frame.
To tie everything together, she has run a paint brush of the same colour around the edge of the page.
While it isn't easy to capture the true beauty of these paints in a photograph, the overall effect is still soft, dreamy and feminine. Donna was taken with the shimmer of these paints and will be experimenting further with this versatile new product from LuminArte!
Donna's youngest daughter loves receiving pictures and paintings. If ever she needs cheering up a simple hand-drawn picture will always do the trick. While experimenting with LuminArte Twinkling H2O's Donna created this sweet butterfly and pinned it on her daughter's door as a surprise. It is by no means a dramatic piece of art, but Donna now knows that with a little practice and the right products/tools she could perhaps develop that inner artist...in time!
*Notë: to create the outline for the butterfly Donna 'cheated' just a little by using Tattered Angels 'Fancy' Glimmer Screens. Glimmer Screens are a kind of mask/stencil that are perfect for those paint users that are maybe a little in doubt when it comes to their drawing skills. These would work beautifully on a canvas!
Carole says that this is something she could get very addicted to. She really enjoyed using these Twinkling H20's in a mini pack of 6 colours, which are rich and vibrant, and as you can see are really pretty in colour. It went really well with the Luxe Colour Me pattern papers. Carole just painted with these and used the Dual Tip marker for Blending, really easy.
You could also use the paints as a stamp colour, all you would do is just paint them directly onto your stamps and stamp onto cardstock. A really great idea, and being able to buy them in mini packs of 6 also makes it very affordable.
When we started bringing in LuminArte, we thought that to best show off the range and depth and beauty of the products, we could treat ourselves to some guest designers - some of our favourite Australian artists and scrapbookers. Here we thank Kate Mason for contributing an enormous array of beautiful projects and pages, even whilst in the thick of coughs, colds and babies!
Kate's first project was this amazing mini album she created to document her daughters upcoming heart surgery - and alongside the whole scrapbooking world we send her our prayers and thoughts that Chelsea Blossom will come home safe and sound.
Kate covered the album with patterned paper and decorated with book paper dots. To make the dots, a light coat of white paint was applied, then H2O's mixed with lots of painting medium was also added to achieve the translucent tint over the top. For the charms, Kate stamped with Stazon ink over white painted book paper, then H2O's mixed with painting medium were used to colour the images.
Here Kate handcut shapes in various colours of cardstock and then coloured with H2O's, water and painting medium. Depth of colour on the shapes is built up with 2 or 3 H2O colours. She then applied rub-ons applied over the top.
How gorgeous is this fairy? Kate painted the background with stone & white crackle paint. She then applied pale H2O tints over the top. For the washed out look she achieved with this layout Kate simply mixed the LuminArte Twinkling H2O's with water.
In this gorgeous layout Kate cut out background patchwork pieces and adhered to layout her layout. She then applied rubons and painted over them with the LuminArte Twinkling H2O's. She reported that the H2O's mixed in well with painting medium for a rich creamy but still translucent, coverage, and the rub-ons happily still peeked through!
Kate also painted book paper white and then added a coat of the LuminArte H2O's mixed with water for a pale washed out look. The very cute birdie was painted with H2O's mixed with water. Kate reports that the Twinkling H2O's look & feel exactly like watercolour paints but have their beautiful trademark shimmery appearance.
Kate further shows the amazing versatility of the H2O's - as well as her talents - as she mixes them here with painting medium and applied directly onto stamps. She then stamped all over a similar colour cardstock background paper for a subtle but handcrafted look. Kate handpainted the cupcake with Twinkling H2O's mixed with water - again she used these just as you would watercolours but they have the added benefit of shimmer.
Kate then drew large spots on envelope created with gesso painted book paper, and covered with H2O's mixed with water. The gesso gave a nice chalky appearance and the h20's added more shimmer. She painted white chipboard letters with H2O's mixed in well with painting medium for a rich creamy coverage.
In this final layout Kate painted white chipboard letters painted with H2O's mixed in well with painting medium for a rich creamy coverage. She adhered muslin adhered to cardstock with Mod Podge. While still wet, Kate applied H2O's mixed with painting medium streaked over the top from edge. She added a Technique Tuesday chipboard scroll painted with H2O's mixed with painting medium to the left hand side, and found that 4 or 5 colours built up a delicious rich colour.
Thanks again Kate for providing us with so many amazing looks using the LuminArte Twinkling H2O's. The shimmer and twinkle of the product is difficult to portray on a monitor but we hope this inspires you to get your paintbrushes and stamps out and give them a try!
