JustRite & Faber-Castel Mixed Media Blog Hop 1

Hello and welcome to day one of the JustRite Papercraft and Faber-Castell mixed media 2-day blog hop!

For today's project, I chose to use Faber-Castell's Gelatos. Gelatos are an emollient-based water-soluble medium that glide smoothly onto nearly any surface to create rich swaths of pure color. They may be blended without water using your fingertip or a blending tool, or with water using a paintbrush or damp cloth. They are buttery smooth, like painting with lipstick!  There is no oily residue and their water-soluble qualities make them very compatible with other mediums. Use on all types of paper, cloth,canvas, wood and other porous surfaces as well as rubber, foam and clear stamps. They are availabel in 22 yummy opaque colors and 6 shimmering metallics. They are light fast, acid free, archival, odorless, watersoluble, permanent and work great on dark surfaces.

I also used JustRite's French Rose Background and Butterfly Dreams cling stamp sets and the brand new elegant clear Graceful Monogram set for my 6-inch canvas:

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Directions:

1. First, spritz the rubber background stamp with water; this helps the Gelatos glide on smoothly.
2. Then color directly on the stamp with the Gelatos:

I used these Gelato colors:
Roses: Bubblegum & Mango
Daisies: Mango & Tangerine
Leaves & Swirls: Green Tea
Words: Cotton Candy 

3. Spritz the stamp/Gelatos again with water.
4. Stamp onto ivory heavy weight cardstock. You could stamp directly onto the canvas, for a more artistic look, but I liked the crisper image I achieved by stamping onto cardstock.
5. Go back and fill in some areas, using a water reservoir brush and picking up color directly from the Gelato.

6. Stamp the butterfly in the same manner, using these Gelatos -- Green Metallic, Lemon & Chocolate:

7. Stamp butterfly onto ivory cardstock and cut out. Pop up on foam tape over swirl stamped with Chocolate Gelato.

8. Stamp the "Love" sentiment (made with JustRite's clear Graceful Monogram stamps) with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.

9. Color the sides of the canvas, using Chocolate Gelato -- just scribble onto the canvas and blend with a wet paint brush:

10. Adhere ivory stamped piece to the canvas . . . done!

Be sure to check out the projects each of these JustRite & Faber-Castel design team members have for you today:

JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Sharon Harnist <= You are here!
Eva Dobilas
Tiffany Johnson
Michele Kovack
Heidi Blankenship
Kellie Fortin
Rita Barakat
Sheri Holt
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram

Enter for your chance to win some fabulous giveaway prize packages on the JustRite Inspiration Day 1 blog post:

And also the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog:

Thanks so much for joining us today . . . I'll be back again tomorrow with another JustRite-FaberCastell mixed media project!

~ Sharon

{Supplies}
Stamps: JustRite Cling CL-04355 French Rose Background and CL-04390 Butterfly Dreams; Clear CR-04495 Graceful Monogram, 
Faber-Castel Gelatos: Red set (Bubblegum), Yellow set (Mango & Tangerine), Green set (Green Tea), Blue set (Cotton Candy), Neutrals (Chocolate), Green Metallic
Paper: GKD Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Antique Linen & Spun Sugar, 
Accessories:  6x6 canvas, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, X-Press It Clear Gel Glue, 

Comments

[Eli]

1.

Ooh, la, la. I love the way you colored right onto the stamp...it opens a whole new world for designing with stamps. So beautiful...

[Regina M. Hamilton]

2.

Look at all those stunning colors. The stamp works so well with the Gelatos.

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3.

How very creative. I love the bleeding effect with crisp here and there. I just have to try these Gelatos!

[Jess S.]

4.

Very pretty! I didn't realize you could use Gelatos so well with rubber stamps.

[sandi]

5.

I am new at making cards and using gelatos seem like an awesome way to create vividly colors. Thank you for introducing me to such a fun way to make cards.

[Grace]

6.

ooh gorgeous project with such wonderful colors!

[Rosie]

7.

Love your project, and love the colors you used.

[Beatrice Lawson]

8.

Wonderful colours! I have used big brush pens on stamps but never gellatos, will be trying it today!

[Larissa Heskett =)]

9.

Simply Beautiful!! Loving the detail even on that very detailed stamp that you get with the Gelatos!! SO NEAT!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

[Margie Visnick]

10.

Beautiful canvas!! I love it!

[Melody]

11.

I like the color combos in your work.

[Becky D]

12.

Wow Sharon! This is gorgeous and your tutorial makes it look so easy! Thanks so much for sharing this project! I actually have a couple of Gelatos but have never used them because I didn't really know how, but now I have some wonderful inspiration!

[Wendy Brassart]

13.

Love what you did! This is stunning!

[Marge R. (mer)]

14.

Sooo BEAUTIFUL with the Gelatos and I LOVE that butterfly with swirly trail!!!

[Melissa Bove]

15.

Absolutely gorgeous Sharon!! Wow! Love the beautiful coloring!!

[Olga Kolov]

16.

Wow! I love mixed media and gelatos using here! Amazing!

[Liz aka javagirl]

17.

absoutely stunning.

[Jackie]

18.

Totally gorgeous!!!

[Becky Green]

19.

HOW BEAUTIFUL SHARON!!!!!!!! :) LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the WATER COLOR EFFECT the gelatos bring!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A GORGEOUS IMAGE you've used!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) LOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!! :)

[Jen Naus]

20.

Gorgeous! I've never heard of Gelatos before, very neat!

[christi]

21.

gorgeous colors. thanks for the deets on how you did it.

[Donna Jones]

22.

Hi Sharon,

Love your layout and the vibrant colours you chose to make your beautiful artwork pop.

Donna Jones

[Jean Bullock]

23.

Awesome tutorial!

[Sandy Lane]

24.

LOVE gelatos & your use & suggestions are great

[krystal oneill]

25.

Great project, thanks for the inspiration!

[Carla vdM]

26.

Wonderful and one can even use a waterpencil on it....GREAT!

[Sabrina Radican]

27.

Absolutely gorgeous project! Just amazing what you can do the a little bit of water!!

[Peggy Allen]

28.

Wonderful card. I haven't tried the gel sticks yet but they look like a lot of fun.
God bless,
Peggy

[Amy#8546(TheTigersHaven)]

29.

Beautiful. I love how well these blend. Oh I really want to try them now. thanks for the inspiration.

[Rebecca Ednie]

30.

I have a few but didn't really know how to use them. Thanks for the tutorial!

[Maryann]

31.

Thanks sooo much for an awesome tut here. Maybe one should try this here too sometime.

[jean w.]

32.

Beautiful!

[Janet Castle]

33.

Lovely canvas...thanks for sharing how you made it!

[Carley Carter]

34.

Wow!!!!! This is amazing! I wanted to try the stamp method but have been nervous you made it look so easy! I am so going to try it! This is stunning! Thank you for sharing.

Hugs

Carley

[Gabbi]

35.

Oh my gosh, look what you did with just a stamp. I have to try this. I love gelatos, but guess i need to learn all the ways you can use them. Thank you for the inspiration.

[sharon gullikson]

36.

I am definitely going to try that technique. AMAZING!! the colors are gorge!

[Natasha Poteraj]

37.

I like how springy it looks. Darkening the canvas is a nice touch. Gorgeous.

[Lisa F]

38.

This is gorgeous!! I love the colors and design!! So beautiful!!

[Renee Zarate]

39.

Very cool technique!

[Denise Bryant]

40.

Beautiful canvas! I can't wait to try out my new Gelatos! The colors are gorgeous.

[Lynn Hardy]

41.

Your canvas is really pretty Sharon. I can't wait to try Gelatos for stamping now myself!

[Kim]

42.

I really like the vibrancy of the colors and the techniques used here. I look forward to incorporating these into my crafting.

[Vicki]

43.

Truly a work of art. So pretty and it doesn't look too hard for us beginners.

[Diane J]

44.

Very pretty. Love the colors.

[Tiffany johnson]

45.

Stunning card! I love that you went back and filled in some areas!

[Sue D]

46.

Very pretty--I like how you used the gelatos directly on the stamp.

[Yogi]

47.

beautiful project. Vibrant. Love using the Gelatos with water.
Have a great day

[Amyd]

48.

I love the colors you chose for your card. Such a nice combination for springtime.

[Kathryn]

49.

Just looks like too much fun! Can't wait to try it myself this week! Already have an unused package of gelatos to try on my workspace!!

[Shona]

50.

OMGoodness! I just got the French Rose stamp in the mail today and now I'm dying to try using it with Gelatos. Your project is simply stunning!