April Reveal with Flying Unicorn!

This month's kits were loaded with lots of my favorite color!  I'm such a fan of blue!  I loved the cream and grey accents, too!  The blues sat beautifully on these backgrounds.

Here is one of my pages for this month.  I enjoyed keeping this one soft and sweet!

 

I added some of my favorite die cuts and pearl cream to the mix!

I also loved playing with some of the soft mists that are in the kits!   Perfect for details like adding some colors to the flower centers!

And of course, some beautiful glitter Prima flowers add the final sweet touches for this page!

Now, you know that there are so many great kits and combinations to choose from! Do NOT delay!!  While you are there, be sure to check out the reveal from the entire team!  The work is, as always, just beautiful!!!

April Showers bring May flowers and our Your Passion Your Art celebrates the beginning of Spring and the sweet smells of the earth after that rainy spring day. Without further adieu we offer you our April Your Passion. Your Art kit of the Month

From the beginner to the avid mixed media artist our Mixed Art add on kit will surely please you. Our Mixed Art kit will always come with a canvas and mixed media art supplies to advance your skills as an artist.

Flowers, vines,and embellishments oh my! Our Mixed Passion is a collection of everything pretty to add to the Main kit or the add on kits. The colors and embellishments will enhance your Kit of the Month creations or it can stand alone and you can create something magical on its own! So turn up the music, make some tea and lock your self away while you create some art!

Our Small Art Big Passion is all about the love of making cards, tags atc's and anything in between.From Stamps, flowers, paper, embellishments and pretty things in between! These yummy goodies will enhance any of the kits or stand alone .

We are thrilled to present great free tutorials, techniques, videos and Build a Page using our Kit of the Month to help you grow in the passion of your art. So stay tuned there is so much more to come in the next week!

Kits and Add On Kits are limited

so do not delay in getting yours!

Dress Form Canvas

Hi everyone! Today,  I wanted to share this little dress form canvas that I made.  I've admitted in past posts that I love dress forms and could make them every day!  Of course, I can't because I would run out of places to put them and friends who wanted them, but...  I can't resist making them occasionally!

I noticed the Prima Product Picks for March and they seemed perfect for my project idea.  So, with those colors, sparkle and texture in mind I got busy creating!

This project started out with an 8x10 canvas that I chose to use the back side of.  I wanted something that would hold the little 3 dimensional dress form that I made.   Turning your canvas over makes for a fun change-up and adds extra texture by having the wood show.

From this angle, you can see the dimension that using the back side allows.  I white washed the wood and added modeling paste using a the Prima Floral Petites stencil, doilies, Color Bloom Sprays and Chalk Inks to get the background ready to add my dress form..

I couldn't resist the little quote.  I think it's perfect for this type of project! 

I used Prima's Alphabet stickers with ink and mist added for the word style.  The smaller wording was made by printing it on transparency and cutting it out.

The skirt and bodice were made with paper that I pleated and layered to give this project more dimension.   I used Prima Color Bloom Sprays and Chalk Inks to give it a bit of shine and color.  

The body of the dress form was colored by adding tissue paper, some gesso and finally covering the entire thing with clear micro beads.  I added a bit of ink to it for a bit of contrasting color.

Instead of leaving the edge of the bodice where it meets the dress plain, I chose to use a wide strip of glue and add tiny sequins.  I love the sparkle that these tiny sequins give. 

Of course, I added lots of flowers to enhance the over all design. I used a combination of Bloom Collection Flowers and Fleurs De Prima to make my flower clusters.  There are bits and pieces of ribbons tucked in and I added a Prima Flutter Vine with it's beautiful flowers and a butterfly, too!

The last touch was adding a few more splatters of Color Bloom Mists and using soft gel to add lots of scattered tiny sequins.

Aren't these colors beautiful?  Be sure to check out the March Prima Product Picks and play along!  

Paper Straw Easter Bucket with Video Tutorial

Easter is right around the corner!  It has snuck up on me this year, but I couldn't let it slip by without doing a little Easter Project.  Just for fun, I also decided to do a little video of how to make this! If you frequent my blog and galleries, you might remember that I made a bright version of this a while back.  I had some questions about how I did it so the video will walk you through each step.

It's easy!

You might recognize that this is made with paper straws.  They are all the rage and I can't seem to pass up all the pretty colors that I see in the stores.  I hope that I'm not the only one with a whole drawer full of these!  :)

 

I started with a little bucket that I picked up for $1 at Target.  I used straws and flowers that matched to decorate it.  I love roses and these were awesome since they were already so perfectly coordinated.

Another thing that I seem to buy a LOT of is doilies!  I just love them!  They are such a sweet touch to so many projects and here I used them to give the look of ruffles.

This project was so fun, fast and easy!  I hope you enjoy the video and give it a try yourself!

Burlap Canvas

Each month, I can't wait to open the Flying Unicorn kits to see what is included.  Especially fun is seeing what the Off the Page item is every month.  They are never the same and they are always interesting.  I thought the bicycle this month was so pretty and fun!  Now, I do have to admit that I was a bit concerned about coming up with an idea to use it, though.  Because of the dimension, I wasn't sure how it would lay on a canvas, so I decided to use the back of the canvas instead.  Instant shadow box!

I started out by white washing the wooden frame a bit, adding cream colored acrylic paint, modeling paste and ink to 'rough' my burlap canvas up a bit.

Then, I added the bicycle.  I used some cream colored acrylic paint to make the bicycle fit with the more monochromatic look that I was going for.

Next up, start embellishing!

 I used canvas flowers and burlap leaves that I inked to make them go with the overall look of the canvas background.  The chipboard was washed with a thin coat of cream colored acrylic paint and then inked. 

The seam tape was sprayed with water, a dipped in a bit of paint and glued under the flowers and inside of the frame. 

Although it took me a bit to come up with my idea, this ended up being one of my favorite Off the Page projects ever!

Be sure to stop by Flying Unicorn to check out what the rest of the team did with this piece.  It's amazing how many different ideas that we all came up with!

Flying Unicorn University Birdhouse

Hi y'all!  Hope you got a chance to tune in to my Ustream Class for Flying Unicorn!  If you didn't, I hope you will go check it out soon!  

This is the Birdhouse that we made tonight.  If you were at the show, you know that instead of yellow we made a pink one.  All the same techniques but just a bit of a different look.

Here is a link to Flying Unicorn's Ustream or you can watch the video below!

And a HUGE thank you to all of you who watched! 

Because we were moving pretty fast on the show tonight, I wanted to be sure to post some views of all the different views.  In this one, you can see the right hand side. 

The back and left side... I have to tell you, that I LOVE that Prima stencil!!  And... the flowers and ribbon... It's awesome the products that you can get from Flying Unicorn, not only in the kits, but in the store, too!

Finally, here is the top.

 

If you missed it, be sure to check it out!

Here is the supply list:

(I've provided links to the things you can find in the store.)

Bird House

YasutomoPearlescent Watercolor set   

My FavoriteThings Metal Dies  

PetalooDarjeeling Flowers  

Prima ColorBloom Spray Sunshine  

Prima ColorBloom Spray Sorbet   

Prima Stencil - March Kit

Prima Calypso Tin Yellow - March Kit

Prima Resist Chalk Edger Old Road

Prima Vintage Trinkets (bird)

Hug Snug Seam Binding (ribbon)

Doilies

Flat BackPearls

Pearl Picks

Green Cardstock

Gesso

MoldingPaste

Fabri-tac

Changes for the live class:

Prima Color Bloom Mist Peony  

Prima ColorBloom Mist Cotton Candy  

PetalooDarjeeling Flowers  Teastained Pink 

PrimaRodanthe Flowers Eplanade   

March Flying Unicorn Layout

I think I could scrap for a week with this Flying Unicorn kit!  I really love these colors and how bright and beautiful they are!  I also love the dark grey colors that ground the yellows.  It's just perfect!  Not to mention, it's almost spring and these colors are perfect for that, too!

The Authentique papers have terrific patterns!  I think plaids are terrific and I love the one in this collection!  Since I'm craving spring, I had to add a few daisies to this page!

More bits and pieces, flowers and stickers work so well to add details.

Finally, you can't forget the adorable little diecut shapes that are included in this collection.  I think Banners are a great thing to tuck here and there under photos and papers.

Be sure to check out Flying Unicorn for all the details on ordering kits!  Don't forget to watch for pre-orders!  You don't EVER want to miss one of these kits!

Mojo Monday at Flying Unicorn

It's my turn to provide some inspiration for Mojo Monday at Flying Unicorn! 

 If you follow along, you know that Alda, the owner of Flying Unicorn, provides a beautiful sketch each Monday to help get your mojo going!  The sketches are always beautiful and little pieces of art themselves.  And...

You can play along for a chance to win a prize from Flying Unicorn!!

This is the layout that I made using the sketch for my inspiration.

 

I used lots of Prima supplies from my stash for this one!  I LOVE hounds tooth prints, so I couldn't resist pulling this paper out of the pile to start with!

I added some Dusty Attic Music Notes Chipboard and a Leaky Shed Frame chipboard to build from.

I used one of my all time favorite masks for this layout, too!  It is the Prima Marketing Damask pattern.

I finished it off with lots of Prima flowers, bling and other embellishments and a few stitched circles!

Don't forget to check out the sketch and play along this week!  I would love to see what you come up with!
Mojo Monday Challenge at Flying Unicorn