using Happy Hues paints on paper and wood

This month at Jillibean Soup, the design team was challenged to use Happy Hues paints on our projects. It wasn't all that hard to do because these new paints from Jillibean Soup are fantastic! They come in 10 fabulous colors! Bright and cheery and truly the perfect pallet of colors! One of the the things I like best about the paints is how well they work for paper. They dry very quickly when applied to paper and cause barely any curling. Keep reading to learn about all the 

fun I had with these!

On this card, paint was applied (with a foam brush) to stamps, just like ink. Saffron Yellow Pepper Soup stamps have open and solid image flowers, making this awesome background possible!

How fun is this? I have to admit that I am not the best when it comes to making backgrounds, something about my type-A perfectionism, but these stamps and paints made me just have fun!

Oh, and check out the butterflies. Those are Summer Red Raspberry Wood Veneers painted. 

Instant custom embellishments with paint!

To not take away from the look of the background, I added a Soup Label from Saffron Yellow Pepper Soup and a small strip of patterned paper.

Because the stamping was so fun, I just kept going! 

I applied paint to my stamps and had fun! It does not require much paint for a good image because the paint spreads out as you press it to your paper. I added a small dot of paint to the center of each flower for more color.

Strips of patterned paper, a sticker, and a couple of butterflies finished this one off easily.

A Mini Placemat (white, die-cut cardstock) was the inspiration for this card. That sunshine just had to be yellow! Once dry, which wasn't very long, it was foam mounted to my card.

I added some painted Summer Red Raspberry Wood Veneers.

And a couple of Soup Label stickers to finish things off. I like layering the Soup Label stickers to add interest. The aqua sentiment sticker was not enough pop. The butterfly sticker behind really added some depth.

And because I cannot get enough of these wood pallets...a home decor piece using the paints.

On this 8x8 Wood Pallet, each of the slats was painted with a different color. I added water to each of the colors, a small amount, to water the color down and create more of a color wash. The wash would allow the wood and the wood grain to show through more than with the solid paint.

The words were cut from cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo and then the negative was used as a stencil to paint through. I love the results! And I love that I can adjust all my cut files to whatever size I need, based on the project. So helpful! And to finish it off, a small painted 

wood veneer star was placed inside one letter of each word. 

Simple, but cute. A great piece to add to any summer decor!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

Supplies for Simply Fabulous card:

InLinkz.com

Supplies for Hello Butterflies card:

InLinkz.com

Supplies for Hello Sunshine card:

InLinkz.com

Supplies for Love Love Laugh wall hanging:

InLinkz.com

festive 4th banner

Just wanted to share a little project I have been working on for our house. Now that I have this new chalkboard, I wanted to have little decorations to add to it for the different seasons and holidays. I thought this little banner would be so cute on it! (now I need to get a 4th of July sentiment on the chalkboard!!)

For the pennants, I die cut canvas with Spellbinders Nested Pennants. Then each pennant was painted with Martha Stewart Wild Blueberry craft paint. (love that stuff, it covers all surfaces)

To create the stars, I created a stencil. Using thick card stock, I die cut the same pennant shape I used on the canvas. Then I punched out stars. It fit perfectly each time and all the stars lined up exactly the way I wanted.

Holes were punched in each top corner with a CropODile and it was strung onto twine.

The lanterns are a cute dollar bin find at Michael’s (while filming in Denver, Susan Opel and I HAD to make a Michael’s run. LOL). Using Martha Stewart (Wedding White) craft paint again, I painted every other inset. Keep in mind, these don’t match up in the back because it is actually a spiral, but who will ever see the back? ;)

The lanterns are hung from the main piece of twine with twine tied into a bow. I like how easy it is to remove the pennants or lanterns, or to add or change the length of this banner for whatever space I choose to hang it. Simple and cute. That makes me happy.

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

hello friend

 

Its the middle of the month, which means more projects and inspiration from the Avocado Arts design team, including a sneak peek of the next kit!

Today’s card uses stamps from both Sunshine and Smiles and kit 2. Can you figure out which ones are which? :)



I had to use those clouds, again. But they are so versatile, I just cannot help myself. :) I started with canvas and a Spellbinders Rectangles Large die template.



I used paint dabbers from Adirondack on the canvas. I applied in one direction. You can see the coverage it creates. It is not solid coverage. The paint does not flow from the end, like I was expecting. Honestly, I will take the foam topper off and just use the paint. The paint itself is fantastic! Great coverage, colors, and quick to dry!



For the clouds, I applied Adirondack white paint to the solid cloud image from Sunshine and Smiles. Using a foam brush gives me a chance to spread the paint more evenly across the stamp. And don’t worry about “ruining” your stamp. It cleans up easily.



Here are the clouds on the canvas. Pretty cool look, huh?



I decided that I wanted a couple of the clouds to pop out a bit more. So, I stamped over the clouds with a second coat of paint. And reason number 1 million to love about photopolymer stamps; you can see through to line up the image!!

To finish off the card, I stamped the open cloud image in watermark ink on the card base, added some super bright chevron patterned paper (SWOON!), and a stamped and Copic colored little birdie. Oh, and the sentiment…it was stamped in black ink onto the canvas. Its a little faded, which works for me in this instance.

And now, what you have been waiting for…the sneak peek of Kit #2!!

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Check out the rest of the team:
Avocado Arts Blog
AJ Otto
Latisha Yoast
Julia Stainton
Becky Oehlers

thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps-Avocado Arts (Sunshine and Smiles, Hello Friend), Canvas (Canvas Corp 12x12), Paint-Ranger (Adirondack Paint Dabber-Pool, White), Cardstock-Bazzill, Copic Xpress, Patterned paper-My Mind’s Eye (Lime Twist Fly a Kite 6x6), Ink-Tsukineko (Memento Tuxedo Black) (Versamark Watermark), Copic-R22, R24, R27, YR07, Spellbinders-Rectangles Large