Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Artbar Blended Backgrounds


Over at the PaperArtsy blog they are having weekly guest designers, so this week I decided to have a play along with Helen's warped windows. For full instruction of the technique check here.

I used Artbars instead of the Portfolio pastels as I don't have any.  They blended lovely but they didn't work the same over the painted stencilled diamonds, so thanks to Clare's suggestion, I painted them instead.  I used pumpkin soup fresco paint.


And this was the second one using the reverse as in the original post.  I used the Artbar colours red (A05), orange (A04) and blue (A11) and pumpkin soup fresco paint for the yellow!!


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15 comments:

  1. Marianne16 January 2013 at 08:59

    Lovely tags!! Great colours and stamps and the backgrounds are amazing! The nice fibers complete the picture!
    Hugs,
    Marianne

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  2. Paula Whittaker16 January 2013 at 11:07

    loving the colour combination. Nice tags Sam.

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  3. Jenny Marples16 January 2013 at 12:13

    To be honest Sam I love both of them! Love what you've done - I'll have to go and see this technique now. Hugs, Jenny x

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  4. Alison16 January 2013 at 12:49

    Fantastic tags Sam, I love the colours!
    Alison xxx

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  5. Deborah16 January 2013 at 16:46

    Art bars work really well, colours amazing. Love the first one especially.

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  6. Trish16 January 2013 at 18:38

    They are both really lovely - bold and bright!

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  7. Words and Pictures16 January 2013 at 19:36

    Yummy stuff, back and front... the world's gone Fresco mad, hasn't it?!
    Alison x

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  8. chrissie17 January 2013 at 07:56

    Super colours and images Sam-both terrific tags.

    Love Chrissie xx

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  9. downrightcrafty17 January 2013 at 08:11

    wow great contrast in the colours and that image is great
    Hugs Kate xx

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  10. Sue17 January 2013 at 08:57

    Love these Sam, gorgeous strong colours. I couldn't get my pastels to go over paint either so I've improvised too :-) xx

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  11. Gillian ....17 January 2013 at 22:23

    The Artebars have worked well Sam, love the yummy colour combo. Thanks for joining in the PA fun!

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  12. Neet18 January 2013 at 04:55

    Love these, absolutely wonderful!
    Hugs, Neet xx

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  13. Helen18 January 2013 at 11:42

    Love the colours you've used on these and the stamps - might have to get that set!
    Helen

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  14. Minxy19 January 2013 at 14:20

    Great tags, love the colour choice

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  15. Art Journey19 January 2013 at 15:12

    Sam! These are brill! I love the colours you have used on these two, they are truly beautiful works of art! Love them!!

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