Paint Palette by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

For this weeks project for the Memory Maze Blog I used a paint palette

I love mixed media (if you didn't already know that about me)

I love the layers and the textures and how abstract it can be 

There doesn't have to be a theme it can just BE

 So with this palette I added some things that I loved and I loved the way they looked together

I used the Paint Brush Stencil
I started with painting the palette with black gesso then adding the brushes stencil with crackle paste

Once that dried I started adding things, Memory Maze Chipboard- Empty Mason Jars, Chicken Wire Large, Background Grid Trellis, flowers, metal, muslin, paperclay shapes, different shaped and sized frames, art stones and a light bulb 

I then painted it all with black gesso

I then used Finnabair waxes in a few different colours over different parts and the very end I used the gold for the final touch and glitter glass to finish it off because you always need a bit of sparkle

Memory Maze Products I used

Background Grid Trellis

Empty Mason Jars

Chicken Wire Large

Paint Brush Stencil


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Cheers by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone Suzanne here

Here is my latest layout 

I'm slowly working my way through the wedding photos (it will be their First Wedding Anniversary on the 18th of May lol)

I love this photo of the girls, I better do some of the boys soon though

Make sure to check out the rest of the blog for loads of inspiration and check out what's new

I had this Wine Glass Chipboard in my stash which was perfect but I didn't want to paint it like I always do so the paper range from Prima I used had this paper in it which is so pretty so 

I glued it to the chipboard waited for it to dry then used a knife to cut around it

I then used some Art Alchemy Wax inAged Brass around the edge to get rid of the chipboard colour to finish it off 

I added a few feathers for something different over the top of the vellum sheet that came with the matching flowers and feathers

 One of the Prima papers has a foil print on the paper so I hand cut around it to make a frame

The little white flowers were out of one of the Prima packs 

One of the Prima sheets of paper had different sized shapes on it and I cut a few different piece from that to lay under the glass and the added another flower 

I then used the Finnabair Art Ingredients Glass Glitter in Copper randomly over the page for some sparkle  

These flowers I got from a cheap shop and added some glass glitter too as well

Memory Maze Product I used

Wine Glass Chipboard

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Fairy Sophie by Suzanne Franin

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For my project this week I've chosen a photo of my Goddaughter from a few years ago in a fairy costume I had some Memory Maze chipboard Fairies just waiting to be used when I remembered this photo

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I painted the fairy using the Finnabair Art Alchemy Paints Metallique Rustic Brown, Wild Fuchsia, Pure Sunshine, Fresh Orange, White Pearl and Opal Magic Yellow-Blue

I mixed Helmar Super-Tac Glue with some glitter to cover the Criss Cross, Mini Scribble Heart I used

Here's what the heart looked like when it dried

I added some extra colour with Colour Blast Colour Artist Inks Slipper, Citrus and Spice just letting them run down the canvas and into the muslin and glitter I had added

After placing my photo where I wanted it with Helmar Acid Free Glue I stuck the Fairy into place with Super-Tac Glue after adding a flower to her hand

I added some extra embellishments for some dimension and interest  and glued the down with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Memory Maze Products

Criss Cross, Mini Scribble Hearts

Fairy, Fairies Garden

  

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Create by Suzanne Franin

Hey Everyone

For my Memory Maze project this time I felt like colour and randomness LOL 

So I used one of the Chipboard Journal pages gathered up some bits picked some colours and off I went

I started with some 3D gel and the Diamond Stencil and just chose a few spots to put the diamonds to go with the pattern on the chipboard page

After arranging things how I wanted them and glueing them down I painted everything with white gesso (I painted in layers so I made sure everything was covered) 

 I then chose 4 Colour Blast Colour Shimmer Dusts to use put only used 3 - Lollipop, Sunflower and Amber

 I started with the Lollipop as you can see it's very vibrant 

 Then adding the other colours you start to get a mix so you end up with more than just 3 colours

Here you can see I used the Silver Micro Beads which I mixed with some Helmar Super-Tac Glue and placed them randomly over the Journal

I used the some of the small 12 x 12 All there is is Cogs together 

This is one of the birds and nests that is part of a set (I couldn't find them on the site so you can message Sally at Memory Maze and I'm sure she will find them for your local shop) 

Here is one of the many feathers from the Feathers, Feathers mixed Dreamcatcher Feather they have some many sizes and shapes it was hard to choose 

 Because I've called this page Creative I added a music note, scissors, buttons, a screw, a zip and more that you can use while being creative 

 I love flowers so I couldn't not use some 

I think the pop of white also breaks up the colour

I love these scissors they are paper clay that my mum has the  mould for 

Once I was happy with the colours over the Journal I used some Art Alchemy Opal Magic Vintage Silk Wax over the top of everything to give it an extra shimmer

Memory Maze Products

12 x 12 All there is is Cogs

Diamond Stencil

Feathers, Feathers mixed Dreamcatcher Feathers 

Chipboard Journal 15 pages 

Silver Micro Beads

Birds and Nests (Ask for those)

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