Thank you to Jill Foster for sharing this technique using Gelatos and stamps!  Gelatos are a great new medium for rubber stamping. 

 
 To begin, spritz your stamp with a bit of water.  2 to 3 spritzs should do it.

 
 
 Apply color to your rubber stamps by gliding Gelatos gently over the surface.  Feel free to use more than one color, the colors will blend right on your stamp! 

 
 Use the Stamper's Big Brush to color the smaller area of your stamp, here Jill aplied the Stamper's Big Brush to the flower stems.

 
 Now, stamp!  Voila!  A beautiful image perfect for a greeting card or scrapbook page.  Thanks Jill for this great technique!

                                I used my Stampers Big Brushes to cover the Gesso!!!
                                                               They went on smooth!

Hi everyone! It's Jill here with a card created using our NEW Art GRIP® Colored Pencils.  I love how easy it is to blend with these pencils--no blending pencil or blending solution needed!

Begin by stamping image, Penny Black 4157K Nature's Day, onto smooth white cardstock:

 Color branch using brown Art GRIP® Colored Pencils, beginning with your lightest color and adding darker colors on top.  Leave a white highlight along one side of the branch:

Use oranges, reds, and yellows to color flowers, again starting with your lightest color and adding darker colors on top, leaving a few white highlights on each petal:

Next, color bird:

Finally, color the leaves:

Cut out image and mount onto card:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hugs and happy stamping! :)

 
If you missed Tiffany's live demo with Oh My Crafts yesterday, never fear - you can watch it here.  Tiffany shares some great techniques using the Textural Accents Sampler, Art GRIP Aquarelles®, Gelatos.  Don't miss her inventive technique using PITT Pastel Pencils and Embossing Powder! 

Still looking for inspiration?  Check out our Facebook page and see what our fans have been up to this summer!

We're getting back into the swing of things after our time away in Chicago.  CHA Summer was a great show!  We launched 8 - yes 8 new products at the show that will be arriving soon at scrapbook stores.  Here's what you can look forward to:

Art GRIP® color pencil palettes in Red, Yellow, Blue and Green.  You'll find these color pencils are like no other - they lay down buttery smooth, blend with ease and stay vibrant for years to come.  No wasted, broken leads with these pencils, they leads are glued inside the barrels from tip to end so you get more mileage out of these guys. 

PITT® artist pens Journaling Sets in Red/Yellow and Blue/Green palettes are the perfect choice for journaling in brilliant color or creating free flowing doodles.  The India ink won't bleed through your pages or fade over time. 

And finally...you asked for them, so we've delivered.  New neutral palettes of Ink & Aquarelles and PITT® artist pens let you get a bit "grungy" with your projects.  Create vintage, shabby and distressed looks with this new palette. 

Hi All, Colleen McGinty here on Technique Tuesday with an idea for turning your favorite papers into works or art! 
 
Are you like me and love all the beautiful scrapbook papers available and buy them for inspiration?  With your own interpretation of the designs and your Faber-Castell art materials you can turn some of these beautiful inspiration papers into canvas art for your walls!

  
 
I used these Bo Bunny scrapbook papers as inspiration and recreated my own artwork on 8x10 thick wrapped canvases.

 
 
Design Memory Craft Materials:              

• Stamper's Big Brush raw umber
• Stamper's Big Brush nougat
• Stamper's Big Brush colbalt turquoise
• Stamper's Big Brush cobalt green
• Pitt Artist Pen dark sepia
• Art GRIP colored pencil sets; yellow, green & blue palettes
• Metallic Gelatos green & blue

Other materials

• rubber stamps (un-mounted)           
• embossing stamp pad
• white embossing powder
• silver glitter embossing powder
• black embossing powder
• mini crystal rhinestones
• artist canvases
• heat tool
• ruler

Mix the Gelato colors on a pallet with water, spread the color evenly over the surface of the canvas front and sides (let dry). Draw a few grid lines with your ruler and Art GRIP colored pencils.

Stamp your designs in a way that is pleasing to your eye. I like to use un-mounted rubber stamps on canvas, this way I can wrap them around the canvas sides, and press into the canvas firmly.

Use the embossing powders for the butterflies and a few scrolls around the edges for depth and interest.

Work back into your piece by darkening some of the scroll work with the tip of the brush pen and the colored pencils.

Accent with the glitter embossing powder and mini rhinestones.

Good morning blogosphere! You may have seen some sneak peeks of products that have been recently added to the Design Memory Craft family. Well, I'm most excited about the Art Grip Colored Pencils! I love that I don't need a blending stump or odorless mineral to get beautiful blending. Nor do I need a million colors.

Here's a video tutorial on how to use the Art Grip Colored Pencils to color in a line image stamp. You'll also see a glimpse of the new warm grey brush tipped PITT Marker which is perfect for shadows! Please note that this video is longer than most of my others so that you can clearly see the steps. The coloring starts at around 2:25.

Thanks for watching!