Better with Color - Part 6!

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Time for another E-Team blog hop, y'all!!  And this time we're using Claudine Hellmuth Studio sticky-back canvas, paints, and supplies!  These products are my absolute favorites and my definite go-to's when I want to paint something.  The canvas is tightly woven (so much easier to work with) and the paints are so smooth…almost silky…like "buttah"!  Perfect, in my opinion!  If you follow my blog, you probably already know how much I love them!

I've used them as a white wash on wood (LOVE this!), to make snow on a roof, on grungeboard, to white wash book pages and to paint on wood and canvas.

Here are links to a few samples of my projects using Claudine Hellmuth canvas and/or Studio paints:

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But for today, I've created 2 new projects.  I had it in my head that I wanted to paint a canvas bag, so I picked up a small canvas shoulder bag at Hobby Lobby and started playing around.  Now I knew I wanted soft colors so I decided to mix the Classic Teal and Blank Canvas paints to come up with a soft aqua color.  There are all kinds of colors you can get when you mix the paints.  Claudine has a helpful video and chart on her website here: Studio Paints Color Chart.

I started by mixing the colors I wanted on my craft sheet.  Then I spritzed the mixture a lot with water to thin it out.  After stamping a sentiment from Own Your Story (My Favorite Things), I painted on my canvas, using a die cut circle to cover the sentiment.

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I wanted some green too, so I decided to dab some watered down Landscape Green onto the canvas using a scrap of bubble wrap.

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Next, I used a toilet paper tube to "stamp" some Charcoal Black on randomly.  Then I drew circles around the sentiment with a Faber Castell artist pen and stamped a branch from the same stamp set.  Then I decided to stamp the Be Brave sentiment using the black paint.

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For my Ranger Fragment Charm, I painted on some of the watered down green, then using the small tube of the Landscape Green drew a little squiggle down the edge.

I stamped a small butterfly image onto the sticky side of some Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas…yes, the sticky side.  It worked great!  Then I cut it out and adhered it to the charm.  I painted the sides and back with some of the previously mixed teal & white paint.

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The finished bag.

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I also created almost an identical painting on a piece of Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas.  I took the top layer off of a piece of corrugated cardboard, sized it to fit my canvas and painted it with  some watered down Charcoal Black Studio paint.

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I used the Tim Holtz Small Easel Bigz Die to cut another piece of corrugated cardboard.

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I backed the canvas with a piece of cardboard and swiped some black paint on the edges.  Then I assembled all my pieces.

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Here are the blog hop details:

• Daisy is going to choose 3 random winners from the E-Team blogs. 3 winners will each win a Claudine Hellmuth Mini Acrylic Paint Set along with some other eP goodies.
• You can also visit the eP blog to leave a comment and have a chance to win a $25 eclectic Paperie voucher.
• You have until Thursday, Sept 1st to leave comments.  Winners will be announced on the eP blog on Friday, Sept 2nd.

So now it's time for you to move along to see what the rest of the E-Team has created!  Don't forget to leave comments all along the way.

E-TEAM

Latrice Murphy 

Linda Duke

Linda Ledbetter

Micki Harper

Sherry Cheever

Starla Nelson

Daisy Sparks (eP blog)

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Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

• Stamps: Own Your Story (My Favorite Things), office supply date stamp, butterfly square 
• Paper: aqua & teal cardstock, corrugated cardboard, other cardboard scraps 
• Ink/Paint: Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints: Classic Teal, Sky Blue, Landscape Green, Blank Canvas, Charcoal Black; Ranger Archival - jet black, Faber Castell Pitt artist pen, Copic marker 100, Sharpie white paint pen
• Tools used on every card: Fiskars 9" trimmer, Scor-Buddy, Tim Holtz scissors, Ranger non-stick craft sheet, Rock-a-blocks
• Other: Canvas tote bag, Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas, Claudine Hellmuth paintbrush, toilet paper tube, bubble wrap, Ranger Fragment Charm, Scor-Tape, Tim Holtz Trinket Pin & Tiny Safety Pin, Ranger mini-mister, Cosmo Cricket chipboard letter, old zipper pull, May Arts ribbon, craft knife, Tim Holtz ruler, Alterations Small Easel Bigz Die, Alterations Brackets On the Edge Die, black ribbon, Charcoal, Peapod  & Caribbean twine (Twinery), foam mounting tape   

Comments

[teresa kline aka va.sunshine]

luv this, just gorgeous!

enjoy *~*

[lacyquilter]

These are fabulous projects. I love that you incorporated some recycled cardboard.

[Carol Miller]

Just love this!!! Love the Suzi Blu also.

[Joanne O'Brien]

Broni, I loved your projects especially the canvas bag.I want to make one! The easel backed card would be just right to have on the desk at work for my friend. What great ideas you have! The paints sound like something I should invest in.

[Beate]

Broni, both projects look AMAZING! Love them.
Hugs and smiles

[kathyc/northcarolina]

Broni, I love this project soooooo much that I finally subscribed to your blog....even though I told myself "no more blog subscriptions!" Just fabulous and amazing and inspiring. Thank you!

[Clare Curcio]

What wonderful projects! Great colors, too!

[Glenda]

Wonderful projects love the pictures showing step, by step! Great colors and as always just love your creativity at work!

[Michele Boyer]

I just love what you do with those paints, Broni. I am so NOT creative in that way (I'd LIKE to be!), but I truly admire your work.

[Linda Hardesty]

Your projects are terrific. I especially like the bag. I only have 5 colors of Claudine's paint, but happily I do have the blue, white & green that you used in your bag project so I think I may give it a whirl. Thanks for sharing! Linda

[Carol W.]

Awesome project - love love the bag! Very creative, Broni! TFS

Carol
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[bethann d]

all the projects are fantastice but the easel project is wonderful for those days when you need to pick yourself up. the colors really speak to me too

[Sheila]

Amazing!!!!! I absolutely love your projects. I purchased some of those bags and had not figured out exactly what to do....now I know

[Janet L.]

Gads these projects are wonderful!! I love the colors, the use of everyday objects and the saying. You did a bang-up job!

[Carol E Brooker]

Love your projects thanks for sharing them.

[Noreen]

You showed some really interesting techniques! Thanks for the ideas. I love the way the fragment turned out - and how you did it.

[Mickie]

All very interesting and lovely.

[Regina aka Mrs. Ham]

Great projects. I just love that bag. The colors are wonderful, and such a touching sentiment...

[Marilyn]

Fabulous projects so really interesting ideas and techniques on using the paints.
Marilyn

[Daisy]

Broni, you outdid yourself on a fabulous blog post filled with samples, tips, are art!

[Kathy Eddy]

I thought I was in love with the bag until I saw the corrugated piece! Wow, this is fantastic!

[Mary Myers]

I love the design you made with the paints and that wonderful sentiment!! Beautiful creation!!

[bunnyfreak]

Amazing projects. Love all the everyday items you used with the paint.

[Cathy Yamashita]

I love your clever ideas, like using the toilet paper rolls for stamping circles. Great projects!

[MargieH]

Oh my! Such fabulous tips and projects! Love that easel die too - I have it and use it all the time esp. for gifts :) Thanks for all these great ideas!

[Marcie Smith]

Super creative projects. Love the stamped sentiment and the painted bag, but I especially liked your easel card.
Marcie

[Suzanne Bouchard]

I love the canvas bag! So cute! I also learned from thios post that you can stamp on the sticky side of sticky canvas and then glue it on a fragment! That's a great idea! thanks you for that.

[Dee in N.H.]

Wow how cool!!! I'm a bag addict and would so love to make one of these beauties! Love it!

[Sandra ltb]

great look!
Sandra ltb

[Denise Bryant]

So many great ideas! Love the colors available.... scrumptious!
DeniseB

[Sue D]

Very creative painting projects!

[Pam]

I love your projects! I think I need that easel die now.

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[f lynn rush]

the bag is great as is the little charm you attached to it! thank you for sharing today!

[Christine Rantz]

Great Job...love the teal and black together.

[Shannon Sawyer]

Broni, I love the idea of stamping on the sticky side of Claudine's sticky back canvas sheet. I would have never thought of that, and even if I had,
I would have assumed that it wouldn't work. Thanks for that great tip. I love blues and greens together, that's my favorite color combo.
The canvas bag is amazing and I also really liked the standing piece of artwork. I've been wanting to get that Tim Holtz Easel and you've convinced me to buy it now.

[Danee Kaplan]

Two terrific projects. I love the color you made with the blue and white- a perfect shade of blue for the projects. Having the projects coordinate but be so different in purpose and function is a fun element. They would make a terrific gift for a dear friend- something functional yet beautiful and something beautiful to look at and decorate her home.

[BARB T]

I am so excited over the inspiration you have created for me today. I love the concept of stamping on the sticky side of the sticky backed canvas, such a great idea for the charms and fragments. Your bag is so cool. Did you spray it with a protective sealant? Thank you for sharing two really awesome projects!

[Sandy Henderson]

I love the way you mixed the colors, and then layered artwork/doodles on top. The quote makes the piece in my opinion!

[Micki]

omg, Broni.... awesome. I LOVE your picture tutorials and guess what I am so getting...... that die.... love how you used corrugated cardboard. love love love the bag and the card.

[McStamper]

Love your projects. thanks for the information.

[Carol P]

Love both of your projects! Thanks for sharing.

[SusanK]

Well if that isn't the niftiest of ideas?!?!?

[Claudine Hellmuth]

I LOVE that bag you created!! All your projects are a-mazing! That gift bag-house you created is beyond cute!

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