Thursday, July 31, 2014

Flying Unicorn August Kit of the Month

Get your Creative On! Flying Unicorn is pleased to share with you our August Your Passion, Your Art Kit of the Month. The August kit is based around the gorgeous papers from Pion Designs -My Precious Daughter. With a gorgeous color palette of purples, pinks and ivories, there is no doubt that your creative passion will be overflowing! Without further adieu we present the kit and the creations of the Creative Team.



Our main kit is never complete without an off the page project to get you motivated. This month we have a steel glass cased lantern manufactured by Darice that is already fro you to alter. Let your imagination soar and check out some of the amazing inspiration from the Creative Team.


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From the beginner to the avid mixed media artist our Mixed Art add on kit will surely please you. Our Mixed Art kit will always come with a canvas and this month we have included a 12 x12 rectangle one ready for you to get your mojo going. With a splash of color blooms mists from Priam Marketing, a little more glimmer in the pearlex and lots of Flying Unicorn Adornments and Prima roses, its time to get your hands a little messy and create some art!


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Our Small Art Big Passion is all about the love of making cards, tags atc's and anything in between. With the 6x6 collection of Pion paper, to a flower die manufactured by La-La Land Crafts, sweet thanks you, birthday cards , just becuase cards will be reaching friends and family doorsteps soon.




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Flowers, resin, pearl-ex oh my! Our Mixed Passion is a collection of everything pretty to add to the Main kit or the add on kits. The colors and embellishments will enhance your August Kit of the month creations or it can stand alone and you can create something Magnificent . So turn the music up order that pizza for the family and lock your self away while you create some pure yumminess!






Tune in this month with the Uni team to learn and create with us! You do not need the kit to play along or to view any of our videos. There is something to learn and get inspired for everyone.
This month our educators are :

Create with Ayeeda on Friday August 8th when her video goes live on our You Tube Channel and she shows us how to create a piece of art using products from the kit and products by 13@rts.

Robbie has created a fabulous step by step Build a Page Tutorial that will be showcased on our forums on Tuesday August 5th. So make sure to come on by and create something spectacular with her!

Keren will wow us all with a spectacular You Tube video on created a layout using the kit of the month and the add on kits as well . There are so many yummy techniques and tips you will not want to miss out. Keren's You Tube video will be available on August 4th. so mark your calendars, and become a subscriber of our You Tube channel !






Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Nautical Memories- Flying Unicorn Ustream Show with Video recording



Hello Fellow Scrappers and Beach Lovers!!
I have nautical themed beach layout for you today featuring the Seashore collection from Prima.

I created this layout Live on the Flying Unicorn Ustream Channel on July23rd and I have the youtube video below with the recording.

You can join us every Wednesday Night at 9pm EST as each week one of the Flying Unicorn Designers will be creating a new project for you to watch. We hope to see you there!!


Here is the Video I recorded with step by step instructions.



And here are some close-ups:




Products
Prima Seashore- Sea breeze- 813574
Prima Seashore- Sea Memories- 813598
Prima Seashore- Chipboard- 813727
Prima Say it in Crystals Free Spirit- 573164
Prima Color Bloom spray- Emerald- 573928
Prima Color Bloom spray- Gold Foil- 573805
Prima Le Mia flowers- 571542
Prima Seashore shellfish flower- 574932
Prima Seashore stamp- 572594
Prima Seashore coral reef flower- 574925
Prima instascrap 4x4 frames- 971267
Gesso
Light Molding paste
Flying Unicorn metal trinkets- Down by the sea
Memory box wave stencil- 88520
Ranger black archival ink
old book pages
netting
twine
stapler


There's still some good days left of summer!! enjoy!!

and have a wonderful day!

Monday, July 28, 2014

Create- Mixed Media 6x6 Canvas with Prima Finnabair Collection + Video


Here is another project created for the Prima blog.


I created a mixed media 6x6 canvas and combined Finnabair's vintage trinkets products with her new mediums.
Prima's Finnabair Mixed media products are fantastic and I'm just so grateful to be able to create with them.


 I wanted to create a very artsy canvas to showcase my creative side and the happiness it brings me every single day. Creating art for me is like getting in touch with my soul on a deep level and I'm so grateful for it. I even incorporated two old paint brushes as I wanted to include a touch of "me" in my project. I have a step by step video below on how I created this canvas. Hope you enjoy it and it inspires you to create more art.



you can see the texture of all the products in the close-ups below!!




You can see the texture of the Finnabair art ingredients here:


Prima Products
960674- Finnabair Elementals Resist Canvas Newspaper
961435- Finnabair Art Basics- Light Translucent paste
961756- Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica flakes- gold leaf
961643- Finnabair Art Ingredients- Glass glitter copper
962633- Finnabair Art Ingredients- Glass glitter pearl
961091- Finnabair Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets- bottle caps
961039- Finnabair Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets- leaves 1
961046- Finnabair Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets- leaves 2
961114- Finnabair Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets- tassles
961152- Finnabair Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets- create & journey
960322- Sunrise Sunset Vintage trinkets mini flowers
960339- Sunrise Sunset Vintage trinkets roses
960384- Sunrise Sunset Vintage trinkets brads
960377- Sunrise Sunset Vintage trinkets jump rings
573805- Color Bloom spray- gold foil
573874- Color Bloom spray- sorbet
573935- Color Bloom spray- tangerine
573799- Color Bloom spray- vintage coal
573171- Say it in crystals Time Traveler
572020- Wire thread: brown
                576851-jute twine- straw


Hope this canvas and video inspire you to create and bring you as much happiness as it brings me!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Butterfly Wings Mixed Media Canvas- Prima's Finnabair Products



This mixed media canvas canvas was created for Prima using the new Finnabair Mixed Media Products


I wanted to create a collage style mixed media canvas using some of the new Finnabair products. I mainly used the Art Basics Soft Matte Gel Medium, Craft Matte Gel Medium and Modeling paste. I was able to seal paper and colour on the background and create texture using the modelling paste.


I really like the quote I made up as I really feel its very meaningful to me and you guys all know how much I love butterflies so its befitting that I created this canvas.


I used a few Color Bloom sprays to add colour to the canvas: Vintage Coal, Gilded, Gold Foil and Tangerine.


as you can see, the butterfly is 3D and sticks out of the canvas as if its ready to take flight!!!


Here I'm holding the wings with my hands so you can see they are loose. I covered them in gel medium to make the wings much thicker and malleable.



Prima products:
Finnabair Art Basics Soft Matte Gel Medium, 
Finnabair Art Basics the Craft Matte Gel Medium 
Finnabair Art Basics Modeling paste
960810- Finnabair honey comb stamp
573911- Color Bloom Gilded
573935- Color Bloom Tangerine
573799- Color Bloom vintage coal
573805- Color Bloom gold foil
961268- Finnabair Elementals honeycomb stencil
890995- Ingvild Bolme Fluid chalk edger black coal

Friday, July 25, 2014

The book of Love & Gratitude- Prima's Forever Green Collection



This is another project I created with the new collection from Prima: Forever green. 
With the way the world is right now, surrounded by so much hatred, all we need is lots of love and gratitude to send some positive energy to those in need. That is why I created the book below as I'm grateful each and every day for everything that I have.


I've altered a simple notebook cover to create a book of gratitude as a gift for someone special. I've tied it up with ribbon to have it ready for giving. It is blank inside so people can write their grateful thoughts of life.


I've used the new Forever Green Collection with papers, 3D Stickers, ephemera and flowers to create a natural looking theme to the book.


For the background, I used some Finnabair Light  paste to create a stone pattern using one of the new Prima Stone stencils. Then I sprayed the stencilled area with two bright Color Bloom Sprays.


I've captured different angles of the book so you can see the 3D effects and be able to see the work it took to create it


This collection is full of natural elements like birds and butterflies and I fussy cut them to include in the cover of this book.


the script Providence vines were the perfect natural accent for the book.


This is the back of the book and it has no embellishments. It only has the texture matching the front.


Products:
846794- Forever Green- Nature's Bounty
846763- Forever Green- Watch them grow
575892- Forever Green- Ephemera
576233- Forever Green 3D stickers
575939- Stone wall 1 6x6 stencil
562953- Lady Bird alphabet stickers
573874- Color Bloom spray- Sorbet
573935- Color Bloom spray- Tangerine
892128- Ingvild Bolme Shabby Chic Treasures frames
555214- Vintage Trinkets
890995- Ingvild Bolme Fluid Chalk Edger- black coal
569907- Wood icons- words
961435- Finnabair Art Basics Light Translucent Paste
961428- Finnabair Art Basics  Soft Matte Gel

Thank you for visiting my blog today. I'm just so grateful to all of you!!
May the world find some peace!!
Amen!