INSPIRE: February 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Whimsical Card Made With The Fantastic Magical Theater

Hello there creatives!

Welcome to INSPIRE!

Today I want to share with you, a fun & whimsical

invitation I made using designs from the

"Magical Theater Book" by Rita Barakat.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/573879515/magical-theatre-book-paper-dolls-mixed?ref=shop_home_feat_4

I LOVE Alice in Wonderland, so it's only natural that I chose the "Tea Party" theme colorable background as my base.

I also decided chose to use the colorable "Princess" paper doll, so that I could customize my doll to the "Tea Party" theme by dressing her in the "Tea Party" pre-designed clothes.

In the book, Rita demonstrates how to make the paper dolls with movable arms & legs,

and I followed her instructions in constructing my doll. I was unable to find flesh colored brads

locally, so I used a flesh tone paint marker to color my white brads to match the flesh tone of my doll.

For coloring the back ground, I used both my Jane Davenport Magic Wand colored pencils, and some of my Faber-Castell Aqua pencils. I also added some Plaid Glitterific medium in coordinating colors to the pencils, to add some flair to the design.

The only embellishments I used were a couple of flowers with rhinestone centers that complemented

my doll's dress, and some colorful twine. creating a bow at the top of the card.

I also stamped a harlequin design & heart onto the paper dolls dress.

Putting it all together, I used double sided tape & double sided foam squares, which worked perfectly in the overall card design.

I forgot how fun it is to be creative with paper dolls, this was a blast to make!

And you too can have fun with these adorable designs, just pick up your copy of the

"Magical Theatre Book" at Rita Barakat Designs online store.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RitaBarakat

Be sure to visit the Rita Barakat blog for more creative ideas and fun.

https://ritabarakat.com

And tune into Mixed Media Mondays live on Facebook at RitaBarakat1.

https://www.facebook.com/rita.barakat.1/

Join the Rise & Shine With Rita Barakat Facebook page for even more inspiration!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Until next time.........

Be Creative!

Monday, February 4, 2019

Beautiful Tag Of "Reflections" Full Of Texture And Vibrant Color

Hello there creatives!

Welcome to INSPIRE!

My latest project for the Rita Barakat Design Team

features the "Reflections" stamp from the

Rita Barakat Collection by Technique Junkies.

For this project, I chose to use a window tag from my stash,

as a layer to a regular tag, textured with embossing ink along with clear embossing powder to create a type of resist for the colors that I would be adding to the tag.

Looking to add vibrant color, I used Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger, as well as for the versatility of it's use. I texture embossed the window tag using an embossing folder along with my Sizzix Big Kick, and used Distress Oxide Inks on it to add color.

After stamping the "Reflections" image using archival ink onto watercolor paper I used my Faber-Castell Aqua pencils to color in the image. Resulting in nice soft reflective color.

I wanted the ribbon embellishment to match the colors on the tag, so I chose white seam binding ribbon, and used the Distress Oxide Inks along with water, dipping the ribbon

to add the color and set by using my heat tool.

The word embellishments I chose to use were also by

Tim Holtz. I used the word HOME &

OBJET TROUVE' (an object found that is considered aesthetically pleasing).

My flower embellishments I created using Rita Barakat's Magical Mysteries Embossing Powder in "Kiss of the Fairy", along with a stamped flower image using embossing ink and my heat tool to set.