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Join me for some creative play

April 24, 2018 Robyn Wood

Looking for something creative to do this week?

On Thursday, I’m running another Learn for Free session at Bella Paperie about using the Gel Press plates. Pop in any time between 10am – noon and get ready to soak up some knowledge, no need to book.

You are invited to bring your questions as you will have a chance to pick my brain about monoprinting! If you happen to miss it, I’ll also be demoing with the Gel Press at our Paper Craft Trail on May 5.

On Friday, I’ll be teaching an art journal class centred around the beauty of abstract flowers. After all,

The Earth laughs in flowers…

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

it’s one of my favourite quotes and one that springs to mind whenever I see beautiful bunches of flowers or joyfully planted gardens. Why not put some happiness into your art journal with this abstract floral page?

This class will start with a textured page based on printed paper napkins and then we will build a beautiful bunch of flowers on top that will be wonderfully touchable. If you did a similar class with me previously, the techniques used for this one are quite different.

If you already art journal – bring along your usual kit, if not check the requirements list for a guide on what to bring. You will need an approx. A4 sized journal to begin with – please check in store for details. We would love to know where you are at with mixed media so let Deb know when you book in – absolute beginners are very welcome but the more experienced will find something to challenge them in each class.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand –

Paper napkins with all over types of designs. Abstract flowers and subtle pattern collages will work best and I will have some to share.
A variety of acrylic paints, particularly in flower colours plus some suitable for the background
A variety of paint brushes including a wide one suitable for matt medium
Black Stabilo or black watercolour pencil – Bella Paperie now has these in stock
Pencil
Scissors
White gesso
Liquitex Matt medium
Paint palette – one with separate wells will be very useful
Paint spatula
Non–stick craft mat
Spray bottle for water
Baby wipes
Paper towel
Container for water
Heat tool
I will provide the cheesecloth, book paper & tissue paper

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, April 27 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Courage is…

April 3, 2018 Robyn Wood

Do you have the courage to leap into pattern making without the end result in sight?

Why not join me this Sunday at Bella Paperie as I share my favourite pattern taming techniques to help you create a page that you love. They are sure to become techniques that you will return to many times in your mixed media journey.

We will start the class with a play session using our Gel Press plates and then I’ll guide you through calming the myriad of patterns into wonderfully, drippy shapes. To finish we will have fun doodling and adding yet more patterns and complete the page with a quote.

If you already art journal – bring along your usual kit, if not check the requirements list for a guide on what to bring. You will need an approx. A4 sized journal to begin with – please check in store for details. We would love to know where you are at with mixed media so let us know when you book in – absolute beginners are very welcome but the more experienced will find something to challenge them in each class.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand –

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, April 8 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Dreams Have Wings

March 20, 2018 Robyn Wood

Do your dreams have wings?

Perhaps your dreams are full of colour and texture and you would love to capture that feeling in your art journal? This might be the class where you learn to delve into another world and play with collage and paint for the pure fun of it!

Why not join me this Friday as we jump into the wonderful world of mixed media and art journaling. This will be the first of regular Friday classes featuring mixed media and art journaling at Bella Paperie. Although aimed as a ‘beginner class’, my regular students and ones familiar with mixed media will still find lots to learn and challenge them.

If you already art journal – bring along your usual kit, if not come along to this weekday class to learn what you might need to purchase as the materials list is a brief guide. You will need an approx. A4 sized journal to begin with – please check in store for details or we can provide a sheet of heavy watercolour paper to get you started.

For this first weekday class, I will bring along most of the supplies to share but please bring what you have from the materials listed to save time waiting. I have listed a kit of ‘basics’ that you will need to bring to every class. As always, the listed supplies are available to purchase from Bella Paperie before class.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand –

2-3 acrylic paints for background – I have used shades of pink
2-3 stencils with small patterns for background
Dye based markers for colouring butterflies, Ecoline, Tombow or Distress markers are perfect. We will have some on hand to share.
Chalk inks in pale flower & leaf colours (if you have them)
Fine scissors for fussy cutting butterflies
White gesso
Liquid glue for adhering butterflies

Basics – required for each class

A sense of fun and the will to get painty;)
Pencil, rubber
A variety of paint brushes in different sizes. Bella Paperie sells great starter packs of brushes.
Aquash brush is handy to have on hand
Sponge for stencilling
Paint palette – one with separate wells will be very useful or a small plastic plate
Paint spatula
Non–stick craft mat
Spray bottle for water
Baby wipes
Paper towel
Container for water
Heat tool (only if you have one)
Apron

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, March 23 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Mixed Media Art Journaling Workshop – Live in the Moment

March 1, 2018 Robyn Wood

Live in the moment…take time to notice the small details of life

Creating multi-layered, textured backgrounds can become quite an enjoyable, calming exercise in play. Why not join me this Sunday and I’ll show you how to easily create beautiful backgrounds in your art journal and then we will paint a pretty butterfly in an impressionistic style.

This workshop will focus on creating background textures with a variety of materials and using clear crackle medium for a subtle effect.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand –

White tissue paper for background texture, approx. half the page is covered. I use tissue recycled from packaging
Stickers for a word/quote if you wish to add something to the page at the end
2-3 acrylic paints for background – I have used a mix of blues, green and an earthy colour (see note below)
Acrylic paints in butterfly colours for main image
DecoArt Media Crackle Medium or other clear crackle medium (see note below)
2-3 stencils with open patterns for background
A variety of paint brushes
Wide paint brush for use with matt medium
Pencil, rubber
Black Stabilo pencil – now available from Bella Paperie
Liquitex Matt medium
Sponge for stencilling
White gesso or paint
Paint palette – one with separate wells will be very useful
Paint spatula
Non–stick craft mat
Spray bottle for water
Baby wipes
Paper towel
Container for water
Heat tool

N.B. For this workshop, we will be using DecoArt Media Crackle Medium & Fluid Acrylics and some paints will be available for use in class. If you have your own, please bring them along to save waiting. I will also provide the cheesecloth which forms part of the textural element on the page. A butterfly image will be provided for use in workshop, you may wish to bring your own to trace if you would like something a little different.

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Workshop runs 10am – 2pm, March 4 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Dina Wakley Show Us Your Media – January Challenge

January 25, 2018 Robyn Wood

For the last few months, Dina Wakley has been running a creative challenge based around encouraging us to get our fingers painty to fuel our creative spirit. The challenges are pretty open, with the main requirement being to use Dina Wakley branded products somewhere in the project. Dina provides inspiration in the form of a journaling prompt, quote etc.

For January, we were encouraged to create a project about being unstoppable…

I’ve had a little love-not quite like relationship with the Dina Wakley journal, the different textures seem to upset my process somehow, but over the past few months I decided I needed to just get in and use it without worrying how the pages turned out. I’m beginning to really love it! Might even splurge on the new large size one Dina has released at Creativation.

I’ve created a page in my Dina Wakley journal and used the following –

Dina Wakley paints – umber, cheddar, fuchsia, black
Distress Oxide inks – various
Darkroom Door stamps – Compass Eclectic, Paris Postcard & Bold Arrows
Prima – imagery

You can find challenge entries via the hashtags of #showusyourMEdia & #rangerink Perhaps you would like to play along next month? Let me know if you do!

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Shimmery Cards with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals

January 8, 2018 Robyn Wood

Why not join me for a card making class this weekend at Bella Paperie? We will be playing with Magicals watercolour powders from Lindy’s Stamp Gang to create a beautifully shimmery set of cards. As always, my class will be technique packed and I’ll share how to incorporate the pop of colour that Magicals are famous for!

The brilliance of Magicals may be a little too bright for some (is that possible?) so I’ll share how to tone it down to suit personal tastes. Magicals are perfect for someone who wants to dabble in watercolours that shimmer and I’ll teach you how to colour with them in a lovely, loose style.

Supplies to bring:

Usual cardmaking kit including dauber, wet glue, foam adhesive & sharp scissors
Black permanent ink (not Stazon)
Clear Versamark ink
Clear embossing powder
Spray bottle of water
Non-stick craft mat
Baby wipes
Aquash brush or small paint brush & water container
Ruler, pencil & rubber
Scoreboard/bone folder

Class will be held, Saturday January 13, 9.30am – 12.30pm, cost is $27.50. Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Please phone 3205 5911 to book.

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Colourful Quirky Birds – my November Mixed Media Journal Class

October 31, 2017 Robyn Wood

Feeling like a bit of creative play this weekend? Why not join me at Bella Paperie for my monthly art journal class? I recently attended a two day retailer only workshop with Dyan Reaveley where she shared masses of her art journaling and mixed media techniques. It was a packed two days and I’m still processing the huge amount of information Dyan shared with us.

In my November mixed media art journaling class, we will channel our inner Dyan Reaveley to create a multi-page spread featuring a variety of techniques that will take your pages from go to WOW! We will journal, doodle, stencil and stamp to create unique pages that become totally your own.

The page is a bit hard to photograph for full effect, so I created a little video for you –

Supplies to bring:

The lyrics of a poem or song that is special to you, either printed or selected on your phone. We will use the words for journaling beneath one of the pages.
~ A5 size piece of cardstock for stamping images
colourful, permanent stamping inks
Dylusions shaped journaling block if you have one
Fine black pen for journaling
Pencil, rubber
Scissors
Tape to reattach journal page – Dina Wakley Media Tape or Dylusions Journal Tape is the best to purchase but masking tape or wide washi tape will also work.
Acrylic paints in a variety of warm & cool colours – bring your Dylusions paints if you have them
White gesso or white paint
Black gesso or paint
Liquitex Matt medium
Dylusions black & white paint pens, or small brush and black/white paint
Sponge for stencilling, the Tim Holtz mini ink blending tool and a few sponges will be handy
Variety of stencils for pattern making
A selection of paint brushes for mark making
~ 1” wide, flat brush for matt medium
Quote stamps – I will bring the ones I have used (Dylusions) plus a few Tim Holtz sets with interesting quotes
Quirky imagery – I will have the Darkroom Door birds but bring some alternatives if you have them
Small amount of thin collage paper
Paint palette
Non–stick craft mat
Baby wipes
Paper towel
Container for water
Heat tool

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, November 5 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Darkroom Door Stencil Blog Hop

July 31, 2017 Robyn Wood

Recently, Darkroom Door released a brand-new product – stencils! I was lucky to be given a few to play with and have been creating happily. The stencils come in two sizes – small (4½” x 6”) and large (9” x 12”) and are lovely and sturdy, so perfect for anything you want to throw at them.

Make sure you stay with me until the end of the post for some exciting giveaway news, but first I’d like to share some of the projects I’ve created recently.

The small stencils are perfect for cardmaking. I stencilled the small Darkroom Door Wildflowers using Dina Wakley black gesso over a sunset toned background created with Distress Oxides. The black images make a beautiful silhouette that can be accented with a brightly coloured butterfly and quote.

The Mesh Background and Texture stamps and ones I constantly reach for, so I was very excited to see these turned into stencils. The small one is so useful for adding instant texture to a background for a quick card or tag. It was easy to stencil into the background of the Darkroom Door Tulips Photo Stamp. A touch of pearlescent Gelatos to colour the flowers and I had unique, pretty card.

I’ve also used small Mesh stencil for this tag.

Who could resist letting this little birdie have his freedom? I’m kind of in love with creating backgrounds and liquid to go into mini jars using Distress Oxide inks – can you tell?

Although ‘small’ the smaller sized stencils are great for art journaling and the focal images make creating a page easy. I’ve simply stencilled the small Wildflowers using Dina Wakley black gesso across a drippy, messy background in my journal added a few words that kinda make sense and it was done.

The larger sized stencils very versatile as well. I stencilled over a messy collaged background with the large Mesh stencil and matt gel medium to give a wonderfully textured effect for this page. Then a bit of colour and a sprinkling of stamped images and the page was complete.

Have you played with Dina Wakley’s new Media Journal yet? I am loving the different textures of the pages and created this super quick page using Dylusions Ink Sprays and the large Darkroom Door Wildflowers stencil. The yummy watercolour paper soaks up the spray but quickly releases it when sprayed with water through the stencil.

Now it’s time for a giveaway!

Be sure to visit each blog and leave a comment. Five lucky winners will receive 3 stencils of their choice! Winners will be drawn from comments left across all the blogs, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win! Comments received before midnight Friday 4th August are eligible to be in the draw. Winners will be announced Monday 7th August on the Darkroom Door blog and Facebook page.

Hop along to the other blogs here:
Darkroom Door: http://www.darkroomdoor.com/Blog
Teresa Abajo: https://thetamarisk.blogspot.com
Belinda Spencer: http://happyscrapspace.blogspot.com
Autumn Clark: http://sewpaperpaint.blogspot.com
Godelieve Tijskens: http://stampingmathilda.blogspot.com
Anneke De Clerck: http://somefiddlingonthekitchentable.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for joining me today and reading to the end, make sure you visit everyone else to see what goodness the other girls have created. Good luck!

Darkroom Door stamps used –

Sets – Wings, Wildflowers Vol, Discover, Steampunk, Fine Flowers Vol 2, Full Bloom Vol 2
Eclectic – Compass Eclectic, Robin, Mini Mason Jar, Paris Postcard
Texture – Mesh
Word Block – Wellbeing, Journey, Wilderness
Collage – Butterfly Post

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A snuggle in a cup…my June mixed media art journal class

June 1, 2017 Robyn Wood

Feeling like a bit of creative play this weekend? Why not join me at Bella Paperie this Sunday for my monthly art journal class?

I’m a huge tea drinker so it seemed right to share my love of tea and cute tea cups with my mixed media art journal class.

This month we will create a sweet stack of tea cups and layer them into our journal. These cups are so much fun to create and use a bunch of different techniques that you can apply to other pages in your journal. I’ll also share some tricks for turning a simple tea cup image into a handy template for your journal.

We will be working in an A4 sized journal and please have on hand –

I will provide a set of tea cup images for use as a starting point but if you would like to use your own the cups need to be approx. 10cm wide at rim & 7-9cm high. You will need ‘profile’ type images.
watercolours & appropriate brushes – please bring what you have to paint the tea cups. Gelatos, watercolour powders or waterbased sprays in flat colours are a good substitute. We could also use watered down acrylic paints if necessary.
approx A4 sheet smooth watercolour paper (we have this in stock)
graphite paper if you would like to trace your tea cups
a couple of your favourite stencils with small patterns
small stamps to use for tea cup patterns
clear Versamark ink, clear embossing powder & white embossing powder (if you have them it will save waiting)
a pack of post-it notes or masking tape will be handy for masking areas of the tea cups
I will provide the quote I have used but if you would like to use an alternative, bring it along. Tim Holtz Chit Chat wording is fantastic to use.
Liquitex white gesso
Liquitex matt medium
pallet knife
approx. 1” wide brush
variety of smaller brushes including approx. #4 round if you don’t have paint pens. If you don’t have watercolour brushes, also bring an approx. #8 round
scissors
x-acto knife
self healing cutting mat
pencil
rubber
black permanent pen in a variety of widths if you have them. You will need a 0.3mm & we have Copic Multiliners in stock
paint pens/markers/gel pens in a variety of colours, if you have them
coloured pencils may be handy
white Sharpie paint pen or white gel pen
gold pen – either paint pen, gel pen or gold leaf pen will work or gold paint & fine brush
2–3 matt acrylic paints in pale colours for background, I’ve used green & yellow
a couple of darker colours for background splotches
small sponges for paint
spray bottle
baby wipes
paper towel
container for water
heat tool

Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911 to book. Class runs 10am – 2pm, June 4 and costs $30 with some supplies provided.

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Butterfly art journal page

February 28, 2017 Robyn Wood

I’m happiest when immersed in creative play and I’m lucky to be able to share this through social media and in person classes. This coming Sunday I will be teaching how to create this page using a range of different techniques and a couple of mystery kitchen staples.

I’d love you to join me! Bella Paperie is located at Shop 33, 302 South Pine Road, Brendale. Phone 3205 5911. Class costs $30 and you will need to book.

We will be working in an A4 sized art journal and please have on hand:

Dylusions spray inks, please bring whatever inks that are non-shimmery you would like to use. I used yellow, pink & orange sprays but anything non-shimmery will work
A couple of your favourite stencils that feature patterns of different sizes which you can use for stencilling with texture paste.
Butterfly stencil if you have one or something with an image you would like to add to your page.
Shimmery watercolour powders that will be used to paint the butterflies or image of our choice. Lindy’s or Ken Oliver metallic powders are perfect. I will have a limited number of both to share.
I’ll bring the quote I have used on my sample printed onto paper, but if you would like to use something different please bring along small stamps, stickers, rubbons for use.
Liquitex white gesso
Palette knife
1” wide brush
Variety of smaller brushes
Soft lead pencil (6-8B) & eraser
Black permanent pen
White Sharpie paint pen or white gel pen
Gift card for scraping paint
spray water bottle
Paint palette
Non–stick craft mat
Baby wipes
Paper towel
Container for water
Heat tool
Gloves if you don’t wish to get colour on your hands

Thanks to everyone who entered the Aussie Stampendous blog hop competition last week – congratulations to Crece Thomas!

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