Photo Tutorial by Shilpa Nagaonkar {Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}

Hello fellow crafters! It's Heather McMahon back with you 
today to welcome you to another photo tutorial in our 
Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a bright and inspirational art journal page by 
Shilpa Nagaonkar from India. Shilpa was inspired by our
 current challenge HERE.

Shilpa showed us a sneak peek in the mood board reveal 
& now she is sharing a photo tutorial of how she
 made her eye-catching project.

Shilpa was certainly inspired by the quote but also by the bright 
colours and the bubble-shaped elements on the mood board.

Here is little more about Shilpa:

"Hi, I am Shilpa & I live in Bangalore in India. I have been interested in art since childhood. I was a card maker but became hooked on mixed media a couple of years ago. Creating art journal pages & playing with mixed media is now my passion. Usually my creations are vibrant, lively & colourful. My art keeps me sane. 
When I'm not creating art, I am a voracious reader & enjoy cooking!

I love to connect with people. You can find my blog here, Facebook page here,
 Pinterest here & Instagram here"

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1.  Apply white gesso onto the background paper. This creates a good 
base for many layers of inks & paints.

 

2. Spray teal & pink inks. Spread them by spritzing water then heat set them with a heat tool. This allows you to create another layer & the colours don't mix.

3. Spritz orange & green inks layers & dry as above.

4. Create circles with the bubble stencil & acrylic paints in various colors.

5. Stamp the image with archival ink & colour it with watercolour markers.

6. For more depth, stamp text and texture stamps with black/grey archival 
ink. Apply glitter paint on circles & add the sentiment.

7. Adhere the papers to the art journal & your pages are complete!

Shilpa's bright and bubbly art journal spread:

The glitter paint on the circles gives the pages a sparkly lift!

Shilpa used a pen to outline & add details to her quote.

The stunning stamped image is beautifully coloured.

The products Shilpa used:

Supplies List:
Stencil - Prima - Bubble
Stamp - Crafty Individuals - Just Be My Friend
Ink - Ranger - Jet Black Archival 

 Gesso - Design Memory Craft

 Spray Inks - Lindy's Stamp Gang - Tibetan Poppy Teal, 
Cotton Candy Pink & Freaky Franken Lime
 Spray Inks - Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Peach
Acrylic Paint - orange, teal & pink
Glitter Paint - pink & teal
Watercolour paper

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed Shilpa's tutorial

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Complied & posted by Heather McMahon