Adding colour to your chipboard

Join Michelle in this video as we break out that CHIPBOARD STASH and add colour to our chipboard embellishments for our mixed media projects, art journaling and more. Michelle runs through the different types of chipboard, using gesso to create a good foundation.

Then she demonstrates four different ways to add colour to your embellishments, making sure they match your art journal background or mixed media canvas perfectly!

It’s so easy to collect craft supplies and NOT use them but with a few hints and tips like these, you will be ready to get the chipboard out of your stash and put it to good use!

Materials list:

Stencilling onto a Mixed Media Canvas

Michelle Brown is back in the Mixed Media Art Studio for the New Year and is having fun painting and stencilling mixed media canvases.

Ready to stencil with sequin scrap

Now that the base layers are complete, it’s time to add some stenciling and other interesting features. Michelle runs through her thinking process for adding this layer, covering colors, placement of stenciling and the key to getting it right!

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Resources:

  • Paints – Dylusions and Dina Wakely
  • Paint Brushes – Dina Wakely
  • Sequence scrap – medium circles, small circles and squares
  • Stencil – designed by Rebekah Meier, The Crafters Workshop TCW495S
  • Canvas – 10″x 16″ Xpress Graphx

stencilling with acrylic paints~ * ~

We’d love to hear from you – please leave a comment and tell us how YOU like to add stencilling to your mixed media canvases and other art work. What works for you? What are your biggest challenges? What are some of the mistakes you take care to avoid?

Happy creating,
Michelle