Friendship Heals Everything
Hi everyone, Welcome back to the Blog!! It’s Shari Carroll here to show you a couple quick techniques you can do with some Faber-Castell products.
I created a background using my Gelatos and Faber-Castell Glaze. The glaze acts as a resist to the Mango Gelato painted over top. The contrast is amazing!
If you look closely, you can see the brush marks of Gesso on my bird. The gesso helps the Artist Big Brush pens to become very blendable. These pens are India ink and very different from Copics or waterbase markers. While wet, you can blend using your finger. Once dry, they become permanent.
I’ve shot a video on how I created my background and colored the bird. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel.
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Thanks for stopping by, I hope I’ve given you some inspiration with Faber-Castell products. Enjoy!
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Beautiful background!
Shari, what awesome techniques! I got some gesso in a multipack of products, and have never really known what to use it for. Thanks for the great video and ideas!
LOVE!!!
What a really amazing project! I love the texture and variation of colors! Thanks for sharing!
I am in love with this Tim Holtz stamp set. It’s so cute!
Wonderful colors. Like how you made strips for panels on the card.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
fabulous card, love those bird stamps, they are sooo adorable!! ♥
I love the card. The background is great – it has such a rusted, vintage look. Great technique !
Love the colors you have used to make this card – the orange and blues a go so well together despite being on “opposite sides of the color wheel!” LOVE the Tim Holtz’s crazy birds images and the way you colored them in in the video.
Dear Shari, your card is awesome! I LOVE the effect of the glaze combined with gelatos, it looks soooo beautiful! It kind of reminds me of peeled paint over wood. I also love your painting technique with the brush pens for the cutie bird. I’ll surely try both these techniques! Thank you for the great tutorial and for the inspiration!
Oh my good gravy … the coloring on this funky little bird and background is absolutely amazing! Thank you SO MUCH for the technique video … going home from work tonight and to give this a try!!
Aw! How sweet xx
I did not like the birds but they are growing on me.
The saying is absolutely true !
Fabulous card and amazing technique! Thanks for sharing :)
Such a fun card! Love the techniques!!
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Cool. Those birds still crack me up!
What a pretty card! loved the colors and the bird and the sentiment, and everything!
Beautiful card, Shari, great technique.
Shari, this is a great card! like the background and that bird!
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Wonderful background. I am so happy you did this. I have the big set of big brush pens and they don’t get used because I don’t know how to use them on stamped images. Now I will do and give this a try. I also have rarely used gelatinos that I can try that awesome background if I have complementary colors. Otherwise they will go into my cart to give a try. Awesome video.
I love the birds stamp. It’s one of my favorites. Great on tags ans ATCs. Really cute card.
Beautiful, Shari. I think, Vicky Papaioannou uses this big pens also to add awesome shadows on her journal pages.
Fabulous technique, Shari! Love the color combo with the TH bird.
Love it !!!!
Great card! Love the sentiment!!
I just love this bird.
What a great card!
Adorable!
Beautiful!! Love Shari’s videos:)
I have Gelatos kit from Faber Castell that a friend gave me for my birthday. I’ve never used it, but after seeing this video and the adorable card you created, it’s time to try it. Thanks!
I love this. I think that I may have to get some Gelatos and give them a try. Your card turned out beautiful. I love those little birds as well. Great design, great job!! TFS
Love the background. The bird turned out great. Thanks for sharing these techniques.
Gorgeous. I love how you cut the strips and used them, too.
Shari I love this color combo you used!! Beautiful card, really makes me smile! :)
I do so love the colors!
Shari, I love the way the background turned out. Great color combo!
Love this technique – the colours are fabulous!
Thanks for sharing, gelatos are so fun and I love this card set!
SUPER FUN Technique!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Cute card! Thanks for sharing the technique! Looks fun!!
Oooh I LOVE your colouring technique!
There you go again…..something else I might NEED ha ha!!! Great Video and project!
Another wonderful video from Shari! Love this card a lot.
Those colours are bold! I haven’t used Gelatos before, but I love this technique!
Such a great technique!!!
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
the background is very beautiful.. love the sentiment…
Great card. I love the intense colors and of course, Tim’s birds are amazing!
I always learn so much from you, Shari. Love the technique with the glaze and gelatos. I can’t get enough of the bird stamps.
I adore your inspirational videos. Love the quirky bird and colors.
Fabulous card! I absolutely LOVE that bird ♥