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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Claudine Hellmuth's Black Gesso & GIVE-A-WAY

Today my daughter and I went to an art journaling class with our fabulous teacher Karen Bearse!! The theme this month was on Claudine Hellmuth's Black Gesso by Ranger We had a great time playing with it, it's so smooth and creamy, I just love it. 
Anyway, I figured that since we were playing with it and it's such a neat product and to celebrate having over 100 fabulous followers on my blog that I would do another give-a-way!! YAY!! 
Here are the fun pages my Daughter and I did with the gesso:

This is the page that I did

This is the fabulous page that my daughter did. She used the black gesso on the entire page and then used a stencil and then some acrylic paints and dotted them inside the stencil, it turned out so cool.  

So in order to win a brand new bottle of this wonderful product (and this is the large bottle too, no small stuff here )
1. You have to be a follower of my blog
2. Leave a comment to this post. :-) I want to hear from my followers!!
3. LEAVE YOUR EMAIL - the last winner hasn't checked my blog and I haven't been able to award her her prize so please leave me your email address or a way to get a-hold of you.

The drawing will be in the morning on Valentine's Day Feb. 14th. 
Thanks for following and good luck to everyone.


*Please only comment once - I moderate my comments so if it doesn't show up right away don't worry, it will show up soon.
 

61 comments:

  1. I was just thinking of getting some black gesso! Love both of your pages and your generosity!! Have a fun weekend playing with what you learned!
    libbi4miti@sbcglobal.net

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  2. Love your pages. This looks like a lot of fun. Should I be so lucky as to win, you can get my email through my blog link. Thanks for a chance to win a great product.

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  3. I would love a chance to win this, the pages you did look awesome.

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  4. I haven't tried black gesso yet. Would love to be the lucky winner!

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  5. I've been hearing a lot about black gesso, so this would be neat!! Love the pages you and your daughter crafted - sets my mind to thinking of ideas!
    Thanks for the chance to win the gesso!
    ksval1956@yahoo.com

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  6. I love your blog. You have a great style! This steam punk blog theme is amazing! I would love to enter your giveaway. My email is
    artisastory@gmail.com

    Sherri McInnis.
    thanks

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  7. Thanks for the chance! I haven't tried the black gesso yet but am having fun playing with the white lately. kmeddy@centurytel.net

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  8. Thanks for the chance to win. I have not tried the black yet but am having fun with the white lately. kmeddy@centurytel.net

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  9. Would love to win your giveaway! I am a follower.

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  10. I have not tried the black gesso yet and would love to win it. I'm a follower! Shari (cricutrookie)
    cricutrookie at aol dot com

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  11. I love the look of your blog. I like steampunk too but can't seem to get it together where I'm satisfied with it. Would love to try the black gesso if I win..thanks for the chance anyhow. Rita rijoyce602@gmail.com

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  12. Like your site and this black gesso is such a wonderful idea. love how you used it. Now I have to get some to give it a try.. thank you so much for sharing a wonderful idea with us..

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  13. Wow Claudine -- wonderful art as always -- is there nothing you can do???? I love the black and white contrast. Jeannie (massie4you@yahoo.com)

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  14. Wow Claudine -- is there nothing you can't do -- great work as always.

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  15. I have heard of black gesso, but never used it or seen it used. I love the pages you and your daughter did today! If I'm not the lucky winner, I'm just going to have to go out and buy some of this great stuff!
    Anita ms_quidam@yahoo.com

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  16. your journal pages are awesome and your daughters are also. bet you two have a hard time staying out of art trouble..lol..awesome you two!

    susan s.

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  17. Love your new site decorations and love the black gesso art! hope to win, never tried black gesso before... gecko@usol.com

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  18. Love the look of black gesso, I'd love to give it a try.

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  19. ooopps forgot to add my email- pamjb77@aol.com

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  20. oh cool...I've seen a lamp painted with this stuff...it looked fabulous.
    Laura
    deepabyss100 at hotmail dot com

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  21. I would love to try some black gesso out! Please count me in! bwscooby2003vwbug@yahoo.com

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  22. Those projects look really neat! I haven't tried the black yet, but sure would like to...

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  23. Oops, forgot to add email address- so sorry! :-)
    whity631@yahoo.com

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  24. ohhh I just used white gesso a couple weeks ago, love what you did with the black!!
    Denise
    bargspa@gmail.com

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  25. Very cool. I have been going to buy some black gesson as it's been mentioned a couple times on the boards recently. I'm already a follower. I so love your blog background! jocelyn2@aol.com

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  26. Another item to add to my shopping list - if I don't win anyway. Just used some chalkboard paint - 4 hr. drying time in between coats - too long for my inpatience.... Lisajake128@yahoo.com

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  27. The black gesso looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the chance to win

    Nancy

    Mtothree@hotmail.com

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  28. The black gesso looks like a lot of fun. I've got lots of ideas for using it.
    Please consider me for your giveaway.

    Vicki (vickiw1071@aol.com)

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  29. Would love to try this. Email in my profile.

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  30. dhowell9000@yahoo.com I Love the idea of using the stencils, I have never tried Black Gesso, and If I dont win, I will have to try and get some....I am seeing a stencil like your daughter did, but using White stamping ink with a script stamp! How pretty would that be! I love what you two have done! And how nice that you are doing "ART" together! yayyyy!

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  31. dhowell9000@yahoo.com , I love what you two have done, AND that you did some "ART" Together! yayyyy!! I have never used black gesso, but if I got the chance I would like to try using a stencil with White ink and a Script Stamp! I think that would be Lovely!! I too would Love to win!!

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  32. Love your blog it is great as I love Steam Punk look and I would love to have a play with black gesso at all and would love too.
    Email: annemilnes11@gmail.com

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  33. Claudine, I am a long time admirer of your art. I have dabble a little with the black gesso and numerous times with the white. Your work is so inspirational so thanks for sharing it.

    Cherryl
    chaybay56@yahoo.com

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  34. Wow, the pages you and your daughter did look terrific. I'd love to enter your giveaway. I just hope it includes international entries? ;-) hgoldsmith@gmail.com

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  35. Sweet! I love your pages and I wouldn't mind winning some black gesso! Thanks for sharing!
    Vickie
    okienurse@gmail.com

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  36. Hi Claudine,Love your grungy cards,I have always followed you,just not signed up on here.lol So now I'm official Keep up the great work! Sherry Collier ,Piggranny@hotmail.com or snoopthesnooper@yahoo.com

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  37. These pages are wonderful-very zentangle like. Would love the opportunity to work with this gesso-offers endless possibilities

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  38. These pages are wonderful-very zentangle like. Would love the opportunity to work with this gesso-offers endless possibilities

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  39. I really love it. I haven't thought of using black gesso that way. Thanks for the inspiration! Olga
    odrode@yahoo.com

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  40. Very cool! Thanks for the inspiration!
    Olga
    odrode@yahoo.com

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  41. That is sooo cool! Love the projects and would be fun to play with black gesso. I'm taking an Art Journal class and that medium would be fantastic to use. Please put my hat in the ring. Thanks

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  42. I love white on black- you and your daughter's paintings are great! I haven't tried it myself, as I don't have any black gesso...yet! :) Great work!

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  43. Haven't tried this product yet but would love too! It looks like great fun!

    kyladog1_1999@yahoo.com

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  44. Great use of the black gesso! I learned about it in a class last August and really enjoyed painting over it for a mixed media project. velvetpearson@gmail.com

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  45. I've only seen one project using the Black Gesso and it was used to cover up an old color...no additional work done. Love the colors you and your daughter used - it looks like a chalkboard repro. Very cool! opossumqueen1955@yahoo.com

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  46. Nice black gesso designs- both yours and your daughter's. Wish I could have been there. As I will soon have my gesso... I will not enter the contest but wish everyone luck!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Scrappylassie/Chris

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  47. Great designs/- perfect for journal pages or cards... Lots of uses.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Chris

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  48. Black gesso is on my list to try but I can't find it anywhere locally.

    Love what you and your daughter created using the black gesso. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the opportunity to perhaps win some.

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  49. oops...forgot to leave my email address...bjstamps at suddenlink dot net

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  50. WOW! Love the look of what you did with this stuff. Can't wait to get my hands on some!

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  51. This is a very cool and different version of using gesso, and I love it, both of them are fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing Claudine and giving us an opportunity to win some black gesso.
    Cheryl Arnold
    carnold47@att.net

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  52. Love your project, I have never used Black but it looks great and want to try it soon
    Thanks for sharing .
    MaryNell

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  53. I've played with the white grasp but not the black so your pages look great. Thanks for sharing the love.

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  54. WOW! I love what you did with the black gesso. I can't wait to get my hands on some.

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  55. I have to tell you I just love what Valerie did with your steampunk background...It's da' bomb!! I'm even going to trade with her so I can get some of her wonderful artwork...thanks to your post!! Now I'd love to send you something...please email me and let me know your address, ok? This is just a RAK...from me...
    OK...I think I'm a follower, if not, I will be...and yes, I'd love to win a bottle of black gesso...so awesome..
    Keep up the good work...loving your blog. A fellow ATTer.
    http://kathysalwaysstamping.blogspot.com
    or kathy22eggs@yahoo.com

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  56. oh my how pretty! I havent used that stuff yet but would love a go at it. Would love to hear more about that class too...and btw..I LOVE YOUR BLOG! lol...steampunker here too...it is just lovely! kudos!

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  57. What a fun thing to play with. Just found your blog through a yahoo group. Thanks for the chance to win, I am off to look around.

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  58. Those pages are really cool. I've never heard of black gesso. I would love to win this. I keep trying to stamp white on black card stock. Someone it's never white enough.
    Kathy Cabble

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  59. Great job on the gesso! I love the black!

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  60. these are gorgeous!!! How clever to use the paint dots like that!! My email is neve4everr@aol.com LOVE your work!!

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  61. I would love to try some,I was at a friends house and she said she loves it.Will have to give it a try. Thank You!

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