Being inky and creating pretty stuff
Last piece for Rebecca’s journal…
This time bright and warm fresco paints over a patterned paper piece…
Lots of text stamping and some stencilling. Splatters and grungy edging to provide a graffiti style page.
Love how all of the art work works together but also are completely separate pieces.
Hopefully Rebecca likes them as much as I enjoyed working on them.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
So continuing from yesterday’s art journal page I have one of the other pieces I made which is for the back of the piece…
The rule that Rebecca had was that I should choose colours in opposition to the page before it … well I had navy and black on the page before and so I went orange and brown for my page to face.
I actually painted this onto a separate piece of patterned paper and stuck it to the page afterwards (which I had edged in black gesso).
The page itself has lots of layers of fresco finish paints … buff, mahogany, cheesecake, autumn fire and mermaid to name but a few! It then has stamping in archival and distress oxides and some embossing with clear emboss. The main image is the Darcy seed flower which I stamped in versamark and then used the Seth Apter baked texture embossing powder. I also added shading to it with a big brush pen and some white highlights using a white paint sharpie.
The bottom of the page I added two layers of the baked texture embossing powder and one of the clear emboss to create some ground.
I then added the Tim Holtz stickers that spoke to me.
Today I have an art journal page to share that I made a few weeks ago…
I added some distress stain onto some mixed media cardstock and then added texture paste through a Claritystamps stencil. I then added plenty of stamping and more ink around the edges.
I then added the sentiment to some scraps of bookprint.
I love the depth to the layers.
Next I added a tag I made separately using distress stains onto a canvas tag and then added another layer of tag which I used distress oxides to add colour and then added the stamping.
I added this to black cardstock to frame it and then found a page in my journal to add it to. I added some blue paint to the background with a baby wipe to add it like a wash.
Really happy with how this came out. Love all the layers and the how the different colours combined. And for those interested… here is the video of how I made it.
Originally this was supposed to be for a swap but the swap didn’t happen so happy to have this artwork for myself.
Happy crafting !
Catherine
I made an art journal page and used my current favourite and go to stamp set for the feature… Petal Palette.
I made this with the video running so you can check out the progress here.
Love the layers, textures and the gentle images I used with this warm colour palette.
And that sentiment spoke to me perfectly at that moment… always a good way to choose your title for your piece!
Hope you like it. It was originally destined for a swap but then I realised that I had misunderstood the rules and that blue needed to be in the page…. ooops…. ah well a thoroughly enjoyable piece to make regardless. Once I realised that I found the perfect place to put the page in my journal… which covered some stamping I wasn’t keen on!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Earlier this week I shared the page I made in Marie’s journal… well I had to do both sides of the envelope so today I am sharing what I did with the other side. I also have an apology for the wobbly video as I kept bashing the camera! Ooops.
Anyway… check out the video here to see the process…
And here is the final piece…
Absolutely love this … and the fact it is such a contrast to the other side of the envelope. This side was a much softer page and more about nature and flowing … the other side more graphic and edgy…. which do I prefer? Neither and that is the joy of art journalling… Everything can be different and take you in a different direction and style.
Here is a close up of the yummy textures and colours…
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Hello!
Today some art journaling to share… this time in Claire’s Patwits circle journal which has safely arrived with the next recipient!
She provided a piece of watercolour card and an envelope for us to decorate as we please but to include typography somewhere!
Well I add book pages and some stamping which should meet the criteria!
I started with a distress oxide background and chose yellows and browns for the main colours as I fancied doing a vintage style page. I added lots of hot picks stamping in the background and then layered a few pieces of bookprint I had also added distress oxides to.
The main feature I chose a Hot Picks hot air balloon and stamped it using archival onto bookprint and then added versamark and embossing powder all over to give it a waxy appearance and a glossy finish.
I layered it up with some Angel hair to add texture.
I added the whole panel to a piece of patterned paper that I added the embossing powder border to. I love the texture and colour this added.
Finally I added Inktense pencil shading round the edge of the layers and the title stickers and some doodling. Oh and some added sparkle with some shimmer ink splats.
The envelope I went for a more organic finish. I added gesso and modelling paste with a palette knife and then stamped some Lin Brown stamps and used the fresco finish paints to add colour. I mainly painted with my fingers to blend it nicely.
I also added some of the Sparks paint and then the feature of the mini stamp which I stamped and then added the top layer by stamping onto a piece of cardstock I had painted the Sparks paint onto and then cut out the hand and pen image and layered it up. I love how this came out. Simple but effective.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
I decided after the Lynne Perella play I shared the other day to make some more Paperartsy themed birthday cards.
This time I chose to play with Distress Oxides and the fun Ellen Vargo carved flowers. I love the linocut appearance of these.
I started with making two backgrounds… both different to each other but both fun to make. Then on a separate panel of cardstock I made the tags. The top one was a scrap of cardstock I had already painted with a layer of fresco finish paints and I decided to heat emboss the tag and the flower. The bottom one I did a watery layer of distress oxide using the same colours as the background.
I raised the tags on foam tape to give dimension and added some scraps of ribbon to the tags.
Both sentiment and the tag shape are Emma Godfrey stamps.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Today I’m sharing a video of last weekends playtime in the craftroom. I had nothing in mind when I sat down to play other than I needed to do something with colour! And the result… well I’m very happy with the final page. The video doesn’t cover the doodling which I did the day after to allow for everything to dry properly.
Here is the link to the video.
Hope you enjoy watching the page emerge.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Time for a new circle journal round to start and this time we are making journals where envelopes are the feature.
So here is my journal. I used some cream envelopes which are 5×7 and stuck them together and then sewed it and added washi tape to the spines.
I then added a cover from some kraft cardstock and glued the inside of the journal and the cover together.
Then I set to on decorating the cover. I used the fresco finish paints to lay down some colour and then added some stamping in the paint too. Then I used a Paperartsy stencil to add some iridescent medium. Then finally I added the title and the stickers.
Then the inside page I went for a purple colour scheme. I also went a little Darcy heart crazy! Then inside the pocket created by the envelope I added a card onto the back of which I put my “rules” for the journal.
So my journal is off on a journey to other lovely artists for the next year. Looking forward to seeing what happens to it and to receiving and playing in the journals I get.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Unfortunately one of our circle journals never made it back to its owner … and the lovely Chris who organises us all is without her journal. Some of us have made her pages to bind into a journal in the hope that it goes some way to replacing the lost artwork.
Here is what I made…
I added black gesso through the stencil, then some washi tape and then lots of bright brushos and added Matt medium to stabilise them. I love how this dragged some of the gesso across in streaks too.
I then stamped onto separate panel the Hot Picks image and adhered that. Then stamped the sentiment below. I kept this page quite simple with just a little bit of gold pen accents.
The other side however was far more detailed and I’ve done this on YouTube so you can check out my process.
However here is the finished page.
The whole process took several hours but I managed to get the video down to about 10 mins.
I was on a roll and thought why not make another page.
I love paper piecing the Clare Lloyd girl. And the colours for this page really spoke to me. The reverse side I have a different feel but with similar colours with the fun Lin Brown house stamp.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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