Sweetie

Hello everyone,

For today's project I have made a mini journal page. These are really just postcard sized pieces of paper that I stick in my journal. I really like how this one came out.

It was made with a piece of watercolour paper. I recently bought some Infusions powders and I had a play with them to create this background. I also used some white gesso to tone it down here and there. Next I added some modelling paste; this is a graphite one and it has little sparkles in it. 

I added a tiny bit of stamping and some black paint around the edges. I stamped the girl and the sentiment, matted them both on black card stock and adhered them to my panel after putting down some washi tape. 

I have used the following stamps:

19659 - Numbers set

20163 - Typeset scallop

20162 - Carved Xs

16127 - Folded hands girl photo

208 - Sweety Darling

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Colourwheel opposites - a journal spread

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the new September challenge at Country View Challenges which starts today. The theme is opposite colours on the colour wheel and it was chosen by the lovely Evelyn. I chose turquoise and orange.

I have a process video of this for those of you that want to know how I made this. Why not play along with us and win a £20 voucher to spend in the shop. Make sure to read the rules before you take part. 

You can go to the video by clicking HERE.

or click on the picture below and then on 'YouTube' in the bottom right corner. 

 

I will be back soon with more inspiration in different colours ! :) 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Spread your wings

Hello everyone,

For the last few days I have been wanting to do 'something else'. So today I did do something else. I made an art journal in my Moleskine journal and didn't use a stamp as a main image. I hope you like this one too !! Please let me know what you think...

This journal was started with gesso, after which I used a stencil and some heavy gel medium to make the pattern. I thought the gel medium would resist the sprays.... not so. 

I used 4 Lindy's Stamp gang sprays: 

Café au lait

Clam Bake Beige

Blue Hawaiian Blue

Afternoon Delight Denim

I kept spraying, drying and dripping until I was happy with the result. I used some Finnabair stampsand  a bottle top to embellish the background and also a stencil from Tim Holtz. 

The main image is one of Tim Holtz' Photo Booth photos. I distressed it a little to make it look older. 

I used some stuff I had lying around to make a mat for this photo strip. I used some book paper, some fabric and a bit of lace. 

Next I stamped the butterflies (Finnabair) on some gessoed book paper and coloured it with the Blue Hawaiian Blue spray. I stapled them here and there. 

Lastly I stamped the sentiment (Finnabair) on the edge of some of the same book paper and glued it on the opposite page, finishing it off with some more butterflies and a date stamp. 

Some details...

Thank you so much for stopping by today !