A silent place

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to my blog where today I am sharing another project for AALL & Create. This time I have made an artjournal page.

Here is how:

I dunked my paper (Approx, A5) in Distress Oxide ink Antique Linen and Fossilised Amber. I then added texture paste with a stencil.

Next I printed this stencil by dunking it into ink and printing on the page. I used Fossilised Amber DOI for this. 

Next background stamping using DOI Fossilised Amber, Ground Espresso and Versafine Clair in Nocturne. 

I then added some pieces of washi tape.

Stamping the focal image

All coloured and cut out, ready to go on the page. 

Here it is all complete. Love it ! Oh, I also added some black splatters using a Posca paint pen.

A small talk sticker by Tim Holtz finished it off. 

I have used :

Stencils:

#38 by Olga Heldwein

#67 - Broken Circles by Autour de Mwa

Stamps:

#715 - Thinking of you by Tracy Evans

#543 - Reckoner Digits by Tracy Evans

#625 - Vine by Tracy Evans

#540 - Daisywise by Tracy Evans 

Washi:

#25 mm by Autour de Mwa

#31 - Take Risks by Autour de Mwa

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Be unique

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project I have done another art journal page. This time there is a VIDEO about how I made the background. I didn't film the colouring of the images because it makes the video so long.. 

I do have some photos too:

First I stamped the images I wanted to use as focals. 

As soon as I colour the flowers this bright orange I knew I wanted the background to be turquoise blue. 

Started with texture paste...

Then washi tape. 

I forgot to take more photos after this, BUT there is a video where you can see me make this background, colour and all ! lol

Link to YouTube tutorial

HERE

There is also a link you can click below the pictures.. 

Click on the picture if you'd like to see the video

I have used :

Stencil:

#139 - Snow Pines by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#625 - Vine by Tracy Evans

#543 - Reckoner Digits by Tracy Evans

#685 - Nature's Angels by Bipasha Bk

#690 - Robin & Nuthatch by Tracy Evans

Washi tape:

25 mm by Autour de Mwa

#7 - Winged Friends by Tracy Evans

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Two insect ATC's

 Hello everyone, 

For this week's AALL & Create project I have made a simple project of 2 ATC's. I am still in the middle of reorganising my craft room and it is taking a little longer than anticipated. Anyway here they are:

Here's how I made them:

On two pieces of 2,5 x 3,5" watercolour paper I stamped the two bugs. I used VersaFine Clair ink as I wanted to use water based products to colour. 

First I coloured the bugs using watercolour markers. 

Next I smooshed Distress Oxide Ink on my craft sheet and used a water brush to colour around the bugs. I used Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Salvaged Patina. 

When everything had dried I added some texture paste through a stencil. I had to touch it up with white paint as the texture paste soaks up the colour from underneath. 

Next, I added some pieces of washitape and toned them down again with white paint. 

Lastly I mounted them on some card stock to make them sturdier. 

I have used the following products:

Stamp #550 - Stink Bug by Bipasha Bk

Stamp #551 - Weaver Spider by Bipasha Bk

Stencil: #124 - Lotza Diamondz by Autour de Mwa

Washi tape: #21 - Beachrock by Janet Klein

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Collector of curiosities

 Hello everyone, 

For this week's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a journal spread. 

Here's how:

I used this stencil with texture paste as a start to my pages. 

When the paste had dried I painted the pages with a yellow and a yellow ocher paint making sure to mix and blend so I had some darker and some light areas. I then added pigment powder to the areas that had the texture paste. I sprayed it with water and let it dry. It stands out better now. 

Next I took a brayer to tone it all down and to lighten the raised areas of the texture paste. Normally I would use white for this but this time I decided on a light yellow. I did this so it wasn't too stark. 

Next I added some background stamping using a yellow, a brown and black ink. 

I stamped my focal images ready for colouring.

I added some washi tape and didn't like it. So I rubbed some of the pale yellow paint over it. Much better but it needed something else. So I added some black splatters and..

......I cut out three crosses from this washi tape..

The focal images all coloured up.

All put together, I added the crosses and glued down the focal images. I painted around the lightbulb to create a little bit of a halo. I also added some pencil lines along the edges and lastly I added a sentiment by Tim Holtz from the Halloween word chip collection. 

I have used the following materials:

Stencil:

 #2 by Olga Heldwein

Stamps:

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#349 - Bold Alphas Mini by Bipasha Bk

#350 - Splattered Numbers by Tracy Evans

#387 - Steampunk Alchemist by Olga Heldwein

Washi tape:

#4 - Encrypt by Autour de Mwa

#13 - Fasteners by Bipasha Bk

For more information about all the AALL & Create materials and a list of worldwide stockists, please visit:

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Bear

 Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blog where today I am sharing a journal page that I made for AALL & Create. This time there is also a VIDEO for those of you who want to see how I made this. There is a little bit of footage missing unfortunately but it is not much and you still get the gist of how it came together. 

here's how : (link to video below)

I started with stamping the crown and masking the bottom, then stamping the bear so he ended up with the crown on his head. I then masked off his hands and stamped the heart. 

I coloured him with watercolours this time. Love these, they are professional Winsor and Newton watercolours and they are pretty amazing. 

Next, I forgot to take a picture... lol. But this bit is in the video. I started with a brayer and lemon yellow paint covering the whole piece of paper (6" x 6"). I then used a gelli plate and the brayer again and put some orange paint down in three places on the gelli plate. I then laid the stencil on it and rolled over again, adding the pattern of the stencil to the gelli plate. I then puled a print. Next I randomly stamped the background. 

I then added some washi tape.

I used this set to make the word bear. I used my stamping platform stamping in yellow first and then adding the orange-y colour to the bottom of the letters creating an ombre effect.

Adding another strip of washi tape to put the bear on. 

Next I used texture paste and this stencil to add some more interest to the background. 

I cut out the letters and put them down to spell bear. That finished the page. 

Click HERE for the video or on the link below :

I used the following materials:

Stencils:

#39 - Lotza Dotz by Autour de Mwa

#127 - Bloomed roses by Bipasha Bk

Stamps:

#400 - Numerator by Tracy Evans

#412 - Head Starts by Janet Klein

#453 - Heart Grunge by Tracy Evans

#456 - Snippet alphabet by Tracy Evans

#466 - Quirky Friends by Tracy Evans

Washi tape:

#13 - Fasteners by Bipasha Bk 

Stamping block:

A6

Thank you for stopping by today !!