Art Journal Entry

So i have an entry in my new, Old book art journal, 

i don't have a theme for this journal, just whatever happens happens!

and this is the first, this happened !!!

using impasto paint, stencils and acetate.

 firstly i clear gesso'd my pages and let it dry then i played with the stencils and the paint.

i fussy cut out my acetate pieces , the butterflies are shaped so not flat to the page, hard to see in the photo.

i then did some light splattering and added my title.

lastly i added the black dots using black gesso and the end of a small paint brush.

Art Journal

So....i have been having real trouble , i wanted to create a sort of art/junk....anything goes type of  journal using an old book.....my trouble is i just love books, old or new, so i keep buying books but then go, oh no i cant start painting on it!
yesterday was 3 books an old map book and two other random little books, the map book i decided was too good, although it was that one i intended to use lol,
so i had to go with another....it is about A6 in size, i had to find one that i didn't like the subject inside, which this was something really of non interest....i cant even remember what it was lol and this is the result, well the cover anyway.

oh it turns out it was a never heard of play !!

i covered it in a rice paper to start with then added some texture with some paste and stencils.

i then added some colours with inks, i painted my mdf elements and stuck them on with 3d gel.

then it was more colour and then my flowers and lastly some splattering and some wax.

we shall see what happens inside!!

Acrylic Tag- Make a Wish

I just love playing with  acrylic bases and these ones are great from .Thompsons craft supplies, really sturdy and great to use.

i also used, some alcohol inks, rubber stamp and white acrylic paint, leaf stamp and die cutter, distress inks, cheese cloth, wooden butterfly and a pretty gets gritty flower.

i started by taking off the protective cover one one side and dropping some ...oh what is it called the liquid with the distress....blender !! all over the block, covering it, then i dropped different colours of the ink on and moved it around a bit with my fingers and by tilting it.

when happy i gave it a minute to dry....it doesn't take long at all.

i then took the cover from the other side and turned it over and then using some watered down acrylic paint and a stamp, stamped the white images on the other side. a quick blast with the heat gun!!

i sprayed my flower and butterfly with distress ink and hand stamped my leaves and cut them out then coloured them with distress ink.

i added a little cheese cloth, chose my title and placed it all on, when happy i stuck it all down with 3dgel..

lastly a little splattering to finish it off, a fun a quick little project but very beautiful i think.

Gift Box and Tag

Using AB Studio, somewhere over the rainbow papers from thompsons craft supplies

lovely fresh papers full of hearts and butterflies to fussy cut.

a lovely gift box to add a special gift or some chocolates just because!

i cut out some of the papers to use for the back ground and distressed the edges with my craft knife.

then i layered some cheesecloth and then all my fussy cut elements onto my box and gift tag using 3d foam pads and 3d gel to gift it a bit of height, 

hand stamped my sentiment, bordered it with a journalling pen and then inked the edges.

i added some ribbon and tulle to the tag and the closure of the gift box.

lastly i splattered with a watered down white acrylic paint.

love the result and a perfect gift box.

Mixed Media tag-Be Authentic

Ive not been feeling it this past couple of weeks, dont know why but my mojo has gone on holiday, wish i was on holiday, maybe that is the problem!

anyway i have been doing little bits trying to entice it back....i'm happy with this tag using the AB Studio Diary paper range from Thompsons craft supplies, was so excited to get this range and to play with it but with my lack of mojo i just dont know what to do so i thought just start with a tag to try and get the ball rolling

also using the Tim Holtz people chipboard, some old prima flowers that came to the surface when i did my scrap room move and the Tim Holtz acetate butterfly plus some lace from Louises lace grab bag.

i started with painting my tag with gesso and then some heavy body paste and a stencil, then i added some mixed media ink, fuschia, magenta and red, a bit of water and moved the ink around.

when dry i layered my papers some old cardboard,lace, some fussy cut flowers, the old prima flowers, i added my little girls and the paper rose, i found my title and then covered my girls so they didn't end up with ink on their faces ad splattered with some pink paint.

A Dream - altered frame

A Dream, free standing frame set

using prima resin frames, impasto paint and lots flowers.

frames and impasto paint from thompsons craft supplies

i made a stand using old box packaging and painted it with gesso.

i painted the frames with gesso and then impasto paint. 

i cut my photo's to fit my frames and also made a card backing to make sure the light didn't show through the photo.

i die cut lots of flowers and used some leaves from the flower packs and stuck them behind the frames, in between and at the front of the frames.

i added lots of flowers and my title, i covered my photos and then splattered with white paint.

Mixed Media Alarm Clock

Oooh i love playing with ink and paints

and i love altering things!!

so i had great fun playing with this not working alarm clock i found on the car boot sale.

I took the glass off and removed the plastic number disc and replaced with some chipboard numbers, by removing the number disc it uncovered all the workings of the clock which is just great.

I painted it all in white gesso and added some texture using glass glitter mixed in the gesso, i needed lots of drying time with this even though i did help it along a bit with the heat gun but still had to be patient.

once the base coat was all dry i added my flowers and other embellishments using 3d gel as my glue again having to be patient for it to dry and to hold everything in place, some of the outer flowers had to be really glued well before i could carry on.

once it was all stuck in place i went over all the embellishments with white gesso and when dry i added a layer of white paint and when that was all dry  (patients is a must lol) i started playing with the spray inks, just carried on adding the ink , then the water and moving it around a bit then drying between each colour.

just keep going until you are happy with the colours.

when i was happy with my colours i left to dry overnight as the water has made all my gesso and paint a bit soft again so before i add some wax it needs to be nice and dry and hard again.

then i like to add the wax , this time a silver but my silver has dried up so i need to try to revive it so instead i used a silver metallic paint just as i would a wax using my finger or a paint brush to get into the hard to reach spaces, just very gently and being careful not to overload with the paint.