Art Journal page

Good evening

Today's post is to share an art journal page I finished today.

I have created this page for the ring bound journal I created using just 4 jump rings. You can see the journal in the video it is very simple and one day I will make and decorate some covers for it.

The blues/turquoise of the background are acrylic paints

Using Archival and StazOn Inks, I have stamped an assortment of images on top of the paint once it was dry

The next background layer is Modelling Paste through a couple of stencils

The seaweed is olive mulberry paper torn into strips and attached using Mat Medium

The fish were hand drawn on white cardstock and coloured using Sharpies

These were also attached to the page using Mat Medium

An Art Studio 0.4mm Black Permanent Marker was used to add all of the detail to the seaweed and the fish

Each of the fish received a very thick coat of Glossy Accents so they would have that wet look.

The border was drawn using a Viva Pearl pen in Black

The quote is from Art By Marlene's Artsy Arabia black & white sticky quotes pad.

For all of the details check out my video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Week 8 of Around the World in 8 Weeks competition at Mystical scrapbooks

Good morning

It's the last week of the competition, Around the World in 8 Weeks at Mystical Scrapbooks.

You will find the competition here

This week we have returned home to Australia, the land of wide open spaces.

The requirement this week is to use negative space, the technique is spattering 

and the optional kit item is chipboard.

Here is my layout

I wanted to use two photos for this layout so I knew I would have to keep everything else to a minimum.

I have used Colour Blast - Bee Arty - Find Paradise and Basic Grey - Serenade patterned papers on this layout.

All of the papers have been inked with a Bark Kaisercraft ink cube. 

The frame around the layout is a 12" x 12" sheet of Bee Arty - Find Paradise - Light Forest

I used white cardstock for my background, trimmed to 11.5" x 11.5.

 I have applied Modelling Paste through TCW's Tile Texture stencil to add some interest.

I have trimmed my photos to 4.5" x 4" and 5.5" x 4" and matted them on black cardstock.

The patterned paper behind my photos is a 6.25" x 8.5" piece of Bee Arty - Find Paradise - Light Forest

This paper is attached to my layout at the top, bottom and left hand edge, 

creating a pocket to house a tag for my journalling.

The tag is a piece of Bee Arty - Find Paradise - Light Forest that I have cut to 6.75" x 4.75". 

I have added and eyelet and several strands of black crochet cotton through the eyelet.

The strips of patterned paper that run down the left side of the photos are a 0.75 x 10.5" 

piece of Basic Grey - Serenade - Parlor and the other paper is a 0.5" x 11.25" piece of 

Basic Grey - Serenade - Dowager.

The Basic Grey - Serenade - Parlor patterned paper has also been used as the background for my title.

 The title was created using sticker from Gold Label.

The required spatters were created using Glimmermist's Black Magic and Artiste Spritzing Ink in Gold.

The chipboard piece I chose from the optional kit is the set of suitcases. 

I have coloured them with Terra Cotta acrylic paint and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

The reason I chose the suitcases is because the gift my daughter gave me was a night in one of the inner city hotels here in Adelaide and I did pack a case to do that. My husband and I spent the night at the Adelaide Fringe and then went back to our lovely hotel. It was very pleasant.

These are the details I will add to the journalling tag.

Here is my process video if you would like to watch this page come together

I hope you have enjoyed the 8 week competition and if you have managed to create a layout for each of the weeks you will be in the running for one of the three great prizes up for grabs.

Good luck.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks June Cyber Crop

Good morning

Today I am sharing my DT layout for the June Cyber Crop at Mystical Scrapbooks

The challenge is to create a layout inspired by this sketch by Laura Whitaker

Here is my layout

I have used Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream paper range for this layout. 

The background is White Cardstock

All of the papers have had the edges inked using a Kaisercraft ink cube, colour Bark.

I started by giving my Dusty Attic - Start Banner chipboard a coat of acrylic paint. The colour is Goldenrod which is a mustardy yellow. When the paint was dry I added a coat of Uniquely Creative's Gold glimmer pen. 

My 8" x 6" photo was matted on a piece of 8.25" x 6.25" coordinating cardstock

I cut Cocoa Vanilla - Daydream - Stepping stones to 10.5" x 6.5"

and Cocoa Vanilla - Daydream - Garden Variety to 5.5" x 10.75". I cut a fishtail into one of the narrower ends of the Garden Variety paper.

I tore two thin strips of the Stepping Stones paper

I have attached the papers using double sided tape and the chipboard using glue.

To embellish the layout I have fussy cut three flower clusters from the Garden Variety paper and items from the Cocoa Vanilla Daydream sticker sheet.

I used a bread & butter plate from my dinner set to draw the faux stitched partial circles above and below the patterned papers.

I also added faux stitching to all of the patterned papers, chipboard and sticker embellishments

The title was cut from the same cardstock I used to mat my photo using my Scan N Cut. I inked the edges, attached it to the bottom section of the layout and added faux stitching.

I have adjusted the sketch to accommodate my larger photo, I have added the torn paper at the top and bottom of the layout and I have also added the chipboard banner to the top of the layout. I moved the title to the bottom of the layout because it would look too cramped at the top with all of the other things I have added there. I also deleted the doily for the same reason.

Here is my process video if you would like to watch it.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

June challenge at Off The Rails Scrapbooking

Good morning 

Today I want to share with you the DT layout I created for the June challenge at 

Off The Rails Scrapbooking.

They have a mood board challenge each month and this month the theme is "Vintage".

You will find the challenge here

I don't do vintage very often but here is my layout.

I have chosen two paper ranges from Kaisercraft to complete this layout, 

Memory Lane and Always & Forever.

All of the papers on this layout have had the edges distressed with my distressing tool and then inked with a Versa Colour black ink cube.

I cut a 1" frame from the burlap look paper in the Memory Lane paper pad and topped that with a piece of white cardstock that I trimmed to 11.5".

I used Kaisercraft's 12" Doily stencil and Mont Marte Modelling Paste to create a risen doily design on the light green wood grained paper from the Memory Lane range.

I created splatters on the background using Dylusions Dirty Martini spray ink, 

Glimmermists Iridescent Gold and Black Magic

Glimmermist's Cherub Pink spray was dribbled down from the top and bottom of the page, to add a bit more colour to the background.

I have layered my 5.5" x 3.5" photo on five layers of patterned paper from both ranges of paper, with each layer decreasing slightly in size.

I hand cut the chevrons from some of the burlap patterned paper that I used for the page border.

The flowers down the left hand edge of the layout were fussy cut from one of the papers in the Always & Forever paper range.

The green flowers were fussy cut from a page in the Memory Lane range.

A tag was cut using a stitched tag die, an eyelet attached and some white crochet cotton 

threaded through the eyelet.

A piece of cheesecloth/muslin was added at the bottom of the photo along with a few items from the Always & Forever collectables pack.

Doodling around the edge of the layout and all of the elements that decorate the page finish this vintage layout off.

Here is the process video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Week 7 of Mystical Scrapbooks Around the World in 8 Weeks competition

Good morning.

Today I am sharing with you the layout I have created for week 7 of the Around the World in 8 Weeks Competition at Mystical Scrapbooks. 

This week we are in China and the inspiration for the week is food, the technique is embossing and the optional kit item is bling.

My layout uses a photo taken at a family picnic at the beach many years ago, in fact it was January 1961.

I am in the photo (extreme left) and I would have just turned 8.

I have used a sandy coloured cardstock frame for the base of the layout and a piece of 11.5" x 11.5" white cardstock as the background

I have used the half flower from Dylusion's Sunshine Girl stamp set and stamped with Gold pigment ink three time on the right hand side of the white cardstock. 

This was then heat embossed using Clear Embossing Powder.

I tore, Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream Stepping Stones paper, to about 5.5" - 6" wide and trimmed it to 11.5" long. Once I had inked the edges with my Versa Color Black ink cube I attached it to the left hand edge of the white cardstock background.

I matted the photo with a 1/8" black matt and then a 1/4" matt of glitter cardstock from Doodlebug. 

The photo was then mounted on some chipboard scraps and attached to the page.

I fussy cut some of the flowers from Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream Garden Variety paper and inked the edges.

There was a piece of chipboard in the optional kit that was in the shape of railway tracks. I cut these up so they were various shapes and attached them around the edge of the photo. The flowers were then added around the photo. A gemstone, from the optional kit, was added to the centre of each of the flowers.

I also added an assortment of stickers from the Cocoa Vanilla Daydream Sticker sheet.

I cut the title on my Scan N Cut from the cardstock I cut from the centre of the base frame. 

The font is Hobo Std.

The title was attached at the top of the layout and given a coat of glimmer using Uniquely Creative's Glimmer pen.

Here is the process video

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Until next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie
 

Week 6 of Around the World in 8 Weeks Challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks

Good Morning,

Today we are starting week 6 of our Around the World in 8 Weeks challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks and the country we are visiting this week is India.

The requirement is to use bright colours.

The technique is foiling

The optional kit item is ribbon

You will find the challenge here

The bright colour I have chosen to use is the bright pink cardstock. I have a 1/4" strip at the top and bottom of my layout, the photo is matted on it and the title is cut from it.

The yellow is quite bright in real life too.

All of the papers on the page have had the edges inked with Versa Colour black Ink

I cut Cocoa Vanilla Daydream - Sunshower paper to 8" x 12".

Uniquely Creative's Gums & Roses - Rosebud Border paper was cut to 4" x 12"

These were attached to a piece of white cardstock with the Sunshower at the top and the Rosebud Border at the bottom.

Two 1/4" strips of the bright pink were attached to the layout, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Along side of the pink, I  ran a row of 1/4" double sided tape. I then rubbed Gold Fab Foil on top of this tape so the foil would attach to it giving me a foiled strip along the top and bottom of my layout.

My photo is 5" x 7" and had a white border around it. I trimmed the border to 1/8" all around then matted the photo onto more of the bright pink cardstock with a 1/8" border all around except for the bottom which is torn on a slight angle.

I tied the ribbon from the optional kit to the left hand edge of the photo.

I mounted the photo onto some craft foam before attaching it to the layout.

Lots of fussy cut flowers from Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream - Garden Variety paper were used to embellish along the join of the two patterned papers.

The final step was to cut the title from the bright pink cardstock using my Kaisercraft DD735 Uppercase Alpha dies

Here is the process video if you would like to watch it

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie