Art Journal Page

Hi

Today I am sharing an art journal page.

As you can see it is a double page in my A4 Ranger Journal.
I started by Gessoing the pages, then I used Gelatos to create the background colour. I then tore up pieces of Mulberry paper and some book paper that had been coloured with Twinkling H2O's and stuck them down. I stamped some flowers and heat embossed with clear embossing powder before stamping some more flowers using StayzOn ink. Next step was some rub-ons. When the Mod Podge I used to seal the background had dried I used a stencil and some texture paste coloured with acrylic paints to create the yellow flowers and grass.
I used my Pitt Pens to shade and detail the yellow flowers and grass before I stuck the white flowers on.
These were cut using Leane Creatief Multi Die Flower 006 which has the 3 different sized flowers. The heart centres were made using a punch I have had for a very long time. Detailing once again with Pitt Pens. I did go over all of the white flowers with my Wink of Stella White pen but when I gave the page it's final coat of Mod Podge any sign of the shimmer was lost.
The title was printed on the computer, sprayed with Glimmermists and then stuck down. It gets lost in the background and I have been debating about going over it with my White Gel pen but not sure if I want it to stand out that much.

We have been very busy and have been away a lot. We are away again this weekend as well. Off to Berri for their Rock and Roll Festival. A busy weekend, especially for Ray as he is DJ'ing Friday night in Renmark and Saturday night in Berri. Lots of lugging of equipment for him and very late nights for both of us as he has to pack up after each function.

We have also been away to Barham Rock and Roll Weekend. It was the first time we had been there. It is a long way from home but we went their on our way to housesitting at Penshurst in Victoria. We enjoyed the weekend but because it is so far away we probably won't go again.

We really enjoyed the house sitting. We were there for just under 3 weeks. We house sat Stonefield Vineyards just outside of Penshurst while the owners went to Bali. They have 50 acres with half of it under vines. There was no vine work during the time of year so we basically had to look after their dog and chooks. They also had cows, peahens, peacock and ducks. We had a good look around the area while we were there. Reacquainting ourselves with Port Fairy, Hamilton, Mt Eccles and Warnambool.

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Cheers
Julie

Cards and Santorini Layout

I have been pretty busy in the papercrafting area lately. I made a mini album for a friend for her birthday but forgot to photograph it before I gave it to her so can't share that one with you.

I did make her a card and also a card for a male friend's birthday.

I have also completed a double page for my holiday album. I have used a lot of machine stitching on these pages.

I had 25 photos that I wanted to use for Santorini. I could of had more but had to stop somewhere. I also like to incorporate all of the ephemera I collect as I go while on holidays. To do this I made pockets out of transparencies to put the photos in. To keep them strong and able to hold all the photos I stitched them together. I then added a tab to each photo so they can be pulled out to view all the photos behind the one on display. I have used embellishments from the Collectables pack, some die cuts and some stamping and heat embossing

I have created a pocket on one of the pages to hold the bits and pieces that I collected and the title is cut on my Cricut using the Opposites Attract cartridge

I have had computer problems last week and had to take my Apple in for repairs. Luckily it wasn't anything major and 2 days and $112 saw it back on my desk working like a charm

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Cheers
Julie

Layout Getting There and Back

I know it has been far too long since my last post and I don't really have an excuse. Time goes quickly and life happens and all of a sudden nearly a month has passed.

I have managed to get pages 2 & 3 of my holiday album done. It is the page that includes all of the travel documents.

Because there was so much paperwork I used 2 of the white A4 ready made envelopes, with the sealable flap cut off.

I used a clock stencil, to signify all the time spent on planes and in airports, with some texture paste I had coloured with acrylic paint on the background. I then sprayed with some Black Magic Glimmermist.

I created the flap of the envelopes with the same patterned paper that I used to mat the Boarding passes.
The flaps close with velcro to keep them closed and the embellishment on the tab is a pair of earrings I bought at the op shop with the backs removed. The centre of the earring is a velvety type of fabric.

I stitched the envelopes to the background card with my sewing machine to make sure they stayed in place.

I cut the title out on my Cricut using the Cuttin Up cartridge. The wooden planes were painted with acrylic paint and then heat embossed with a couple of coats of UTEE.

I have also made a card for a friend who is having his 70th birthday party while we are away, but have not taken a photo of it yet. Hopefully I will get that done tomorrow and I will post a picture here for you then.

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Till next time

Cheers

Julie

Layout Mediterranean Holiday

It feels like so long since I have paid my blog any attention so I have decided to be a better blogger and post more often.

It has been very hectic around here with our holiday, a weekend away with my Mum and all my sisters then the backlog of things that get put aside when you have got more enjoyable things to do. But hopefully I have got some time now to get back to creating and sharing.

I got some photos from our holiday printed and I have made the front page for my album.

I have chosen to use the Kaisercraft Now Boarding collection for this album so will use that all the way through. I have also decided to restrict the album to one double page layout for each town/city we visited. I am going to have to incorporate a pocket or envelope on every page to get everything into this album so if you have any innovative ways of doing this I would be happy to hear about them.

This is the front page

I have used Kaisercraft Black cardstock as the base then Baggage Carousel for the next layer. I have distressed the edges, applied some texture paste, which I have coloured with acrylic paint through a chevron mask, and stamped randomly with a clear stamp and Stayz On ink. The strip of paper down the left hand side is from the Check In Collection - Delayed. I have just distressed and inked the edges on that. I have used some washi tape here and there. The tape was black and white but looked too stark so I applied some Cotton Candy Gelato over it and smudged it with my fingers. The tags and tag shadows were cut on my cricut as was the title. I have added eyelets and silk ribbon to them and the text on the tags was printed on self adhesive transparency. A few items from the collectables were used around the photo.

Till next time
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Cheers
Julie

Birthday Card

I am back from the best holiday.... 5 weeks in the Mediterranean...what more could a girl ask for. I will post some details and some photos over the next week.

I am just popping in now to share a birthday card I have made for my sister. My Mum and all of my sisters are coming to Adelaide this weekend to celebrate the birthday. It will be great I am really looking forward to it.

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Cheers
Julie

I was looking at the book I made for Charli's school year and decided it need more so I gave it a bit of a sparkle up and added some more pages.

 I have added Kindy Glitz to the title and the year on this page

This is a new page I have added

This is another new page

I have added some ribbon to the tag here for a bit of extra playfulness

A tag has been added to this page for some extra journalling

Once again some ribbon added to the tag

I have added Kindy Glitz to some of the circles on the banner and a gem to the Star Student embellishment.

A few gems along the bottom of the "Follow your Dreams" embellishment

Another new page

And another new page.

 I have also started adding the photos so it is looking much better now.

Starting to get a bit excited now only 4 more sleeps till we leave on our holiday.....can't wait.

Will post photos as we go.

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Cheers
Julie

Kaisercraft Design Team Application

As part of my application for the Kaisercraft Design Team, see HERE for details, I am posting a layout, a mini album I have created to record year one of Charli's schooling and a card I made for my Mum for Mothers Day.

Firstly my layout.
The paper range I have used is Kaisercraft Kaleidoscope Collection
I have used a stencil with glimmermist on the background first then with texture paste for dimention. The hearts are chipboard coloured with water paint then topped off with Dimensional Magic.

A closeup of the background texture

The Mini Book

I have used two ranges of Kaisercraft paper on this, Hello Sunshine and Class Act. I think the bright colours will appeal to a six year old. Lots of stamping with Kaisercraft Clear Stamps, heat embossing and fussy cutting for the fun animals to decorate the pages.The orange photo mats on each page will hold her photos of school events as they happen throughout the year.

The Card

I have used the Kaisercraft Key to My Heart Collection for this card.

The card is 6" x 6" and has lots of layers and extra dimension using lace and foam tape.
I have use cutting dies,washi tape, an embossing folder and stamping on this card

I've got my fingers crossed.

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Cheers
Julie

I have just finished a double layout about our recent trip to Port Victoria. I had 14 photos that I wanted to include in the layout and instead of going for the option of printing them in a reduced size I decided to print them in a 7" x 5" size and place them in a booklet.

I have used a Doodle Bug card for the background that has felt dots. The patterned papers I have used are an old Basic Grey range, I am trying to use up some of the millions of pieces of paper I have collected.

The embellishments are created by stamping, I have stamped on blue velum with StayzOn Ink (fish, suitcases and tag), I have also stamped and embossed on white card. Some of the images created like this I have coloured with Twinkling H2O's (ie shells). The chipboard has been painted with acrylic paint and on the brackets I used UTEE to give it some shine. The texture has been created by keeping the heat close to the chipboard and making the paint bubble. I have put two eyelets at the top of the photos booklet, which has a 1/4" spine, to thread the twine through and then fastened with a brad to make the appearance of hanging pictures

Ray hurt his back the Monday before Easter so our plans of going to Whyalla and then on to Port Lincoln for my sister's 60th birthday celebrations did not eventuate. He is on the mend though so hopefully we can get up to Whyalla to visit Mum soon.

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Cheers
Julie

Well here I am after a very long gap between posts.

I have not been doing much in the way of papercraft as I have started dressmaking again in preparation for my holiday in June.

i was looking at Scrapbooking Memories the other day and saw a layout I really liked by Rikki Graziani from WA so I set about scrap-lifting it. This is the result.

I used Gesso and a stencil to put the white on the navy blue background then sprayed randomly over the background with Yellow Daisy Glimmermist. The tickets are cut using Die-namicts Just the ticket die. A simple layout but I am happy with it.

It is Saturday night and I am home alone....Ray is DJ'ing for a birthday party tonight. I was invited but thought I would stay here and get a bit industrious as I would not have anyone to dance with at the party with him working all night.

Cindy started her cruise today. Hope she has a great time.

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Cheers
Julie

Have just spent a pleasant couple of hours at Camelot with my class.

Thought I would share this layout that I finished last night. Best to strike while the iron is hot.

I have used a stencil with Iridescent Texture Paste and acrylic paint, Turquoise Blue Glimmer Mist, a Kaisercraft stamp and black ink on the background Kaisercraft Basecoat patterned paper. I have fussy cut the photo, distressed the edge of the paper adding some tearing and a bit of lace behind the tears. The title was stamped and heat embossed with black embossing powder. The resin heart was coloured with Glimmer Glaze. I have been wanting to use some feathers on a layout for a while so took the opportunity to add a paper feather (Sprayed with Glimmer Mist) a metal feather and a real feather. The other pieces of patterned paper used are Lavender Haze by Kaisercraft.  I then used my Pearl Pen to add the pink pearls

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Cheers
Julie