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

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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

Week 5 of Around the World in 8 Weeks competition at Mystical Scrapbooks

Good morning

Week 5 of the competition is all about Russia.

You will find the competition here

The challenge is to use a curve

The technique is distressing

The optional kit item is a flair

An entry for the competition can be a scrapbooking layout or a set of three cards. I have decided to do a set of cards for this week

The edges of all of the patterned papers on these cards have been inked to give that distressed look.

Let's start with

 Card No. 1

I used my Scan N Cut to cut the card base with the curved front and the patterned paper mat for it. 

The card is 5" square 

The base is cut from white cardstock and the patterned paper is from Bee Arty's Find Paradise range - Recharge

I have added some cheesecloth/gauze to the front panel and some turquoise spotted ribbon on top of that.

I cut a 1.5" x 5" piece of white cardstock and attached a 1.25" x 5" piece of the same patterned paper on top of it. I added some chipboard scraps to the back of this panel before adding it on top of the ribbon so it was slightly off set.

A few flowers and leaves from my stash were added using my hot glue gun so I could be sure they would stay in place. I have added some clear gems to the flower centres for that lovely sparkle

I also added one of the flairs from the optional kit amongst the flowers.

I painted my chipboard sentiment from Memory Maze's Card Sentiment 2 chipboard set, with acrylic paint before attaching it to the card front. I also used the same paint to add some splatters to the card.

Card No. 2

I saw this design used as a pocket in a journal and thought it could be used for a card.

Once again I used my Scan N Cut to cut 4 x 5" circle from Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream Sweet Serenity patterned paper.

These were then folded in half and attached to each other to create a square shape. To do this you attach half of each circle to the circle next to it making sure to keep your edges square with each other and straight. (You can see how this is done in the video. It is a bit hard to explain the process)

I attached some 5/8" satin ribbon to the back of the card making it long enough to come around to the front of the card and tie a nice bow.

To decorate the front of the card I used a couple of elements from Uniquely Creatives Gums & Roses Creative Cuts and a chipboard greeting from the same Memory Maze chipboard set I used on the first card. I heat embossed the chipboard with gold embossing powder.

I added a 5" square piece of Bee Arty Find Paradise Recharge paper to the inside of the card to write a personal greeting.

And now to the last card for this set

Card No. 3

This was a very simple card to create but quite effective I think. It certainly gives that curved effect.

I cut a piece of A4 cardstock in halves longways to give me a card base that is 5 7/8" x 4 1/4"

I also cut a white cardstock panel that is 5 5/8" x 4" from the same cardstock.

I ran the panel through my Big Shot with Ultimate Crafts Shooting Raindrops embossing folder to give it some texture.

I used my Spellbinders Standard Circles Small dies to cut a 3", 2.5" and 2" circle from three different sections of the Bee Arty Find Paradise - Recharge paper.

I cut these circles in half.

I cut a piece of the pink section from the Bee Arty Find Paradise Recharge paper to 7/8" x 5" then matted that onto a piece of white cardstock so there is about a 1/16" white border all around the pink. I added some chipboard scraps to the back of this panel.

I then added my circle halves to the front of the card starting with the largest circle and working my way down to the smaller aligning the top circles to the right and the borrow circles to the left. There is about a 1/2" gap between the top and bottom circles.

The pink panel was attached then so it covered that 1/2" gap between the circles.

I die cut the word Celebrate from the darker patterned paper and attached it to the pink panel along with a pink paper flower and a pink flair from the optional kit

This is the video that shows how these cards came together.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Week 4 of Mystical Scrapbooks "Around the World in 8 Weeks" competition

We are at week 4 of the "Around the world in 8 Weeks" competition at Mystical Scrapbooks and the country this week is France.

France conjures up images of wine, fashion, love and much more for me.

The challenge is to use fabric and paint on your layout and the optional kit item is lace.

 I have used Colour Blast Bee Arty Find Paradise Mystic Garden paper for the background of my layout

The paint on my layout is the white acrylic paint that I have sponged through Kaisercraft's Lattice stencil to the whole background

I also used Turquoise acrylic paint to colour my chipboard which came from Dusty Attics Mini Captions #1 set and some white cardstock to cut my title from.

I have fussy cut the leaves from printed PVC fabric. The PVC fabric makes it very easy to attach the fabric to the page without getting in a mess with the glue showing through.

I used a bright pink cardstock to add a torn strip to the bottom of the layout and to mat my photos.

I used Kaisercraft's Alphabet Upper Case dies to cut my title, which is the name of the island we were on when these photos were taken.

The title was underlined with a fine black pen

The lace from the optional kit was attached at the top of the top photo and the bottom of the bottom photo.

Underlining the title and a scribbly border finish this page off.

Here is the process video

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

I hope you will check out the competition, it is lots of fun seeing everyone's interpretations of the themes for each country.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Make Each Day Your Masterpiece Art Journal page

Good morning 

Today I am sharing an Art Journal page with you.

I used clothing tags to create the texture for the background.

The colours for the background are Dylusions Ink Sprays:- Lemon Zest, Squeezed Orange and Peony Blush. Artiste Spritzing Ink - Gold was also used.

I stamped Kaszazz Feathers Background stamp with Archival Inks:- Chrome Yellow, Tiger Lily and Red Geranium

Stampendous - Marks stamp was used to create the page border with StazOn Jet Black Ink

Kaisercraft Grunge 6" stencil and Mont Marte Modelling Paste were added randomly to the background.

The black circles were created using Deco Art Ultra Gloss acrylic paint and an empty toilet roll core.

The shading around the tags was done with a Big Brush Marker in Pale Geranium Lake

You can see the page come together in the video below

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Week 3 at Mystical Scrapbooks for the Around the World in 8 Weeks Competition

Hi there

Today I am sharing the layout I created for week 3 of the 8 week competition at Mystical Scrapbooks.

The challenge is Around the World in 8 Weeks and this week we are in Canada.

There is a colour challenge - use red and white

The technique is cutting- it can be fussy cutting, die cutting or using a cut file on your electronic cutting machine

The kit item is Maple leaves

This is my page

I have used my Scan N cut to cut Christmas Ornaments in black cardstock. I have backed this file with the red and white papers that the challenge asks for.

The red paper has gold stars on it and I have used gold mirror card for the metal sections at the top of each ornament

I have also used my Scan N Cut to cut the title from black cardstock.

The photos are matted onto the gold mirror card.

The maple leaves from the kit are attached at the bottom right of the larger photo.

I used a black Sharpie marker to draw a scribbly border around the whole page.

You can see the process video by clicking on the image below.

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie