Art Journal page after three attempts

Hi there.

Well this art journal page was a long time in the making. 

I was finally happy with it after the third attempt.

I am not going to try to explain all of the processes here but would urge you to check out the video which will be at the bottom of this post to see everything I did on this page.

I was so happy with my first background but the focal point was a disappointment to me. 

I have to say I will be trying this idea for a page again 

but will have to come up with a better layout for the feathers.

You can see all of the texture in the background. This is created using feather die cuts.

To colour the background I have used acrylic paints in an assortment of greens and blues.

I applied the paint with a sponge in a "pouncing" motion 

to ensure I got the colour right down to the bottom level.

To add more interest to the background I used 

Dylusions Anatomy of a Page stamp and Archival Ink in Jet black

to stamp randomly all over the page.

I also watered down some white acrylic paint and used my fan brush to splatter white onto the page.

Gold Glimmermist was sprayed onto the background, quite liberally, 

to help hi-light all of the texture from the die cuts.

I dried this off using my heat tool

To create the flowers I stamped three of Heartfelt Creations Blooming Dahlia

stamp with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed them with Clear embossing powder

I did the same for the leaves using a stamp by My Stamps that I have had in my stash for over 15 years.

I used my Hero Arts blending brushes to apply Mustard Seed, Candied Apple and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks to the flowers and a domed blending tool to add Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks to the leaves.

Once I had fussy cut all of my elements, I used my Art Glitter Glue to attach them to the page.

To add shading to the page I used my black Stabillo All pencil.

The quote for this page came from Art by Marlene's Artsy Arabia Black & White sticky quotes book.

I attached these to the page using Art Glitter Glue to ensure they stayed attached.

To finish off my page I used my Fineliner bottle with some watered down white acrylic paint, to create a scribbly border around the page and the quote.

So many other processes and products were used on this page and I really hope you will check out the video to see just what went into the making of this page.

I really appreciate the time you have spent here with me today.

Please leave me a comment so I know you have been here.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Navy & Gold Christmas Cards

Good morning

Today I have got three Christmas cards to share with you.

I have chosen navy and gold for these cards.

I have used Kaisercraft Dove cardstock for all of the card bases which are 5 1/4" square

The patterned paper I have used are

 Kaisercraft - Starry Night - Striking

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Calm

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Starry

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Evergreen

All of the patterned papers and cardstock have been inked using a black ink cube.

Card No. 1

I have layered a piece of gold cardstock, which is 5" square and a piece of Striking patterned paper that is 4 3/4" square onto my card base.

A piece of the Dove cardstock that is 5 1/4" x 1 1/2" has been put through my Big Shot with Sizzix 3D embossing folder Mosaic Gems

To create the flower I stamped Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia stamp,

 onto Evergreen patterned paper, with Versafine Onyx Black ink 

and added clear embossing powder before heat setting the flowers.

 I stamped all four layers of the flower.

These were then fussy cut and shaped using my flower shaping tool.

To add a little spark I squeezed three drops of Pops of Colour - Glitter Champagne (similar to Nuvo Drops) into the centre of the poinsettia.

To add a little more texture to the front of the card I attached a piece of fine gold tulle behind the Dove cardstock strip before I added it to the card front.

The sentiment is from a sheet I printed from my computer which is matted on some of the same gold cardstock that I used as the bottom layer on the card.

The flower was attached using foam tape and the sentiment was attached using Art Glitter Glue

To add a little something to the inside of this card I stamped two of the

poinsettia flower so they overhung the bottom right corner.

Card No. 2

I used a normal 5 1/4" card-base plus a piece of Dove that was 5 1/4" x 5 3/4" that I scored at 5 1/4" on the 5 3/4" edge.

I used glue and attached the 1/2" flap flap of the smaller piece 

to the right hand edge of the 5 1/4"  card-base.

Laying the three panels out flat I measured down 1 1/2" on the left hand edge of the trifold card

and draw a line from the top right corner of the card to the mark I had just made. 

I used my scissors to cut along this line. 

Now I have my trifold cardbase

I cut three panels of Striking patterned paper to mat the three panels

 that you see when the card is open and flat. 

I left a 1/8" border around each piece of patterned paper

To decorate this card I fussy cut multiple Christmas trees from the Evergreen patterned paper and attached them to each of the three panels on the inside of the card and the back of the centre panel.

For a place to write my personal message I attached a piece of the 

Dove cardstock that measures 5" x 1 1/2" to the bottom of the right hand panel.

The sentiment for this card is cut from the Calm patterned paper and attached to the front of the card. 

I also added a scattering of random words to the second panel.

Once again I used the Pop of Colour Glitter Champagne to add sparkle to some of the trees.

Card 3.

I have cut a piece of navy cardstock, a piece of packaging actually, that is 5" square,

a piece of Calm that is 4 3/4" square and a piece of gold that is 4" square.

I used my distressing tool to distress all of the edges before inking them.

They were then attached to my card-base.

I cut the branding strips from the patterned papers and 

along with some of the navy cardstock

created a Christmas tree for the front of my card.

The lengths of the papers are

3 1/4", 2 1/2", 2 1/4" 1 7/8", 1 1/2", 1 1/4", 7/8" and 1/2"

I also created a pot for my Christmas tree using the navy cardstock.

To further embellish the card I used my bow die to create a small white bow to go on the pot 

and my 3/8" star punch to add a gold star to the top of the tree.

The sentiment was cut from the Calm patterned paper and attached to the front of the card with glue. 

On the inside I added a 1 1/2" x 5" strip of Striking to the left hand edge 

of the back inside panel and stamped two of the small Christmas trees

 from Kaisercraft Sparkle stamp set in the bottom right hand section.

So there we have my three cards for today

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy my video.

In the description box of the video I also have links 

to more of my Christmas cards. You might find them interesting.

Thank you for being here with me today

Until next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Poinsettia Stamp (Similar)

https://shrsl.com/366b8

Big Shot

https://shrsl.com/366b2

Using lace fabric as a stencil

Good morning

A very quick video to share with you today showing how I have used

curtain fabric as a stencil to create some patterned cardstock and some coloured fabric.

I have used Perfect Pearl sprays along with DoCraft's Artiste spritzing ink

on my project but you could use any spray at all.

Here is the video, I hope you enjoy it.

Thank you for being here today.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

September Cyber Crop

Good morning

It is Cyber Crop weekend over at Mystical Scrapbooks this weekend.

The theme for the month is Favourite Movies and the featured product is Nuvo Drops.

The added requirement for this challenge is to use a famous quote/line from a movie.

I have chosen "Here's looking at you kid" from Casablanca 

which was released in November of 1942 and starred 

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

My photo is 6" x 6" and is of my Grand-daughter when

 she was in one of her school holiday productions.

The papers I have used are from Coco Vanilla's These Days collection

I have used black cardstock for the 1/16" frame around my layout.

The background of the layout is "These Days" which I have trimmed down to 11 3/4" square.

The 1" strips are cut from

These Days

Daybreak

Home Grown

Family Ties

Take Flight

The Good Life

some of them I have used the reverse side as well. There are 9 strips across the page.

These were laid across the top of the layout so they sat at various levels along the bottom. 

Once I was happy with the positioning of the strips I tore the bottom of each strip

 and inked the edges with a black ink cube 

To add some interest to the background I used an assortment of 

star stamps from my stash and stamped randomly using

 

Distress Oxide Ink

Salty Ocean

Distress Ink

Rusty Hinge

Bundled Sage

Victorian Velvet

The strips were then attached to the layout using double sided tape.

I created some splatter on the background using Black Magic Glimmermist.

I filed the edges of my photo with an emery board and then attached

 it to a black mat that measures 6 1/8" square.

This was then attached to a piece of scrap chipboard.

I attached the photo to the layout so it was approximately 

centred on the strips and about 1/2" from the top of the layout.

To embellish the layout I used my Kaisercraft DD216 Scribble Star die

 and cut three each of black, peach and sage plain cardstock.

I also used some Ideology Film Strip Ribbon on the right hand side of the photo.

A little more detail was added to the background using a star stencil and Nuvo Drops.

I used Nuvo Jewel Drops - Sea Breeze and Nuvo Vintage Drops - Peachy Keen

 with I applied using my palette knife.

The Sea Breeze is almost clear but it is shiny and can be seen.

The title for the page was cut from black cardstock on my Scan N Cut. The font is Cairo.

The title is of course, the line from the movie.

Here is my process video

Once again thank you for joining me here today, I really appreciate it.

Here is a link to Mystical Scrapbooks September Cyber Crop

 if you would like to pop over and check it out.

There are prizes to be won so why not play along.

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Tattered Florals Flower Tutorial

Good morning

Today I have got a quick video tutorial showing how I created

a beautiful and dimensional flower using the Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die

I have used Kaisercraft's Curiosity 6.5" paper pad

and Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die for my flower.

Here is the video.

Hope you enjoy it

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Whimsical Work Art Journal Page

Hello hello

Today I have got a quick post to share an Art Journal page I created.

I have not done any art journalling for a while and I was just in the mood for a bit of painty stuff.

I wanted to create something that had a bold contrast between the background 

and the focal point and this is what happened.

The background is acrylic paint. 

I worked on my silicon mat so I would have an easy clean up

I used Creative PL Cobalt Blue and Mont Marte Purple for the first layer. 

These were applied using a damp brush

Once that layer was dry I applied Creative Pl Ultramarine Deep and Purple Lake acrylic paints. 

I used a sponge to apply this layer giving me a lovely bumpy texture.

I used a scribbly circle stamp and the Cobalt Blue acrylic paint to stamp randomly over the page.

The focal point was created using a stencil from Anco and Viva Inca-Gold.

I have had the Inca-Gold for a very long time and it is very thick

but I was still able to push it through the stencil using my palette knife.

I added the motif to the top right and bottom left of the page.

To add a little lightness to the page I splattered some watered down 

white acrylic paint through the centre of the page, 

trying to avoid the gold sections as best as possible.

I used my domed blending tool to apply Archival Jet Black ink around the outside of the page.

The quote for the page came from Art by Marlene's Artsy Arabia black & white sticky quotes.

I attached the quote to the page with glue and drew a border around 

the quote and the page using my white Posca paint pen 0.7mm

Here is my process video

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Flip through of Nine Travel Layouts

Good morning.

A quick post today sharing 9 layouts I created at a recent retreat.

All layouts use Kaisercraft Now Boarding and Check In paper ranges.

There is a flip through video here.

Hope you have enjoyed my layouts.

Thanks for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Gold & White Cards

Good morning.

Today I want to show you three cards I created using gold and white.

I have used 240gms smooth white cardstock and 

Pearlised gold cardstock for each of my cards.

Let's start with this card.

The card is 5 1/4" square.

I have cut the pearlised gold cardstock 5" x 5" and 5" x 1 3/8"

and white cardstock 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" and 5" x 1 1/8"

I used an embossing folder (Spellbinders I think) 

to emboss roses into the 4 3/4" piece of white cardstock

I layered the 1 1/8" white cardstock onto the 1 3/8" strip of gold cardstock

then attached chipboard to the back of that panel.

The embossed piece of white cardstock was attached to the 

5" piece of gold cardstock and the panel was then attached to the cardbase.

I wrapped a piece of gold organza ribbon around the layered strip

 before attaching it approximately centre of the front of the card.

A white flower from my stash and some gold leaves 

cut with Uniquely Creatives Little Leaves die along with 

a die cut gold bow embellish the front of the card.

The greeting was also die cut. The shadow is the same pearlised gold cardstock 

and the "hello" is white cardstock.

To finish the card off I added some splatters with a mixture of Gold Glimmermist

and Gold Spritzing Ink by Artiste.

The second card is a shaker.

The card base is 6 1/4" x 10", scored at 5" on the 10" side to make a 6 1/4" x 5" card

I also cut two pieces of white cardstock 5 3/4" x 4 1/2", these will become my shaker element.

There is one piece of the pearlised gold cardstock that measures 6" x 4 3/4". 

This is the background layer between the card front and the shaker panel.

I cut Hero Arts Flower Garden Fancy Die 

from one of the 5 3/4" x 4 1/2" pieces of white cardstock

I trimmed around the die cut negative so there was only about 1/2" of the

pattern left of the die cut.

I cut a piece of acetate to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and attached that to the back

 of the negative of the die cut.

I then used glue to attach the die cut panel to the outside of the acetate

 so it inlayed neatly into the edges of the die cut negative.

Foam tape was attached to the back of this panel making sure not to allow any

of the foam tape to show through to the front.

With the back of the shaker panel facing up I added the course gold glitter

 and sealed it in place by attaching the other piece

of 5 3/4" x 4 1/2" white cardstock.

The gold cardstock was added to the card front then the shaker panel

was attached to that.

To embellish the card I stamped Woodware's Mini Garden Spray stamp

 twice onto the gold cardstock. 

I used myAntistatic Powder Tool, Versamak Ink and White Embossing Powder for this. 

Once I had fussy cut them I shaped the petals using my flower shaping tool

and then layered one on top of the other using foam squares 

to give the flower added dimension.

I used the same Leaf die to cut three leaves from the gold cardstock

and added these to the card front, tucked under the flower.

The greeting was stamped using Woodware's Word Fragments stamp set then

 heat embossed using myAntistatic Powder Tool, 

Versamak Ink and Gold embossing powder.

The third card is once again 5 1/4" square

This is probably the simplest of today's cards.

The cardstock for the card base is 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" scored and folded at 5 1/4" on the 10 1/2" edge.

The gold cardstock is 5" square and has been embossed with 

Couture Creations Washed Away embossing folder.

A pretty lace from KS4U was added near the left hand edge of the card front

I used Tim Holtz Tattered Floral die and white cardstock 

to make the flower for the front of this card 

The greeting is a stamp and die set from Kaszazz called "Hello"

I have used gold embossing powder.

I also added a die cut bow to finish this card off.

Here is my process video

I hope you will try making one or more of these cards. They are all quite easy.

If you would like a tutorial on how to make the flower on the last card

let me know in the comments and I will make a "how to" video for you.

I learned how to make this flower from a YouTube video about 10 years ago

and I use it quite often. It is a very handy flower to use when you want

a nice sized focal point for a card or an embellishment for a scrapbooking layout.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Mystical Scrapbooks September Challenge

Good morning

Today I am sharing my DT layout for Mystical Scrapbooks September Challenge.

The theme is Favourite Movies and the feature product is Nuvo Drops

I am not a big movie watcher so I have decided to 

incorporate the movie theme by using a couple of film strip cut files on my layout.

I created the file on my Scan N Cut and cut it in two sizes.

The papers I have used are all from Uniquely Creative's Create your own Adventure paper range.

The background paper is "Find Your Way"

I have used Modelling Paste through TCW stencil "Chevron" in three areas of the background.

I applied Nuvo Drops  - Glitter Drops in "White Blizzard" which I had watered down slightly, with a sponge over the Modelling Paste once it had dried.

Gold splatters were added to the background using a mix of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in "Gold" and Artiste Spritzing Ink in "Gold"

All of the embellishments on the page were cut from 

The Story Layer Cuts

Currently Awesome and

Authorised Personal Only

I also used a couple of branding strips.

I cut a section on the right hand edge of the layout away and replaced it with a piece of branding strip.

The small squares that run down both edges of the large film strip were backed with a strip of black cardstock.

The edges of the small filmstrip were coloured black using a pen. The squares in this embellishment also hold the journalling for this page.

The photos were trimmed to 3 1/2" square and attached to the back of the large film strip cut file.

A strip of black cardstock and another of the branding strips were layered 

on each other and attached to the left hand edge of the layout.

Everything was attached to the page using Art Glitter Glue. 

The "Enjoy the Journey" journalling card and the small film strip 

were mounted on chipboard before being added to the layout.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Kaisercraft's "Alphabet Upper Case" dies.

Once they had been attached to the layout I coated them with the same Nuvo Drops I used on the background.

Here is the process video if you would like to watch this layout come together.

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

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie