CJS 2014 - Journal Cover (art journal)

Hello!

 

Today I am uploading a picture of this journal cover I just finished.  I took advantage of a video tutorial from Creative Jump Start 2014.  The label is created using the Joint Compound idea from Dina Wakely ... that was a ton of fun!!  And I used joint compound on the whole book cover, then stamped it with a harlequin image.  Then I went to town with my Twinkling H2Os by Luminarte and a few acrylic paints.  The H2Os give it a great sparkle in real life that do not show up in this picture. 

 

Twinkling H2Os are one of my favourite products!   And there is a give away ... so I am totally crossing my fingers!!!

 

 

 

I used some grungeboard "hinges" (Ranger) that I painted dark brown and then covered with some rock candy crackle paint (Ranger).  The clock face and key hole images are from smARTworks (who I see are now closed).  You might also note a neat little addition ... snaps ... the ones you use to keep skirts closed. 

 

Well, off to play more in my art journal!

 

Donelda

Favourite Art Project (art journal page)

 

Hello!

 

There is so much going on at Creative Jump Start 2014 (CJS) that it is hard to keep up!

 

Today I am posting some pictures of my favourite art project of 2013.  It is an art journal page I made.  It uses a few favourite things, first, my stamps.  I started out with stamps and I love them so I try to use them as often as I can in my art journaling.  Some products that are also on this page is moulding paste (you can see that on this page I stamped my stamp into some moulding paste!) and varnish (which I used to stamp the same image using the varnish ... which acted like a resist as more layers went on).   

 

 

Here is a close up of the stamp pushed into the moulding paste.

 

And here is a close up where you can see the varnish resist image .. at the bottom left and a bit in the middle right.  It has the orange colour coming through which resisted the darker blues placed over top.

 

One of my all time favourite pages using some of my favourite tools and products!  So much fun.

Okay, off to make another page. 

 

Donelda

All is Calm (Journal Page)

Hi!

 

Mixed Media Place has a challenge running where they want us to use the emotion "calm" and create with it.  The first thing I thought of is sitting in my living room early in the morning with all of the Christmas lights glowing softly.  It is so calm and soothing. 

 

So, here is the page that came from that feeling. Painted the background.  Stamped woodgrain image using darker paint.  Added wood panels (walls) with a home-made stencil and coloured modeling paste.  added more dark colours to the bottom corner then painted my tree branches.  Added "light bulbs" to the branches with their soft glow. 

 

 

Here is a close up of the glittery lights.

 

I added some journaling with a white gel pen to the bottom right page after taking the photos.

 

Off to create another page. 

Donelda 

Promise Me... (Journal Page)

 

Today's journal page features a Stampotique image.  I decided to play along with the Stampotique Designer's Challenge #128 - Anything Goes.  It is always easy to play along with such easy challenges. 

 

My page started out being totally covered by gloss varnish.  I wanted to see if having such a smooth surface would allow paint to move across it in an interesting way.  Turned out fun but not quite how I had imagined. 

 

I used black, white, and turquoise acrylic homemade sprays.  Then I added some red accents. I love this cute image available at Stampotique. 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of the awesome layers of paint on the background.

 

 

Off to create another art journal page.

Donelda

 

Whatevers Round 2 -6 (Journal Page)

Hello.  I am back.  I have taken a VERY LONG vacation from uploading to this blog but now I am back.  And, as you will notice, I have shifted, yet again, my passion.  These days I have been dabbling in art journaling.  I love it and it allows me to work through and manage the stress of a busy life.  I still do some scrapbooking and the occasional card, but I will likely be posting about art journaling more than anything else.

 

Today, I am uploading this page I created for the Whatevers Round 2 #6.  If you have not heard about it you need to go check out Nat Kalbach's blog and read about it.  I think it is a lot of fun and have played along before but never uploaded until now. 

 

 

Had so much fun on this page.  Started out with splats of distress stains, added script stamping, then lemon zest ink spray from Dylusions. Added some modelling past over the Mini Tiny Circles stencil by Balzer Designs.  The stencil had leftover red ink on it which ended up making a cool colour pattern on the modelling paste!.  A bit of brown distress ink and some turquoise paint splatters finished off the background.

 

 

All of the additional paper embellishments are from a Kaiser Craft package called Tigerlilly.  I also added some strips of fabric that had white gesso added. 

 

Off to do another page.

Donelda 

Birds Eye View (Scrapbook)

Hello again!  Today I have a scrapbook page to show you that I love!  I don'tI usually love my pages and typically feel like my layouts look so 'novice' compared to the awesome Garden Girls and other great scrappers.  However, this project was so much fun and I think it turned out awesome in the end. 

 

It was made in response to Wilna Furstenburg' Mood to Scrap challenge to use the impasto paint technique.  This is a technique where you put paint on very thickly like you can see HERE.  I thought it was a real challenge .. which tends to inspire my creativity the most. 

 

 

I started out by stamping this Stupendous image onto watercolour paper.  Then I layered the paint on - thick!  It was so much fun!  I also did some watercolour painting on the rest of the page.  I also like how that turned out and might need to try that one again.

 

 I used my hobby knife to cut out parts of the painted image to slip my photos and some embellishments behind it.  I totally used the second layout in this Glitter Girl video seen HERE as my layout inspiration.   

 

What fun!  I love when there is a challenge that is really 'out there'!

See you again soon,

Donelda

 

 

Thanks for visiting. 

Donelda

Black Pink and White Baby Card

A friend of mine had a beautiful baby girl!

We are having a baby shower for her so I wanted to make a special card to welcome the new baby.

A few months ago, my friend told me they were considering painting the baby's room in black, white and blue circles if it were a boy and black, white, and pink in flowers if it were a girl. Once I heard that, I went home and made this.

The flowers are stamped using white acrylic paint. Then, I stamped the pink polka dot centers using Hibuscus Burst (Papertrey Ink) onto white scrap cardstock, covered them with clear embossing powder, and punched them out with a 1/2" circle punch. The reset of the card if pretty straight forward!

Supplies: Stamps - Garden of Life, Beautiful Blooms, anniversary set (I can never remember the name of it) (all Papertrey Ink); Ink - Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink), black; Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin Up!), Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink); Other - wide grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink), whtie acrylic paint, 1/2" circle punch, oval and scallop oval dies (Nestabilities), dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in.

Donelda

smARTworks Howdy Dotty Girl

I made this card using smARTworks' set called Fun Stuff. I had seen some designer paper that had these large dots in these colors and I loved it so I decided to make my own. I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges. Next I used white acrylic paint to add smaller dots to the Aqua Mist cardstock and matted it on some Pure Poppy. The girl was stamped and her dress paper pieced using some Pure Poppy Bitty Dots paper. The trim was colored with some Aqua Mist ink and a paint brush. Stamp - Fun Stuff (smARTworks) all other products are Papertrey Ink except sewing machine and thread of course!! Thanks for dropping in. I'm heading to bed for some much needed sleep. Donelda

smARTworks Tea Party #1

Dina, over at Mama Dini's Stamperia, shared the very first TEA PARTY challenge that is being hosted by smARTworks!! Every two weeks, one of the design team members will present a challenge and then the following week will present their creations. And.... they have invited anyone to join in the fun!! Well, you know how much I love a good challenge so I was "IN"!!

Dina's first challenge was a sketch challenge and a great one too!

Along with the tea party challenge, I am continuing to try to use up some of the items I have in my scrap bin (good pieces of background, images, etc. that were made for a previous project or didn't get used). Well, I had these great backgrounds that I stamped using acrylic paint! I decided I had to use them for this layout! You can see the previous projects that I used them on HERE. As well, I had this butterfly already stamped on acetate and painted the same color as the leaves sitting in my scrap bin waiting to be used...so I pulled him out as well.

The sentiment was actually a stamp that I won from a blog give away by Dina ... fitting I suppose! I love how it all came together!

Supplies: Paper-Kraft, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink); Stamps-Beautiful Blooms (Papertrey Ink), Butterfly (--), sentiment (My Heart Stamps for you); Ink-Jet Black (StazOn), Basic Black (Stampin' Up!); Other - acrylic paint (blue, white, and green mixed to match Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist color), acetate (unknown).

You should drop in to the smARTworks site to see what the design team members made for this tea party!!

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

June Blog Hop with Papertrey Ink!

Yeah, it is Blog Hop time again!! This is such a fun event where Nichole from Papertrey Ink gives us a challenge. Then we all upload them on our blog or PTI gallery and spend the evening getting inspiration from everyone!! It is so much fun.


This month, the challenge was to use acetate or transparencies in our creations!



I had so much fun creating this trio of cards. I let Heather (pine is here) inspire me this time. Not only did I use her favorite cardstock color (Kraft) but I used paint on my stamps. Here's the story.....


You see, I bought the Aqua Mist twill tape because it looked so yummy but the ink was out of stock....so, I had this awesome twill but nothing to "match" it colorwise. But I decided not to let that stop me. I pulled out my acrylic paints and started experimenting to see if I could come up with a color to match my twill. And I did!! I used a lot of white, a little green (that I bought to match SU! Mellow Moss) and a small little bit of a royal blue color. Voila, Aqua Mist paint! You can check out Heather's blog HERE for a great demo on using paint and your stamps.


I love the end results! I love the color combination! Where is the acetate??? Well, that little butterfly on the front left is acetate. On the front right card, the leaf is stamped on acetate with Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then I painted my Aqua Mist paint on the back and attached it to the card with dimensionals. Although I was going to trim the painted part to be straight, I really liked the "loose feel" that the uneven painted edges gave the card, so I left it. The card in the back has the most acetate. I stamped the butterfly on acetate using StazOn Jet Black. Then, when it was dry, I turned it over and painted my Aqua Mist paint onto the back. I even made a darker tint to paint onto the back wings (looks great in real life, you probably can't really tell in the photos). Then, I cut it out and set it aside. Next, I stamped the flowers onto another sheet of acetate. I attached this sheet to my Kraft cardstock using some eyelets which I had in my stash that are almost a perfect match to the Aqua Mist color as well. Then, I attached the butterfly to the flower acetate layer by using dimensionals. Here is a close-up!


Here are the 3 cards individually so you can see some of the other details. Yes, I used the same home-made Aqua Mist paint on my Polka Dot stamps for some of the backgrounds and also the leaf stamp from Beautiful Blooms (I love that leaf stamp!!).




Well, I hope that my cards inspire you some. I am off to check out all the other blogs and get more great inspiration!!

Supplies: Cardstock-Kraft, Basic Black, Whisper White (all SU!); Stamps-large butterfly (All Night Media), small butterfly (Rubber Stampede), Beautiful Blooms, Polka Dot Basics, Green Thumb, Text Boxed, Simple Little Things (all Papertrey Ink!); Ink - Versamark, Basic Black (SU!); Other- Aqua Mist Twill (Papertrey Ink), acetate (unknown), white embossing powder, acrylic paint, sponge brush, eyelets (unknown).

Thanks for visiting.
Donelda