Embrace The Journey

Hello All, Deena with you on the blog today.

My tutorial is a double page spread in my art journal.

Products Used

Art Journal

Masking Tape

Gesso

Dylusions Paint - Vibrant Turquoise

Dylusions Paint - Fresh Lime

Archival Ink - CornFlower Blue

Stencil - Prima: Ripped Fishnet

Stamp - Dylusions: Further Around The Edge

Quote - Tim Holtz idea-ology Small Talk

Step 1: Place masking tape down the centre of your journal this stops leaking on to other pages. I used a paint brush to cover the pages with white gesso.

Step 2: On my craft mat I put my two paints side by side and then I pick some of the paint up on scrapper and then applied it to my journal pages.

Step 3: Once the paint was dry (helped along with my heat gun) I then laid my stencil on each page and instead of adding to the pages I removed some of the paint with a baby wipe. If you don't have any baby wipes you can do it with a damp rag or paper towel.

Step 4: I decided that the paint was a bit brighter than I wanted it to be so I applied a very thin layer of gesso with my paint brush. Once the gesso was I sprayed my pages with water and started to dry the water. Before the water was completely dry using a piece of paper towel I mopped up some of the water which also removed some of the gesso.

Step 5: Using my stamp and ink pad I stamped images on both my pages. Then using the end of a plastic paint scrapper I just touched my gesso and then using it as I stamp I stamped lines to create the flowers.

Step 6: Stuck the wording on to my page.

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You Brighten Up My Day - a tutorial by Carol

Hi, friends. Have you ever wondered what to do with a bunch of words/phrases/quotes stamps and numerous brands/types of inks?? Well, today I want to share how I combined all together?? 

"You Brighten Up My Day" Layout

I have many inkpads. And I'm sure all of you do!! You need not be afraid to combine all together in one layout or project. Even if the images doesn't come out as crisp, it's perfectly fine. Note: you might want to use a smooth cardstock instead of a textured one. 

Here I used Archival inkpads, Archival Brillance inkpads, Memento Luxe inkpads, StazOn inkpads, Versafine inkpads and Stampin' Up inkpads to stamp out the background details. It added an interesting and eye-catching background that attract you to the black and white photo. I also cut one side of the photo with a border die to make it more interesting.

As I wanted to create a very "light" and simple layout, I do not want to add bulk to it by using solid and 3D accents. So I added Pink Paislee "Hello Sunshine" ephemera ( the transparent tag and flowers and sun) instead. Love how it turn out. 

So do not be afraid to combine different inkpads and stamps as background. I hope you enjoy my sharing today. 

Do join us in our February Challenge. Love the yummy mood board. Have fun!

Use those scraps of fabric and paper!

Hi there, today I´d like to share with you a little step-by-step tutorial on how I added canvas elements to my May "Fabric challenge" layout.

I first took a piece of white old T-shirt and cut some circles out of it.

Then I chose some Lindy´s Stamp Gang spray ink tones and sprayed the fabric circles in different colours.

Then I went along and stamped with a rubber stamps (N* Studio "Wired") and black archival ink over the circles and let them dry properly.

While the fabric was drying I started creating the background for my layout. I first applied some crackle paste thru a The Crafter´s Workshop stencil onto the background paper and let that layer dry.

After the paste was dry I applied some color splatters (using the same Lindy´s Stamp Gang colours like for the circles) onto the background for additional detail.

Then I used the same wired stamp and stamped some images with a grey dye ink onto the background.

I then cut some paper scraps into various sized pieces, inked their edges and glued them on their places.

Now that the fabric circles were all dry I could glue them down on their places. I applied them in clusters and also cut some additional circles out of a piece of residue misted paper (the smaller yellowish circles) and glued those down too.

Then I just used the same yellowish misted paper piece for adding some rub-on details to the page. I first rubbed the words onto the misted piece, outlined them with a black pen and then just fussy cut those.

And this is how the finished layout looks like. I have added some enamel embellishments and chipboard pieces as well as some rub-ons and puffy stickers for decoration. The title is outlined with a black Copic marker. I hope you get inspired to use those scraps of fabric and paper - they make for great additional elements on cards and layouts!! Have fun!

xoxo, Sanna