Fabric Tags

We have a snow day here in North Carolina

(mind you that doesn't mean we ACTUALLY received any snow)

and since it was an unplanned free day I had a chance to knock out some quick tags

on canvas fabric bases.

The first tag I started with a

blank piece of canvas and painted all over with various acrylic paints & inks.

I added some stenciling and scribbling with a Sharpie and a WhiteOut pen.

The heart was cut from a Gelli print.

Metal arrow and RubOn words.

The lace on the bottom was dyed with several Distress Stains.

For the next tag I stamped all over a piece of canvas using

the large flower stamp and StazOn ink.

I then used multiple colors of DyNaFlow fabric paint to paint in my flowers.

Black paint and a pencil eraser for dots.

I fussy cut some of the flowers and layered them over each other for a bit of dimension.

Tucked in some ribbon under the different layers. and added a vintage bird image.

That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good one.

Sharing another Art Journal page today.

Been down with a cold / flu for a week and a half

(way to early in the season!)

So haven't done much creating.

Finally starting to feel better and pulled out my AJ yesterday.

Created a page on a base of leftover paint from making postcards a while back.

I always use pages in my journal for the extra paint from projects, takes that blank page syndrome away.

So the base was leftover paint.

I then splattered some Liquitex Acrylic ink in Carbon Black

randomly across the page.

Then some music lines were stamped using Archival ink.

The hearts are leftover painted papers from my heart postcards

aslo a few weeks back.

Seriously I don't throw ANYTHING away.

They were then outlined with a Derwent Intense pencil.

The pink painted scraps also came from an old project.

Dylusions mist in Vibrant Turquoise was sprayed heavily in spots 

and let drip.

A sentiment was stamped on a scrap of Gelli printed tissue paper 

and outlined with a white gel pen.

More doodling with the white pen in spots.

The circles are made using a cardboard tube and white

acrylic paint.

I like how the paint reactivated the Dyslusions mist in spots and drew up 

some of the color to tint it.

Finally there was Distress ink in Black Soot

used with a stencil from Stencil Girl Stencils to add

words to the background as a last layer. 

Think I need a new ink pad, it was pretty light but in the end it was just what I was looking for.

Feels good to be back making things.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Round and Round it goes….

I am always checking out Paivi Eerola's blog (and follow her on twitter)

Peony and Parakeet.

The other day she put up an interesting challenge/exercise

to get creating.

As I LOVE her work and am always looking for new inspiration

I HAD to jump on it.

(also the fact that the first one features circles and I use circles all the time…

well fate ;) )

The exercise is this:
1) Pick a paper or a page of your art journal.
2) Draw freely a circle on a random area of the paper or the page.
3) Fill the circle with whatever you can think of: shapes, colors, anything.
4) Divide the paper by drawing a horizontal or vertical line.
5) Color each side of the line differently.
6) Imagine that the circle begins to leak or burst – how would you illustrate that?

This is how I interpreted the exercise.

I drew my circle and filled it in with book text.

Why? Why not?

I had some pages on my desk and if you look at what I do,

I frequently incorporate book pages into what I create.

Now add color…

First I pulled out my Gelatos and began coloring with them.

Initially I used a baby wipe to blend and then as I layered I went to my finger for blending.

Both will blend the Gelatos nicely, the baby wipe takes some color off though

so as I wanted deeper and deeper I left the wipe behind and used my finger.

Circles with Gold Gelato and a Crafters Workshop.

Then they were outlined with Liquitex Acrylic ink followed up with watered down Acrylic paint.

White watered down acrylic paint was also splashed on in spots.

My center circle.

Also colored with Gelatos plus some ink was rubbed through a number stencil.

There is a little bit of writing using more acrylic ink and my pen nib.

Round and round it goes, where it stops no one knows

I hadn't planned on writing but as life takes over and I feel like I am always 

running in circles, where just as I think something resolves it fires up again.

I had to write it down.

There is also some Dylusions mist through a Stencil Girl stencil.

More circles on my page.

Most are fading into the background, being painted, stamped and painted over some more.

My main circle…

It's me right now.

Round and round it goes.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day>

The Documented LIfe WEEK 9!

First:

How are we already at week 9?

The year is flying by if I do say so myself.

Anyway, It's time for another challenge for

The Documented Life project

This weeks challenge

February 22, 2014 Challenge (Week Nine) - Collage something you recycled.

Now I love collaging.

Not so good with doodling or drawing but I can easily collage the day away.

I wound up going fairly simple on this one though.

It didn't seem to need anything else.

Here is sort of step by step as I created.

This time I did it on a page outside of my journal and I glued it in.

Just how I felt like working today.

I started with used paper towels from my desk.

I keep them on hand as I use paints and mists and after they dry I like to incorporate them into my work.

This paper towel even had a little sat,ping already on it.

Separated the layers (there were 2) and tore them up.

Covered the base with the paper towels and gel medium 

(layer of medium under and over the towels).

Once the Gel Medium was dry I randomly stamped with a

Hampton Art script stamp and Archival ink.

(Archival ink works well on glossy surfaces giving crisp images and is permanent once dry).

Then some Silks Acrylic glaze through a Crafters Workshop stencil

to create circles.

Once the Silks circles were dry I used a fine tip paintbrush and outlined them with

Carbon Black Acrylic Ink by Liquitex.

I then used a white gel pen and added some circles inside the circles

 (you can see in the finished piece).

Another of my recycled items.

Last week was my daughter's birthday and for a present she received some bracelets.

Now the jewelry was pretty but what I really coveted was the bag they came in.

To my collage it will be added.

I also took an old scrap of a map piece and tore a heart out of it.

I wound up liking the piece I tore it from better than the heart so that was added as well.

Machine stitching around the edges or the page,

the heart and my birds.

Decouvrez le monde

Discover the world

This came from a paper bag that was acquired on a trip to Paris.

Perfect!

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I go about creating a page.

Make sure to check out the Documented Life both on Facebook and Flickr to see what others create.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I saw this!

Another layout from this past weekend's cyber crop at

Flying Unicorn.

The challenge for this one was to scrap where you wanted to be,

preferably someplace warm,

and use bright colors.

I used this picture from our 2012 trip to Italy.

Man oh man was it warm there and currently

I am desperately wishing for it to be even half as warm here.

The photo is of Ponte Vecchio in Florence.

The patterned papers are from The Scrap Cake.

Silk's Acrylic Glaze was painted through a Crafter's Workshop stencil

then circled with white chalk.

Ranger paint was dabbed through sequin waste.

Stamping with a Kaisercraft stamp and Archival ink.

Dylusions mist was sprayed and dripped.

Liquitex Acrylic ink was splattered across the page.

Tape, ribbon and a clear die cut were layered under the photo.

Thanks for stopping by and have great day!

Define yourself..if you dare

Sharing an Art Journal page today that started out as "oops I forgot to video tape a section" on an upcoming class.

I needed to redo one little thing and when I had done it I had a page of color just begging to be worked on.

The base is created using NeoColor IIs

and a tiny bit of Hagswort Orage Lindy's mist.

Absolutely love the bright orange with the yellow & green from the crayons.

Then some stamping with a script stamp and solvent ink.

Followed by some pigment ink through a Crafter's Workshop stencil.

Now because the pigment ink was placed on top of several mediums it was taking forever to dry so I threw some clear embossing powder over it, heated and created some neat texture.

I had some Liquitex Liquid Acrylics on my desk and decided to add them as well.

First some drips in the upper left.

Then some splots with another color all over the page.

I also stamped some circles using 2 different StazOn colors.

The doily heart was colored with Bachelor Button Blue starburst mist from Lindy's.

I also colored some white embroidery floss with the same mist, and using gel medium just kind of adhered it wherever it fell.

The words if you dare come from a Halloween kit but fit my page as I worked it.

The Define Yourself is a sticker from Teresa Collins that I colored with a piantbrush dipped in the same Lindy's mist.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!