Deconstructed Art Journaling...Girly Swap

Hey Everyone!

Today I want to share the pages I have made for a swap at

DECONSTRUCTED ART JOURNALING

over on Facebook.

This is an easy fun way to swap art journal pages.

You a swapping loose pages created from 8x8 sheets of paper.

It cuts down on shipping costs as well as the chance that your book could end up lost in transit.

Any base works (for mine I am slowly making a dent in my scrapbook paper stash) and the themes are always fun.

A great way to add to your art journal.

I created a video sharing all the pages and below it are closeups of each page.

As I said you start with an 8x8 sheet of paper and fold it in half. 

This gives you 2 4x8 spread and 1 8x8 spread.

The theme for this swap is GIRLY 

and it gave me a chance to use up lots of my Graphic 45 images I was hoarding as well as vintage images I had in my stash.

                                          

This is the front of the first page

The image is from an old newspaper, and some G45 ones were added as well

When you open this is the inside 8x8 spread.

Graphic 45 images, tape and stenciling and stamping.

This is the back.

More G45, some acrylic clock faces, Gesso, stenciling and tape.

Start of the 2nd page.

Another newspaper image, acrylic paint, stamping, tape & stenciling.

The inside features a free collage image from an art magazine,

 layered over papers, gesso, ink and stamping.

A metallic Sharpie was used to add a bit of color to the stamped images

The back.

Paint, stamping, collage image and rub ons

Start of the next page.

Tape, scrapbook paper and a collage image.

The inside is created by collaging over a piece of scrapbook paper 

with book text to only have the 2 sentiments left visible.

Some paper scraps over that and a thing layer of Gesso.

Some collage images and stamping with more metallic marker for a pop.

The back is created with tape, scrapbook papers & G45 fussy cut images.

The next page.

G45 images, die cuts, acrylic paint and stamping.

The inside is more collaged book texts, Gesso, acrylic paint & stenciling.

The collage images were mixed with Kaisercraft flower die cuts.

The back.

Almost done!

This page was created eons ago and I found it while unpacking a box.

The image is from a magazine layered over tissue paper.

The Eiffel Tower is stamped & embossed.

Postage stamps & bling finish it off.

The inside of this one is my favorite.

A piece of scrapbook paper, covered with sewing pattern paper, Gesso,

acrylic paint, and stamping.

The image is the last one from the newspaper.

Now here I should be showing you the back but oops! forgot to take a picture.

You can see it in the video though.

That's it for my 5 Girly pages for the swap.

On to creating for my next one.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

More cards from my Deck of Art….

What a wonderful Monday!

The kids started back today, I have almost full use of my arm again,

AND

I get to create uninterrupted.

Whoo Hoo!

Sharing some more cards from my Deck of Art today.

They are all created on playing card bases.

These are so fun and quick to do, allowing for major impact with little time loss.

The first one sharing is along the same lines as my previous ones.

Both in color and the heart theme, it was halfway done when I had my accident and has been sitting lost and forgotten on my desk until now.

The next 3 all have the same bird theme. 

Years ago I bought this collage sheet with funky bird/people/objects on it.

These cards were created using the last 3 images from the sheet.

I can't help but smile when I look at them.

There are words and rub ons from Tim Holtz.

Distress Paints were used to create the background colors.

I love how you can just rub them on and then use a paper towel to limit and blend the colors.

Little bits of Washii tape leftover from a back to school craft finished them off.

Here is the pile all together.

Oh this makes me so happy.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Documented Life Week 20

Slowly but surely catching up on the week's that I have missed in

my 

Documented Life journal.

As always past and present challenges can be found HERE.

Today I worked on week 20:

Week 20 Challenge - Use a Rubber Stamp in a new way

Did I use a stamp in a new way?

Probably not, 

but I'm happy the way the page turned out.

I used a heart stamp to create wings for the bird on the right.

I also used a flower stamp to create a border,

having only half of each flower on the paper.

The flowers were colored with Faber Castell Big Brush Artist Pens.

The background is on one of the very first Gelli Prints I made.

Book text was torn & glued then colored with Acrylic paint

for the birds to stand on.

The birds are from a collage sheet I have had forever.

Lastly the title on my page came from words cut from a magazine.

I love the idea of what it says, and what it means.

We are all different (and should rejoice in such).

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Creating with Crafty Secrets

Have you ever checked out 

Crafty Secrets?

Their collage images are absolutely adorable,

and come in both digital and traditional sheets.

One of my all time favorite sheets is

the Altered Fairies.

No joke, I bought 5 of them.

The images are perfect for whatever kind of altered art I am in the mood to create.

Best of all,

at the start of each month they have a linkie party on their

blog

where one lucky winner gets a $50 gift card to the store.

Some of the images from the sheet…

The boy & girl is one of my all time favorites.

I could use it over and over again.

The heart, clock and tickets also come from the sheet.

See isn't it just cute?

Little closeup of the background as well.

Layers of paper, sewing pattern tissue, acrylic paint,

Washii tape, stamping and charcoal pencil.

I'm so pleased with how this came out.

Going to pop it into the mail as a fun surprise for a friend.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Journey Through the Past...

I was browsing YouTube the other day just watching

mixed videos. 

Hopping from one to the next when I stumbled on to an oldie but goodie

by Tim Holtz

(video is here).

A 3 x3 album made with 1 sheet of paper, yes you read that right…1 sheet of paper.

I have made these 3 x 3 albums before but never with the addition of the pockets.

A new twist on an old favorite and I had to play.

I used a piece of 7 Gypsies map paper from my stash.

I felt the old time vintage look of it would go perfect with the theme.

Pulled out some collage sheets with vintage images and went to work.

The initial album goes together really quick.

A few folds, some cuts and add some tape to hold the edges...

Voila!

a 3x3 album.

The fun part became the adding of images and embellishments.

Lots of collage images...

Little bit of stamping...

Pulling out Rub Ons that have sat in my stash forever...

Metal doodads...

Foreign stamps...

and remember I said it had pockets.

Well those pockets need something to go in them, 

so I made 3 tags to go along with the vintage theme.

These albums are so much fun to create.

Off to think of another theme.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

File Folder Mini Album

Once upon a time I saw directions on how to turn

a manila file folder into a mini album 

using your sewing machine.

Now as I am all over anything that encourages me to use my machine 

I had to make several.

This is the second one I made and as it is September

I went with a school theme.

The base is a manila folder and I used quite a few collage elements from 

Gauche Alchemy 

as well as bits and bobs from my stash.

Layering the front with paper and fabric.

I left all my thread tails dangling.

The Number 1 comes from 

Club Scrap.

Inside the first 2 pages.

Used more stitching to make pockets where I added school theme tags.

Next 2 pages.

More tags, ruler bit, book text and more.

Closeup of some of the library cards etc that were used.

The flash card was covered with Gesso and inked 

leaving plenty of room to journal if wishing.

The back page.

Dictionary pages mixed with fabric 

and machine stitching.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Dare to be Different

An art journal page using Gelatos, Gel Medium and Gesso.

This was done for another challenge at Flying Unicorn. We had to pick from a list and how happy was I to pull out my Gelatos again and play. 

I love these little tubes of color lol.

The background is all Gelatos covered with Gel Medium. The black squiggly lines in between the blocks is from Dylusions Black Marble.

Several stamps used with both Archival and pigment inks.

I did large circles with Gesso and then sponged some through a hexagon stencil by Crafter's Workshop.

My collage image is the last one on a sheet from ArtChix. I've made some fun art using these images for sure.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Going small...

I'm in the mood for some small art so I thought I would share some ATCs from past issues of Scrapbook News and Review.

In case you aren't familiar with what ATCs are, the letters stand for Artist Trading Cards. Small works of art measuring 2.5" x 3.5", they can be worked horizontally or vertically as desired, and as simple or as elaborate as the space allows.

ATCs are fun ways to try out new techniques, play with old, and create art to swap with art friends all over the world.

Below are samples of different styles and techniques I have used for recent ATC creations. While I did say that they can be worked either horizontally or vertical, you can probably guess my favorite way is vertical.

Acrylic paint, torn magazine pages and masking tape make up the background of this ATC.

Acrylic paint and stamping were used on this one.  

Fusible webbing and scraps left on my desk make up this one. Fusible webbing is fun to use to create new sheets of background materials.

Gesso resist with glimmer mist on canvas. A few rub ons and a sticker complete this simple one.

Collaging is always fun to do on ATCs. Even the smallest piece of paper has a place here.

  As you can see they may be small but they sure can pack a punch. Next time you feel like paying with your supplies why don't you try going small.

  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.