March Hopping with Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Welcome everyone to the

March Hop

with the Ladies of Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Can you believe we are already in the 3rd month of 2016????

EEEKKK time is flying.

Every month on the 5th a group of us

will share projects and offer inspiration on ways

to use your hoard.

(Remember, use your hoard you get to buy more. 

It's a win -win!)

Today I am sharing an art journal page.

The background started when I used the page to clean paint off my brayer

during a Gelli Printing marathon.

I often keep blank paper nearby for just such a purpose,

instant backgrounds for future projects.

I added Washii tape, lots of stenciling,

including this awesome text one by Stencil Girl stencils,

and my 3 hearts (for my 3 girls)

Here is the list of all who are participating this month

Gloria Stengel 
Debbie Seyer
Pam Bray
Jacquie Southas
Glenda Brooks
Tracey Sabella
Donna Idlet
Wendi Robinson
Teresa Horner
Barbara Rankin
Karen Zueger-Brownell
Christy Houser

Make sure to stop by them all and leave some love.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day>

January Hop with Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Welcome everyone to the January Hop 

with the Ladies of

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Every month on the 5th a group of us will share inspiration

on how to use up your hoard.

Since this post is happening right after the Holidays hopefully many of you

received new supplies to play with.

You should be coming here from Karen's blog.

After head back to Gloria's for the full list or to start at the beginning.

Today I am sharing an Art Journal

page I created using masking tape, my hoarded mists, some stamping,

and machine stitching.

I recently watched a video on YouTube by 

Magda Polakow which inspired my page.

I used mists from Lindy's Stamp Gang and Tattered Angels for color.

Black Gesso added after to tone down some of the white that still existed.

Seeing as I was working on scraps of paper from the scrap bin I needed to sew them

together into my final page.

A few word stickers and a new page for the beginning of 2016 is done.

Below is a list of all the other blogs to visit.

Make sure to check out what everyone has created to kick off the New Year.

Gloria Stengel - http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Debbie Seyer - http://www.debbieseyer.com/
Jacquie Southas - http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/
Glenda Brooks - http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/
Amber Milone- http://www.pinkchicpaperdesign.blogspot.com/
Tracey Sabella - http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/
Donna Idlet - http://myblogidlet.blogspot.com/
Nancy Dynes - http://mytatteredtreasures.blogspot.com/
Wendi Robinson - http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/
Teresa Horner- http://victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com/
Barbara Rankin - http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com
Karen Zueger-Brownell - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Christy Houser - http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Creating a Journal using a Manila Envelope

Several days ago in one of the, 

Facebook groups I belong to,

someone shared an art journal they had created using a manila envelope as a cover.

My 9 year old has been home sick for 3 days now,

and I had an envelope sitting on my desk from, so what else to do but make some art.

This is the finished cover,

inside are 2 sewn in signatures.

Each signature is made using 4 sheets of canvas paper folded in half.

The journal also has an interior pocket and a flap closure.

This is the start:

I took a 9x12 manila envelope,

covered with Gesso, and began adding layers.

This will be the inside covers.

You can see where the pocket will be.

I added color a little way inside and reinforced my flap figuring it will get the most wear.

This will be the outsides of the journal.

I found some AMAZING tissue paper the other day at Joann's.

It's created by Rebekah Meier and marketed towards a fabric creating line,

but OH MY is it perfect for other mixed media as well.

The designs are insanely good.

Here is the cover again before adding my closure.

Layers of Golden Fluid Acrylics, Adirondack Paint Dabber in Gold,

book text, Washii tape and stamping all helped to add layers.

I took a piece of silk ribbon and added it as my closure.

It's a fairly simple one. Just wrap around and tie.

The inside with the signatures sewn in.

Back inside cover,

again you can see the pocket.

Finally the back when it is all said and done.

This was incredibly easy to put together.

Not including drying time it was just a couple of hours.

I see myself making more of these as Christmas presents and RAK gifts this year.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

October Hopping with Craft Hoarders Anonymous!

Welcome everyone!

It's time for another hop with the ladies of 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

Each month on the 5th we'll share ideas and inspiration on how you can use

up your stash.

You should be coming to me from Marissa's blog .

After, head on back to Gloria's blog. 

Once a month a group of us will get together to inspire, share, and show you how to use up 

your hoard.

To start at the beginning or to get a full list of participating bloggers

head on over to Gloria's blog.

This month I used up a bunch of hoarded Gelli prints

and turned them into art journal pages for an upcoming swap.

I have such a large stack of prints that I barely made a dent in it with this project

Here is a small overview of several and below are closeups of the pages.

This first page is a pink and black base using Stencil Girl & Crafter's Workshop stencils.

Once the stars were added,  some Liquitex acrylic ink was flicked  on

and misted with water to make some drips.

The next two use a variety of stencils and multiple layers

of paint over Gelli prints.

Rub ons and Washii tape added as accents.

A blue Gelli print base combined with 

book text also gel printed to create this heart page.

The inside of the heart is lined with an Intense pencil and the word was stamped

and traced over with an acrylic paint marker.

Some Washii tape, stamping and coloring were added to this Gelli print.

The stamp is from Donna Downey,

once stamped it was traced over with an acrylic paint marker and colored in with Pitt Big Brush markers.

Another blue printed base with various

Liquitex Acrylic inks dripped down.

Rub ons were added and the heart was cut from another piece of Gelli printed book text.

The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of Gelli printed tissue paper.

Last page share.

The base is another Gelli print.

The larger blue circles were cut from a piece of Gelli printed tissue paper.

(I love using my Gelli plate with tissue paper, you get added depth from the wrinkles in the paper,

and the layers blend seamlessly in collage)

Well that is it for this month's 

Hoarders Hop.

Make to check with us every 5th of the month to get inspired on ways to 

use that hoard.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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.

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!

Making my first DECONSTRUCTED Art Journal page...

I recently joined a group on 

Facebook called DECONSTRUCTED Art Journaling.

Instead of swapping full on art journals we swap pages or signatures.

In the end you get 3 pieces of art to add to your journal.

I loved this idea and quickly jumped in, I'm always looking for inexpensive ways to swap art.

Pages are definitely easier to swap, almost instant gratification, instead of waiting for a book 

to make it's rounds the pages come directly to you.

Absolute fun!

This was my first creation for the swap.

In the end you create a front, center and back page to swap.

My front page is created using Gesso, NeoColor IIs and stamping.

Open up the signature and this is the main piece.

The background is created with acrylic paint, stamping and collaging some 

Gelli printed tissue papers.

I did a little machine stitching up the side and added some Crafty Secrets collage images.

The quote is a Donna Downey stamp on more Gelli printed tissue paper.

The back page is created using

Modeling Paste, A Stencil Girl stencil, and several

layers of acrylic glazes.

Off to get this in the mail.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!