Be You…BE BOLD!

Sharing another art journal page today.

This one was inspired by a challenge over on the

Flying Unicorn forum.

The Art Journal challenge is held every month and is always a favorite of mine to play along with.

Song Li is hosting this month and her challenge was to

GO BOLD.

Love it!

This was the first piece I created.

I combined Paint, Mist, Stamping, Modeling Paste, Stencils, Pan Pastels,

old felt flowers, cheesecloth, doilies, and last but not least dry wall tape.

PHEW….

I also thought I would share a bit of step by step as I went about creating.

Keep on scrolling to check it out.

To begin I adhered doilies, felt flowers,

cheesecloth & tape to my page.

I then covered everything with a layer of Gesso to give a neutral base.

Once the Gesso dried I misted the page with Vibez Jeni B Blue 

by Shimmerz paints.

Using a wet brush I spread color over the whole page,

then misted more to get some drips.

Did some large splatters with Liquitex Acrylic ink and a dropper.

As I dried the ink I blew it across the page some more.

Once all the ink was dry I stamped randomly with 

StazOn and a check stamp.

Modeling Paste through a Crafter's Workshop stencil.

I then dried the paste with my heat gun to give it a bubbly texture.

When the paste was completely dry I colored it with Orange Pan Pastel.

Since I knew I would add more layers I quickly sprayed the page with workable fixative.

This allows me to continue to layer but preserves the Pan Pastels as it is.

I took watered down purple paint in needle nose bottle 

and scribbled across the page.

My letters were covered with black embossing powder,

melted then outline with a Montana Acrylic Paint marker

A few closeups….

And that is how I went bold today.

Make sure to stop by the forum and see how everyone else is doing.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Swirlydoos and the Treasured Yesterdays sketch

Sharing a layout today using the 

Treasured Yesterdays kit from Swirlydoos 

as well as the sketch.

This was the sketch included in the kit.

The sketch challenge runs until Nov 15 so I'm doing a happy dance.

I never get the sketch's done in time.

I did this month…whoo hoo!

Here is my layout.

Almost everything used came in the kit.

I added some mists, stamps, and in from my stash.

The background paper is from Prima's Epiphany collection.

Some misting with Trunk Bay Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels.

Black ink through a Dylusions stencil and stamping using a BoBunny & Kaisercraft stamp.

The large chipboard circle is from Blue Fern Studios

I colored it with Aqua Stained Glass medium from Tattered Angels and then misted with Slate Glimmer mist.

Holding my heat gun close I managed to make it bubble up a bit for more texture.

The flowers, wood pieces and clock stick pin all come from Prima as well.

Some lace was layered under the photo

 along with some journaling cards from Prima.

Prima sparkly gems were scattered across the page to finish it.

Some torn Fancy Pants corrugated cardboard was layered with the Prima papers 

for a pop of color.

Make sure to check out the the thread

on the forum to see other interpretations of the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Art Journal page with Bister

Sharing another Art journal page today.

This was created by first gessoing the page and then

pulling out my Bister stains to play.

These are so fun to play with.

By varying the amount of water you add you can alter the opacity of the colors.

Plus you get awesome drippage

Once the background dried I added some random stamping with a script stamp

and black Staz On ink.

The upper part of the page I added more stamping  to create 

a sort of brick wall.

The flowers are another old foam stamp.

Using black Gesso with it I stamped all over the page.

I needed a thick paint so when I used my white Faber Castell Pitt Pen it would't reactivate the Bister.

Using the Pitt Pen I outlined all the flowers and stems to make them pop a bit.

I am going to enter this in the 

Mixed Media Monthly challenge

where this month's challenge (#6)

is to use stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

It's all white now….and it's harder than it sounds!

So while I was checking out the challenges this month on the

Flying Unicorn Forum

I came across one hosted by Denise called

It's all white now.

Ok

My interest is peaked.

The rules:

 Your layout must be all white. Off white is ok and so is ivory but no color!
 You must use a black and white or sepia photo. No color pictures.
 You must use a stencil
 Must use Gesso, molding paste, or white paint.
 Must have at least 7 flowers.
Must have at least 1 embellie

I knew no matter what other challenges I did this month I HAD

to do this one.

It really is a challenge!

First off I had to find some white paper. 

Seeing as I apparently have used every piece of printed white paper I created my own background design on a piece of Bazzill Basics.

Using a large crackle stamp by Impression Obsession and white

embossing powder I created an all over background pattern.

My 7 flowers were a combination of fabric ones cut off a strip of tulle

and some Petaloo ones. 

The center beads were gold and I repainted them White with 

High Impact paint from Tattered Angels.

Modeling Paste through a Club Scrap stencil.

I heated it with my heat gun to get a bubbly sort of grunge effect to go with my photo.

You can see the embossing really well in this shot too.

The Moments title is a clear Prima sticker.

more embossing and paste.

You can also see where I melted the edges of my photo in spots,

started as an accident but was a happy one.

The melted edges so fit the photo.

Lace was layered under the photo 

and 2 stick pins were added as embellishments.

And this is my all white layout.

It was most definitely a challenge once I got going.

This girl needs color!

Make sure to check out the challenge thread 

and see how others are going all white.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sketchabilities #126 with Swirlydoos

Checking out the 

Sketchabilities blog for  sketch #126,

I knew I had to use it for my next layout.

I combined it with the SGC challenge at Swirlydoos.

The challenge there was to tell your story somewhere on the page.

Journaling was to be an integral part of the page.

The other part of the challenge there was to talk about your fur babies.

Well we don't have any ourselves but we are lucky enough to have plenty of friends who share theirs.

This is the awesome sketch….

and here is my layout.

I used mostly supplies from past and present Swirlydoos kits.

One of the tags tucked behind the photo has the journaled story.

It's about the little one and our friend's donkey.

She spent hours with them, feeding, patting, and riding (until she fell off).

She was so happy.

Some stamping on the background paper with BoBunny & Clearsnap stamps 

using Frayed Burlap Distress ink.

Blue Fern Studio chipboard layered with paper scraps,

doilies and some lace trim.

Some Prima ink was rubbed through a Crafter's Workshop stencil 

to give a little pop of color.

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Antique Bronze was 

misted randomly onto the page.

Make sure to visit the Sketchabilities blog and see the other takes on the sketch,

and the Swirlydoos forum 

to see how others are journaling on their pages.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Swirlydoos November Round Robin

It's my turn to kick off a team for the 

Swirlydoos

Round Robin challenge.

This is the layout I created to start off Team 4.

The theme this month is 

CELEBRATING FAMILY.

The vast majority of supplies on this page came from the

Wistful Blues (August kit)

from Swirlydoos.

The background paper is from Riddersholm Designs

The photo is of the 5 of us + our adopted German

(she came one year as an exchange student and now comes back often as a part of the family)

Liverpool FC came and played a soccer game against AC Milan in our town this summer.

Our family is massive soccer fans and this was the highlight of the summer for sure.

I used Faded Jeans & Frayed Burlap Distress Inks through a Tim Holtz stencil.

Followed up with some more stamping using a Prima stamp and more Distress ink.

The flowers are Petaloo,  the wood buttons and title stickers are from Prima.

I added some cheesecloth and misted with my current favorite Glimmer Mist-Trunk Bay.

Some lace trim & metal chain finished it off.

Make sure to head over to Swirlydoos,

see what the other teams are creating ,

and how team 4 continues on.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge 19…FOR ALL YOU DO, THANK YOU! and blog hop with the My Artistic Adventures team

It's a new month and time for another challenge at 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous.

                                             Challenge #19 For all that You do, Thank You! 
        Create a "thank you" gift for this challenge. It can be a Thanksgiving hostess gift or a simple thank you card. It can be a "thanks for helping me out of a jam" present, or a "thanks for being you" scrapbook layout. As long as your project says, "THANKS," enter the challenge!
                    We want to see you de-hoard some of your stash and say thanks to someone!
                                         (Your project does not have to be Thanksgiving-themed!)

Special this month we are also doing a blog hop with the team at

My Artistic Adventures.

Heather Hudson provided us all with some dynamic collage images to work with this month.

The design teams from both blogs are hooking up and hopping together.

Make sure to check out everyone's links at the bottom.

I created a thank you tag that can be attached to a hostess gift.

After I photographed this it went onto a bottle of wine for my neighbor.

(she hosts the most fabulous parties!)

The stars on the background all come from a Christmas sheet 

found in Heather's store.

I used chipboard from Dusty Attic colored with Maya Road mist.

A little piece of leftover scrapbook paper to create a small banner for my sentiment.

You can see more of the stars here.

The background was torn book text covered with Gesso and Golden acrylic paints.

Some random circle stamping, then the stars were added.

I outlined all of them with a Black Soot Distress Marker and smudged with my finger.

I colored some Modeling Paste with more acrylic paint and used it with a Crafter's Workshop stencil to give a bit of dimension.

Some colored seam binding used to make a large bow.

Supplies:

Golden Acrylic Paints; Gesso; Dusty Attic chipboard; Modeling Paste; Crafter's Workshop Stencil; Heather Hudson collage images; Distress marker; Maya Road mist

This month's prize sponsor is 

Heather Hudson and My Artistic Adventures

Blog: http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyArtisticAdventures

Stop by Heather's site and see all the cool images she has to work with.

Check out what the Craft Hoarders Design team has created

Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak (on vacation)

                                                                     Glenda Brooks
                                                                     Gloria Stengel 
                                                                 Jan Marie Ennenga
                                                                   Karen Zueger

                                                                  Kathy Clement

Pam Bray
Wendi Robinson

Then make sure to visit the Artistic Adventures team

                             My Artistic Adventures Challenge Blog

                                       Helene

                                       Shawn

                                       Carol

                                       Lisette

                                       Sandi

                                       Candy

                                             Heather

Once you have done all the hopping head back to Craft Hoarders Anonymous and link up your project.

                                                               You have 2 weeks!

                                        Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!