Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #255 - Anything But a Card

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  I hope you are all staying safe and well in these terrible times.

The new Challenge is live at Crafty Cardmakers.  Angela is our lovely host, and the Theme is Anything But a Card.  So, as always, you can create whatever you wish as long as it is NOT a card.

I haven't been terribly creative of late.  Have spent a good amount of time watching videos (crafty ones, of course) and rearranging a few things in my Craft Room but not much else really.  Although I have made a couple of ink station trays and have started making a few books but haven't put the finishing touches on any of them yet.  Actually, when I think about it, I have been quite creative .. LOL!  Just haven't finished anything that I could use for this Challenge.  
Consequently, I am sharing this Art Journal page which I created last year and haven't shared before.

I used watercolour cardstock and Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals as well as Distress Inks for the background.

Next came the stamping with Archival Ink ..

.. and then the layers of paper strips ..

.. and ephemera.

The white, lacy like pieces were made using a cake icing mould and some flexible texture paste instead of icing.  Worked out alright I think, although you can't see much of them.

The clock is a free printable from the net and the cog is a die by Cheery Lynne.  I also tucked a few flower petals under the ends of the collage ..

.. and added some gauze and a piece of hessian ribbon, both of which had been coloured with the same Magicals used on the background.

Lastly, I added the quote, did a bit of doodling around the edges and .. Voila!! .. it was done!!

For some amazing inspiration, pop on over to the CCM Blog and take a peek at the fabulous creations by my Teamies.  They are a wonderfully talented bunch of ladies and, hopefully, you will be inspired to take part in this fortnight's Challenge.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #255 - Anything But a Card.

Down here in South Aus, it looks like we are starting to get on top of this virus.  No new cases for the last three days which is wonderful.  Still, we can't become complacent yet, there is still a long way to go I think.  Hoping and praying that everyone will continue to abide by the lockdown rules and stay safe.

Thank you so much for your visit and for any comment you may care to leave for me to read.  I really do appreciate it.

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.
oxox Marg

Art Journal Page - Find Your Fire

Hello sweet peeps and welcome to my blog.  So nice to have you stop by.

I've been rather slack with my blogging lately and thought it was about time to get a bit more active here.  I have still been crafting on a reasonably regular basis and do have a few things to share so I'm starting with this Art Journal page.  Made this quite a  long time ago so, hopefully, I will remember what products I used.

The base of this page is dp by Tim Holtz and I know I added the colour with Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals.  These gorgeous little pots of powdered colour are a fave of mine.  So easy to use and absolutely gorgeous!

Lots of stamping with the Harlequin stamp by Kaisercraft and a crackle stamp by Prima ..

 .. and a piece of jute ribbon for some tactile texture along with a mixture of prills and microbeads.

Added a scattering of ephemera for extra interest ..

.. and topped it with a fabulous cogs and gears chippie which has been heat embossed with black, bronze and teal embossing powder.
The title was computer generated and mounted on a piece of heavy card.

To finish off, I did a bit of doodling around the edges and used a watercolour pencil to add some extra lines of interest around the page.

I so enjoy getting messy creating these kinds of pages and I have a few more of them to share at a later date.

Thank you so much for your visit and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

Art Journal Pages

Hello dear crafty friends!  So pleased you dropped by!

I'd like to share an Art Journal page with you today.  I don't do these very often although I'm not sure why, because I really do enjoy them.  I made this one quite a while ago and hadn't got around to sharing it.  Just hope I can remember how I put it together and what products I used, LOL!!

I know for sure that I started with a piece of watercolour paper.  Well, duh!  That one was easy to work out wasn't it??  LOL!

First sprayed the paper with water and then added Lindy's Magicals (Danny Zucko's Denim).  Can't actually remember if I sprinkled the powder onto the paper or if I premixed it and spread it with a brush.  Either way works well.

The splatters were also created with Magicals (Tears on my Pillow Tangerine) and I coloured the ribbon with the same Magicals.  The stamping was done with Archival Ink.

A bit of doodling around the edges with a fine texta and I added a few Prills and micro beads.

Layered on some diecuts, a floral chipboard piece (from Little Birdie), fibre ribbon, ephemera ..

.. and topped it off with a Little Birdie flower which I coloured using the same Lindy's Magicals.

I find creating these Journal pages very relaxing.  I do make a bit of a mess at times when creating the background (I do remember ending up with blue fingers after this one .. LOL!!) and then just toss on some stuff I find lying around .. it can be very therapeutic.
Normally I would glue these pages into a Journal but this one is being gifted to a friend.
Hope she likes it!

Thank you so much for stopping by and a huge thank you to the lovely peeps who left me some sweet comments to read on my last post.  Very much appreciated!!

Take care and God Bless

Dream in Colour - Art Journal Page

Hello sweet visitors and welcome to my blog.
So happy you came for a visit.

I would like to share my latest journal page with you.  I actually started this one quite a while ago.  Last year in fact.   I put it aside as I had to make some Christmas cards, and didn't get back to it until recently.

At first, I really had no idea what I wanted to do so I just started playing around.

 I adhered a sheet of tissue paper to the page with Matte Medium and then sprinkled some Magicals powder onto it and sprayed it with water.

 I think a lot of the colour actually seeped in under the tissue.  Not sure if that's because I hadn't glued it down properly or if the Medium wasn't strong enough.  I think this was actually the main reason that I put it aside, I wasn't really happy that most of the colour got lost.

 When I came across it again and took another look at it, I decided it wasn't that bad after all.  So it looks a little pale .. doesn't matter .. so a lot of the colour got lost somewhere .. doesn't matter.  Do I like it??   I don't hate it!  In the end I just decided to go with it, so I did a little stamping ..

 .. and added some words.

Darkened one corner with Walnut Stain Distress Ink (which also kind of got lost a bit) ..

.. and added a chippie by 2Crafty Chipboard.  I painted it white and then added a bit of colour (deliberately faint this time!) with the same Magicals.

Voila!!  The finished page.

Like I said, I may not love it, but at least I don't hate it and, I learned from it!  Isn't that what Art Journaling is all about?? ... I think so!

I am entering this in the following Challenge
 Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and thank you as well for any comment you may care to leave for me.  I would love to know what you think about this page and I so appreciate you taking the time.

Take care, be happy and God Bless.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 200 - Anything but a Card

Hello and welcome!!!  So nice of you to stop by!

The new Challenge has gone live at Crafty Cardmakers and this time Angela is our hostess and the Theme is Anything but a Card!

So, you can create anything you wish, as long as it IS NOT a Card.

Well, as you can imagine, for a cardmaker like me, that is not an easy Challenge to meet.  I actually started a couple of different projects, but ended up putting them to one side, because they just were not coming together the way I wanted.  Haven't tossed them in the bin as yet as I'm hoping to go back later on and finish them off.  I had started this Art Journal page a little while ago.  All I had done was the basic background so, when nothing else worked for me, I decided to finish it off.  Wasn't really sure where I was going with this but, in the end, it came together quite nicely and I am very happy with the finished piece.

I used a piece of Canvas Paper and cut it to size so it would fit into the Art Journal I created a little while back.  I didn't want to work in the Journal itself because I didn't want any of the wet media
to soak through the page.  If you'd like to take a look at that Journal, HERE is the link.

I started by using texture paste through a Bubble stencil and then used Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals for the colour. 

The colours are Tiffanylou's Blue and Dark Chocolate Truffle.  Once the Magicals were dry I rubbed the corners with gold Twinkling H2O's.  The stamps I used are from Prima and from Lavinia Stamps.

Found this flower in my stash.  It must have been re-coloured a long time ago, so I have no idea what I sprayed it with, but the colour was perfect for my page.  The chippie frame was simply swiped with more of the gold Twinkling H2O's.

The quote I used was found through Pinterest.  It is from a Journal page by Joanne Sharpe.  It doesn't say if it was her own quote or from someone else but, the full quote says ' To be true, you must embrace the life that is calling you and listen to the whispers in your soul.'   I loved it, so I hope she won't mind me using part of it for my page.

Added lots of prills for some more texture .. and, just because I love them!

Here is the page glued down in my Journal ..

.. and a little closie!

Would love for you to pop on over to the Crafty Cardmakers Blog and take a look at the incredible creations by my Teamies.  I am sure you will be inspired to join in.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #200 - Anything but a card.
Be sure to read the rules and please take note of the 15 Challenge limit.

Thank you so much for coming by and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

2Crafty March Projects #1

Hello everyone and welcome to my Blog.  Hope you are having a great day and I'm so glad you popped in for a visit. It is my turn again over at the 2Crafty Blog and I have two Art Journal pages to share with you.    
"DOUBLE ART JOURNAL PAGE FOR SATW"   During March, 2Crafty is a major sponsor for Scrap Around the World and the Team from 2Crafty are Guest Designers.  I was so thrilled  to be a part of this Guest Team and, as the post went live yesterday, I am able to show the details of my contribution.     This is my double page ...  

... and this is the mood board.  I basically just went with the colours, although the Square Collage panel is sort of reflective of the tech drawn robot.

2Crafty Chipboard product used

 Square Collage Panel

 6" Clock Frames

Mini Hearts and Stars

To create the background I lightly coated the pages with some watered down gesso and then glued some strips of paper through the middle.  Once it was dry, I sprayed over it  with 'Peacock Feathers' Distress Spray Stain and created some texture with paste and a stencil.  

Added some stamping and used a strip of gauze, which was coloured with some watered down acrylic paint, as a base for the Square Collage Panel.  This was randomly coloured with Black Soot Distress Ink. 

Coloured the Clock Frame in the same manner and used it as a frame for the little quote, which was found on the net.

  The stars are from the Mini Hearts and Stars and they were coloured with acrylic paint.       'DOUBLE ART JOURNAL PAGE FOR CSI'    2Crafty was also a major sponsor over at CSI in February and I was happy that I was able to be a part of the GDT for Case #156.  This is the double Art Journal page I created.    

 

  I actually shared this on my blog when the GDT went live at CSI and, rather than go through it all again here, if you would like to take a closer look, HERE is the link to that post.      Thank you so much for taking a look at my little creations and I hope you have found some inspiration here.  I urge you to take a look at the fantastic array of chipboard pieces that 2Crafty Chipboard produces, you are bound to find something that you simply cannot live without!  LOL!!  HERE is the link.   For more inspiration on how to use your fabulous 2Crafty chipboard, simply visit the 2Crafty Blog HERE.     and remember, to find a 2Crafty Stockist near you simply send an email to salesat2crafty@optusnet.com   Thank you so much for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day. Take care and God Bless. oxox