Hello Crafty friends
A bright,
cheerful welcome to all of you…that’s how it is here in this part of the world!
How about you???
Today, I
have an art journal page to share with you inspired by some lovely challenges.
The mood
board at SATW just triggered the childhood memories in me, especially the
bicycle! The moment I saw that on the mood board, I knew what was coming.
I had
ordered for some lovely decoupage tissues online and patiently waited for it to
arrive so that I could do this page!
And so…I
went about altering one of the pages from the children’s story book (yet
another childhood possession of mine) and so happy to see it bulging with my
works, lol!
Here is how
I started! I got so carried away in the creation, I forgot to take the step by
step pics..
Step1 –
since it was a printed page, I wanted some of the text and image to be seen in
the bg. I applied 3 colors of gelatos Lavender, snow cone and lemon randomly on
the page and then blended it with gesso to arrive some translucent pastel
shade! I loved the fact that I could still see the layer beneath.
Step2 –
Adding more layers with stencils and inks. I use Archival blue, green, brown,
black and went about creating textures with burlap and hearts stencil from TH
and ferns stencil from Color Box . I liked the breezy look of the palm leaves
in the back drop…so reminds me of my holidays at the back yard of my aunt’s
house!
Step3- Some
stamping with Bo bunny text and kaiserKraft butterflies and music notes. I
watered the gesso and with a small round cap created circles here and there.
Then came the texture paste and TCW bricks stencil and I also applied some
crackle paste on the bricks randomly for some more texture. Now this was
beginning to look more like a back yard! I added the postal seal to give it a
vintage feel, after all it’s a day from my past!
Step4- Now comes the interesting part. I tore the
part I wanted from the napkin and adhered it to the page with gel medium. The
page suddenly came alive! I could almost visualize myself playing there as a
little girl! The breezy palms, the cozy bench, lovely flowers in bloom, the
green grass, the brick wall, music in the background, butterflies hovering, a
few dragon flies too and oh yes! The bicycle parked…Does that ring a bell in
your memory too???
Step5- I
went about inking the edges on the page with walnut stain and then black soot
and took out my Visual artistry stitches stamp. I stamped the faux stitches in
black in some places and then added a few more straight stitches in white with
gel pen. To me this looks like water colored image on fabric and adding the
stitches was the perfect finishing touch!
Step6-
Embellishments…how I LOVE them! I made some white flowers with modge mold and
Plaster of Paris. I got a bunch of tiny white flowers and inked the edges with
DI worn lipstick and mustard seeds.
I stamped
some tiny butterflies on text page and again inked with DI worn lipstick and
peacock feathers and had them placed dimensionally on the page as if they were
flying.
And finally…a
tribute to all our childhood.
Since this page took me back in time, I added a
tiny metal clock charm, heart charm(cos I LOVE that gilrlie bi cycle) and tied
it together with a white twine to make the smallest bow possible and attached
it to the flower basket on the bi cycle with a tiny flower too! Oh! This is my
most fav spot in this page…
Step 7- The
quote. Simple and sweet and nothing more! I stamped this with alphabet stamps
that I purchased recently and love the fact that I can now make my own
sentiments and quotes with it. A few color spalts in black and white and my page was ready.
I hope this page strikes a chord in all you and
if sis give you a glimpse of your childhood, give me a shout out!
I want to
HEAR it!
I am riding
my bi cycle to the following challenges…
Scarp AroundThe Word – I can’t thank you enough for the lovely mood board this month…you
brought my childhood back!
Try It OnTuesday – stencils challenge ( loads of it for texture)
Frilly andFunkie Challenge –stitch in time ( I have a 2 tone faux
stitches with which I have tied all the elements on the page and that little
clock charm that reminds me of my childhood)
Stamps andStencils – Time flies ( yes, how it flies..I am glad I could go back in time to
create this page)
FantasticTuesday Challenge – Ag with butterflies ( have lots of them, few stamped and
few fussy cut ones hovering all around in the back yard)
Moo Mania –
embellishments ( LOVE them, the tiny POP flowers and my metal charms)
Hope you had
a great time in my back yard!
Until my
next creative journey,
Happy Crafting
and re cycling.
Cheers.
