Art journal spread with Josefine Fouarge

Hello everyone, I'm excited to share this fun art journal spread with you. I started out by using a "clean up" page in my art journal - meaning, I cleaned up my stamps used in other projects here.

A couple of scraps and stamped images later and this fun, colorful page came together. It was the first time that I used a couple of Tina Walker's series. And I have to say that I love her images! So different and quirky.

Check out my video of how I put this art journal page together here:

Check out the close ups of the page:

I hope you enjoyed it. I know I did when putting it together ;)

Here are the stamps I used:

Love.Repeat.

Ethos Shape

Ethos Bee

Ethos Woman

Doodle Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by. I see you next time!

Moths outside of the Closet

Hello Viva Las Vegas Stampers!  Do you have a bunch of alcohol inked random backgrounds laying around, waiting for some attention?  After watching a few Youtube videos, I made a bunch of these standard postcard sized backgrounds (A6 card - Dimensions: 4.5" x 5.75" ) using alcohol ink and rubbing alcohol. Just had a ball mixing all the different colors I had.  For this example, I used my purple, orange and red background.

Supplies:

Deathhead Moth 20056
Black Permanent Ink
Alcohol Inks -- red, orange & purple
White Pigment Ink
Sponge
Rubbing Alcohol [91% alcohol or higher content]
Watercolor Paper cut into A6 card - Dimensions: 4.5" x 5.75"
Flat White Card stock, smooth surface
Colored pencils
Scissors
Sewing Machine with pink thread (optional)
Foam Mounting Tape
Distress Oxide - Fossilized Amber and Wilted Violet
Tim Holtz Stencil - Mesh THS041
Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers

Instructions:

1. Create background by laying down rubbing alcohol, then put a few droplets from your three alcohol inks randomly across the watercolor background paper.  Blend inks by rolling the inks across the paper sub-straight. Add more alcohol or inks if you need to cover your white watercolor paper.  Once you are happy with the coverage, allow to dry (can use heat to dry).

2. Stamp in permanent black ink onto the flat white card stock the Deathhead Moth three times.  Color them in using muted natural colors.  Fussy cut them out and set aside.

 

3. Stamp in permanent black ink onto the background water colored paper. 

4. Taking a sponge and the white pigment ink, dab the sponge into the white pigment ink, then tap onto the background water colored paper.  I used a circular type sponge and lightly dusted the background with white for a faded bubble-like colored sponging. Allow to dry.

 

5. If you have a sewing machine, sew back and forth, in crazy swirling, intersecting lines with a dark pink or whatever color you have on hand.  The threads should eventually frame the edges of the card.

 

6. Taking Distress Oxides and your stencil, layer on the yellow and purple across your stencil.

 

7. Once all dry, mount the fussy cut, colored moths using double-stick mounting tape over your previously black stamped images. The previously stamped moths should act like a drop shadow.

 

9. Add a saying or sticker phrase. Done and ready to display or give to someone.

I'm a Flamingo - Art Journal page by Elisa Ablett

Hi everyone, 

Elisa here from the design team with my latest inspiration for you, a tropical art journal page with grunge!

I wanted to create something bright and fun during these uncertain times and what better way then to break open the 'lawn flamingo' and 'ethos sunrise by Tina Walker' stamp to create a tropical sunrise with a great message.

Let's take a closer look at the finer details.

I hand stamped and coloured the 'Flamingo' and 'Lilies' with water colour brush pens and added fine details with fine tip markers. 

I used a brayer to add acrylic paint to the awesome 'Ethos Sunrise stamp' by Tina Walker and then once dry fussy cut the stamp out and tucked it behind the Lilies. 

Let's take a look at all the wonderful Viva Las VegaStamp goodness that I used to create this page;-

https://vlvstamps.com/flock-oand-39-birds.html

https://vlvstamps.com/ethos-sunrise-by-tina-walker-3-3-4-x-2-3-4.html

https://vlvstamps.com/lilies-2-1-2-x-2-3-4.html

https://vlvstamps.com/harlequin-diamond-background-4-1-2-x-5-3-4.html

https://vlvstamps.com/lawn-flamingo-2-1-4-x-3.html

https://vlvstamps.com/iand-39-m-a-flamingo-in-a-flock-3-4-x-2-3-4.html

Don't forget to stop by the Groupies page on Facebook for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by the blog, make sure you leave some love :-) 

Elisa 

Trust your own wings

Hello everybody,

there is still some time left to join the STRENGTH themed challenge over in the VLVS Facebook group. You need a little creative kickstart? Here we go! I went for an art journal page about self-confidence.

I started my page by applying water with a big watercolor brush in the shape of a big circle. Then I added some Starburst sprays from Lindy's. I used the sprays more as a watercolor.
To create more depth I worked with various layers - adding water (by spraying or flicking or with a brush), adding the spray paint, drying, continuing with another layer. It was so much fun!
As a final touch I drew a few scribbely lines around the circle.

For some background texture I chose two stamps, a nature collage and the waybill/invoice, which I stamped with black Versafine ink.

As a focal image I used the flying bird. I stamped it and got out my watercolors. Somehow I was able to blend the red from the bird's body into the turquoise of its wings without getting a muddy shade. After it had dried, I did some fussy cutting and inked the cutting edges with a black marker. This way the image blends better into the background.
I also cut the sentiment from a sheet of scrapbooking paper, glued it down and added some thin black lines around it.

Here are some more photos:

Stamps used:
Nature Collage by Cat Kerr (20036)
Waybill/Invoice Background (19416)
Large Bird Flying Left (19001) 


Other materials:
- art journal (mine is a handbound one, 7.5 x 7.5 inch)
- Lindy's Gang Starburst Sprays (Tibetan Poppy Teal, Sea Mint Green, Sea Grass Green and Whale Watch Blue)
- watercolor
- Versafine Ink (Onyx Black)
- marker (fine tip and brush nib)
- scrapbooking paper ("Letters to you" from ABstudio)


Hope to see your entry to the challenge! 

See you soon,

All you need is love

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well ! For today's DT post I have made an art journal page with an experimental background !

And here's how I made it:

I got the iZink Ice translucent gel paints by Seth Apter recently and I had to try them out, which I did with above result. It then was on my desk for a while until today when I decided to use it for my VLVS! project. 

I added stamping (of course)... a full list of stamps I used is at the bottom of this post. 

I also added some modelling paste through a stencil and some splatters. It is a very busy background but I am planning on just using black and white for the images. 

I stamped the balloon girl and the cops directly on the page. I used a black marker to correct the balloons that didn't stamp right. The cops are a not stamped very well but that is not a problem as I am going to cover the image up with one stamped on book pages. This was just to make sure I had al the details. 

And here it is all finished. I added a sticker saying 'all you need is love' and matted the whole page on black card stock so it popped even more. 

I have used the following stamps:

19577 - Staple X

19571 - Writing triangles

19565 - Measuring tape section

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - Mesh texture

19568 - Double Coffee rings

19433 - Banksy kissing cops

19421 - Banksy girl floating with balloons

Other materials:

Miracle tape 1/2"

iZink Ice in a few different bright colours

Archival ink: Jet Black, Watering Can, Aquamarine, Leaf Green, Saffron, Magenta Hue, Deep Purple.

Stencil by AALL & Create #2

Modeling paste by Finnabair.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

You Are Here

hello everyone.

It's Leanne back with another crazy installment...

this time I didn't really know where to start .. No Surprises there..

so I started with stamping some of my background stamps onto tissue paper with Stazon Ink.

I mean we can never have too much collage paper can we.....

so then I got out my art journal and collaged up a background..

still no clue where it was going... added some crackle and some masking tape for texture.. 

and then i added some colour paint and removed some through a stencil. all the time building up layers. Lisa Oxley inspired 

and then i thought.. this is grungy so I would add some Banksy..

of course..

so I stamped the Banksy: Mom Prepareing Anarchist stamp onto a piece of Pianola roll.

I liked the words.

 stuck all of it down. added some more paint the same way as before..

and then I thought if I'm going Banksy I need some Brick wall,

so I used the Row of Scribble Square.. because they are Brickish.. 

and embossed it with some chunky Lindy's gang embossing powder.,

and then it wasn't quite bricky enough.. so I stamped the same stamp with 2 different distress oxide colours and then spritz some water..

 and to Finish it all of I found a title and Stamp and Embossed it white..

outlined the words with Stabilo All Pencil (Black) and then activated it and just let it pool around the embossing..

finished off by outlining it all with stabilo and activating it to give it some grunge.

and this is the result..

"You are Here"

 Do I like it?
the jury is still out. But what I really LOVED was the Process.

the process is what gives me STRENGTH 

(Cue this months Challenge..... #april20)

and some more close ups for you.....

 see the collage papers I made earlier peaking through in the background.

 VLVS! used:

(for the collage papers)

Writing Circles Background (sku: 19567)

https://vlvstamps.com/writing-circles-background-1-3-4-x-4-1-2.html

Butterfly specimens (sku: 19415)

https://vlvstamps.com/butterfly-specimens-1-1-2-x-4-1-2.html

Distressed Row of Lines (sku: 20171)

https://vlvstamps.com/row-of-distressed-lines-3-1-4-x-2-3-4.html

The main page:

Row of Scribble Squares (sku: 20164)

https://vlvstamps.com/row-of-scribble-squares-1-x-2-3-4.html

Banksy: Mom Preparing Anarchist (sku: 20074)

https://vlvstamps.com/banksy-mom-preparing-anarchist-2-1-2-x-4.html

You are Here (sku: 19178)

https://vlvstamps.com/you-are-here-1-1-2-x-2-1-2.html

other materials used:

Atelier: Gesso white; Free flow acrylic Paynes Grey

Viva: Faceteen-Lack crackle

Liquitex: Gel medium

Matisse: Gesso Off White

Stazon: Jet black

Kinder Kreations: Tri Nitro stencil

Dina Wakley Media: acrylic paint Ruby

Ranger: Antiquites Weathered White embossing powder

Lindy's gang: Tin Roof Rusted embossing powder

Ranger: Distress oxide: Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso

Stabilo: All Pencil Black

Tissue paper, Pianola roll, Masking tape.

Until next time...

don't forget the April Challenge STRENGTH...

live with Respect..

xo

Bigfoot Sighting...

Hello Crafty friends

Bigfoot, also known as the "Ohio grass man" in my neck of the woods (along with many other names), has always been a creature of lore, but you will see him for sure on the card below. 

Clearly someone has been gathering evidence?!

Stamps Used: 

Sasquatch

Evidence Label

Coffee Ring Stain

Double Coffee Rings

Start by stamping out bigfoot and distress

Same for your "evidence label"

Next you can see a scarp from my junk box I pulled out, it has vintage photo distress spray ink on it and texture paste.

I combined all these peces plus a tag with some rub-on's (Tim Holtz "remnant rubs") to create the card below. Super Easy! Embellish with more remnant rubs, faux stitching pen marks, staples and metal clips. 

I hope you all enjoy this!

This is actually a gag card for my father-in law. 

What do you Believe?