Abstract art journal page with stamp collaging

Hi everyone,

today I want to share this mostly abstract art journal page with you that I created with a whole bunch of stamps and a few sprays.

My surface is a 9 x 9 inch watercolor paper that I glued to my album after it was finished. I started by grabbing a few stamps with patterns, marks and typo and just stamped them on the page. I concentrated the stamping to the upper right and top left corner to keep some white space. This helps to not overload the whole page.
I also did some kind of masking for the tag image by just putting a sheet of paper over it while adding some stamps (not all, some are still overlapping it).

After the stamping was done, I started by adding some Lindy's Gang sprays. I started with blue, then the reddish brown and at least the golden color. I dried the page between each color and also added a little water every now and then.
Regarding my tag, I was careful not to add any of the dark colors to it to keep it kind of standing out visually. This kind of stamp collage doesn't necessarily need a focal point or focal image, it was just something that I found nice while I was in the process.

For finishing the page, I stamped the quote onto some paper I used to clean up my desk during the previous process. It had some nice and not too bright stains on it. I ct it to strips and glued it into the top left corner.

Stamp collaging is a simple technique to create a page that I have always liked. You can play with different stamps, colors and layouts, add a focal image or not and get totally unique results every time you do it.

 

 

Stamps used:
Army Baggage Tag (20690)
Pensylvania Railroad Baggage Tag (20694)
Thick Lines Row (20696)
Writing and Scribbles Collage (20695)
Writing Chevron (19824)
Row of Chevrons (19829)
Doodle Triangles (20572)
Plus Sign Background (20571)
Rows of Numbers (20170)
Row of Scribble Squares (20164)
Row of Scribble Circles/Eyes (20172)
Punchinella/Sequin Waste Border (20161)
Art is Anything - Andy Warhol (20169)

Other material:
- Canson watercolor paper
- Versafine Claire Ink (nocturne)
- Lindy's Gang Starburst sprays (dragonfly denim, gnome berry bordeaux, sparkling sunset)

See you soon!

Winter Scene by Fran C

Hello everyone!

Today I made a Winter scene using the only Christmassy stamps that I have from VLVS! I hope you like it :)

 First of all I stamped the snowman, signpost and houses onto the card, using a mask made from torn paper under the houses for the snow.

I then stamped the images again and cut them out to use as masks while I did the sky (I didn't need the snowman in the end!)

I coloured the sky with a stencil brush and Chipped Sapphire distress ink, only lightly at first.

I stamped a star in Yellow and made a soft haze round it with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink, then added stripes in the sky with Wilted Violet and Twisted Citron distress inks to represent the Northern Lights, building up the colour slowly.

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I coloured the snowman with Copic Pens, and also stamped the Banksy penguins to add some balance.  I coloured the windows in the houses a bright yellow.

I added some holographic glitter on the top of the snow line, and on the snowman and his tree.

Lastly, I added shadows and then some snow by hitting a white Posca pen with a metal ruler (masking anything I didn't want the snow to cover).

Stamps Used:

Frosty the Snowman with Tree         19810

Skyline Silouette 19812

Sign Post 19808

North Star Symbol 19818

Banksy penguins 20296

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Chipped Sapphire

Versafine Clair in Nocturn

Copic Pens

White Posca Pen

Holographic Glitter

|Zig brush pen in Fluorescent Yellow

Black fineliner

Glue pen

Copy paper for masks

Hope you enjoy this scene.  Merry Christmas to you all!

Balloon Airship by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello Everyone!

Today I have a fun card for the blog...I used the glitter/ glue technique.

A little steampunk sparkle for today..To start out, stamp on a sheet of acetate with Staz ON ink. I ink the stamp then put the acetate on top always holding one end, and I roll a rubber brayer over it to make sure I get a solid clear imprint.

Carefully peel off and set aside to dry. you can use a heat tool from far away if need be but it can warp the acetate so be careful. For the background I picked a card out of my stash- it was done using the smooshing technique. Once your acetate is dry, use the opposite side that was stamped on and begin "coloring " in the image doing small parts at a time, with the glue. you want a white glue that dries clear. You will also need a fine tip on the glue bottle.

Once you have some glue down, pour glitter over it, make sure its covered good. I always put the glitter jar on a sheet of clean paper, it helps for pouring it back into the jar.

Continue to fill in the image with glue and then coat with glitter. do in stages as the glue will start to dry and it affects how it looks when dry. Keep your hand out of the way too...lol. You can use any glitter you like. I tend to prefer transparent glitters but any look beautiful. Transparent glitters tend to blend better than opaque ones if that's what you want to do. When done set it aside to dry. That will take several hours depending on climate. I just let them be overnight.

Once dry, cut out image, put on foam squares, stamp the small balloons on the background and then attach airship. I finished off with a metal cog and a crystal skull. its very sparkly but in a subdued way.

Great for anyone! When I used to tach classes, this was one of the most popular ones- the glitter technique. Make sure you use really sticky tape or foam squares. red liner tape works great. Hope you enjoyed! See you soon!!

Stamps used:

Balloon Airship    18157

Hot air balloons with flags    19006

Small gear     8080

Other supplies:

Brilliance ink pad- Mineral

Staz On- black

Art Glitter Dries clear glue

Art Glitter- Glitter- Wildwood, gingerbread, and my own mix jar

Small bottle with ultrafine tip- amamzon

Not normal by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

For today's DT post I have made an artjournal spread. I was listening to the news on the radio on a Thursday in mid November when I heard that the Government was talking about another (third) lockdown. I must say I am fed up with this pandemic and with all the measures that have been implemented and don't really work. So, I felt I had to get it out of my system and that's what I did. 

I used Amsterdam acrylic paints to create the background and a home made stencil for the polkadots. 

I added background stamping and added the face mask and the altered sentiment. 

I used the following stamps:

20547 - Corona VIrus

20550 - Face Mask

20542 - 6 Foot

20543 - Say new normal

20546 - Stay home

20541 - Worldwide pandemic

20533 - Quarantine life

Thank you for stopping by today!

Weird people - by Arwen

 Hi Lovelies

I'm back on the Blog :)

This time, I wanna show you a new postcard.

Of course, there are some close-ups to have a look:

The stamps, I used for this card:

- Head in Hands

- Rows of numbers

- Surprised Lady

- Spend your life

The materials, I used:

- Staz on

- Canson watercolorpaper

- black cardstock

- Distress Reinker

- Embossing powder

- KaiserCraft Glitter pens

- Dylusions Shimmer spray

See ya soon and stay healthy *mwah*

Friends are the heart of Christmas ► Majo

 Hello my friends,

 more Christmas cards for friends and family. This time I used the cute Christmas Elf and masked the image after stamping. I stamped the Charred Wood Background on top and colored the elf with Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens.

 I made the strings a bit longer to fit my card and added some loops. I adhered the panel to my card, ready to go♥

 I have used the following stamps:

Sentiment

Christmas Elf

Charred Wood Background

 Have a wonderful time with lots of time for crafting, relaxing and hanging out with friends ♥

  

 

Banksy Tags by Fran

Hi everyone! Today I made two tags using Banksy stamps.

 Each tag starts with white card measuring 12.5cm x 6.5cm.  Mark the top of the card at 1cm in and 1cm down, then cut the corners off. I used a thick card that could take a lot of water.

Using brushos in Ost. Blue and Dark Brown with water, I tried to leave an area fairly clear where I knew the face of my stamp would be.  This can be tricky with brushos as you never really know what they will do once sprayed with water, but I used white brushos to lighten the area too.

I coloured in the face and scarf with polychromos pencils.

I added a pearl for the earring

I backed the tag with black card, made a hole and added some matching fibres to finish it off.

With the second tag I used Brushos in White and Black (which actually has lots of different colours in it).  I again tried to leave a clear space for the face of my stamp.

I stamped the image and coloured the flesh parts and used complimentary colours on her dress (picked up the orange in the brushos)

Again I backed the tag with black card, and made a hole and added fibres.

I hope you like the tags.  See you next time!

Stamps Used:

Banksy Wall Lady 20459

I am Banksy's Mother 20448

Other Items Used:

Brushos - White, Ost. Blue, Dark Brown, Grey

Polychromos pencils

White card, black card

Fibres/ribbons