Freedom Art Journal Pages

I had fun making this art journal spread last night.  I started out by applying a few drops of acrylic ink on one page and then closing the pages together applying some pressure.  This made the ink drops spread out into blobs.  I did this with magenta, gold, and blue acrylic inks.  Next I sprayed some gold spray ink.  I painted in between the blobs with Dylusions paints.  I outlined the blobs with a small paintbrush and black Golden fluid acrylic paint.  Next, the Stencil Girl stencil with the circles. I cut some triangles out of different vintage books and glued those down with gel medium.  I used a Stencil Girl stencil to add the words to the triangles.  The little squares were added using a Balzer Designs Bits stencil.  After that it was time to embellish with glaze and souffle pens.  I never have anything in mind really when I sit down with my art journal.  It's my place to experiment and have fun creating.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Stencil Play - updated

I received some new Stencil Girl stencils and I've been itching to play with them, so I played tonight.  I used a bunch of different Stencil Girl stencils and one Hero Arts stencil.  I used mostly the new Dylusions paints.  The Dylusions paints....I just love them.  I almost forgot to add that I layered on some washi tape with text in the middle of stenciling.   Love the vibrant colors of the Dylusions paints. I uploaded this in a large size, so feel free to download this and use it in your art.  I'm planning on cutting it up to use in my art journal projects.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

I used part of the page for a fantasy art journal page coming due in June.  I used a Stencil Girl stencil with modeling paste for the flowers. I spread a little glitter bead gel around the flowers, but it doesn't show up in the photo. I added the words "how does your garden grow?  in darkness or light?  Are there fairies and sprites or things that go bump in the night?"  

Be Bold Art Journal Spread

Here's another spread in Lin's art journal.  I believe the sentiment on this page.  Never be regular!  It's boring! The background is all spray inks and gesso - many layers.  Vintage ledger pages were used as part of the background. The stencil is from Stencil Girl.  The stamps are all from Dylusions. I colored in the women with various sparkly markers.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Come to my Party Art Journal Pages

Here's a spread in Lin's journal.  We work in each other's art journals.  Products used are from Dina Wakley, Collage Stuff, Stencil Girl, Hidden Vintage Studio, Colorbox and Tim Holtz.  Thanks for coming by my blog.

Opposites Attract Art Journal Spread

 

I got the new Ranger Transparent Texture Paste in at Collage Stuff, so I thought I'd test it out.  The consistency was that of soft gel medium - not what I expected.  First I applied gesso to the pages.  I used a The Crafter's Workshop template and traced the circles on the page.  Then I traced the circle on an old dictionary page and cut out enough circles.  I applied the circles with a glue stick.  I applied the texture paste over the circles with the stencil.  I wanted to see if it would act as a resist for the spray inks I used.  It did, sort of.  The lines were made with a Stencil Girl stencil.  I used the new Dina Wakley Insects Mask/Stencils to apply the butterflies and bee.  I used a The Crafter's Workshop 4x4 stencil for the black/white tiny boxes.  I stamped the word "fly" on Tim Holtz labels and applied those last.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Find your Wings art journal spread

This is another spread in my art journal.  I used spray inks for the background color.  The dots are made with a The Crafter's Workshop template and Liquitex flexible modeling paste.  The insects are Dina Wakley stamps stamped on old computer punch cards.  Thanks for coming by my blog.

1954 Dreams Art Journal Spread

I recently scanned in some photos from my Mom's wedding album.  Here's an art journal spread using some of the photos.  I used different stencils, paints, gesso,  and white tulle glued down in the background.  The photo of my Mom was printed on cotton fabric.  I had fun making this!  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Monster Art Journal Page

Another journal spread.  This is the third incarnation of these two pages.  The first two thing I tried did NOT work!  That's what gesso is for...  If I don't like it, I gesso over it!  A new blank canvas!  I had applied modeling paste through a stencil with circles, so those were still there after the gesso.  I colored the background with Dylusions spray inks. When you spray them on gesso, they are less vibrant.  I used a Dylusions stencil for the harlequin effect.  I dabbed a couple of stamps around for more texture.  On top of some of the modeling paste circles, I applied circles punched out of a gelli print or two.  The stamped images are all Dylusions stamps.  I colored them with various markers.  I applied yellow paint to some grid fabric and used that as a halo of sorts for the 3 scary/creepy guys.  The little spiders are sequins.  I had a lot of fun making this spread.  Sometimes, I feel like there is a monster inside me waiting to get out - when I am angry or upset.  Thanks for stopping by!