Art Journal Page for May - Frida Kahlo theme

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, we're doing an art journal page swap.  This is my page for May - Frida Kahlo themed art.
For the first page, I used a background that I created with acrylic paints, stencils and my gelli plate.  I cut circles and strips of a vintage dictionary page.  I used glitter bead gel, a thick coat, to highlight the circles. The word "dreamer" is a Tim Holtz sticker.  The Frida image is from Collage Stuff.

For the bottom page....  I love being able to create custom background papers using my gelli plate, acrylic paints and stencils.  I used my 4" round gelli plate to create the background paper.  The text strips are from a vintage phone book.  The remaining images are from Collage Stuff.  Thanks for coming by my blog.

4" round gelli plate

I just got my new 4" and 6" round gelli plates!  Here's my first 4" round gelli plate print paper!  Acrylic paint and lots of stencils!  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Life is a Fantasy Art Journal Page

I was watching videos on You Tube and saw one about image transfers.  I hadn't done any image tranfers for a while, so grabbed one of my Collage Stuff collage sheets and went to work!  I used matte meduim for the transfers.  After the transfers were done, it was time to have fun!  I applied vintage text with holes cut out in 3 places, then added watercolor and Color Burst. I used stencils from Hero Arts, Stencil Girl and The Crafter's Workshop.  I used a White Viva Pearl Pen to accent some of the elements.  I had fun making this page.  Thanks for coming by my blog.

Blue Girls art journal spread

This is a spread in my own art journal.  When I play in my art journal, I never know what I'll end up with.  The bottom layer is all vintage ephemera, magazine images, Victorian scrap, washi tape and one image from a Collage Stuff collage sheet. Next blue Color Burst.  Next white paint through a stencil, and the black stenciled images were next to last.  To give it a little shimmer, I used a word stencil with gold paint.  It's very busy.  It's very me. Thanks for coming by my blog!

Sometimes art journal spread

This is another one of my journal spreads where I got carried away on the background.  With some adjustments, it worked out fine!  The background uses acrylic paint, stencils, Color Burst and a Dylusion stamps.  I used Permapaque and Posca paint markers around the main image.   Thanks for coming by my blog.

Waiting Art Journal Page

This is the first page in a new small Dylusions journal.  The background is mainly made from mopping up stencils used on other art journal pages.  I added numbers, circles, text from a stencil and the flowers (Dina Wakley stamps).  The flowers are watercolored.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

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!