Numbers Themed Glue Book Pages

The July swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is a numbers themed glue book page swap.  Glue book pages are made by just gluing papers down - no embellishments period.  I like glue book pages because I don't like a lot of embellishment on collage art. I was going to make one of them with the number 3, but since the pages are 4x6",  I couldn't get three of each collage element on the page.   Thanks for coming by my blog!

January Art Journal Page Swap - side two - Stacked Birds

This is the back side of the "Secrets" page in the previous post. I used the Dina Wakely Scribbly Birds stamp set.  The background uses stencils by The Crafter's Workshop, Tim Holtz and Stencil Girl.  The white hearts were made with modeling paste and a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil. I painted the birds with acrylic paint and outlined them with a Stabilio All pencil.  The hearts/circles were cut out of vintage sheet music, painted in the centers, and the painted area was outlined with a Stabilio All pencil.  After I glued them down, I outlined them again with the same pencil.  The stamped words were also highlighted with the Stabilio All pencil.  When I had everything glued down, I splattered the blue paint across the page.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Season's Tweetings variation

Here's a variation on my original Season's Tweetings Christmas card.  Red glitter paper!  I think I like this card better than the red one.  Thanks for coming by my blog.

My Art Journal

Here are two more spreads in my art journal.  I have always loved the quirky Dylusions stamps.  I colored in the images with my Spica Glitter Pens so everything is sparkly!  Thanks for stopping by!

My art journal - gluebook pages

The latest pages in my art journal.  I made gluebook pages.  Creating art in gluebook style means just gluing down paper - no embellishments.  I like this.  I don't use a lot of embellishments in my art any way.  The photos of the boys are from Land of Nod Studios.  Many of the images were obtained when I took a Vintage Glue Book class from Green Paper Packages.  Thanks for stopping by!

My Art Journal

Here are two spreads in my art journal.  I'll be sending it off to Lin once I'm sure it's dry.  I have always loved the quirky Dylusions images and sayings.  I'm also in love with the Dina Wakely Scribbly Bird stamps.  I used several stencils on each spread.  On the birds pages, I tried out some Wendy Vecchi gold embossing paste.  I thought it might be shinier, but I like it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Lin's Art Journal

My friend, Lin (click here for Lin's Etsy store) and I are participating in a little art journal round robin - just the two of us.  Here are the first two pages that I've finished in Lin's journal.

The top spread, the birds, was a lesson in how there are no mistakes in art, only opportunities.  I had a perfectly fine background created and messed it up adding more stuff.  I can save just about anything!  I ended up painting over the top of it and trying it again.  I used Dylusions spray inks and rubber stamps.  I used 2 of The Carfter's Workshop templates.  I added texture with modeling paste.  I love the Dina Wakeley "Scribbly Birds" stamps.  I colored the birds and houses with the new Dina Wakely heavy body acrylic paints.  In both spreads, I used a page or part of a page from a vintage children's spelling textbook. 

The second spread uses mostly Victorian scraps available at Collage Stuff.  I love the timeless beauty of these images.  I used lace, a doily, buttons, two items from the Tim Holtz Thrift Shop ephemera pack, Petaloo flowers and lots of butterflies!  I fins some sort of stencil to be a must and used one of The Crafter's Workshop templates - available at Collage Stuff.  For this spread, I also used a paper that I created with my gelli plate.  I toned it down a little with white gesso.

I encourage everyone to art journal.  It's art that you create for yourself.  I love the feeling of artistic freedom that I get from just playing and trying different things.

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Gothic Arch Swap

The January swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is a Nature's Beauty Gothic Arch swap.  I created two templates for everyone to use.  I used old phone book pages for the background.  The Victorian scrap birds/flowers and vintage buttons are available at Collage Stuff.  The letter cards are Tim Holtz alpha cards.  Three more to do!  Thanks for stopping by!