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.

Faces art journal page

I bought a couple of magazines yesterday at the grocery and when I got home, I started cutting out images.  I bought fashion magazines, but I need to pick up some other kinds.  I recently took the Dyan Reavely and Dina Wakely Back to Back class.  Dyan used magazine images in the class.  I assembled the images that I wanted to use first.  The face on the "awaken page" was really too big for this size journal.  I could have scanned it in and printed it smaller, but I wanted to just use the original magazine images. For the background I used a Stencil Girl Stencil first.  I stamped 2 whole sheets of deli paper with a Dyan Reavely alphabet stamp and heat embossed them with black embossing powder. The deli paper is sort of transparent and allowed the stenciling to show through a little.  After applying the deli paper to the pages, I started gluing down the images.  I used Posca fine point paint pens to add details. The butterflies on both pages did not come from the magazines.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Playing with a Gelli Plate

I've had my 6"x6" gelli plate for quite a while.  I haven't done much with it.  My first attempts were not successful.  I found an online class at http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/  Julie has all sorts of online classes.  She's an amazing artist.  Last night I watched a few of the videos from Julie's online gelli place class and started playing. These are done on deli paper available at Amazon.com.   The deli paper is translucent.    I used acrylic paints and stencils.  I cut little masks out of paper or chipboard.  I highly recommend this class if you're unsure how to get started with your gelli plate.  My prints will be perfect for an art journal or ATC backgrounds. Thanks for stopping by!