Valentine ATC Swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the January swap is a valentine ATC swap.  I started out by stenciling a background on a vintage ledger page.  I added vintage text to the background and a strip of washi tape.  The flowers are Victorian scrap, the heart is German scrap and the words are from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet - all available at Collage Stuff.  I edged the ATC with a pink Posca glitter pen.  Thanks for stopping by today and Happy New Year!

Asian-themed art journal pages

 For the art journal page swap for April, my pages needed an "Oriental" theme.  I used images from Tumble Fish Studio for this page.  I outlined the images with a Fude ball pen and applied washi tape as a frame.

I painted this page red and then stenciled black and silver flowers with a stencil from Stencil Girl.  I used pages from a vintage dictionary on both pages.  I glued the dictionary page onto cardstock and die cut it with a Tim Holtz die for the lattice.  The playing card is available at Collage Stuff. I applied washi tape on the left side of the page.  Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Birdhouse ATC Swap

The February swap at the Collage Stuff yahoo group is a birdhouse ATC swap. I wanted my birdhouse ATC's to have a Valentine's Day theme too.  I cut a rough house shape from chipboard and covered it with an old phone book page.  Then I stenciled with acrylic paints using Tim Holtz and The Crafter's Workshop stencils.  I used washi tape for the "roof".  The red hearts and black birds are German scrap (Dresden trim) items available at Collage Stuff.  I painted some paper with gold paint to fill the heart shape. To back the house shape, I used black illustration board embossed with gold detail embossing powder and script stamp.  I edged everything with black paint.  Thanks for coming by to view my birdhouse ATC's!

January Art Journal Page Swap

I'm hosting another year of the art journal page swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  For January, my page is a vintage theme, with nature. The images are from Collage Stuff and Mischief Circus.  I used a variety of stencils with acrylic paints for the backgrounds.  Stamps from Tim Holtz and Rae Missagman were used in the backgrounds.  Some stamped images were heat embossed.  The white doilies, blank raffle tickets and computer punch cards are available at Collage Stuff.  Thanks for coming by to view my January art journal page.

Leave the Past Behind Art Journal Page

This is an art journal page made using a vintage dictionary page, a geli print, vintage ledger page bits, Dylusions-Stencil Girl-Dina Wakley stencils and Dylusions paints.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

My World Art Journal Spread

Here's a spread in my small Dylusions art journal.  The paints are Dylusions paints applied with a cosmetic sponge. All of the stencils are from Stencil Girl.  The butterfly images are Dina Wakley stamps.  I used glaze and paint pens to doodle and embellish. I added red/white washi tape in a few places.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Vintage Style Art Journal Page 2

This is the back side of the journal page from my previous post.  The girls are Found Relatives that I painted and doodled on.  The game cards are from my stash - scanned them in and sized them smaller.  The background stencil is Dina Wakley's Alphabetical stencil.  I outlined the yellow stenciled letters with a red Pitt pen.  Green washi tape surrounds the background vintage book page.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Whatever Art Journal Page

This page was done in a 9" x 12" journal.  I started out smooshing around some Dylusions teal paint and orange paint from another vendor.  I used the Alphabetica stencil with a baby wipe to remove some of the paint.  I used red Dylusions paint with the Alphabetica stencil to add the red letters.  I applied the washi tape in a few places.  I used the Dylusions large squares stencils with Heidi Swap gold spray ink.  I used a small paper cup to make the larger black circles with black ink.  I used white acrylic ink to make the drips. I used black paint with the Queenie stencil and the Affirmations stencil.   After that it was a matter of adding little bits and pieces.  I used a small bird punch for the birds - punched them out of a book page with red paint.  The small circles were made with the Dylusions Dotted Flower stencil and colored red with Dylusions paint.  I used the Dylusions squares stencil with black paint in a few areas.  The white dots were added with a white Glaze pen, the black dots with a black Glaze pen.  The tiny dots were made with black paint and a Stencil Girl stencil.  The word "live" is a Tim Holtz chit chat sticker.  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?"  

Never Ordinary art journal spread

This is a spread in my own art journal.  It's a small Dylusions art journal.  This is the first time I've used my new Dylusions paints and I love the vibrant colors!  I started out with a geli printed background.  Next I layered on different sorts of vintage ephemera.  I added the Tim Holtz letters/number next.  Then it was time to stencil, stencil, stencil!  I used stencils from Stencil Girl, The Crafter's Workshop and Dylusions.  The Tim Holtz word stickers were added last.  I had fun making these pages.  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!

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!

Use Your Wings Art Journal Spread

This spread is done in my small Dylusions art journal.  I'm almost at the end of it making it hard to photograph.  I used a couple of gelli prints done on old book pages for the backgrounds. I added some modeling paste and spray inks.  All of the stencils used are Stencil Girl stencils.  I added the white dots with a Posca paint pen.  I cut words out of an old book to apply to the birds. "Use your wings" is a Tim Holtz sticker.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

Fantasy Art Journal Page

I'm hosting an art journal page swap this year at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  I had to make a replacement page for one of the participants.  Her theme is fantasy.  For the first photo, I sketched a face in the Jane Davenport style - sort of!  I didn't intend to have the pink drips under the eyes, but art happens!  I was using a Posca paint pen to put dots around the eyes and ended up with a blob instead.  I pulled the blob down and made the same paint blob on the other eye.  I rather like it!  The bottom photo uses Dylsuions stamps.  I tend to overdo on the backgrounds, so I painted gesso in the middle of the page and overstamped with a text stamp.  This way my "mermaid" stands out from the background a little.  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!

Faces Art Journal - Face Seven

Here is Face Seven in my Faces Art Journal.  I used washi tape for her hair.  I cut the "bangs" kind of like I wear my own bangs.  The blue washi tape for the bulk of the hair has numbers printed on it.  Thanks for coming by my blog!

In Color Art Journal Pages

Here are the journal pages I created using my "crazy paper".  The paper is so busy that it doesn't need much.  I added some letter chipboard that I painted black, covered with glossy accents, and then added a tiny bit of gold German glass glitter.  Around the edges of the pages, I used my favorite washi tape.  Thanks for taking the time to come by my blog!

Of Two Minds and Guarded Hearts Art Journal Page

For this spread, I used one of the new Dylusions stamps.  I applied watercolor to two #8 tags and stamped the part of the image on both tags.  I cut out  both images and trimmed them.  I used a palette knife to spread acrylic paints to make the background.  I used a Stencil Girl stencil to apply the modeling paste.  I followed that up with some black circles and slash lines made with an old key card.  I cut some washi tape circles to put inside the black paint circles.  I also shook some diluted black paint from a brush to make the splatters.  I cut the hearts out of this grid material and painted them with the yellow paint.  I cut smaller hearts out of a vintage dictionary and applied buttercup glass glitter.  I glued the grid hearts on top of the glitter hearts and glued the whole constructed image down.  The pink butterflies were applied last.  I had fun making this!  Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Tag Variations

Here are two more versions of the same Halloween tag that I posted earlier.  Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Tag

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, we're swapping Halloween tags in September.  Here's one of my tags.  Most of the images are from Hidden Vintage Studios at the Deviant Scraps website. I used some gelli printed deli paper for the background and some scrapbook paper.  Thanks for stopping by!