Art Journal - Flowing Locks

I did this painting in my art journal that has kraft coloured paper. I drew the girl and then painted her with water colour paints. I'm very new to doing faces and I still have to learn how to shade them properly. I'm not going for a realistic photograph style here as you can see, but a more whimsical style.
I'll keep practicing! :D

Art Journal - Falling Leaves

Here is another page in my art journal where I was using up paint from another project. I painted it quickly and with abandon. It is so freeing to work this way with no particular care of the outcome, just a joy in the moment. So much fun!!! You should try it. :D
Take care!

Art Journal - Cypress Trees Van gogh Style

Hello!
On this art journal page I was connecting with my inner Van gogh.  *L* I was also trying to use up some paint from another project. I painted the cypress trees and made a wild sky for fun. It is very freeing to paint with abandon like this. I figure anything goes in an art journal so just play!!!!! Hope you like it!

Have fun! :D

Art Journal - Leaf Prints

I did some leaf printing while I was away at the lake. I got some leaves from a beautiful flowering bush and sorry that I don't know the name of the bush. I then applied different colours of paints to the back side of the leaves, which had the prominent veins. I printed the leaves several times all over the page.
It was so much fun that I got another art journal that has kraft paper pages and did some more.

It's fun to use things from nature in your art journals. I'm not sure if I'll add to these pages in the future or not. I think they are beautiful just as they are now. What do you think? What would you do with these pages? :D

Gelli Journal 2013 - Front Cover

Hello!
This is the front cover of one of my Gelli Journals that I made. Each page was made from cardboard from cereal boxes, cracker boxes, etc. I gessoed both sides of the cardboard and then did gelli printing on each side. I made my own gelatin plates just to try it out to see if I liked making the monoprints. I did! I had a blast. So now I am the proud owner of a Gelli Plate.
I used my Dylusions stamp for the girl on the front cover. I collaged some patterned paper and lace, then did some stamping and colouring onto the background. I cut out the girl and collaged her on  last. Then I wrote the title with a black fine line marker.
I found the recipe for the gelatin plates on You Tube. They are easy to make but do tend to crack with lots of use.
Take care and have a fun and creative day. :D

Art Journal - Fabulous Fishies

This is an art journal page that I did in my junk journal. I got a new stamp set at Scrapfest in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in April. The stamp set is called Rock Pool by Clear Stamps Kaiser Craft. The stamps are underwater plants and a shell. I stamped the background images using coloured markers. Then, because I had no fish stamps, I got out my black pitt pen and drew some fishes on the newsprint mat I had under my work. I painted the fish and cut them out. I glued them down onto the background that I had created.
I hope you have a fabulous day! :D

Art Journal Page - Never Give Up

I created this page in my Healthy Lifestyle Journal.  I used a stencil to paint the flowers with gesso and then I coloured them with gel pens. The background is patterned paper with paint stippled through different stencil designs. I did the title with a letter stamp set and coloured the letters in with markers. I used gesso to paint through a stencil to make the rectangles for the smaller words. The butterflies are stickers.
I never want to give up on being healthier......(and losing some weight!)
Here's to good health! Never take it for granted. :D

Birthday Card - The Big 4-0

This is the birthday card I made for my first-born daughter.  40????? Wow, time sure flies!

The background was made with a cuttlebug folder with ink on the debossed side. The colour doesn't show very well in the photo. I used the Dyan Reaveley Dylusions stamp set called Curious Corrin for the girl. I stamped her and coloured her in with markers and stickles. I did the same for the crown and glued that to her head. I attached her to the background with pop-dots. Then I added a piece of patterned paper to the side and then the sentiment.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter!  :D

Art Journal - Fantasy Berry Bird

 This is a mixed media art journal page done in my handmade box board journal. The background was done on the homemade gelatin plate. The bird was drawn on patterned paper and cut out and collaged onto the background.  I did some stamping and applied some washi tape and texture paste to the background as well as adding some more paint through punchinella. I doodled the details on the bird with markers.
I would like to thank my son-in-law Mat for helping me learn how to add photos to this blog on this new computer. :D

I'm back! Yay! .....sort of....

Hello!
I had to get a new computer so I am back in business here. I'll post some new art real soon!  :D

Hmmmmm....can't figure out how to get to my photos on this new computer program. Arrghhh!!! I'll keep trying! I hope to see you soon.

My blog is broken again.....:(

Hello friends,
I'm sorry it has been so long since I have posted. My blog will not let me post any pictures. I'm not even sure if this post will appear. I will try to find out how to get this fixed. It's becoming rather frustrating!
I hope to see you on here again soon.
Take care and enjoy creating! :D

Stampscapes Bookmarks

These are two bookmarks that I made creating the scenes with several stampscapes stamps. The images are stamped with black Archival ink and then the ink colours are applied with stipple brushes and markers.
I love to give bookmarks away and I love to have several for myself.
Happy stamping and reading! :D

Box Board Art Journal - Make the most of every day.

 I made an art journal from box board from things like cereal boxes, cracker boxes etc. On this page I gessoed the background and then sprayed Dylusion Ink Sprays and let them drip. When that was thoroughly dry, I doodled a border with a black sharpie marker. Then I wrote the words with a white paint pen and outlined them with the sharpie marker.
I have been busy doing gelatin prints on many of the other box board pages using my homemade gelatin plates. I loved it so much that I went and bought a Gelli Plate. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. So you will see more boxboard art journal pages to come.
Have a great day and keep creating! :D

Gift Bag and Matching Tissue Paper

 

 



Hello! These pictures show the front and back views of the gift bag that I decorated for a baby shower that I went to. I used a plain white gift bag and laid a 12"x12" stencil over it and sprayed with two colours of spray inks. Then I took the white tissue paper and sprayed the two colours on it too to match the gift bag. Voila! I love how it turned out!
What do you think? Let me know.
Have a happy day! :D

Baby Shower Card - Heaven Sent

I made this card for a baby shower that I attended. I used a Cuttlebug Folder called Kimberly's Card for the pink cardstock background. The baby stamps are from Stampin Up's "Baby Firsts" set. I stamped and coloured the babies and then punched them out and inked the edges. I popped them up on pop dots. I just love the crying baby stamp. It makes me laugh.
Tomorrow I'll show you the gift bag I decorated for the present.
Take care! :D