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

Altered History Book Art Journal - Experience the World

This is a two page mixed media spread that I did in my Altered History Book Art Journal. I used ideas from several different tutorials on You Tube as well as my own ideas. For the background I followed a You Tube video that I saw on Pinterest called "Art Journal Page with Helmar and Faber Castell" by Lydell Quin. I used different products than she did but I followed the basic ideas and then put more details of my own. For the main image I created a She Art girl made famous by Christy Tomlinson and I wrote my own sentiment.
This page was first gessoed and then had many layers added of paints, inks, stencils, modelling paste, collage, markers, stamps, iridescent medium, mod podge, washi tape............ I'm not sure if I remembered everything but it sure is mixed media!

Here are close-ups of each page so that you can see more detail. If you click on any of these pictures you will see a larger view.

Enjoy your fun experiences!
Take care. :D

Winter Thank You Card

The background for this card was stamped with silver and rich razzleberry inks for the snowflakes on sahara sand cardstock. The edges were sponged and then some silver pearls were added to some of the snowflakes.The sentiment piece was stamped on white cardstock with rich razzleberry ink and silver pearls were added. I also doodled a frame around the edges. I popped it up with pop dots.
Have a wonderful day! :D

Birthday Card - Gesso and Gelatos background

I tried a new technique for the background of this card. I applied gesso to a piece of cardstock, then laid another piece of cardstock on top of it while the gesso was still wet and smoothed it over with my hands. Then I pulled the two pieces of cardstock apart and that left a lot of interesting texture in the gesso. I let the gesso dry completely. Then I coloured two colours of gelatos over the surface of the gesso and blended it with a wet paint brush. When that was dry I stamped with metallic silver and black inks for the design.
I saw this idea on Trena's blog and I wanted to give it a try. Thanks Trena for the inspiration! :D

I stamped the envelope to match as well.

And I used some of the gesso-gelato paper for the inside of the card.

Take care! :D

Zentangle Inspired Art - Friends Forever

Hello Friends!
I made this card in response to a post on Monica's blog which is called Nana's Place. On Feb. 3 she made a post called Zentangle Meditation - Seek Comfort. (I would link this up for you if I knew how! If you know, please teach me! Thanks.)  She had been inspired by a friend who would tangle on a card every morning and give them as greeting cards. So I got out a set of mauve coloured cards I had in my stash and dry embossed a border on the top and bottom of the card front and then drew my design. I know I won't do one every morning, but it was fun to give it a try. Thanks to Monica for the inspiration and to the book "Zentangle Basics" by Suzanne McNeill for ideas.
Friends Forever! :D