Three Little Birds

Hi everyone one today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page in my 12 x 6 landscape Pink Pig sketch book.

To begin, I blended picked raspberry,  fossilised amber  and seedless preserve distress oxide through one of the Art by Marlene playful frames stencils leaving the central area free from ink. Next I blended hickory smoke distress oxide through part of  the dancing lines mask.

Next, I used fossilized amber distress oxide to stamp the text stamp, from the perfect textures stamp set, over the background. 

Then, using picked raspberry distress oxide I stamped the hearts from the perfect textures stamp set.

To finish the background, I used seedless preserve distress oxide to stamp the circle stamp from the same stamp set. 

On separate card, I stamped three of the Marlene's Birds. I coloured them with my ecoline pens and a wet paintbrush  and then cut them out.

I added them to the page using pva glue.

Finally I added one of Clarity Stamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol to the page.

Products used:

Studio Light Art by Marlene

. Playful Frames stencils 

. Dancing Lines mask 

. Perfect Textures stamp set 

. Marlene's Birds stamp set 

Clarity Stamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Using Gelli Print Apperature Backgrounds

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing three art journal pages I have created using some of the apperature gelli print backgrounds I created during The Craft Collective Weekender workshop with Leonie Pujol. 

For the first circle apperature page, I have used Craft Artist Gold Fusion inks in Hunters gold, lychee and lemon and have stamped using AALL and Create's Circles and Strokes stamp set. The foreground images are from AALL and Create's Torn Prints and Nature's Art stamp sets.

For the second circular apperature page, I used Craft Artist Gold Fusion lychee ink and Craft Artist Pearl Fusion phtalo blue ink. The removed some ink using Art Inspirations with Leonie Pujol's Texture Backgrounds stamp set. 

The foremost images are from AALL and Create's Torn Prints and Hold Still stamp sets. 

For the final apperature page, I used worn lipstick and wilted violet to create the background, then added AALL and Create's Circles and Strokes stamp and Art Inspirations Nature Prints Leaf Fall stamps to it. The images in foreground are from AALL and Create's Torn Prints and Stay Focused stamp sets. 

Products used:

Gelli plate

Selection of ink pads

AALL and Create:

Circles and Strokes stamp set 

Torn Prints stamp set 

Nature's Art stamp set 

Stay Focused stamp set 

Hold Still stamp set 

Art Inspirations:

Nature Prints Leaf Fall stamp set 

Leonie Pujol's Texture Backgrounds stamp set 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Stamperia's A New Beginning

Hi everyone, today, I am sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using Stamperia's junk journal a new beginning.

To begin, I cut out piece of background card from the a new beginning junk journal book to fit the journal page. Then I edge this with scorched timber distress oxide.

I then chose my ephemra from the adhesive ephemera pack and the junk journal book. I removed all the little pips that keep the push out elements in the page, using a emery board.

Next, I chose and roughly cut out some of the rub-ons. I added the light and stars to the background and the others to the panel from the junk journal. I then glued the panel in place on the page.

Finally, I arranged the ephemera onto the page.

Products used:

STAMPERIA:

A New Beginning junk journal book 

A New Beginning adhesive ephemera pack

A New Beginning rub on kit

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Be Not Afraid Bloom

Hi everyone today I am sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using the nature print doodle stamp and the be not afraid bloom from Art Inspirations.

2 begin, I stamped and heated embossed the nature's print doodle stamp on the page. I used Art Inspirations blue blue glitter embossing powder.

Next, I lightly spritzed the page with water and added drops of Art Inspirations lippy lime vivid ink and then spritz again and left to dry.

On separate card, I stamp the large flower using Versafine Clair morning mist. I then used an embossing ink to stamp the central floral element and heated embossed with the blue blue glitter embossing powder. I cut this out.

I used Personal Impressions woodless water colour pencils in blues and yellow to colour the outer petals of the flower and added white pencil highlights.

I stamped the arrow and number stamps around the background using morning mist ink. Then I added the flower. 

Finally I added a sentiment from Clarity Stamps Words Sticker Collection by Leonie Pujol. 

Products used:
Natures Prints Doodle stamp 

Blue Blue Embossing Powder

Lippy Lime Vivid Ink 

Lou Sims Be Not Afraid Bloom stamp set 

Clarity Stamps Words Sticker Collection by Leonie Pujol 

Personal Impressions Woodless Watercolour Pencils 

Versafine Clair Morning Mist 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Dutch Doobadoo Roladex Cards

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing three roladex cards I have created using products I purchased from Art Inspirations. 

To begin, I  spritzed the three Dutch Doobadoo roladex cards with water. I then added drops of Lippy Lime and Poppin' Pink Vivid Inks, from Art Inspirations, and sritzed lightly with more water. I left this to dry naturally. 

Using the AALL & Create circles stenci with seedless preserve distress oxide I added different parts over the three cards.

Next, using the sentiment from the Got Giggles stamp set and seedless preserve distress oxide, I stamped 1st and 2nd generation versions on to one of the cards. I already had the two girls from this set stamped and coloured, so I added them to the card. To finish it I edged with Dahlia Purple Versafine Clair ink. I added the Best Fishes sentiment using Versafine Clair nocturne. 

For the second card I had the character, books and flowers already stamped and coloured. Before adding these to the card I stamped the stories sentiment over the card using Versafine Clair Verdant ink and edged the card with the same ink. I also added a sentiment using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. 

For the last one, I edged it with Daliah Purple, then stamped the Sisters in Spirit sentiment using seedless preserve distress oxide. I then added one of the characters from the sisters in spirit stamp set and the True Besties sentiment.

Products used:

Dutch Doobadoo White Rolex Art Cards

AALL and Create:

Page Turner stamp set

Got Giggles stamp set

Sisters in Spirit stamp set

Circles stencil

Art Inspirations Vivid Ink:

Poppin'Pink

Lippy Lime 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Stash buster art journal page.

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using lots of products from my crafty stash.

To begin, I used matte medium to glue an old technical manual book page to a page in my 11 x 11 Pink Pig art journal. 

I then rubbed festive berries distress oxide directly on to Art Inspirations Autumn stencil, spritzed with water and pressed it down on to the page.

Next, I coloured the Samantha K Geo Circles chipboard piece with iced spruce distress ink. I left this to dry.

I cut out part of an old Simplicity Sewing Pattern and using the arrows from the Dylusions Dyalog Border-it stencil with iced spruce distress ink I added arrows to the pattern piece.

On separate card,  I stamped Bee Crafty's Doodle Art Cone Flower using Versafine Clair nocturne ink.  I coloured it with distress inks.

Then I cut it out.

I also chose a piece of mirror ribbon, a different old book page and some black sisal to add to the page.

I used matte medium to glue these to the page.

I blended festive berries distress ink around the edge of the old book page.

Next I added the cone flower, using matte medium. 

Finally I added a sentiment from the Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol.

Products used:

Samantha K - Geo Circles chipboard shapes

Old book pages.
Indian Mirrored Ribbon

Old Simplicity Sewing Pattern 

Dylusions Dyalog Border-it stencil 

Bee Crafty Doodle Art Cone Flower stamp set 

Sisal

Clarity Stamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Mixing Old and New

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using the brand new stamps and stencil from Louise Simms and Art Inspirations and older Shady Designs by Louise Sims stamps and stencils. I know when Lou designed the new stamps she hoped they would work with her older ones and I think I've proved they do.

To begin with, I added three areas of peeled paint distress oxide and then added three areas of salty ocean distress that overlaped the peeled paint.

Next, I blended peeled paint through the Squared Up stencil then I spritzed the stencil and dubbed it on to the page. I also blended salty ocean through the Moroccan Trellis stencil. 

Then, I blended black soot distress oxide through the Film Strip stencil.

I, then, blended peeled paint through the hanging garden stencil.

After that,  I  stamped the Be A Square stamp using Salty Ocean distress oxide. 

I stamped the hanging garden stamp using peeled paint distress oxide. 

Next, I stamped all the images using Versafine Clair twilight ink. I coloured them with Kuretake Zig Clean Colour pens, then cut them out. 

Then, I added them to the page using foam tape on some and tucking others under them.

Finally, I added a sentiment from the Be Not Afraid paper pad.

Products used:

Art Inspirations 

. Be Not Afraid paper pad 

. Be Not Afraid stamp set 

. Squared Up Stencil

Shady Designs/Dolly Dimples 

. Fungi and Flora stamp set

. Blooming Circle stamp set 

. Blooming Blocks stamp set 

. Frame by Frame stamp set 

. Be a Square stamp set 

. Hanging Garden stamp set 

. Moroccan Trellis stencil 

. Film Strip stencil 

. Hanging Garden stencil 

Distress oxide - salty ocean,  peeled paint,  black soot 

Versafine Clair - twilight 

Kuretake Zig Clean Colour pens 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison