Nature Prints and ZinskiArt

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using Art Inspirations Nature Prints,  Texture Backgrounds and their ZinskiArt Sign to Shine stamp set. 

To begin, create a background by blending salty ocean distress oxide in the centre of the page in an 8x8 inch journal. Then blend uncharted mariner distress oxide around the edges of the page. Next spritz with water and pat dry with a piece of kitchen towel. 

Next stamp the nature print circle print stamp centrally using Versafine Clair twilight ink. 

Then place the branch part of the Nature Prints Silhouette Flower stencil override the stamping. Using some watered down Kuretake Gold Sumi Mica Paste, with a dipping pen, draw around the inside of the branch and leaves. When done, wash the palette, pen nibs and stencil immediately as the paste can not be reactivated when dry.

To make the branch stand out more, place the mask part of the set over the image and gently brush black soot distress oxide from on the mask onto the page to create a shadow effect.

Stamp the border, from the Texture Backgrounds stamp set,  using Versafine Clair twilight ink,  in the top right and bottom left of the page.

Using the floral cluster, from the ZinskiArt Sign to Shine stamp set, with Versafine Clair Arctic ink, add around the edges of the page to give the background another layer.

On separate card,  stamp the standing silhouette,  from the Sign to Shine stamp set, using the twilight ink pad. Cut out leaving no border.

Add the silhouette image to the page and using a chipped sapphire distress crayon a ground for her to stand on.

Add a sentiment from Clarity Stamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol to finish the page.

Here's another look at the finished page. 

Products used:

Nature Prints Circle Print stamp set 

Nature Prints Silhouette Flower stencil and mask

Texture Backgrounds stamp set 

ZinskiArt Sign to Shine stamp set 

Clarity Stamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

The Sound of Spring

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using LuMania's The Sounds of Spring mixed media book and sticker collection.

To begin, I chose a backing paper, which I cut to fit in my black art journal, so that it left a border around it. I used matte medium to glue it in.

Next I chose some ephemera from the Mixed media book and cut it out, leaving a small white border.

Then I chose a few stickers from the sticker pack and roughly cut them out. As they are on a clear background you don't need to to be as accurate with cutting them out.

I, then, arranged them on the page and glued them in place with a mix of foam tape and wet glue.

Finally, I added the sentiment sticker to a piece of white card, cut it out and used foam tape to add it to the page.

Here's another look at the finished page. 

Products used:

The Sounds of Spring Mixed Media Book 

The Sounds of Spring Mixed Media Stickers

Matte Medium

Foam Tape

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Tree Home

Good morning today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using products from Art Inspirations. 

To begin, I  sponged yummy yellow and lippy lime vivid ink through the never-ending link stencil. 

Then I used Lisa Horton's Cloud 9 Margarita ink to stamp the large rectangle from the Leonie Pujol Textures on the Block stamp set. 

Next I used Lisa Horton Picked by Paula Georgia Moss ink to stamp the four squares stamp from the Textures on the Block stamp set several times. 

The I used the Lisa Horton Anthracite ink pad to stamp the small lines stamp from the same stamp set. 

Next, on separate card,  I used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp the tree home stamp. I coloured it with the Kuretaki Gansai Tambi Granulating 3 and Graphite watercolour paints. I added white pen highlights. I cut it out and glued it to the page.

Then I stamped the Border stamp from the Texture Backgrounds stamp set using Lisa Horton Margarita ink.

I used a black fineliner to add a scribbly border to the page. 

I decided the background needed more, so I stamped the small circles stamp using Versafine Clair nocturne and coloured some of the circles with white pen.

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

Products used:

Art Inspirations 

. Vivid Inks

.Never-ending Link stencil 

.Textures on the Block stamp set 

.Texture Backgrounds stamp set 

. Brejanz Tree Home stamp set 

. Kuretake Gansai Tambi Granulating 3 paints

. Kuretake Gansai Tambi Graphite paints 

. Word Stickers Collection by Leonie Pujol 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Arden Garden Chronicles

Hi everyone today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using Arden Garden Chronicles papers, die cuts, laser cuts and rub-ons.

To begin, I cut one of the Garden Chronicles papers to fit my art journal page and glued it in place.

Next I added three of the Garden Chronicles rub-ons to the page.

Then I glued three of the Garden Chronicles laser cuts to the page in a cluster.

I then added a die cut ticket from the paper pad.

Next I added the small laser cut branch.

Then I added three die cut butterflies from the paper pad.

I then added some gold splats. I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi blue gold from the start colors palette. 

Finally I added a die cut sentiment. 

Products used:

Garden Chronicles paper pad

Garden Chronicles Rub-on Transfer Kit

Garden Chronicles Laser Cuts

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Make Art. Make Magic.

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using products from Funky Fossil and Clarity Stamps. 

I began by tearing three strips of the pink striped paper, from the Stand Tall paper pad, and glued them to a page in my 8x8 dylusions journal. 

Using just one layer of the Going Dotty 2 layer stencil set, I added dots and circles randomly to the background. I used Lisa Horton's Cliud 9 Anthracite ink.

Using the Don't Be Cross stencil with Lisa Horton's Cloud 9 Shocking Pink ink I added some crosses to the page. Next I cut out three pieces of the numbers from the Clear Impressions The Eclectic Edit transparencies and used Cadence Bond and Seal to add them to the page.

I then stamped the lady, from the Smell The Roses stamp set, and the three different individual hearts, from the Clarity Stamps Altered Hearts by Leonie Pujol stamp set, on to cream card. I cut these out leaving a small border.

 

I added these to the page using foam pads to raise them from the background. 

I added one of the sentiments from the transparency pack.

Finally I added some white pen dots and splats to the page.

Products used:

Funky Fossil 

. Stand Tall paper pad 

. Going Dotty 2 layer stencil 

. Don't Be Cross stencil 

. Clear Impressions The Eclectic Edit transparencies 

. Smell The Roses stamp set 

Clarity Stamps 

. Altered Hearts by Leonie Pujol stamp set 

Lisa Horton 

. Cloud 9 Anthracite 

. Cloud 9 Shocking Pink 

White Posca Pen

Cadence Matte Bond and Seal 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Be Bold. Be Brave.

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing an art journal page created using lots of products available from Art Inspirations Dina Wakley Media range.

To begin, I tore a piece of Carnival Wet Strength tissue paper, that had been used to mop up excess ink on another project, so that it would fit my Thé Lamali Carnet Biblio Notebook. I placed this onto my Lusa Horton Tacky Mat so that I could work on it.

Using the Dina Wakley Media Bubbles Coaster stencil, I added salvaged patina distress oxide to the page.

I then, stamped one of the Squared Up stamps using Versafine Clair Bali Blue ink. 

Next, I stamped two of another of the Squared Up stamps using Strawberry Versafine Clair ink. 

Then, I stamped one of the Let it Fly birds using Sand Dune Versafine Clair ink. 

Next, I blended Versafine Clair Strawberry ink through the AALL and Create Lotza Diamonds stencil. 

I used Cadence Matte Bond and Seal to adhere my tissue paper to the page. In the process the bird disappeared, so I restarted it using Portobello Versafine Clair ink. 

Next, I added two strips of the small circles from the Pattern Play 2 Transparencies.

I carefully tore out one of the faces from the Bold Collage Papers and cut out one of the sentiments from the same pack. These were both glued to the page with Bond and Seal. 

Product used:

Lamali Carnet Biblio Notebook 

Lisa Horton Tacky Mat 

Carnival Wet Strength tissue paper 

AALL and Create Lotza Diamonds stencil 

Cadence Bond and Seal

Versafine Clair  - Bali Blue, Str, Sand Dune, Portobello 

Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina 

Dina Wakley Media

. Bubbles Coaster stencil 

. Squared Up stamp set 

. Let it Fly stamp set 

. Pattern Play 2 Transparencies 

. Bold Collage Papers 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison