Nature Prints

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using Art Inspirations Nature Print Collection.

To begin, I cut my background puece to the correct size for my journal. It is a piece I created on my gelli plate using the Nature Prints Texture Element stencils with Fired Brick distress oxide ink.

Having cut my Leaf Fall stamp in to individual stamps, I stamped two of the smaller ones onto my background using spiced marmalade and gathered twigs distress oxide.

Next place the birds stencil over the stamped leaf area. Mask of the areas not needed and blend scorched timber distress oxide through the bird on a branch.

Carefully pisition the burd on a branch so that a second bird is sitting on the same branch as the first one. Mask off areas not needed and blend the same ink through the stencil.

Then add the other branch on the stencil several times on both edges of the card using brushed corduroy distress oxide, then edge the piece with scorched timber. 

Glue the piece into an art journal and add a sentiment from Claritystamps Word Sticker Collection by Leonie Pujol.

Products used:

Nature Prints Texture Elements Stencil

Nature Prints Leaf Fall stamp

Nature Prints Birds stencil and masks

Claritystamps Words Stickers by Leonie Pujol 

Distress Oxide - fired brick, spiced marmalade, gathered twigs and scorched timber 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

Catalyst Collage Papers

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this art journal page using Bee Crafty's catalyst collage papers.

When I'm using the catalyst collage papers any off cuts from a project get stuck in an A5 journal that I keep on my craft table for this purpose. Today, as the page was full, I decided to use it as a background.

To blend out all the different edges of the pieces of paper, I used my finger to apply and spread white gesso over the page.

Next I applied picked raspberry and spiced marmalade distress oxide ink through the rectangle and crosses inkable tag from set 3.

I then cut out my chosen image from the A5 Painted Gaze catalyst collage pack.

Using matte medium, I glued the image to the left hand side of the page.

To create a shadow effect around the image, I used mermaid lagoon distress oxide with a wet paint brush to paint around it. I smudged this paint out with my finger, so there were no harsh lines.

Having chisen a Transparency Prints Walk Your Own Way  sentiment and cut it out I painted over the back with a white posca pen. This makes the words stand out against the background. When the paint pen was dry I glued it to the page.

Products used:

Off cuts of Bee Crafty's catalyst collage papers 

White gesso

Bee Crafty's A5 Painted Gaze catalyst collage papers

Inkables tags 3

Transparency Prints Walk Your Own Way 

White pisca pen

Distress Oxide - mermaid lagoon,  spiced marmalade,  picked raspberry 

Thank you for taking a look.

Alison 

Butterfly Style

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a card made using products from Julia McNeil Designs. 

To begin, I blended twisted citron distress ink through the harlequin part of the Harlequin Scribbles stencil onto a puece of six inch square card. 

Next I blended picked raspberry distress ink through the random script stencil.

I then stamped the word metamorphosis, from the wings of change stamp set, using peacock feathers distress ink.

Next, I stamped the three crosses, from the butterfly style stamp set, using picked raspberry distress ink. 

On seperate card, I stamped the face, clock and butterfly and 2 small butterflies using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. I coloured them with distress watercolour pencils in the same colours as the background and tattered rose, antique linen and worn lipstick, then cut them out.

Next, I went round the edge of the background piece using a black pen before sticking it to a seven inch square card blank. 

Next, I glued the stamped images to the background. 

Finally, I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Clair directly onto the card. 

Products used:
Wings of Change stamp set

Butterfly Style stamp set

Harlequin Scribbles stencil 

Random Script stencil 

Distress Ink - twisted citron, picked raspberry, peacock feathers 

Distress Watercolour Pencils 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

Distinguished

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection #16, Papillion and The Inspector stamp sets.

To begin I stamped the S M TINKERMAN stamp, from the Stampers Anonymous #16 stamp set, with Brushed Corduroy oxide ink. I then stamped Horlogerie stamp, from the Papillon set, over the rest if the page with the same ink.

I blended tumbled glass distress oxide over the top part of the page and antique linen distress oxide over the bottom. 

On seperate card, I stamped the top hat and shoulders from the #16 stamp set, the light bulb from The Inspector stamp set and the three miths/butterflues from the Papillon set using Versafine Clair nocturne ink.  I coloured the images using mermaid lagoon, antique linen and brushed corduroy distress oxide. I then cut them out.

I glued the images to the page, then added some of the crosses from the stencil from the #16 stamp and stencil set using antique linen distress oxide. 

Finally, I chose a sentiment from the Small Talk sticker book and stuck it to the page 

Here's another look at the completed page.

Products used:

Stamper Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection #16

Papillon

The Inspector 

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk

Distress Oxide - antique linen, brushed corduroy,  tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon 

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison 

If you stumble

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing an art journal page created using products from Mama Makes.

To begin, I created a background using my Kuretake Gansai Tambi granulating watercolour paints set 1.

To build the background, I used the entwined circles stencil, from the Natalie's Textures stencils set, with Villainous Potion distress ink.  I also spritzed the ink left on the stencil and applied this to the page.

Next, I applied picked raspberry distress ink directly to the circles stencil, from Natalie's Textures stencils, spritzed it with water and pressed it to the page. 

Then I stamped the coffee stain  (discontinued stock) stamp using seedless preserve distress ink.

Next, I stamped areas of the small script (discontinued stock) stamp using Villainous Potion distress ink. 

On seperate card, I stamped the girl, from the Make a Wish stamp set, using Versafine Clair nocturne ink. I coloured her with a mix of distress watercolour pencils and polychromos pencils. I then cut her out.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Make a Wish stamp set and cut it out. I edged it with a black pen.

Finally I glued both the girl and sentiment to the page. 

Products used:

Natalie's Textures stencils 

Make a Wish stamp set

Coffee stain stamp 

Small Script stamp 

Distress Watercolour pencils 

Polychromos pencils 

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Distress Ink - Villainous Potion, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserve 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison

TIMESTAMP Creations

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a set of three ATCs made using TIMESTAMP Creations newest releases.

To begin I cut 3 pieces of kraft card to 3.5 x 2.5 inches and 3 pieces of white card to 3.25 x 2.25 inches.

I smooshed stormy sky distress oxide on to a blending mat and spritzed with water. I then dipped all three pieces of white card in to the ink. I dried this with a heat gun.

I repeated the above step twice more, once with shabby shutters distress oxide and once with mustard seed distress oxide. Drying between layers.

Next, I blended shabby shutters distress oxide through the middle part of Dolly Dimples' square trio stencil.

Then,  I blended stormy sky through the film strip stencil from Dolly Dimples/Shady Designs. 

I, then, stamped the corner foliage stamp,  from the Bird Snapshot stamp set, using rustic wilderness distress oxide.

On seperate card, I used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp the photo cell, from the Grungy Frames stamp set, six times. I then roughly cut them out.

Using the dotty stamp, from the Grungy Frames set, and rustic wilderness oxide I gave each cell a simple background.

I, then, used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp different images, from the Friends are Always Together stamp set, in to each cell. I didn't worry if the went over the edge of the frames.

I cut each film cell out and glued 2 to each of the background pieces.

Next, I glued these to the kraft card.

Finally I added both the sentiments from the Friends are Always Together stamp set. 

Products used:

Kraft card

White card

TIMESTAMP Creations

Grungy Frames stamp set

Friends are Always Together stamp set

Bird Snapshot stamp set

Dolly Dimples

Square Trio stencil 

Film Strip stencil

Versafine Clair nocturne 

Distress Oxide - stormy sky, mustard seed, shabby shutters,  rustic wilderness 

Thank you for taking a look. 

Alison