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FSC Inspirational Piece

October 31st, 2017 by Shirl - Posted in Ali Reeve Stamps, Art Journal, Darkroom Door, Fashionable Stamping Challenges, FlonzCrafts

For the October challenge at FSC my DT piece was a journal page.

Today my FSC inspirational make for the Time Waits For No Man Challenge is another journal page.

Because the two pages were side by side I soon realised that they were not gelling together. The monkey side was far to bright and colourful.

No choice for it but to tone the monkey side down a notch or two, good ole white gesso to the rescue.

Scroll to the next post and you’ll see how he looked originally.

Totally happy with the overall toning down, they sit side by side perfectly now.

Used two stamps from the Vintage Time set by Ali Reeve and the Gentleman stamp is from Flonz Crafts.

I never throw anything away that has stamping on it. Found a teensy bit of ripped tissue paper which had some clock numbers on it, placed this in the middle of the clock for a bit of added interest.

Also amongst my stamped tissue paper castoffs was a top hat which was put onto the ring of the pocket watch and the number 31 around the edge.

You still have until midnight on Saturday, 9th November to enter the FSC challenge so please hop on over as we would love to see what you make.

Shirl

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Face Your Fears – I Dare You

March 17th, 2017 by Shirl - Posted in Andy Skinner Products, Art Journal, Journaling, Mixed Media, Stampers Anonymous, Studio 490 Stamps

We’ve put the clean and tidy journal away for the moment and created two pages in the mixed media one instead.

A very different journal indeed, all grungy and painty with loads of texture, this is definitely the touchy feely one of the two.

Not much colour used on these pages because the previous ones here were very vibrant and busy so a more subtle tone was called for.

Out came the Pebeo modeling paste plus some Tim Holtz tissue paper. Chalk paints were used alongside some dry brushing with Gesso.

Selection of stamps, stencils and tissue paper used.

Shirl

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Good Ole Bubble Wrap

February 17th, 2017 by Shirl - Posted in Art Journal, PaperArtsy, Stampin Up

Showing pages from the new A5 art journal which I had to buy on my last trip home.

Two on the go now but I just might take this one home with me when I next go and leave it there. That way I will always have something to doodle in.

Used some of the new PaperArtsy stamps that I bought whilst at a class with Helen Chilton, Sandy had her shop there.

Extended the ends of the flower petals with some doodling flourishes and added numbers to the leaves.

These are the first two pages when the book is opened and as you can see I have used the SU Beautiful You stamps plus a variety of others.

Clare has very little crafting stuff which is good because it means I have to improvise and use things which I haven’t used in ages.

Bubble wrap is one of those great alternatives to stencils and it came in handy for these pages. Painted gesso onto it which gave a fantastic resist on the page.

Shirl

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Easier Art Journaling

January 4th, 2017 by Shirl - Posted in Art Journal, Indigo Blu, Journaling, Mixed Media Pages, PaperArtsy, Stampers Anonymous

Dot and I both agree that we wished we had started our art journaling in a smaller book rather the the normal A4 size.

Feeling more comfortable with this A5 book because when starting something in the larger version my interest tends to wane before it is finished. Where as with this one I can’t wait to finish.

Love the first page with all the sewing, stencilling and collaging but the second isn’t too shabby either … lol.

Used the same colours on the second page but whereas the first has collaged layers the second is one flat layer. Both are a nice contrast to each other.