SCS Brown Paper Collage

I haven't joined in on a 

Mix-Ability Challenge at SCS

for ages! Time to get back on board!

Check out MIX108 HERE.

The challenge Friday was to use 

brown paper as a base and include

images stamped or cut from paper

with text on it.

I adhered brown paper to my

art journal pages and then

tore hills from an almanac-type

farm catalog. I used ads that

included horses and horse equipment.

To make the birch trees, I dipped the edge of an old

credit card in black paint and swept it across the 

advertising.  Then I cut the tree trunks as wide as 

I wanted them to be. I adhered them and when

the multi-medium was dry I outlined them with

black and brown big Pitt artist markers.

Next I went over everything with a gesso wash.

I was careful to go vertical on the whole page

and then horizontal on the tree trunks.

I added my horse (Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity)

last and didn't whitewash him so that he would 

stand out. I inked him with Vintage Photo DI.

Then I added texture paste to imitate snow.

I used a gel pen to add the snowflakes and went

around the outside of the page with Black Soot

DI on my inking tool.

This layout feels sad to me.  I may have

to add a quote or something yet.

Art Journal Case

You know how it is when you

see something someone has made

and you just can't get enough of it?

I had that with Vicky P.'s latest

art journal page which you can see

HERE. I think it is my favorite of

all the journal pages she has made.

She does such great videos!

Anyway, I couldn't help but

make my own version of it which 

I am showing you today.

I did it pretty much like she did only

I used Broken China DP on my background

and Tarnished Brass on my guitar. I had silver

thread on hand so used that for the strings.

Used a different stencil, too.

I love how she put the piano keys along the edges!

I grew up in a home with music. My mom

was a church organist so played piano all

the time.  My sister and I learned how to play guitar 

so we would all sing around the piano together.

Be sure to go check out Vicky's tutorial!

WORDS are important!

Our words and attitudes are so very

important! They both reflect what is in

our heart. My word for 2015 is WORD/S.

I made a page in my art journal for the

Logos 365 February prompt to pick 

a theme verse. Logos 365 is a group
at His Kingdom Come.

His Kingdom Come Site

A couple years ago I took part

in a November Attitude of Gratitude

Challenge hosted by Bernice at

Newly Creative. I went by her blog

a couple weeks ago when I was looking 

for instructions on image transfer.

I was happy to read about a new project

she is involved in called

His Kingdom Come, a place for

Christians artists to grow and create.

One of the groups to join is Logos 365.

I picked the word WORD as my

word for 2015. My first journal page use an 

image transfer and the verse that talks about

Jesus being God incarnate.

I've had this page from a magazine for 

over a year. As soon as I saw it, I knew

it would work great for transferring.

I painted my page with gesso and firmly

pressed the image face down onto the page.

I let it dry for 24 hours and then started

misting it and gently rubbing the paper off

with my fingertip. 

The image begins to appear:

I added Distress Paint and Texture Paste

around the edges before adding the verse.

I'm very happy with how it turned out! I love

the worn, distressed look of the whole page.

FWF & Julie's Blogoversary Hop

Welcome to Unity's weekly FWF post.

Check out their blog HERE for those details & prizes.

I am also part of Julie's 2nd Blogoversary Hop.

Love how the card-making community connects

us from all over the world! I cherish the friendships

made because of the shared love of Unity

stamps and creating!

To begin celebrating friendship with Julie

(or if you get lost) go to her blog HERE, 

she has lots of prizes for commenting along the way!

You should have come from 

CREATED BY DONNA K,

who just happens to be Unity's GIU gal this week!

Prizes available there, too!

For starters, today I've used every stamp

from the amazing Beautiful every little thing LOL set

on my art journal pages.  Plus the Dream.big butterflies,

a random bird & Bevy of Butterflies' grassy thing.

Distress paint, DI, Hero Arts inks.

Page was gesso'd and beads were added

with Claudine Helmuth Multi-medium.

 Pretty cool story about these pages. 

I go to a women's devotional

group and my friend who writes the devos

wrote about this verse last week, had no idea

I was using the same one for my journal!

I brought it along to share with my friends there.

Here is a link to our little group called

WELLSPRING.  She posts the devos there.

This card uses papers I won from a SSS

giveaway. I just got this Unity stamp

after their awesome sale! 

The ink is Hero Arts Blackboard which

I am grabbing for all the time since I got it.

March 6 was my oldest sister & bil's

39th anniversary. We are great friends &

they just retired 2 miles away from us after

living in Maryland for most of their marriage.

They had a windmill moved to their yard

so thought this paper from an old

almanac was just the touch for them.

I cased this card from KATHY MARTIN.

Just fell in love with it when I saw it Wednesday!

And finally, here is a sneak of one 

of the projects for DD2's April wedding.

This adorable little bucket from

OneFunDay is for the flower girls. 

DD2 wanted paper hearts instead of

flower petals so I got an old Etude

music magazine from the thrift store 

for .25, cut the paper hearts, inked

the edges with Hero Arts Pale Tomato.

Then I stamped them with the love script  

from never ending love, LOL set 

using Memento London Fog ink.

Next on Julie's hop is Rachel at

KITCHEN TABLE SCRAPS

Here's a list of the prizes, so be sure to comment on every blog!

2 $10 gift certificates from Unity Stamp Company (donated by Unity!)

3 sets of winner's choosing from The Cutting Cafe (donated by Regina Easter)

A ribbon bundle from 3 Girl JAM

Timeless Twine -- Rainbow Party Pack

Close To My Heart Stamp Set

Close To My Heart Stamp Set

Pinque Peacock gift certificate (donated by Jessica Shelton-Buffa)

Embossing folders (2)

 2 $25 Gift certificates for My Scrap Chick store (donated by My Scrap Chick)

Websters' Pages 6x6 Sweet Notes pad, an embellishment pand and a Websters Pages Stamp set, plus a Unity Cloud background stamp -- donated by Lucy Evans

You need to visit every blog, who knows where the prizes are hidden?!  Winners will be announced early next week on Julie's blog HERE.

Thanks for making it through all

the hop details and have a great

looking-forward-to-Spring weekend!!

11.15.13 FWF

Here it is, another FWF Friday
 and another week closer to the

Holidays!  Click over to the
UNITY BLOG for all of today's
Hop details.

 I've been making some

Christmas cards, this one inspired 

By Julie Ebersole at the CLASSroom.

I used Distress Markers on my stamp,

misted it before stamping on watercolor

paper. Love this effect!

Stamps are from 

Bright & Merry Winter Wishes.

Here are the next pages in my

Art Journal.  I used Seedless Preserves

Distress Paint on the misted pages and then 

lots of Unity stamps and a silicone potholder 

for the honeycomb stamping. 

 

I did some tone on tone using Dusty Concord

and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks and 

used Moonlight White archival ink, too. I put

Vintage Photo around the edges.

I stamped Andie Girl on several different

patterned papers from BG Kioshi 6 x 6 pad

and did lots of fussy cutting. 

(Hair & face are not from that pad.)

Once all the pieces were adhered with 

Liquitex matte gel, I shaded them

with my FC big brush artist pens.

Happy, happy, happy!

Next I painted the chipboard letters

with Antique Linen DP. I glued them down

with Glossy Accents and also added

 the other letters, twine bow,

veneer heart and jewels. To finish off the 

letters, I added some highlights with my white 

gel pen and some shading with my brown

FC big brush pen.

 

It's been a good week!  Hope

your weekend is even better!

Thanks for stopping in.

 

Unity stamps used in journal:

Andie Girl, SHE Script, Roots & Wings

Ippity:

What Matters Most, Sing a New Song,

LOL:

Ever Changing, Paper Hearts

& Measure of Life

05.31.13 FWF

Several projects to link up to

Unity's FWF today.  I've had time

to PLAY in my studio since we've

had lots of rain this past week.

So, so thankful after 2 really

dry years here!

Here is my latest art journal

page for the Bible Verse

Challenge at SCS.  You can see

some of the process on my

earlier post HERE.

I love to use Unity stamps on my

mixed media backgrounds

Next up is the card I made for dgs's

3rd birthday. Stamps are from

It's Your Day set & I used the May/June sketch
From the Unity challenge.

Papers are all from Echo Park's Little Boy collection.

This card uses a grab bag butterfly

and the SHE Script stamp (I love it!).

I cut the flower from a paint chip left over

from a project I did at church. 

 Love how they hold their shape!

I cased this from Kristina Werner's

blog, check it out HERE. She showed how

to do a partial embossing technique.  I had

these elements laying on my table for awhile,

added a few pearls & the vintage buttons.

Have a great weekend!!

Encourage Art Journal Pages

Thought I'd let you in on

a bit of the process of the

page I've been working on

the last few days.  This

journal is my project for the

2013 Divine Design Bible

Verse Challenge at SCS.

And I'm linking up to
Word Art Wednesday
for their 81st challenge and
to Art Journal Everyday
at Balzer Designs.

I am using an 8.5 x 11

sketchbook....I glue a couple

pages together to make them stronger.

I started with gesso and craft paint

diluted with water. Used a round

sponge to add the turquoise circles.

Stamped music on tissue paper

and ModPodged it down.

I added pink Thickers, spelling

"sing" but using random letters

on other parts of the page.  I put

pieces of cheesecloth over the

letters that don't spell anything.

I cut Tattered Florals from

old book paper and then added more

paint here and there.

I used random Unity Stamp Co.

stamps with StazOn black ink.

Here is a close up with the Prima

flowers and leaves cut on my

Silhouette added. I used a black

Sharpie to color the word "sing".

I printed the verse out on my

computer, using a free

"Old Typewriter" font I found online.

And here is the finished page:



Art Journaling Fun!!

Here is a walk through

 of how I made my

art journal pages.

 

I started out with this

red, net potato bag. I

Mod Podge'd it to my page

and then added molding paste

around the edges.

 

 

I painted over it

all with gesso.

 

 

Next I scraped Calypso Blue craft paint over

it with an old gift card and then added

 torn pattern pieces with more MP.

 

I misted some thinned craft paint onto

 my pages, green, pink & off white.

 

 

Added some Vintage Photo DI

 

 

and some black StazOn & Broken

China DI around the edges.

 

Then I stamped using Unity

stamps with black StazOn.

Throughout All Generations,

Our House Itty Bitty, Chicken Wire,

Brave Girl Boots, Roots & Wings.

Ippity Because of You,

We R Family.

 

White craft paint went on with bubble wrap.

I used  Cosmo Cricket Material Girl &

Bella Blvd Lovey Dovey papers

for my embellishments.

 

The tag on the left-hand page

was coffee dyed and pulled through

misted Broken China DI, the one on the right

was colored with misted FC Pitt pen and

Broken China DI. I used Vintage Photo to

distress everything & black Pitt pen to edge things.

I did a little outlining & doodling with a Sharpie.

 

1981 is the year DH  & I

got married so I put that on

the EST. banner.  The pink

heart was cut from old book paper,

painted with my craft paint spray

and then stamped and DI'd.

 

Thanks for looking!



Mix-Ability #13, Mr. Squiggle

I enjoy the Mix-Ability Challenge

at SCS. Mixed Media is a lot of fun!

Here is the process I went through

to create these pages.

 

 

I started in this journal.

and Mod Podged the first page

to the cover to give it more strength.

Then I continued to stick two pages

together through out the book.

 

 

I bought my first Dylusions sprays

and came up with this after letting

it run and then rolling paper towel over it.

Pure Sunshine & Postbox Red

 

I added the stars with Golden molding paste

and stamped this Hero Arts gate stamp.

The molding paste absorbs some

of the color so later I went over

them with some

 Picket Fence Distress Stain.

 

 

I used a die cut and the same Distress Stain

to make an area to stamp my Prima verse.

Using the negative dies for this

and the stars was inspired

by the Mix-Ability Challenge #11,

Frame It, at SCS. 

 

Next I stamped the Inkadinkado leaves

around the edges with black StazOn

and doodled along them

with my white Signo pen and then

added a bunch of K & Co rub-ons.

Vintage Photo DI around the edges.

 

I had this Scenic Route chipboard bird

 laying on my desk for ages so popped

 him on there. He was painted with Distress

Crackle paint and blue DI.  I added

the Kaisercraft pearls for his wing and also placed

some in with the stars. 

 I put the Presto Stik BE GLAD letters on and

then thought my gate looked rather

unattached! I traced around a bone

folder, added gesso and then Crackle

Paint.  I doodled with a Sharpie around

 the stars, the scalloped circle and the fence

pickets to finish things off.

 

I'll be linking this to last Friday's

Mix-Ability Challenge #13, Mr. Squiggle.

Hop over there to see what the

challenge is for this week!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a closer

look at my pages!

February Page for Bible Verse Challenge

Linking up with 
In The Studio & 
Word Art Wednesday.

I haven't done any mixed media

since my SCS January Divine Design

Bible Verse Challenge page and was

 really feeling like I didn't know

where to start again. 

 The other day I had the mesh

bag from some oranges in

my hand and thought how cool

that would look as texture on a

page.  Odd where inspiration

comes from, isn't it?!

I snipped  a couple

pieces, making sure they didn't

have straight edges, and

applied some molding paste

randomly to add them to

my previously gesso'd 9 x 12 page.

After it dried, I began adding color.

I spritzed it with Stream ColorWash,

added some orange glaze Faber Castell

Big Pitt pen to the corners and

went over the whole page with

water in my brush.

Next I added a butterfly

with my homemade

acrylic paint/water spray through

a Mini Butterfly stencil.

 I decided I wanted the

butterfly darker so used a stencil

brush this time with the original paint.

I stamped the Unity Donna Poppy

with StazOn black ink &

painted it with acrylic paint

from Ace Hardware. Drew the lines

back on here and there and

added some of the lighter paint

for some highlights.

I used some off white craft paint

to add another butterfly and

also put some around the poppies

with my finger.  I smeared

brown (the name is actually

caput mortuum..really?!

I think that means dead!

Yeah, looked it up, dead head,

worthless residue. You learned it here! :) 

and leaf green Pitt pen around

the edges and green on the stems.

Chicken Wire, SHEScript, Angie Girl, dots from a KOTM

You can see the Unity stamps

I added with StazOn ink

and then I inked a little around

the edges, too.

I wanted the poppies to be a

little more red so I went over them

with my pink carmine Pitt pen.

I printed the words out on my

computer and used Wild Honey 

DI to color them, glued them down

with matte ModPodge.



12.07.12 FWF

Welcome to my usual Friday post,

Unity's Friends With Flair!

You can access the list of everyone

playing along HERE.

I am sharing the cover

of my Gratitude Journal.

As you can see, I used lots

of Unity stamps. The words on the front 
are printed onto tissue paper &
applied with ModPodge.

ColorWash, paint, chalk ink, Copics, DIs,

rub ons, gesso & dyed molding paste. 

Here are some of the tags I made
for our church's craft sale.

And a card to send you out with,
now I just have to get my cards
in the mail!

Thanks for stopping by &

have a blessed weekend!

Attitude of Gratitude Journal Cover

Here is the cover of my

Attitude of Gratitude Art Journal.

A great thanks to Bernice for

putting together this 30-day
challenge to focus on gratitude!!

There are also 2 small flaps:

Front:

Back:

Finished pages: