A little girl Scrapbook layout using Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dream elements

This is a layout of my beautiful Granddaughter on her 8th Birthday.  I used leftover Cocoa Vanilla Bohemian Dreamer emphimera, chipboard and stickers with a paper pad I bought at Aldi from Creative PL since I no longer had and of the Bohemian Dreamer paper left.  I used punches for the leaves and small flowers, a fiskars punch for the "spiral notebook" punched edges and Baker's twine, enamel dots and sewed leaves on the corners of the page with my sewing machine.

My teabag art for today. This was a used teabag primed with white gesso

My teabag art for today was on a used teabag primed with one coat of white gesso.  I wet the background and dropped in shades of blue and paynes gray watercolor and before it dried I sprinkled it with sea salt.  I let it dry naturally and then brushed away the salt and it left these beautiful starburst effects on the teabag.  It looked like a field of wildflowers to me so I added a few details with a black ink pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today - watercolor and doodling on a used teabag - Abstract

My teabag art for today.  This is a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I wet the teabag and dropped in some watercolors in blues and greens so that they would blend.  Then I did some doodling with a black permanent ink pen and added touches of pink with a posca pen.

My teabag art for today Watercolor and doodling for some abstract flowers

My teabag art for today.  This was a used berry blend teabag so it already had a bright pink coloring.  It is NOT primed with gesso - for the background I just wet the background and dropped in some watercolors in turquoise, fluorescent pink, paynes gray, and lime green.

Once it was dry I doodle the flowers, leaves and stems in black ink and then added white gel pen and posca pen accents.

My teabag art today is an Abstract Floral mixed media piece

My teabag art for today - An abstract floral painted with watercolor and acrylics on a used teabag that was primed with clear gesso.  Details added with posca pens and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today - A little girl picking flowers

My teabag art for the day.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today are birches in the snow

My teabag art for today is a landscape.  Birches in the snow on a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen.

To reach new heights... Art journal page

To reach new heights... art journal page done in my dina Wakley Journal on a Kraft page - I love how the colors pop on the Kraft paper.  Products used:  

DW Journal

DW night and lime green acrylics

White gesso

Spice Marmalade oxide inks

Stencils

DW scribble sticks in Cheddar, night and lime as watercolor

Bird die cuts from my Silhouette Cameo

twine died with cheddar scribble stick

Foam tape

I used die cut birds as masks and applied the night paint over them so that when I glued down my birds with foam tape they would have a shadow around them.

My teabag art for today - another pair of feet

Another pair of feet - they are supposed to look like the heels are hooked on the rungs of a chair -not sure I really pulled that off but anyway, this was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen.

My teabag art for today- a little girl's legs and feet in a pair of boots

My teabag art for today.  A little girl's legs in a pair of boots, painted on a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black pen and white gel pen.

Dare to be Different Art Journal page

Art journal page finished in my small journal using Dusty concord, Peeled paint and broken china Distress inks, stencils, white acrylic paint, drew image on watercolor paper and painted with watercolors, alphabet stamp set, tab punch, typewriter.

My teabag art for today is a pair of legs with red high heeled shoes

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with white gel pen and black permanent ink pen.

My teabag Abstract art for today

My teabag Abstract art for the day.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with gouache.  I used a stencil for the numbers and then added die cut numbers that were also painted with gouache and a piece of black thread wound around each one.  Some shading done with graphite pencil.

My teabag art for today is a Victorian Lady painted on a used teabag

My teabag art for today is a Victorian lady on a used teabag.  This one was primed with white gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  The flower in her hair was made with a small piece of cheesecloth.  Details added with black pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today is a Country Cottage in Cornwall in the UK

My teabag art for today on a used teabag.  This is a country cottage that we saw in Cornwall in the UK.  I loved the look of it because although it had been originally white, it had weathered with all of these beautiful colors appearing.  This was primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black permanent ink pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today - Mixed media on a used teabag

My teabag art for today - mixed media on a used teabag primed with white gesso.  I used acrylic paints, stencils, stamps, watercolor, twine and my sewing machine.

Art Journal page - A typical day at the office "Coffee, blah, blah, blah, Wine

I just completed this Art Journal page - a typical day at the office titled "Coffee, blah, blah, blah, Wine!  products used:

Dylusions ink sprays

White posca pen

Deli paper 

Stabilo All pencil

My teabag art for today - Flower on a square teabag

My teabag art for today is a Lilly painted on a used teabag that was also slightly stained by a berry flavored teabag drying with it.  This teabag was primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today is an African inspired piece.

My teabag art for today.  A Mixed media African inspired teabag.  This was a used tebag primed with clear gesso.  I used scribble sticks for the background and then added distress oxides through a stencil.  The animal skin bits and the leopard head were parts of a napkin added with Matte Medium.  I then sewed on bits of thread and burlap pieces.

My teabag art today - a tribute to the Toronto Blue Jays and my son their biggest fan

My teabag art for today is dedicated to my son (he has to be the Blue Jays biggest fan since about the age of 7 after he started playing baseball)  This is a tribute to the Toronto Blue Jays (don't ask me how a Virginia born boy ended up a fan of a Toronto team - he says he thinks it was originally their colors but became much more than that with time).  This was painted on a used teabag, primed with white gesso andwatercolor, drywall tape, yarn and cheesecloth added.  Figure drawn and painted on watercolor paper and then fussy cut and glued to the front.

A new art journal page completed "Artful Journey"

Another Art journal page finished "Artful Journey"

Products used:

Drywall tape

washi tape

glimmer mist in Penny and haunted shadows

Checkerboard and chevron stencils

Kaszazz Mesh stamp

Art Stamps SA60210 and SA60184

Screen mesh stamp (no name)

gold and copper embossing powder

embossing pen with versamark ink

Versamark ink

India Gold paper from the Paper Company

Stabilo All pencil

My teabag art for today is a pair of seagulls painted on a used teabag

My teabag art for today is 2 seagulls.  This is a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen and white gel pen.

My teabag art for today is a Scuba diver on a used tea bag

My teabag art for today is a Scuba diver.  This was painted on a used teabag and primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and white and silver gel pen.

Bloom where you are planted Art Journal page

Another mixed media art journal page completed "Bloom where you are planted".  The background on this page was done on my gel press plate with alcohol inks although not much of it still shows.  Also the flowers are more intense in person but my scanner does not pick up intense colors very well.

Products used:

Texture Paste

Dark Room Door 9x12 Circles stencil

Dina Wakley scribble sticks

printed tissue paper

acrylic paints

Mickey Choo stamp set

Inside Out Alphabet Die set By Sizzlit

Black Liquid Acrylic in a fine liner bottle

Manual typewriter.

My handpainted teabag art for today is a pair of ravens.

My teabag art for today is a pair of ravens.  This was an unused teabag painted with one coat of clear gesso and then the birds were painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details were added with black ink pen and white gel pen.

Just finished this pen and ink watercolor wash painting of the Stilt houses we saw on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

I just finished this pen and ink watercolor wash painting of the Stilt Houses we saw on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.  See my art on my facebook page for prices and shipping information.   Dkjartoriginals on facebook.

My teabag art for the day is a little house from my imagination on a small square teabag

My teabag art for the day.  Just a little house from my imagination on a small squaare teabag primed with white gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and white gel pen.

Just finished another Watercolor painting of the Cape Smoky Lighthouse North of Sydney, Australia

Another pen and ink watercolor painting completed.  This is of the Cape Smoky Lighthouse North of Sydney Australia.  My paintings are for sale on my facebook page.  For pricing and shipping information please go to my facebook page Dkjartoriginals .

My teabag art for today - A country landscape

My teabag art for today is a country landscape.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with a black permanent ink pen.

Watercolor painting of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy

This pen and ink watercolor is of the Ponte Veccho Bridge in Florence Italy.  The title is "Ponte Vecchio Bridge".  This painting is on 5X7 premium watercolor paper and would fit in a standard 8X10 frame with a mat.  All paintings are sold unmatted and unframed.  Se my facebook page for pricing and shipping information.

My teabag art for today is a mixed media piece using acrylics, watercolor and posca pens

My teabag art for today - moving on - I might add more travel ones as I go but this was a mixed media piece.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I then added the background using my Ranger gel plate and added dots and text in the background with a stencil.  Then I stamped the image with Dina Wakley Positive Women stamp set.  Then I used acrylic paints, watercolors and Posca Pens on the image.

Another pen and ink watercolor completed titled "Happiness is..."

This painting is of a typical Aussie camping adventure.  This is a vintage Roadmaster Caravan parked beside the water with surfboard at the ready.  This painting is titled "Happiness Is.."  This painting is on 5X7 premium watercolor paper and would fit in a standard 8X10 frame with a mat.  All paintings are sold unmatted and unframed.  See my facebook page for pricing and shipping information.

My teabag art for today - Porta Salvo on the Amalfi coast of Italy

My teabag art for today - this one is Porta Salvo on the Amalfi Coast.  Another lovely spot.  This one was really hard to paint.  Even with one coat of gesso (white or clear) the color of the teabag tends to bleed through and this pink one was really hard to cover.  I used clear gesso but probably should have used white.  Painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with a black permanent ink pen.

New Pen and Ink watercolor completed "Close the Bloody Gate"

My husband and I were driving in NSW and saw this abandoned VW Bug on a property outside a gate that read "Close the Bloody Gate."  Ha Ha - love it.  Gotta love the Aussie Humor.  This pen and ink watercolor is on 5X7 premium watercolor paper and would fit in a standard 8X10 frame with a mat.  All paintings are sold unmatted and unframed.  See my facebook page for pricing and shipping information.

My teabag art for today - the Amalfi Coast in Italy

My teabag art for today - a painting of an area of the Amalfi coast in Italy - WOW what a beautiful place.  We were there for a week and one of the days my husband and I rented a motorcycle for the day and spent the day driving up and back on the Amalfi coast and these beautiful little villages are everywhere.  We could smell Jasmine and honeysuckle as we drove.  It was such a beautiful day and a beautiful place.  This was a used teabag, primed with clear gesso - painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black permanent ink pen.

My teabag art for the day - Little girl and her donkey in Morocco

Ok - no laughing please.  I have a hard time drawing figures realistlicly, LOL.  This is a photo we took in Morocco of a little girl and her donkey.  She was standing waiting for someone to join her.  Very common beast of burden in Morocco.  This was a used teabag, primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with a black ink pen.

My teabag art for the day "Blue Doors" on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy

My teabag art for today is from a photo we took on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy of "Blue Doors".  The teabag was primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black permanent ink.