Wednesday 31 October 2018

My teabag art for today was made using Hot off the Press stamp set Halloween Monster

Happy Halloween!!  My teabag art for today is an unused teabag - this is an ATC size.  It was primed with clear gesso.  I used Hot off the Press stamp set "Halloween Monster".  It was painted with watercolor and details added with Prisma watercolor pencils.  Title and candy were done on watercolor paper, cut out and glued to the teabag.


My Teabag art for today was inspired by the Caladiums blooming in my garden.

My teabag art for today was inspired by our Caladium bulbs sprouting in the garden.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with Prisma Watercolor pencils and black permanent ink pen.

Monday 29 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a ballerina

My teabag art for today is a ballerina.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen, polychromo pencils, wink of stella for sparkle and silver metallic gel pen.

Sunday 28 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a Palomino horse.

My teabag art for today.  This is another horse.  I love the colors that you find on these beautiful horses.  This one is ATC size.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  The details were added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Saturday 27 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a Kitty mounted on an ATC Card

My teabag art for today is a Kitty and it is mounted on an ATC sized piece of watercolor paper.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with prisma Watercolor pencils and black ink pen.


Friday 26 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a bunch of bunnies

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with gouache.  Details added with black pen.  Approximate size: 3.25 X 5".

Thursday 25 October 2018

My teabag art for today was another commissioned piece of a Dachshund

My teabag art for today.  This was another commissioned piece although I didn't have a photo of the little guy so I just looked at images from a google search for a short haired dachshund.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and the basecoat was done with water colors and then details added with polychromo pencils and black ink pen.

Wednesday 24 October 2018

Dina Wakley Facebook group Challenge for this Month - create art using as least one Dina product about your favorite season



This is my entry for the Dina Wakely facebook group October challenge to create a piece of artwork about your favorite season using at least one Dina Product.  I used her scribble sticks as watercolor to paint this fall leaf.


My teabag art for today is a commissioned piece of the Lady's Favorite Horse


This was my teabag art for today.  It was a commissioned piece of the person's favorite horse (photo included).  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with polychromo pencils.

Tuesday 23 October 2018

Beach Babes having a chin wag watercolor pen and ink illustration



Just finished this pen and watercolor wash illustration titled "Beach Babes having a Chin Wag".  This is done on premium watercolor paper in a 5X7.  My artwork can be found on my facebook page - to purchase go here:  DKJartoriginals

My teabag art for today featuring Dina Wakley, Tim Holtz, and Dyan Reaveley products

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  The background was painted with Dyan Reaveley paints and stamped with Dina Wakely Scribbly Circles stamp set then details added with Posca Pens.  Then I added a Tim Holtz mixed media diecut.  The images I cut out of a Leisure Arts Cityscape wonders coloring book and colored with Dina Wakley Scribble sticks, the title was stamped with Verses "Along the way" stamp set.  I added a diecut glitter heart.

Monday 22 October 2018

My teabag art for today is the Australian gumnut flower, pods, and leaves

My teabag art for today is the Australian gumnut flower, pods and leaves.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and basecoated with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with polychromo pencils and black ink pen.

Sunday 21 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a Woman worshipping the sun

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag painted with watercolor.  The figure drawn with a graphite pencil and details added with prisma watercolor pencils.

Saturday 20 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a butterfly mixed media piece

My teabag art for today.  The background was done with acrylic paints on my gelli plate, details added with black ink pen, Nuvo Crystal Drops, and posca pens.  I added Tim Holtz Mixed Media die cuts (brick and honeycomb patterns).  A printable butterfly with a coat of Glossy Accents, cotton crochet yarn, and the diecut title using the letters out of one of the Tim Holtz diecut mixed media dies.

Friday 19 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a stamped image of prague using a Dark room door stamp set

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and stamped with Darkroom Door stamp set "Prague, Vol 2".  It was painted with watercolor and details added with Prisma Watercolor pencils.


Thursday 18 October 2018

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece with a butterfly and flowers

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I added a piece of Recollections printed tissue to the background with Matte medium and added pastel shades of acrylic paint and finished off with a coat of iridescent medium.  The butterfly was a printable and I added iridescent medium and then a coat of glossy accents.  I added diecut leaves, cotton crochet floss, cheesecloth, flowers and rhinestones.

Wednesday 17 October 2018

I just completed this scrapbook layout of my beautiful granddaughter


This little girl is our sunshine even on a rainy day.  I love this photo of her so I wanted the photo to stand out so I decided to do a monochromatic background and then added three tiny red rhinestones just to bring out the red in the photo and did some stitching in the background on my sewing machine with white thread.  Other than the background page, everything on here was just using scraps.  The chipboard title was from Merci.


My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece.

My teabag art for today is a mixed media piece.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I applied tissue paper from Recollections to the base with matte medium.  I added a portion of a clock from Tim Holtz Ideology salvage stickers and then on top of that is another piece of the tissue paper, jute twine, another Tim Holtz license plate sticker and a metal brad.

Monday 15 October 2018

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece "For the love of music"

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag I primed with white gesso.  I added scraps of musical notes paper from 7 Gypsies and gold and white striped paper.  I cut the music note and bars out of black cardstock and added glitter to the musical notes.  The title was typed on my old manual typewriter.  I added a bit of the Black Stabilo All pencil for shadows.

Sunday 14 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a flamingo

My teabag art for today is a flamingo.  This was a used teabag painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and polychromo pencils.

Saturday 13 October 2018

"Out of Africa" My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag painted with acrylic paints.  I used a posca pen to outline the squares.  I added an animal print that I stitched on perforated paper and some raffia.

Friday 12 October 2018

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with acrylic paints.  Details added with stamps and posca pens.  Banners are from Technique Tuesday Stamp set "Tiny Banners" stamped with Distress Oxide inks and wink of stella added for a little glimmer.  Butterfly out of a pack of butterflies from the dollar store. Enamel dots and my sewing machine completed this piece.

Thursday 11 October 2018

My teabag art for today "Footprints in the Sand"

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma Watercolor pencils.

My teabag art for yesterday was another mixed media piece "Just add water"

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  The background was done with 3 different stencils and acrylic paint.  The faucet and water droplet were painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with Prisma Watercolor pencils and black ink pen.  The title was some words I tore out of a magazine and added with matte medium.

Tuesday 9 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a mixed media piece

My teabag art for today is a photographer.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I painted the drawing with watercolor and added details with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.  The background was created with stencils and acrylic paint.  The title was tamped on watercolor paper with black archival ink using Kaisercraft stamp called "Memory".

Monday 8 October 2018

This is an Easter Mixed Media Scrapbook layout




"Easter Blessings" mixed media Scrapbook layout completed.  I used Art Impressions Stamp set "Easter Blessings", Kaisercraft "Arty" and "Perfume" stamps, stitched circle and window screen stamps from Ali Express.  Imaginarium Chipboard, acrylic paints, cheesecloth, Marvy Markers, envelope die, and Paper scraps.


My teabag art for today is a pen and wash of the magnolia blossoms

My teabag art for today is a painting of the magnolia blossom.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.


Sunday 7 October 2018

My teabag art for today is a little mouse.

My teabag art for today is a little mouse savoring his cheese.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma Watercolor pencils.

Saturday 6 October 2018

Just completed another Scrapbook Layout using Luxe Cashmere Sweater paper pack



I just finished another Scrapbook layout of 3 of my grandchildren titled "Got Candy?"  This layout was made with Luxe Cashmere Sweater papers Banana Pudding and Cashmere Stripe.  I used Petaloo flowers, a die to cut the leaf sprays, A spellbinders tag die to cut the pieces of chipboard I used to make the candy shaker.  (I cut 5 pieces of chipboard and two pieces of scrapbook paper and sandwiched a clear acetate circle on top of the bottom layer of paper and below the top layer of paper with beads, sequins and diamontes inside to make the candy shaker then tied cotton crochet thread at each end and added glitter.)  The stamp set I used for the title is Hot off the Press HOTP-1130 Halloween Monster.  I also used pearls that are strung on fishing line and an organza bow.

My teabag art for today - two girl's enjoying a coffee in the snow

My teabag art for today - two girl's enjoying a coffee in the snow.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  It was painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Friday 5 October 2018

Another Scrapbook layout completed of my granddaughter Gabby




Just finished this scrapbook layout of our lovely, sweet, shy granddaughter Gabby.  I used "Afternoon" Paper pack by Creative PL and various chipboard pieces that I had in my stash, my sewing machine and some stamping.


My teabag art for today is a little birdy in his birdcage

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I added a portion of a paper napkin and a piece of tissue paper in the background with matt medium.  I added a diecut fishnet, leaf sprays, and tiny flowers behind and around the birdcage.  The birdcage, bird and title were chipboard pieces colored with acrylic paint and sprinkled with glitter while they were still wet. Pearls were added to the center of the flowers.


Thursday 4 October 2018

My teabag art for today - Lady on a teabag

My teabag art for today is a lady on a teabag.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Wednesday 3 October 2018

Another Scrapbook layout completed of my beautiful granddaughter








Just finished this scrapbook layout of my beautiful Suri - I used the Serenity scrapbook accessories paper and sticker pack by Creative (bought at Aldi).  I used several ribbons, sewing machine and typewriter.