My entry for Dina Wakley October #showusyourmedia challenge

My entry for October Dina Wakley #showusyourmedia challenge:  "Paint is only wasted when it stays in the tube-Just make".  So this was my page done in my Dina Wakley journal on one of the cotton rag pages.  Products used:

Dina Wakley lemon, sky, lime acrylic paints

Dina spaced dots, viney, and jumbled numbers stencils

Dina Words in faces stamp set

Dina Scribble Sticks on the face

Carabelle Studio Stamp set SA60210

Heidi Swapp HSO1130 stamp set

Kaisercraft die "netting"

Cottage Cuts die "Retro Tag Toppers"

Spellbinders fence die

Black Liquid Acrylic

Strip from a gelli print (just to cover the Dyan Reaveley spray inks coming through from the other side!!)

Just completed this Art Journal page for the Dina Wakley September Facebook Challenge

I created this art journal page for the September Dina Wakley Facebook challenge.

Products:

DW Stencil - Viney

DW Stamp - Positive Women

Prima Stamp set - Positive Women

Prima Stamp set 563196

Heidi Swap stamp set HS 01131

Fundamentals Stamp set FUN76

Organza

Cotton Yarn

Dyan Reaveley's Ink Sprays

White and Black gesso

The face is stamped on a leftover gel print

Crackle medium

Ranger Archival Ink

Sewing machine.

The first thing I did was paint the page with black gesso.  I added texture paste through the viney stencil and let it dry.  I then sprayed the ink sprays in various places around the background and let it dry.  I then put white gesso on my finger and rubbed the areas with the ink spray to activate the inks and it turned it into the look of chalk paint.  Crackle medium was added to some of the raised viney pattern and the butterflies.

Love Art - double page Art Journal spread

Just finished this double page journal spread.  The background was just leftover sprays and inks that were on my stencils from previous pages and I sprayed the stencils with water to activate the ink and then layered them on these blank pages.

Products used:  

Distress Oxides

Mini Vava La Art stencil

Mini "Art is" stencil

checkerboard stencil (no name)

Darkroom Door DDRS079 Heart Stamps

Natalie May Scribbly art journal ink

Prima 563196 stamp set

Heidi Swapp HS01131 stamps, chipboard arrows, washi tape, twine and machine stitching with black thread.

Mini Journal "Jack"

I purchased the Jane Davenport journal and also some of her marker papers which are really heavy cardstock and I decided to start a mini scrapbook for my grandson Jack.  The photos above show the front and back cover and 2 pages that I have completed so far.  Some of the products used for this book so far are Tim Holtz distress oxides and distress inks, watercolors, Rosie's studio paper pack, Bo Bunny Stamp Set, arstamp SA60210 and SMI0126 stamp sets, Stampendous Agapanthus Thanks stamp set, Kaisercraft Texture - Tiny Dot and texture - Diamonds stamps,  Heidi Swapp HS01131 stamp set and TCW 6x6 stencil Mini coffee splotch.

"They Lift Him Up" Mixed Media Layout for entry into the Feb 2015 challenge at Scrap Around The World

This is my latest layout that I completed.  I am entering it into the Feb 2015 Scrap Around the World Challenge here.

The Mood board that they provided to give you inspiration is below:

The first thing that inspired me from this mood board was the sentiment.  It reminded me of a conversation I had with my son a short time ago.  He told me that never did he imagine that he would have four children (he was an only child).  But more than that, he never imagined how much love he would feel for each and every one of them.  He said it overwhelms him sometimes.  The second thing about the mood board that called to me was the color green.  I tend to shy away from the color green so I decided to challenge myself and use a shade of green in this layout.

The following is my layout and the products that I used:

Products:
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
Drywall Tape
Cheesecloth
Balloon SVG from Lettering Delights (cut on my cricut)
Arrows also cut on the cricut
Prima Romance Novel Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Remnants Stamp Set
Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) Curiosities Stamp Set
Hot Off the Press "Bike" stamp set
Kaisercraft "36" clear stamp
Vicki Boutin's In so Many Words Stamp Set
Kaisercraft "Rocks" Stamp
Prima "Welcome to Paris" Stamp Set
Hero Arts "Joy Ride" Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Wild Honey and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks
Heidi Swapp Color Shine "Chartreuse"
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists "Mustard Seed" and "Vintage Pink"
Texture Paste
Cotton Crochet yarn
Old book papers
Memento London Fog Ink
Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
Mod Podge

Thank you for looking!

Xmas 2013

This layout I completed for a group I belong to on Facebook called Scrap It with Attitude.  This was the November challenge to scrap a favorite Xmas photo and you had to use the colors green and red.  The products I used:
Heidi Swapp - "Believe" Paper Pad
Tim Holtz Paper Rosettes die
Smash - date stamp
and the Joy was a free svg alphabet set from Lori Whitlock
Thanks for looking!

Nightmare Before Christmas Clock

My daughter in law is obsessed with Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Movie so I told her I would make her something with the Nightmare Before Christmas theme so here is my take on it.  I hand painted the background of Tim and Sally and bumped it up in front of a handpainted rendition of a scary halloween background that I painted, added a decoupaged RIP headstone, a handpainted pumpkin, some diecut and distressed leaves, some jute twine and a die cut spider.  For the clock itself, it is a Tim Holtz Ideology Assemblage clock that I added a time mechanism to. I gessoed the clock, then  painted it in flat black acrylic paint.  When that was dry, I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Haunted Shadows Glimmer mist which gave it a purple tint. I then cross stitched some little patchwork pieces to mimic sally's dress and added them to random places around the clock.  I died some flowers and seam binding using Tattered Angels Haunted Shadow Glimmer Mist and Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine.  I stamped some random stamps and embossed them in silver embossing powder randomly on the clock.  The flowers are Kaiser craft and some from bargain city, a scary tree svg file I found on a google sear, I use black diamond stickles on the tree and the spider, florist wire for the spirals and added  a skeleton, a skeleton hand, and a bat charm.  She said she loved it!  Thank you for looking.

The Flower Girl

Hi Everyone,
I have finished another scrapbook page and wanted to share it.  I used a piece of white cardstock, stamped on the background with versamark ink and embossed with a' la mode white embossing powder using Darkroom Door stamp "Prague, Vol 2; Mickey Choo Botanical set; Stampers Anonymous "Curiosities"; Heartfelt Creations background stamp "Vintage Word".  Then the background was sprayed with Heidi Swapp Black Velvet and Primrose Color Shine. The frame is from Scrapmatts and I painted it white, then brushed it with versamark ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.  The birds are also from Scrapmatts and they were painted white, then after they were dry I painted on some white glue and sprinkled them with Martha Stewart Fine white glitter.  The wedding dress is a Jolee embellishment.  All of the flowers are handmade.  The lillies were made from Susan's Garden Lily die, I crocheted the pink flower and added a pearl flower center.  I added pieces of lace, white feathers and string pearl trim behind the flower.  The label was made with Spellbinders Elegant ovals and the text was printed on white cardstock using my computer.  Thank you for Looking!