Another page done!

Hi there and welcome!

Lately I've been feeling artistically in a funk.

Ever get that way? You know, when a card

that should take no more than 10 minutes to make

turns out to take over 2 hours?

 Also, I felt like I was neglecting my art journals and paints,

so I picked up the One Badass Art Journal that I started

last year (*cough*), and finished another page in it. YAY!

This was week 11, and our teacher is the fabulous Robin Mead!

Here's how my finger painted Wild Garden turned out:

It's amazing that it first looked like this, the first of many layers:

A total hot mess, right?

Layers and doodling. Who knew that's what I needed?

LOL!

So glad I returned to my art journal, because now I'm working on

a mixed media canvas. The idea came from my Hubby, and I hope to

finish it soon, as it's Halloween themed. (Of course!)

Well, until tomorrow, that's all for now.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great evening!

Supplies:

One Badass Art Journal 2017

Strathmore 140 lb water color paper

DecoArt American Acrylic paints: Electric Pink, Scorching Yellow, Electric Blue, Purple Pizzazz, True Red, Bright Orange, Sapphire, Indian Turquoise, Irish Moss, Kelly Green

Loew-Cornell: #2 round paint brush

water mister

Sakura: white Gelly Roll pen

Faber-Castell: black Artist PITT pens - medium & bold

Elmer's extra strength glue stick

OBAJ 2017 more pages

Hi there!

I'm popping in to show a couple more pages I created in my

One Badass Art Journal 2017.

(Yes, I'm still trying to finish it up. 2017 really sucked)

But I've signed up for this year's classes, so now

I'm really motivated to finish this one.

Here is week 9 taught by Amanda Trought:

 We were supposed to alter a few large playing cards. I didn't want to

buy a pack just for a few cards, so I cut mine from some

recycled chipboard.

 first layers. Sorry got into the process and forgot to take

more pictures.

 We were supposed to paint a face onto the card, but I suck at

faces, so I stamped face images onto tissue paper.

 adhered and colored with Spectrum Noir markers. Lightly gesso'd

around face and where my hair would go.

painted the background, then added some stamped handwriting

 blue hair? yes please! added more highlights with

a white marker and wrote my words - to - self.

On backside I've written a private, encouraging message

to myself.

we were prompted to recycle an old envelope for the pocket,

but since I recycled all my junk mail, I just created it

from some scrap cardstock.

 all the leftover paint was wiped off randomly on

my page and the pocket. Pocket was glued down

and I added some additional text and washi tape.

Ta-da!

The card fits into the pocket.

This class was very tough for me. I think I worked on this page on and off for

over 1-1/2 months. It was the face. But once I got the idea of using face stamps, I

finally finished it. And I'm glad that I did.

Next is week 10 taught by Tiare Smith.

I started, and finished this yesterday.

I was so engrossed in making the pages, that I 

completely forgot to take process pics, so

here are the finished pages and a couple close-ups:

I gifted myself for Christmas the 24 pack of Derwent Inktense blocks, and boy

were they fun to play with!! I found some ancient vellum that had

quotes printed on them so I used that with torn 

book pages for my first layer. 

The quote I used around the edge of the pages read:

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out

they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and

you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."

- William James

Words I hope to remember to keep inspiring me. (That will be tough

with my C.R.S. *can't remember shit!* HA HA HA!)

Congratulations, you've made it to the end of this post!

With the weather about to 'gift' us with freezing rain any moment now,

I think I'll go up to my craft room and have some more fun playing

with those Inktense blocks. LOL!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies

Week 9:

recycled cardboard

Fiskars corner rounder

Golden Gesso & Matt Medium

torn book paper, tissue paper, paper napkin

various paint brushes

Simon Say Stamp - zig zag stencil

STAMPlorations - gridlocked stencil

Dreamweaver - embossing paste

Deco Art Americana acrylic paints - desert turquoise, green tree, tangerine, berry red, irish moss, purple pizzazz, bluegrass green, indian turquoise, dark chocolate, khaki tan, marigold, ultra blue deep, blue harbor (I did 2 of 3 cards so some of these colors are on the other one)

water mister

Diane Davenport - face stamps

Spectrum Noir markers

STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Elements stamp

Staz On - jet black, blue hawaii

Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

Faber Castell - medium and bold black Artist PITT pens

Recollections - washi tape

Elmer's extra strength glue stick

Week 10:

Golden Gesso & Matt Medium

mystery quote on vellum

torn book page

various paint brushes

Derwent Inktense blocks

Faber Castell - medium and bold Artist PITT pens

Dylusions - white linen paint pen

One Bad Ass Art Journal Week 8

Hello friends and welcome!

Today I'm sharing my journal page using the awesome

tutorial by Susanne Rose!

This was yet another messy painty totally fun page!

Lots of layers. And layers. And layers!

Such an amazing lesson! Thanks again Susanne! You rock!

That's it for now. I've been working in the flower beds the last couple of

days, pulling weeds, cutting down plants, and mulching along with my

next door neighbor's daughter. Between the two of us, we've gotten both front and 

back yards ready for fall. (And even more important, now we can start

decorating our yards for Halloween!!) Woo Hoo!

But first, I've been neglecting my craft room, so off I go!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

STAMPlorations October Mixed Media Challenge

Supplies:

Golden Gesso, Matte Medium

heat gun, various paint brushes

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints - Tangerine, Green Tree, Brilliant Purple, Sapphire, Electric Pink, Napa Red, Desert Turquoise

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic paints - Primary Yellow, Titanium White, Carbon Black

Paper Smooches stamps - Graffiti

Staz On ink - Timber Brown, Jet Black

DecoArt Media - Modeling Paste

pallet knife

STAMPlorations - Tribal Swirls & Dots All Over stencils

TCW/Kasia - Mixed Media stencil

baby wipes

So Suzy Stamps - Fairy & Sentiment

tissue paper

STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Grunge stamps

General's - Pastel Chalk pencils black and pink

Sakura - white and gold Gelly Roll pens

Faber-Castell Sm black Artist PITT pen

Ranger - Crystal Stickles

One Bad Ass Art Journal 2017 week 7

Hello and happy hump day peeps!

Today I'm sharing another page (or in this case, pages), completed for

my Bad Ass Art Journal class.

I completed week 7! Woo Hoo!

This week's instructor is none other than

Tracy Weinzapfel of Tracy Weinzapfel Studios blog!

Here are the pages I created following her tutorial:

I didn't have the weathered wood medium, but I do have crackle paste, and that's what

I used for this project. I layed it on thick in some areas, and thinner in others to 

achieve different sized crackle. I just used a paint brush to apply it, and I love the

added texture that left on my pages!

I also happen to own this awesome stamp set by Tracy called Wine Time,

so of course I needed to use it. I masked the grape bunch to make it look

like they were hanging off the edge of the page. Using DecoArt Americana and Media Fluid

acrylic paints, I painted the images. Once dry, I went over the outlines using

both a small and bold F-C Artist PITT pens.

My sentiment was not my first choice. I had printed and cut out the quote,

"Wine is bottled poetry" by Robert Louis Stevenson. But when I adhered it

with matte medium, it smeared so bad! Lucky for me, I happen to

have accrued almost a dozen various stamp sets all to do with

drinking alcohol of some type, and found one large enough to cover

my oops. Crisis averted.

Here are some close ups:

So that's it for now. Thanks for visiting, and thanks to Tracy Weinzapfel

again for such a fun tutorial!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine - Take It Make It September challenge

Mixed Media World #29 - ATG

 

Supplies:

hand made art journal

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Irish Moss, Ultra Blue Deep, Holly Green, Raw Umber, Napa Red, Dioxazine Purple, Purple Pizzazz

DecoArt Media acrylic paint - Carbon Black, Titanium White

Golden Gesso

various paint brushes

water mister

Delta - Metallic 14K Gold acrylic paint

Dreamweaver - Crackle embossing paste

Ranger- Adirondack acrylic paint - Stream

Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy stamps - Wine Time

STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Grunge stamps

Hampton Arts - LOL stamps - Wine On

Staz On - Jet Black ink

Faber Castell - PITT Artist pens, bold & small

General's black pastel chalk pencil

Strathmore - mixed media paper

heat gun

Inkadinkado masking paper

DecoArt - Americana gloss sealer spray