More Friendship

So, after the last post I posted...yeah, I just said that...I decided to get inky and make some artsy stuff.  With the same sentiment from the last post because I really like it!  I made an art journal page inspired by Clare's 4th video on the subject and a card!!!

Here's the page~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Simon Says Stamp & Show: Inspired By

(Clare's fabulous artsy style!)

Fashionable Stamping: Anything Goes

Crafty Creations: Something Old, Something New

(The flower I used has been on my desk

for MONTHS and all the other stamps I 

used are brand new to me!)

I've used stamps by CTMH, Kaiser Kraft, Martha Stewart, and random alphabets that I'm unsure of.  I used gelatos to color in the flower after I embossed it with black embossing powder by Stampendous!.  I did that about 2 or 3 months ago...and then poor flower sat on my desk that long!  So I put it on my page.  I then put glossy accents over it and sprinkled glitter over that.  The washi tape is by different companies--I think Studio G and We R Memory Keepers.  The paints are all from my stash and the inks, glitter, paper, and all other supplies used are by Stampin' Up!.  The only paper not by SU! is the old library Date Due card to the bottom left.  My DH had some of them in his office and was going to throw them away--I almost screamed, "DON'T DO IT!!!"  I saved them.  There are only 4 but I've also used one on the card I made, too...

Here's the card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Inspired By Stamping: Washi Tape Blog Hop

Craft Your Passion: Floral Delights

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Inspirational Goes

This card uses stamps by Inspired By Stamping, liquid pearls by Ranger, another Date Due card, white gesso paint from my stash, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at my arsty endeavors.  I know they aren't the best, but I enjoy making them and am having fun learning!  I hope you'll join in these fabulous challenges--it's always fun to be challenged!!!  HUGS and happy crafting, friends! :)

Scenic Art Journaling

Hi, friends!  I've been following along with Clare's amazing Art Journaling Classes but I missed one--OOPS!!!  So, I had to fix that this weekend!  Her video this time around was about creating a scene.  I was a bit intimidated, but Clare does a great job on her videos so I think I might have succeeded and that this project will be framed and put in my home or given as a gift!  Thanks, Clare!!!

Here's what I came up with~

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Can you see the splatter from the water & glimmer mist?

Better detail of the bubble wrap stamping. LOVE this!

Authentique paper roses for some flora.

Torn paper hills with fern stamped over them.

Paper pieced birch trees--a glorious image!

More roses.  I love this fabulous paper!

For these fabulous challenges~

Simon Say Stamp & Show: Water

Fashionable Stamping Challenges: Paper Piecing

52 Card Pickup: Anything Goes

This piece of artwork uses patterned papers from Recollections, Authentique, DCWV, and more from my stash that I'm unsure of.  These papers were used for landscape aspects.

For the sky, I used my blending tool by Ranger, Tempting Turquoise ink by Stampin' Up!, bubble wrap (my newest fave!), good old fashioned water, and some gold glimmer mist by Tattered Angels.  I tried out the drip technique with water and the glimmer mist, but it didn't work exactly right although I do love how it created "clouds" in the sky!  Water is an amazing way to create texture!

The trees and fern stamped images are by Clarity, the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!, and the glitter around the edges of things is by Studio 112.  I paper pieced the trees using white paper to show the amazing birch detail of them.  I LOVE how the white just POPS out at you!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!  I hope you like what you see and that you're inspired to try something new today!  HUGS and happy art journaling!!! :)

More inky goodness...

I've really been having fun playing around with getting inky!  It's something NEW for me--but as you all know, I LOVE learning new things!!!  I guess you'd say it's kind of something I'm known for...do you guys see where this is going?  Those of you who play along at Simon Says Stamp and Show probably do!!!

Here's one of my newest inky creations~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Simon Says Stamp & Show: What You're Known For

(Trying NEW things.)

From Card Making to Art Journaling: Lesson 2

(Not technically a challenge--but challenging for me!)

Fussy & Fancy: Circles

This was a totally new thing for me.  I don't have gesso as specified by Clare so I substituted some shimmery craft paint and painted over my old book page (it was first adhered to a piece of white card for more stability).  I then stamped some circle borders by Papertrey Ink up and down the whole panel.  After that, I added some circle themed washi tape and some punched patterned papers from my scrap drawer--all polka dotted!  This was so much fun!  My hands were absolutely filthy afterwards and I LOVED it!!! ;)

Here's another inky creation that I made this weekend~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Craft Barn: "C"

(Carnation)

Pattie's Creations: Recycled/Altered Item

Happy Campers: Flowers + Use Something Digital

So here is my next set of pages for the ABC challenge going on at Craft Barn this year.  I've chosen to alter a very old "everyday" encyclopedia.  This time I chose "carnation" for the letter C.  I started by gluing the pages together as was suggested to me...but I kinda messed them up a little. Hopefully you can't tell, lol!  I then used the same shimmer paint to mute the text a little.  I added some stamped images by Stampin' Up! and some random sentiments by various companies and then added some digital prints from Eclectic Anthology behind stamped acetate frames to protect the prints--the acetate is held in place by washi tape.  I also highlighted the definition and added some random glitter glue and liquid pearls.  Once again, utterly filthy hands and loving it!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to indulge in my new found inkiness!  I hope you've been inspired to join in these amazing challenges and that you try something new today, too!!!  HUGS and happy stamping! :)

Can't sleep? Get inky!

Well, I've decided to try something new.  Thanks to Clare over at Miscanthus Crafts, I've decided to start an Art Journal and also to participate in The Craft Barn Dictionary Challenges this year.  I didn't find a dictionary, though.  I found a FREE book at work called "The Basic Everyday Encyclopedia" circa 1954.  It is beautifully aged and makes me sneeze like crazy, lol!

This fortnight, The Craft Barn wants us to alter something on a "V" page.  I choose to do Valentine as February is drawing near.  There will definitely be a learning curve on my pages as this is the first time I've attempted this type of inkiness, so please bear with me!

Here are the complete pages I altered~

 

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

The Craft Barn: "V" 

I chose Valentine.

Vintage Stamping Challenges: Vintage

The book itself is vintage, I used 

vintage style images and papers as well.

Simon Says Stamp & Show: Embrace the Old

I must learn to embrace this old book

or I may throw it out from all the sneezing. ;)

Also, I've had these stamps for some time

now and some of them have never seen ink

until tonight--hooray for them, and the
scraps of paper I found at the bottom
of my scrap drawer!

I started by highlighting and drawing a heart around the entry I wanted to focus on: Valentine, Saint.  I then brayered my page with a medium pink in a random fashion.  I then spritzed two tones of red ink with an ink spraying tool from Stampin' Up!.  After that, I randomly stamped some images in different colors.  After doing this, I spritzed both pages with some homemade glimmer mist.  I let the pages dry for a bit and then I decided to add a ribbon down the page for a sort of faux bookmark.  I like the way it looks and will probably do it on each of my pages this year so that I'll know which pages were done in 2013.  Some bits of patterned paper were placed on lastly.  Voila!

Thank you so very much for stopping by to take a peek!  If you have any constructive criticism, I would love to hear what I could do to make my next pages better!  I hope you join in these amazing challenges!  Happy inking! :)