Fanciful Plantation

Fanciful Plantation

Hallo Everyone!

Here we are, Saturday and the

last of our Zinskys and Infusions

(aka Fanciful Plantation)  It has

been quite a saga this week and

Hazel Harler is bringing it to a

tremendous finale

"The more I looked at the Zinski characters 

the more I loved them and wish that 

I could have got more of them on my project.

I decided to use my A4 journal for my project

 and started by masking the edge of the page.

 I sprinkled Infusions on the page and sprayed with water.

I kept adding more colours and spraying 

with water, drying the page after each colour.

 I splattered some white paint over the page.

I stamped some of the background images 

onto the page then removed the masking tape. 

I also stamped the images onto white

 card and coloured them with coloured pencils

I cut out the coloured images and 

glued them to the page, then I doodled lines round the 

edge with a black marker and wrote the words 

with coloured pencil and a black marker.

 A close up of some of the characters."

Supplies:

A large journal.
Infusions.
Water spray.
Paperartsy Zinski stamps.
Black Archival ink.
White acrylic paint.
Coloured pencils.
Fine line marker.

Thank you Hazel, a super cool project

don't you agree Everyone?

I shall most definitely be doing this

one.  I can't decide at the moment

whether to hide it away in my journal

or make a picture to hang on the wall

................decisions...............decisions.........

Leave you with that

Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Collage

Collage

Here we are betwixt and between

the two main events - I have heard

it called "Twixtmas".  Oh dear........!

Hazel Harler has brought us a

journal page to give us some

quality crafting time away from

it all:

For my collage piece I did a mixed media journal spread.

I collected lots of bits and pieces together

I glued my chosen bits into my journal.

Then I gave the pages a thin coat of gesso.

The pages were painted with Fresco Finish paints

I added some Infusions and sprayed with water - I didn't like the result

I used a yellow Inktense pencil and brush to change the result of the Infusions.

 I have no photos of the next couple of steps as it was getting quite dark.

I use an Impression Obsession background stamp 

with a green distress ink on the pages, 

I then spread sherbert Alchemy Wax over the raised areas then decided

 to spread it lightly over the whole project - it toned down the colours

A close up showing the Alchemy Wax.

I stamped the Impression Obsession background stamp 

onto white card with Leaf Green Archival Ink 

and then stamped the Paperartsy images with black Archival Ink. 

I tore the images out and glued them to the pages. 

I added some cotton and green gems, 

the words were stamped onto white card and cut out, 

I went round them with black pen after I'd glued them to the pages. 

I sprayed some brimstone wings Color Bloom 

onto card and punched out some butterflies

Another close up:

Items used.

Journal.
Card, paper and lace scraps.
Multi Matte Medium.
Fresco paints.
Infusions.
Inktense pencils.
Alchemy Wax.
Paperartsy Stamps
Impression Obsession background stamp.
Archival ink - black and leaf green.
Black marker pen.
Color Bloom - brimstone wings.
Butterfly punch.
Cotton thread and green gems.

Thank you Hazel 

a fabulous page

Haven't touched my journal in a while so think

this project has me reaching for it............

Yes, I do type one handed when I have to!!

See you all again tomorrow

Mickie xx

Collage

Collage

Morning everyone!

Are you beginning to panic?

To help you stay calm we

have a lovely collage for you

today from

Karen Gist:

Gently remove the book covers from the ring bound spine.

Cover them with pieces of printed paper using matt medium

I have an old dictionary and a ready reckoner

that I use for this

Collage small pieces of patterned paper onto

some copier paper

I used scraps that I have but you could use any

type of paper, magazines, etc

Paint over the covers with DecoArt Cobalt Teal Hue

As it is a transparent paint, the print shoes through

nicely.

Stamp the smallest stamp from the set using Stazon

and when dry flick some white acrylic over the top

While this is drying stamp and emboss the large flower

head and the stem onto the patterned paper collage 

Cut out and glue to the cover

Replace the covers onto the ring bound spine and

decorate with ribbon and beads as shown.

I attached the beads by threading them onto cotton 

adding a line of Liquid Glass and then laying the

beads over the top before carefully pulling out the cotton.  

It is such a quick and easy way of going it.

Materials used:

A6 Book

PaperArtsy Eclectica ELB16 

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics - Cobalt Teal Hue

DecoArt Mixed Media - Matt Medium, Liquid Glass  

Beads

Ribbon

Thank you Karen

I think this would make a lovely gift

and not just for Christmas.........

See you tomorrow

Mickie xx

Starlight Paints - Dawn Heald

Morning all,

Welcome to day 2 of 

Starlight Paints!

If you want to see all the colours'

check them out here.

Today we have Dawn with her absolutely 

stunning journal cover..

Dawn says...

These paints are awesome they're pots

of metallic colours that can be used in

a variety of ways and blend lovely. I've

gone for straight forward painting with them

to make the front and reverse covers for my

MDF art journal. I'll certainly be getting

more colours in the future. I'd like to try

making my own mister sprays with them

and get in with a brayer too. Hope you

like this week's make from me. X Dawn

For the front cover I glued lots of different

 objects to the front. I used buttons,

 found objects, beads, paper clay moulded,

 old die cuts, tissue paper and grunge

 grunge paste through diamond stencil.

When it was all dry I Painted all over with 

a couple of coats of white gesso and let dry.

Then I went in with the luscious Starlight

 paints and painted different colours in

 patches all over the cover, blending

 the edges as I went. I let this dry then

 painted another with another layer of

 Starlight Paints. I finished it off with

 flat back pearls and gems painted with

 white Pearl Starlight paint. I did this

 so to match in the cherub made

 from clay. Painted with Starlights.

For the back cover. I glued odd pieces of 

die cuts and lace and doilies. Then used

 Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste with

 the butterfly stencil and then I used

 Decoart Media Modelling Paste with the

 Diamond stencil. I pressed some micro

 beads into the wet paste for more texture.

 When dry I simply painted two coats of

 Starlight Paints similar to the front.

There's not many steps to this it's more a

 time thing, and I enjoyed every bit.

So what do you think??

I think it is amazing!

Products used

Imagination Crafts Starlight Paints - 

Antique Pink, Pearl, Orange Oxidised, Bright Maroon,

 Topaz, Antique Gold

Imagination Crafts Stencils - Diamond, Butterfly

Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste 

Decoart Modelling Paste

Silicone Molds 

Paper Clay

Buttons

Flat Back Pearls

Glossy Accents

Book Rings

From stash - found items, odd die cuts, lace

You really must try these paints,

I've been playing with them

on an old glass decanter, I'll put some

pics on here soon....ran out of time!!

See you soon,

Jane x

Anything Goes - Dawn Heald

Morning all,

Saturday again, another week gone,

another week nearer Christmas!

Looking back at the projects our
DT has made over the year, I thought this one was
definitely worth showing again!
Wonderful Brushos and an amazing 
tutorial by Dawn.

Dawn says -

"I decided to really experiment with Brusho's and show their versatility. 

 The only thing I didn't get on to are resist techniques.

They mixed with everything I tried and stayed

 put, as long as the

 colour crystals are fixed with thickener, water,

 mediums, they stay.

         To make a sprinkler, I've shown below how to put some                         paper over, tape round with masking tape and

                               poke a few holes in the top.

             The lids do fit back on without having to remove your                                           sprinkler each time.

First off I made a colour swatch of all the pots,

 mixed with water

 and then Brusho Thickener. As you only

 need small amounts of colour

 crystals I used a straw that I cut into a V 

scoop shape at the end to

 take colour out of the pot.

Brusho Thickener tip - if you are having trouble

 getting it to dissolve

 in the water, heat in microwave for ten seconds. 

It works. I made up 

a smaller batch using 150ml water to 5 grams

 of thickener powder.

Here's an art journal page I made using various ways

 to apply Brushos.

I really do recommend these pots of

 wonderful colour".

Well I hope you found this really interesting.

Thank you Dawn for all your hard work!

I think you will find these Brusho's are amazing!

So this is what Dawn used -

Brusho Crystal Colour 24 Set

Brusho Thickener 

Spiral Bound Journal

White paper

Versamark Ink

Clear Embossing Powder

Tando Creative Stencil

Grunge Paste

Spray bottles

For the Art Journal page Dawn used -

Brusho's and Thickener

PaperArtsy Stamps - Lin Brown

Stazon Ink - Jet Black

Clear Acetate

Acrylic Paint - White

Stencil

Brayer

So just a little of what you can do with Brusho's.

I hope you have been inspired to have a go with them.

You will not be disappointed!

Tomorrow is Weekly Challenge Day....

what shall it be I wonder....

Jane x