'It's important who you travel with'.... Journal Page

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

Today, I am back with Journal page.
If you have missed my mixed media canvas post..here is the link..

You may recognize, I've used Dylusion colors on my page.

yes, I've tried latest Dylusion paint - Squeezed Orange....and I'll say I need to add all colors in my collection. They are perfect for Art Journaling.

Its very easy to apply colors on pages with Baby wipes...Dyan has shown this technique during CHA. It dried immediately.

 Another unique feature of Dylusion paint is, we can create another layer on it with spray inks.....thats awesome for someone like me who loves to create layers after layers.

I used Finnabair stencil and Dylusion inks sprays- White linen and Pure sunshine for my next layer.

  

For texture, I applied Wendy Vecchi White embossing paste through Dyan's falling leaves stencil.

Here is one more fun part,

I cut out lovely butterflies from Tim's Butterfly duo die, heat embossed them with 

Wendy Vecchi Buttercup embossing powder. Next I used coordinating
embossing pads (sorry for glare on it) to create texture on them...applied Archival inks on raised area..they look awesome.

I colored leaves with dylusion paint and outlined them with white gel pen.

I stenciled more with Finnabair Netting stencil and archival ink.

And this beautiful flower stamp and quote is from Wendy Vecchi's - Art and You stamp set
 - "Its not where you go that's important ..its who you travel with."

Thanks so much for stopping by.
I'll be here again next week with new creation.

Products used from Eclectic Paperie:
Dylusion Paints

Prima Alpha stencil
Ink sprays
Dylusion Stencil
Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks
Wendy Vecchi Embossing powders
Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste
Wendy Vecchi stamps- Art and You
Sizzix - Butterfly Duo

Altered Frame - Prima Decor II!

Good morning!  Sherry here today and I have an altered frame to share with you.  Sadly, I got so into the creation of the frame that I failed to take photos of each step.  It’s very simple though and I’m sure I can walk you through.



I started with one of those dollar wood frames from Michaels and applied Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 White Embossing Paste to the front using Prima Stencil - Decor II.  (all links can be found at the bottom of this post).



All in all, this was a 3-step process, allowing dry time between each step.  The frame was painted black and then highlighted with thin coats of Art Anthology Bronze Metal Effects.  Can I just say, that this is the first time I’ve used the Metal Effects . . . and I LOVE them!!



The embellishments in the center were assembled from different stash pieces.



Thanks for stopping by and joining me today!!







Project Supplies:

Prima - 6x6 inch Stencil - Decor II Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Embossing Paste - White Splash of Color - Palette Knife Art Anthology - Metal Effects - Copper Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet

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ePlay Challenge - Fabric!

Welcome to the June ePlay challenge!! This month we are inviting you to play with fabric!

If you are anything like me I have TONS of scrap fabric laying around. Everything from silk to denim to brocade. I was actually inspired by denim to create this challenge but when it came time to do the project I found this fabulous brocade scrap the my mother in law had recently given to me for my scrappy purposes and it was perfect. 

I have been wanting to have an art journal but I want one big enough to really play in. I decided I needed to make my own and this is what came of it.

The cover needed a little something so I used some Wendy Vecchi embossing paste in black through a Prima stencil and highlighted with some inka gold.

This is the silver metallic Wendy paste with quite a few drops of forrest moss Distress ink and a drop of peeled paint. I should have added more green as the green is very pale...but this was my first attempt at mixing so I learn.

Here is my step by step tutorial for creating my art journal (total cost $6.40):

1. Take a pad of Bristol or Water color paper and carefully remove all of the sheets. (I used a 40% off coupon and spent $6.40)

2.Add a few pieces of artistic paper, tags, smaller papers...anything you want for interest.

3. Gather no more than 4 pieces of paper together and fold in half. Crease with a bone folder. These are  called your signatures. Your book will be made up of multiple signatures.

4. Use a centering ruler to make marks at the center and one at each end...about 1/2 inch in from the edge. These will be for your holes.

5. Using an awl and a squishy pad (this is the technical term) punch holes in your signature at the marks. Make sure they are right along your creased fold.

6. Using a large needle (mine is a leather working needle) and waxed thread to sew, sew your individual signatures at the binding.

7. Then sew the signatures together and clip the book together.

(visual of clips)

8.Take your glue and paint a thick coat along the binding of the signatures.

9. While that dries, take your book covers (I repurposed an old dictionary that I bought at a flea market) and measure out the fabric leave enough room in between for your book innards. This will depend on how many signatures you have.

10. Use your glue and adhere the fabric to the flat surface first being sure to burnish as you go.

11. Adhere the edges around the inside of the covers.

12. Use a piece of your paper to attach the signatures to the cover. If you look close you can see the yellow...I used the cover to the paper pad. Adhere one side to the signature and the other side to the cover. Burnish well and leave something heavy overnight for the entire thing to dry. Do the same for the back cover. 

and voila! I wanted to keep it somewhat flat so it was easy to open so I didn't add a whole bunch to the front. Also, the fabric I chose is very busy too.

So what can you do with fabric? Let's see! Add your blog to the linky tool at the bottom and show us what you can do with fabric. You may just win a little something to spend in the eP store!!

Good luck!

{{hugs}}

Andiepants

Keep Calm and Do

Hello and happy Monday!  Micki here to share an art journal spread in which I faced my fear..... my fear of sketching and painting a face.  Perhaps the fear stemmed from knowing that the end result would be posted here or perhaps because I was video taping my efforts.  For some reason, doing quick sketches during my lunch hour seem no problem at all, why is that?  Anyway,  let me start with the background:

• I cut up several sheets from the Idea-ology - Collage Mini Stash - 8x8 paper pad, into varying sized squares which were glued to both pages in my Dylusions Journal with Matte Glue-N-Seal.
• Next I used my Craft Scraper to apply gesso over both pages.
• Once dry, I added Black Soot Distress Paint, spreading it with a wet baby wipe.
• I added lots of stencils with paints but ended up covering all of it with Broken China Distress Paint.  While the paint was still wet, laid Donna Downey's 12x12 Hexagon Grunge stencil by Prima on top and removed the wet paint through the stencil with a baby wipe.  LOVE this technique called Stencil Resist.  (The camcorder had stopped and I didn't realize it so this resist technique is not on the video :(. )
• Then came the splatters using Liquitex Free Style Large Scale Splatter Brush - sooooo much fun.

Here's the video creating the backgroun:

In case you can't see it, here's the direct link:  http://youtu.be/cx5erjUta_I

Now came the stomach churning apprehensiveness - the sketching.  Well, actually the sketching didn't make me tremble.   In the video, you'll see where I rummage through my pencil case looking for different pencils.  I believe I used them all, from 2H down to 4B including some charcoal pencils but in the end I used a 4B the most.  Once I had the pencil sketch down, then came the stomach churning...... adding paint!  

• I used a lot of paint, adding spritzes of water in addition to using the glazing medium to keep the paints more "wet".  To create the shadows and try to built shadow layers, I was heavy handed on adding water to the paints.  If I thought the shadows were too dark, I just went back with a slightly damp brush and blended the shadow out.  It's a "back & forth" which you will see in the video.
• I tried to remember to mix my paints with the Palette Knife instead of the brush, but towards the end I was so engrossed in painting, that I forgot.  You should use a palette knife to thoroughly mix paints.  I've had that incident where the individual paint colors would show in the paint stroke because I "thought" I had mixed the paints thoroughly with my brush.
•  I utilized the pencil marks for creating shadows since the soft lead (4B) smudged with a wet brush.

direct link in case it doesn't work:  http://youtu.be/mgNBfinXCa4

Once I decided that I could literally go on and on with the shading of the face, and I really had to fix dinner, I decided to stop and finish:

• Because I had quite a bit of paint left on my craft sheet, I used my finger and randomly stenciled on the pages.  
• Using Christy Tomlinson Coffee Filter sheet as my base for a stamped sentiment by covering it with some left over white paint.  
• Don't forget to use your Craft Scraper as a paint tool by making straight linear marks with it.
• I used the hexagon stencil resist areas for my journaling.
• The blue "Keep Calm" was my library due date reminder which I had to use :).  The stamped sentiment, Donna Downey What Others Day from Unity Stamp Co, was stamped onto the gessoed coffee filter paper with Wendy Vecchi's Watering Can Archival Ink.  I cut all the words apart, glued them on to the page and then doodled around them.  
• To keep the words from being to "crisp and clean", I used a very wet brush and watered down paint to give them a wash followed by drying with a paper towel.

Direct link: http://youtu.be/bP-zShbgPnU

Wow, I think I covered it all.... I think!  She's not perfect but I kept calm and did it!  Now I just need to learn iMovie so the next time it doesn't take me five hours to create these three videos!
I hope you were inspired to try your hand at sketching a portrait,  or just to get your paints out and play.

Supplies used:

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