Saturday Showcase - Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks Kraft Journal Collage Pages

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. Today I have some new Kraft Journal pages to share with you featuring backgrounds made with Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks. This kind of journaling with faces and lots of colour is new to me and has been so much fun to experiment with.

Let's get started with peeks at the finished pages before getting into looking at each one in more detail;

Here is the first journal spread in full, featuring a stamped lady from the 'Better Together' stamp set and words from the 'Be Willing' stamp set.

I started by laying down a blend of warm colours from the Scribble Sticks 2 set, making sure to apply lots of the dry paint onto the kraft card so that it would blend a little better when water was added in a few places. As a contrast torn pieces of music score were added over the top followed by some white gesso.

That layer of white over the colour helped the complimentary scraps of design tape and some contrasting stencilling to stand out more. I used one of the patterns from the 'Marks' stencil with 'Turquoise' acrylic paint for this.

Finally the scribbled circles, cut from one of the sheets in the 'Elements' Collage Paper pack, were added with gel medium and the words and lady were stamped on with permanent black ink. I extended the design by drawing in extra lines and adding more asemic writing. White gesso was used to paint in the top of the lady's head and I emphasised the colour running across her eyes by re-applying more 'Sedona' Scribble Stick.

Here are a couple of close ups of the finished spread showing more of the detail;

Here is the second journal spread in full, featuring a stamped head from the 'Ledger Girls' stamp set and words from the 'Not Subtle' stamp set.

In much the same way as before I started by laying down a blend of cool colours from the Scribble Sticks 2 set before adding more torn pieces of music score over the top followed by some white gesso.

This time, after adding complimentary scraps of design tape over the top I applied white gesso through another of the patterns from the 'Marks' stencil. The three block design from the 'Be Willing' stamp set was stamped in places using 'Mulberry' Archival Ink and then I splattered contrasting 'Lemon' and 'Cheddar' paint from the Scribble Sticks over the top.

Be aware that Archival Ink will bleed through whatever is applied on top, including paint. I learned this after finding that it happened to the tags I applied over the top (cut from the 'Elements' Collage Paper pack and painted on the reverse with 'Sand' acrylic paint). To rectify this I simply re-stamped the blocks with the same ink over the top. The head and words were stamped onto tea stained heavyweight paper with black permanent ink before being cut out and mounted on top of the tags.

Here are a couple of close ups of the finished spread showing more of the detail;

Here is the last journal spread in full, featuring a face from the 'Elements' Collage Paper pack and words from the 'Be Willing' stamp set.

For this final journal spread I tried something different, starting by applying a layer of white gesso onto the kraft card before adding lots of colour from the 'Lime' Scribble Stick on top. I found that the gesso made blending out the paint from the Scribble Stick with a little water much easier. As a contrast this time torn pieces of kraft wrapping paper were added over the top followed by more white gesso.

This time lots of different layers were added including vertical strips of masking tape, a horizontal line of stencilling using 'Evergreen' acrylic paint through the 'Bumps' stencil, a coordinating strip of design tape and a strip cut from one of the sheets in the 'Elements' Collage Paper pack. I drew on a zig zag line of faux stitching with a black pen and wrote some asemic script over the top of the whole background with a white pen.

To finish I splattered contrasting 'Sedona' and 'Marine' paint from the Scribble Sticks over the top. The Collage Paper head was painted on the reverse with 'Buff' acrylic paint and cut out before being applied over the background with some gel medium. I extended the design with more paint and a black pen before using the Scribble Sticks to add a little colour to the lips, cheeks and eyes. The words were stamped onto white card with permanent black ink before being added onto the background.

Here are a couple of close ups of the finished spread showing more of the detail;

Thanks for stopping by to see today's showcase. I hope you've enjoyed seeing how to create these collages with the Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks and other products from the Dina Wakley Media range.

There's still time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'De-stressing with a little distressing' which runs through Tuesday, September 7th at 11.55pm. We look forward to seeing your creations.

Jenny

Products used to create these journal pages are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Dina Wakley Media Journal - Kraft

Dina Wakley Media Collage Paper - Elements

Dina Wakley Media Stencil - Marks

Dina Wakley Media Stencil - Bumps

Dina Wakley Media Stamps - Ledger Girls

Dina Wakley Media Stamps - Be Willing

Dina Wakley Media Stamps - Not Subtle

Dina Wakley Media Stamps - Better Together

Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks 2

Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Turquoise

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Evergreen

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Buff

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Sand

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Gel Medium Soft Gel

Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Mulberry

Collage Backgrounds with Dina Wakley Media

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. Today I have a couple more Parisian inspired journal pages to share with you together with a tutorial for creating collage backgrounds using Dina Wakley Media stamps, stencils, paints and gessos. I have used these collage backgrounds to draw architectural images onto but you could easily add flowers, faces or anything else that takes your fancy on to them.

So here's the first of two journal pages, this one featuring my take on the Arc de Triomphe;

The collage background begins with scraps of paper, torn into small pieces and layered together in a patchwork with matte gel medium.

If you don't have much in the way of patterned paper or pieces with text on don't worry because this can be added through using Dina Wakley Media Collage Paper and stencils. I used bits from the 'Elements' collection which are easily torn and applied, again with gel medium; the tissue is great because it is sturdy but thin enough to allow lower layers to show through. For me, I find it looks better if you keep everything in a horizontal/vertical plane rather than just adding patterned pieces at any angle but this is of course personal preference.

The 'Marks' stencil coordinates perfectly with the collage paper collection and I used some 'Black' Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint with it to add the chosen pattern elements onto the background.

As mentioned earlier there is no need to worry if you don't have much in the way of paper with text on it because you can use stamps to add them. I took a couple of the phrases from the Dina Wakley Media 'Ledger Girls' stamp set and stamped them onto the collage background with permanent black ink.

To even out the background you then need to use a brayer or palette knife to apply a thin uneven layer of white gesso all over it. You may also want to add a layer of clear gesso over the whole background to ensure the various surfaces react in a similar way to additional layers of paint/ink etc. I also dabbed a used teabag over the surface to stain the surface lightly, giving it a more vintage feel in keeping with the other pages in my journal.

You can see below where I created a similar collage background in the same way for my second journal page - at this point I hadn't added the gesso layers or tea stained it.

I then sketched my drawing of the Arc de Triomphe onto the background, painting it in with white gesso before adding back the missing lines. You could use a stamping platform to do the same thing with one of your stamps.

Layers of 'Sedona' Acrylic Paint, 'Lapis' Scribble Stick and 'White' Acrylic Paint, all from the Dina Wakley Media range, were used to add colour to the image. I drew the details back in with a black Stabillo All pencil and highlighted some of them with a gold pen before adding some asemic writing along one edge. Dina Wakley has a really helpful free video tutorial showing how to do all of this over on Jeanne Oliver's website HERE.

As part of the finishing touches texture paste was applied through the 'Marks' stencil in one corner of the page and I sprinkled gold embossing powder over some of it, waiting until the paste was dry before heat setting the powder. Lace trims were added over the top along with hand stitching and some words - again you could embellish your collage with trims and words from your stash or even use the ones in the 'Ledger Girls' set if appropriate.

Here are a couple of close up photos of the completed first page;

My second page features more of the collage background and another iconic Parisian landmark;

On the second side of the page I've added a gel transfer print showing the view from directly beneath the Eiffel Tower - it is fascinating to see the structure in all its complexity this way.

Thanks for stopping by to see today's tutorial. I hope you've enjoyed seeing how to create this collage background and that it has given you ideas for using it with your own choice of focal images.

There's still time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'I'm Feeling Like Royalty' which runs through Tuesday, June 15th at 11.55pm. We look forward to seeing your creations.

Jenny

Products used to create these journal pages are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Dina Wakley Media Collage Paper - Elements

Dina Wakley Media Stencil - Marks

Dina Wakley Media Stamps - Ledger Girls

Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks 2

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - Black Gesso

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - Clear Gesso

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Sedona

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - White

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - Gel Medium Soft Gel

Prima Art Basic Paper Texture Paste

Emerald Creek Eileen Hull Molten Dimension Embossing Powder - Golden Rod

Saturday Showcase - Eileen Hull Designs Sizzix Chapter 1 new 2021 releases

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you. Today I have four versions of a card design to share with you, all of which incorporate Eileen Hull's new Sizzix Chapter 1 releases - 'Mandala' and 'Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers' Thinlits die sets - available now from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Here's the first version of the card which I shared with you on Wednesday as part of the current 'So Delicate' challenge;

(click on each photo for a closer look)

Let's show you how to recreate this one, starting with the background. I cut a background big enough to fit the white card blank and a couple of Mandala shapes from kraft card. Depending on how deep you want your 'embossed' look to be you can either go with one Mandala shape glued onto the background or two. Place the first one off-centre and then glue the second one over the top, ensuring they are correctly aligned (the design is not fully symmetrical so this is important). I would suggest using scissors to trim off the excess along one edge.

Paint the kraft background with a coat of white gesso followed by 'Buff' Acrylic Paint. These two steps are the basis for the other versions too.

For the verdigris look spritz the background with water before adding a watery layer of 'Sky' Acrylic Paint. Dry this with a heat tool after allowing it to pool around the Mandala shape and dab off any excess with a dry cloth.

Dry brush over the whole background with 'Ancient' Acrylic Paint before sanding the surfaces back gently with a sanding block. This will help to reveal some of the lower layers including a little of the kraft base. Continue to dry brush and sand until you are happy with the look.

Moving on to the flowers begin by cutting the largest floral shape from the 'Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers' set out of vellum (or similar). Fold into eighths by matching two petals at the top from each angle as shown below.

Turn the flower shape over and fold in eights again matching the singular petal shapes at the top as shown below.

Using the smaller pf the flower shapes in the set die cut two from vellum. This die cuts the outside shape plus a second set of petals on the inside. Pinch the outer petals together and shape the inner ones upwards using a ball tool or even the bottom of a pencil.

Use the remaining dies from the set to cut smaller flowers and leaves from a mix of kraft card and vellum. Paint the kraft shapes in colours to coordinate with your background. For the verdigris version I used 'Blackberry' Acrylic Paint on the flowers and a mix of 'Evergreen' and Olive' Acrylic Paint for the leaves.

Layer the flowers together as shown below and finish them with a dot of Liquid Pearls (I used Wendy Vecchi's 'Prickly Pear' version for these cards). Finally die cut or stamp your choice of greeting and add to the card. I used the Tim Holtz 'Alphanumeric Type' dies for this and painted them with the 'Blackberry' colour. I would suggest using Wendy Vecchi's STAY-TION with its magnetized ruler to get your letters and words lined up properly. Mount your finished design onto the card blank and it's ready to send.

Now for the first of three further colour alternatives that has the look of a worn black book cover.

After mounting the Mandala on the kraft background and painting it all with white gesso and 'Buff' Acrylic Paint go over it all with a coat of 'Black' Acrylic Paint.

Gently sand over the surfaces with a sanding block, then dry brush with more 'Buff' and after some 'Gilt' Acrylic Paint. Sand it back again and repeat until you get the look you want.

I used the same mix of green paints for the leaves and 'Ruby' Acrylic Paint for the flowers and words on this version, though most colours would go with such a neutral background.

The third version is a softer neutral, this time replicating the look of aged plaster.

After adding the white gesso and 'Buff' Acrylic Paint layers to the background spritz it with water and add a dilute layer of 'Elephant' Acrylic Paint, allowing it to pool and dry. Dab off any excess with a dry cloth.

Repeat the process with diluted 'Umber' Acrylic Paint over a wet surface - you'll need less than you needed with the 'Elephant' layer. Sand back gently when dry.

To team with this paler neutral background I added more of the green mix to the leaves and teamed the flowers and words with 'Heather' Acrylic Paint.

The final version is more colourful than the last two with more of an aged velvet look.

This last one is a little different from the first three, beginning not with white and Buff but with a coat of 'Heather' Acrylic Paint.

Mist the dry surface with water and add a dilute mix of 'Blackberry' Acrylic Paint, allowing it to pool as before and after drying with a heat tool dabbing off any excess with a dry cloth.

Repeat the process with a smaller amount of dilute 'Umber' Acrylic Paint again allowing it to settle around the Mandala.

When dry gently sand back the surfaces before dry brushing them with 'Gilt' Acrylic Paint. Repeat this process until you achieve the look you want.

I teamed this final finish with the green leaves and this time added flowers and words coloured with 'Cheddar' Acrylic Paint.

Thanks for visiting to catch today's Saturday Showcase tutorial featuring Eileen Hull's new 'Mandala' and 'Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers' Thinlits die sets. I hope you've enjoyed seeing how it is possible to achieve several different looks using the same design and a range of colours.

There's still plenty of time to enter the current Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog challenge 'So Delicate' which runs through Tuesday, February 2nd at 11.55pm. We look forward to seeing your amazing creations.
Jenny

Products used to create this junk journal are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and are listed/linked below.

Sizzix Thinlits Die by Eileen Hull Designs - Mandala

Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Eileen Hull Designs - Folio Page, Pocket & Flowers

Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower

Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Alphanumeric Tiny Type Upper

Ranger Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paints and Gessos

Ranger Wendy Vecchi Liquid Pearls - Prickly Pear

Ranger Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART STAY-TION