Earth Laughs In Flowers

Used some super bright color to complete challenge at Lime Citron

Look at those colors!!!

I started by painting/ spraying color along with water in the shape of flowers and leaves.  I used a darker orange for the center.

Drew on flower and leaves detail, unfortunately I didn't use the right kind of pen it runs when water is sprayed on it.  I like how the color is outside and inside the lines.

I fuzzy cut around the hibiscus and tucked in paper panels.  Next add some texture with distress ink and stencil, stamp with texture stamps and archival ink.  Around flowers and paper panels I painted alchemy deep waters and rusty red, then sprayed with water to blur edges.   So BRIGHT!

Darken the edges of paper panels with rust paste, next splatter with white and gold acrylic paint.  I water down the paint so it splatters easier.

Next emboss postcard edge and frame with gold embossing enamel and paint bumble bee with alchemy black berry.  Layer onto layout, finally I added some beads on postcard edge and on bumble bee but only on the portion in frame.

I really like how the flowers turned out and that purple water mark.  I think the bumble bee is too dark maybe should have painted white.

So bright I really like it, maybe its time to start using more bright colors.  This is why I like challenges makes you work outside your creative box.

I really like white space it is always my favorite parts on a layout.

All those layers make so much texture.

Here's to working outside your creative box.

Live Inspired

I have found my Creative Mojo, I have about 5 pages on the go and this is the first one i finished.  It is for Retro Kraft Blog Challenge

I started with painting a piece of mixed media cardstock with white acrylic paint, don't paint solid but leave streaky.  Next randomly smear on white crackle paste- allow to dry for cracks to appear. Once dry sand entire page.

Ink the entire page with crackled pistachio distress ink, then wipe off excess.  The ink with wipe off white acrylic paint and crackle but settle into sanded portions,streaky areas and cracks gives it a peeled paint look.  Repeated steps with rusty hinge distress ink.

 Next I added ground espresso distress ink in cracks and around outside edges of large chunky peeled areas.

Next layer together Pocket Locket chipboard available on my Etsy Store BoozyBear.  I inked the Pocket Locket (but turns out its not really necessary)  Paint on gel medium but leave it really thick and chunky heat with a heat gun, the gel medium with bubble and crack.

(I didn't take pictures of pocket locket oops) Paint harlequin chipboard white you can see the effect of gel medium gives it a rusted metal look.  Next i used Art Deco antiquing creams- start with brown allow to dry slightly then wipe off excess.  

Repeat steps with Patina Green and Red Oxide.  I used this technique on harlequin chipboard and pocket locket chipboard.

Next cut some paper blocks, distress and ink with cracked pistachio, rusty ink, and ground espresso distress ink.  Glue onto background page add studs in random corners and tuck harlequin chipboard in between layers.  Outline layers and chipboard with rust paste.  Stamp with texture stamp and emboss with white embossing powder.

Spray cheesecloth with lindy's color spray rip up edges,  glue underneath pocket locket. Tuck some circle mesh texture bits underneath.

On top of the pocket locket is mesh bits, bunched up wire, butterfly wings, architectural sconce, finish with pen nib and title.

The architectural scone was painted with alchemy steampunk copper, then dusted with artisan powder, next rub brown rust paste around edges.  Lightly ink with embossing ink, emboss with white embossing powder.  Finally rub on inka gold.  Whew thats done.

Behind wings puddle on alchemy fresh orange spritz with water to blur edges,  Repeat steps with alchemy violent green opal along butterfly wings.

I also added alchemy opal violent green in harlequin chipboard too.

 

Fortune Teller Album- DONE!!

I have finally finished my fortune teller album, I was so excited to start this album then I lost momentum when i started playing in my art journals.  So I have finished the album- the fun part now I need to write instructions- the not so fun part.  Here are all the finished pages:

Page 1
This is one of my favorite pages, it has all my favorite things, starburst, sewing, checker and teal.  My friend actually said she would hang this piece on her wall.  That is a great compliment.

New chipboard piece used Day & Night

Page 2

Page 3
Mini Folders, these are fun to decorate super small so not to much work.  Here I used new chipboard stars, and orbit

Page 4
This is another fav!  The watercolor flowers turned out beautifully and the chipboard looks fabulous painted with a sprinkle of gold embossing enamel around outside.

New chipboard used All Seeing Eye

Page 5
Here I accidently dropped some Lindy's on the top left corner, I had a moment of panic then decided to make it work.  I sewed around and around and around and made an accent dot.

Page 6
New chipboard piece used Goodnight Moon

Page 7

I have a thing for eyes , my mom asked me last weekend whats with all the eyes???  This is a stencil i designed and I love how it turned out,  around the outside I used treasure island aqua and the blue tint is perfect.

Page 8

Here I used Milky Way chipboard what makes it special is i painted the inner circles all with different Lindy's.  The final affect looks very magical.

Page 9

The stencil used here are distressed playing cards another one of my designs.  Again I used stars chipboard perfect for a little something extra.

Page 10

Since I loved my sewing circle so much I thought why not use again, but this time added little mini clusters around.  I like to think they look like orbit lines around planets.

Chipboard used Pinwheel

Page 11

More circle spots!!  I also used compass stencil another design.

Page 12

I just realized i used the same stencil two pages in a row this hurts my OCD.  I tea dyed the paper and you can really see the effect here.

Page 13

See I am addicted to sewing circles here I used Yin and Yang chipboard. This one is very intricate the feather Yin and Yang fit perfectly together.  A spin on the old.

Page 14

No photo just flowers and texture, sewing around the outside always finishes a layout.

Page 15

Love this old photo she is a beautiful gypsy, here i used Pinwheel chipboard.

Page 16

Final Page and another sewing circle apparently it my new favorite thing lol.

Album Cover

I used distress ink and ink refresher on kraft paper, to make paper look the worn leather once it is completed.  Here is a youtube video for reference.  I used Compass Eyepiece for the cover piece.

Hoping to have a creative weekend, my creative mojo is on the fritz.

Poppies

New art journal page, I did this one awhile ago.

I started by adhering dry tape on page, next add blobs of color in flower shape.  I tipped the page up vertically to add one drip for poppy stem.

Outline blobs to create poppies.

Add sky, here i colored around poppies with blue wax soluble crayons, paint with water to blend.  Add some random stamping with texture stamps and archival black ink.

Mix gold acrylic paint and modeling paste and apply through a stencil. Outline dry wall tape strips with black charcoal, blend/ smear with fingers.

Outline stencil with white gel pen, add some rub ons, add title outlined in charcoal.  In the center of poppies I added black micro beads actually looks like poppy seeds lol.

On the right hand side I added a scroll chipboard piece- ironwork scroll painted white add tag and picture.

Two pages together.

Really like the microbeads as flower centers.

I like the doodling effect, multiple lines and sketchy. I also really love stamping and getting variation in color dark and light.

The wax soluble crayons are fantastic, not a cheap purchase but well worth it.

Intricate details on Ironwork Scroll

I had a good run last month, won one challenge and got honorable mention for two others.

This one for honorable mention Goodnight moon over at Filigranki

And this one for honorable mention at 13arts

Here was my winner at Mixed Media World , now I get to be the guest designer at Mixed Media World for the month of March.  I am currently working on a new page but it seems my creative juices have flow out the window.  Wish me luck.