One Very Messy Layout

I love tags. Of all sorts, kraft tags, shipping tags, tags of all colors and sizes. I just really adore them. I decided to play with some tags on a layout. I will say it's rare that I sit down and just make a tag. I'm not even sure why just never been a real tag maker.  

I began by laying all of the tags out and then applying some blue Pan Pastels to it. It really helped bring out the textures of the tags. I left a gap there in the center knowing there would be a picture centered there.

I used some gelattos on this as well just making streaks with them and then sprayed them with some water and dried them out. I then mixed up some paint with some Golden Light Molding Paste. I spread it here and there on the layout for no rhyme or reason. Just added some texture to it.

I then placed some 7-gypsies tissue tape around the layout. I also altered a chipboard clock and placed some hands on it.

Wet embossed a fun dress form and did some stamps and playing with paint and mist. Some bling and a tag and i have a very delightfully messy layout!

Brick Art Journal Page

So, I've been having a ton of fun with my art journals recently. I can't even tell you why but it's just been where I have been going when I want to craft. Enjoy.

I first covered the enture page in a nice thick coat of gesso.  I love the Prima brick stencils I picked up. I have both the positive and the negative of the bricks and I just adore them for using as a stencil with panpastels as well as with texture. Just wonderful.

I applied brown pan pastels and then sealed them off with a fixative. This enables me to be able to work on it without smearing it.

I then got a little messy. I did a few sprays of mists onto the page and then smeared them with a cloth. Then I sprayed soem watered down gesso onto the page and when it was tacky.. almost dry but not quite I took a cloth and rubbed hard. This smeared all the way through and gave me some bare spots in the brick wall.

Printed a quote I liked and inked it up with some pan pastel, die cut, painted and sanded a bird cage and put them down on the page

I then added a few quotes I also like.

Very sorry if the "F" word offends anyone, but afterall a journal can't very well be censored.

Nice picture of how gritty my poor hands got for this page.

Art Journal Page

I loved the latest prompt at A Year In The Life Of An Art Journal, so much so that I used the same prompt for a different journal as well. Everything I did is pretty self explanatory.

THE PROMPT: Nature is a wondrous thing
ie: use pics of nature
THE STUFF: Don't quote me on it
ie: use a quote or quotes
THE TECHNIQUE: Gesso & stencils ie: try something different and use Gesso on your stencils for texture!

Want to see what others came up with? http://oneyearartjournal.blogspot.com/

 

This page was something else i began sketching on but then didn't like where it was going, so it's a great thing to just cover with some layers.

love the texture and this will dry clear!

Gelatto fun of course. The gel acts as a resist which I loved playing with.

spray with some water and then brushed out and then blotted with a cloth to get it off all of the letters.

I then sprayed the entire page with some watered down gesso. And added a tag.

Pan Patels and new Art Journal Page

Okay, I loooove Pan Pastels!!! There's this very nifty store here locally that I support as much as I can. Luckily for me alot of their supplies that I love, I can even find cheaper there than anywhere online!! Anywho, I go in there about every other week and buy 1-2 new colors. I will do this until I have them ALL!! If you haven't used any of these! WHY NOT??? This week one lucky person will win a black pan pastel! Just comment ans share on your blog with your friends!

Another great art journal page to come using pan pastels!

Okay, so onto a journal page A Year In The Life Of An Art Journal. HERE is the prompt.

THE PROMPT: Nature is a wondrous thing
ie: use pics of nature

THE STUFF: Don't quote me on it
ie: use a quote or quotes
THE TECHNIQUE: Gesso & stencils ie: try something different and use Gesso on your stencils for texture!

I used a very gritty Golden Course Pumice Gel. Love this stuff!!

After it dried, some gesso over the entire page.

I then used some great pan pastels. Blending some greens and yellows then some finishing touches. I didn't do too much "nature" stuff but I really feel as though the greens bring out a feeling of nature. I also reused my word of the year. Relax! Just to remind myself!

I'm also playing along wtih Berry71Bleu Challenges. you can check out their blog here:   http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com

Altered Wooden Box

So, I am a fan of Dollar Tree. I bought a number of boxes from there and then before I could get to it, Kory over there at Scrapiverse posted one of his creations using one of the exact same boxes. So, I was definitely inspired to no longer let them sit in the bag and get one done. of course I have about 6 different styles of them. What I did is pretty self-explanatory as you look at the picture tutorials. Love Graphic 45 papers! I just wanted somethign simple that onlu too about 20 minutes to make. Love it's simplicity.

I collect fortune cookie fortunes so I think this little creation will just hold them. Until I come up with some other purpose for it.