Art Journal Page 228

Hi everyone!

Another page in my whimsy journal today! This one looked like it would be a quick simple page but when looking back while editing the video there was a lot of work in this page LOL.

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Pebeo 'cerulean blue' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint

Semco 'cherry blossom' acrylic paint

Americana 'soft jade' acrylic paint

Liquitex Professional gesso

Encyclopedia paper

Ranger 'jet black' archival ink

Dylusions 'right up your street' stamp set

ZIG Clean Color Real Brushes (various colours)

Aqua brush

Stampabilities 'everyday expressions' stamp set

Stampin' Up! 'big bold birthday' stamp set

Ranger 'monarch orange' archival ink

Ranger 'chrome yellow' archival ink

Hero Arts 'red royal' mid-tone shadow ink

Stabilo green fine point pen

Derwent 'mustard' Inktense pencil

Hero Arts 'magical castle' stamp set

Prisma Color 'scarlet lake' pencil

Prisma Color 'lilac' pencil

Prisma Color 'lemon yellow' pencil

Prisma Color 'neon pink' pencil

Prisma Color 'white' pencil

Reeves 'oxide chromium green' acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearlescent emerald' Lumiere acrylic paint

Aleene's Original Tacky glue

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

McGill dual-tipped stylus

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Ranger 'ice stickles' glitter glue

Sharpie 'white' fine point pen

Sharpie 'white' medium point paint pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 227

Hi everyone!

Today's page was based solely on using the StencilGirl stencils I'd received as being invited to be a guest blogger on their site. I used two of the three stencils I'd received for today's page.

I started off working on the background by applying acrylic paints with a wet baby wipe and I really loved the softness and the blending this technique gave the page. Then all I had to do was add the stencils and title and voila! Quick and easy and fun!

You can watch the full process video on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Pebeo 'cerulean blue' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint

Semco 'cherry blossom' acrylic paint

Americana 'soft jade' acrylic paint

Liquitex Professional gesso

Encyclopedia paper

Ranger 'jet black' archival ink

Dylusions 'right up your street' stamp set

ZIG Clean Color Real Brushes (various colours)

Aqua brush

Stampabilities 'everyday expressions' stamp set

Stampin' Up! 'big bold birthday' stamp set

Ranger 'monarch orange' archival ink

Ranger 'chrome yellow' archival ink

Hero Arts 'red royal' mid-tone shadow ink

Stabilo green fine point pen

Derwent 'mustard' Inktense pencil

Hero Arts 'magical castle' stamp set

Prisma Color 'scarlet lake' pencil

Prisma Color 'lilac' pencil

Prisma Color 'lemon yellow' pencil

Prisma Color 'neon pink' pencil

Prisma Color 'white' pencil

Reeves 'oxide chromium green' acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere acrylic paint

Jacquard 'pearlescent emerald' Lumiere acrylic paint

Aleene's Original Tacky glue

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

McGill dual-tipped stylus

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Ranger 'ice stickles' glitter glue

Sharpie 'white' fine point pen

Sharpie 'white' medium point paint pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 225

Hi everyone!

Today's journal page has been done in my 'whimsy journal'.

A very simple, but different, whimsy house today using minimal products.

You can watch the full process on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional Gesso
Semco 'classic red' acrylic paint
Global Colours 'orange' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint
The Crafters Workshop 'tile texture' stencil
Reeves 'titanium white' acrylic paint
Tombow 'black' Monotwin pen
Faber-Castell 'black' PITT artist brush pen
Black Sharpie pen
White POSCA pen
White extra fine point Sharpie fine point pen
VersaMark clear embossing ink
Tim Holtz 'rays' layering stencil
Ranger 'queen's gold' embossing powder
White Stabilo All pencil
Ranger clear Emboss-it pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page - Spring *LIVE RECORDING*

Hi everyone!

My first live stream on this channel today using my new Logitech c930e webcam. I have yet to work out why there is a flicker so please bear with me while I try to work this out.

Today's page was started with only the butterflies I had fussy cut in mind. I just started creating a background for the butterflies to sit on and I really love how the page finally turned out.

You can watch the full live recording on my YouTube channel by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso

Reeves 'pale olive' acrylic paint

Global Colours 'white' acrylic impasto

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint

Reeves 'oxide chromium green' acrylic paint

Tim Holtz 'stripes' layering stencil

Stampers Anonymous|Tim Holtz 'attic treasures' stamp set

Ranger 'olive' archival ink

Ranger 'sap green' archival ink

Color Box 'tropical' stencil

KaiserCraft 'flora and fauna' stamp set

Black Sharpie pen

Black Faber-Castell PITT Artist brush pen

Black Signo uni-ball pen

Blue Stabilo fine 0.4 pen

Faber-Castell 'cold grey' PITT artist big brush pen

Butterflies from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 212

Hi everyone!

Once again I'm trying to work out these Dylusions ink sprays! Trying to get them to NOT react when I'm trying to work over the top of them. So a friend asked me whether or not I let the sprays dry and set for 24 hours. Knowing me, I did NOT. So I decided to try this. Thanks Theresa :)

I applied the heavy gesso, let dry, sprayed the Dylusions sprays and let it sit for almost 30 hours!

When I started applying the clear gesso (I think I packed it on too thickly) you could see it reactivating and coming through the gesso. So I let it dry completely by itself overnight - AGAIN - and applied a thin coat of gesso using a brush this time, and it seemed to work fine - fingers crossed!

Once the clear gesso had dried I then started working on the page by applying white gesso sponged over a stencil - YES! Well, it wasn't a BRIGHT white but white enough to make the colours around it pop! Happy days!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Art Basics | Finnabair heavy gesso

Art Basics | Finnabair media silicone brush

Dylusions 'lemon zest' ink spray

Dylusions 'bubblegum pink' ink spray

Dylusions 'London blue' ink spray

Dina Wakley 'stenciled women' stencil

Liquitex Professional gesso

Generic brand hair spray

Dylusions 'leaf flourish' stencil (stencil discontinued)

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

Black Fude Ball pen

White extra fine point Sharpie pen

Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere acrylic paint

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 211

Hi everyone!

For today's page I wanted to get back to what I do best (in my humble opinion LOL). I love to create backgrounds but I can't just leave it there. So I think about what the background means to me and I search related images on google. Or I search google first, then base the background on the image. That's what I did today, googled the image first and I'm happy with how it turned out!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by CLICKING HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso

KaiserCraft 'windsor' stamp

KaiserCraft '36' stamp

Ranger 'deep purple' archival ink

Carabelle Studio 'Libellules & Papillons' stamp

Ranger 'manganese blue' archival ink

Carabelle Studio 'Zinouk hearts' stamp set

Ranger 'rose madder' archival ink

Liquitex Basics 'primary magenta' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow deep hue' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'brilliant purple' acrylic paint

The Crafters Workshop 'organic matter' stencil

Liquitex Basics 'light blue violet' acrylic paint

Carabelle Studio 'around the world' stencil

The Crafters Workshop 'mariposas' stencil

Pebeo 'cerulean blue' acrylic paint

KaiserCraft 'doily' stencil

Global Colours 'white' acrylic impasto

Liquitex Glazing Medium

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

Dylusions 'heart border' stencil

Paper Craft 'vines' alphabet stamp

Ranger 'jet black' archival ink

Sharpie 'white' extra fine point paint pen

Faber-Castell 'white' PITT artist big brush

POSCA 0.7mm 'black' paint pen

Sharpie 'black' fine point pen

POSCA 1.8-2.5mm 'black' paint pen

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

White Stabilo All pencil

Faber-Castell 8B graphite aquarelle pencil

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen