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

StencilGirl® Guest Design Post - Lost

Hi everyone!

I'm so excited to tell you that I have been invited to be a guest designer for StencilGirl® Talk!

All I had to do was create something using one or more of their stencils, so I decided on a journal page. I created a video on the entire process and took photos of each stage along the way.

For the step by step process and pics head on over to StencilGirl® Talk and check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

Art Journal Page 215

Hi everyone!

I wanted to play with my distress inks today because ever since I've bought the distress oxide inks I have ignored them completely! I wanted to see how a large background would look using just distress inks. So I really had fun creating the background and it looked so soft that angels and mermaids came to mind. I knew I had a mermaid stencil - just one, and I knew I had either stamps or stencils with wings, hence the mer-angel!

Then I had to go and use embossing powder, didn't I! I curse the mess every time I use it but never remember until it's too late and I have a huge mess of embossing powder everywhere! Just as well the end result is worth it LOL.

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

Products used:

Liquitex Professional Gesso
Tim Holtz 'scattered straw' distress ink
Tim Holtz 'victorian velvet' distress ink
Tim Holtz 'milled lavender' distress ink

Tim Holtz 'rusty hinge' distress ink

Tim Holtz 'squeezed lemonade' distress ink

Tim Holtz 'worn lipstick' distress ink

Tim Holtz 'aged mahogany' distress ink

Tim Holtz 'tattered rose' distress ink

The Crafters Workshop 'fairywings' stencil
Chromacryl texxture paste
Ranger 'queen's gold' embossing powder
Ranger Emboss-it clear embossing pen
StencilGirl® 'mermadia' stencil
Semco 'burgandy' acrylic paint
Jacquard 'pearl white' Lumiere paint
Ranger Stickles
White POSCA paint pen
Gold gelly roll pen
White gelly roll pen
Heidi Swapp 'confetti' stencil
Dylusions 4 1/4" x 12" journal block
Duramax painters tape

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen