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

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

Art Journal Page 206

Hi everyone!

I decided I'm really loving the whimsical look of journal pages and so I decided I would create a whole journal dedicated to whimsical houses and scenes. I've made notebook journals and have them sitting on my desk doing nothing so I decided to put them to good use.

This first page is fairly basic, with a background and a few elements on the page but that's it. I'm hoping that with practice I can create great pages using this whimsical theme.

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

Products used:

Liquitex Professional Gesso

Pebeo 'primary magenta' acrylic paint

Pebeo Dyna 'iridescent orange yellow' acrylic paint

Pebeo Dyna 'iridescent violet blue' acrylic paint

Pebeo 'fluorescent yellow' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'light green permanent' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'bright aqua green' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'light blue violet' acrylic paint

Reeves 'paynes gray' acrylic paint

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint

The Crafters Workshop 'mod spirals' stencil

The Crafters Workshop 'cosmic bubbles' stencil

Liquitex Professional iridescent medium

Portfolio 'red' water soluble oil pastel

Portfolio 'orange' water soluble oil pastel

Black Fude Ball pen

White POSCA paint pen

White Gelly Roll pen

Punchinella

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen