Art Journal Page 195

Hi everyone!

Today's page has been created based on the Tag Challenge #5 from our Art Journal Techniques FaceBook group. We will be playing around with heat embossing today!

I have an awful time of it when I play around with sprays! Since they are reactive, anyt medium you put over the sprays will come through to the top, so using heat embossing can eliminate that 'headache' LOL. Having said that, it's a lot of work trying to keep that embossed area clean of sprays, but so worth the end result!

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

Products used:

Golden Gesso

Memory Box 'butterfly' stencil

KaiserCraft 'butterfly' template

VersaMark clear embossing ink

Ranger 'clear' embossing powder

Lindy's Stamp Gang 'Azure Sea Asters' starburst spray

Heidi Swapp 'butter' Color Shine

Heidi Swapp 'sweet mint' Color Shine

Dylusions 'vibrant turquoise' ink spray

NeoColor II 'turquoise blue' water soluble wax pastel

Dylusions 'doodle blooms' stamp set

Ranger 'jet black' archival ink

Pilot 'black' FriXion ball pen (dissed this because it's removed with friction)

Black unipin 0.5 fine line pen

Faber-Castell 'black' PITT Artist brush pen

Black Pentel Touch pen

White extra fine point Sharpie paint pen

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Having Fun With Shipping Tags No.5

Hi everyone!

Another tag challenge today over on our Art Journal Techniques FaceBook group page, and today's challenge is all about heat embossing, yep - the dreaded heat embossing LOL.

So I wanted to use sprays with the heat embossing also, so I decided to use some Dylusions stamps with some embossed butterflies and spray. That's all I thought about as I set to create the page.

I also used some art masking fluid to help with keeping the flowers plain old black & white, it helped heaps!

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

Products used:

Golden gesso
Memory Box 'butterfly' stencil
KaiserCraft 'butterfly' template
VersaMark clear embossing ink
Ranger 'clear' embossing powder
Lindy's Stamp Gang 'Azure Sea Asters' starburst spray
Heidi Swapp 'butter' Color Shine
Heidi Swapp 'sweet mint' Color Shine
Dylusions 'vibrant turquoise' ink spray
NeoColor II 'turquoise blue' water soluble wax pastel
Portfolio 'cerulean' water soluble oil pastel

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Christmas Tags

Hi everyone!

Well it's almost Christmas and I've only just put up my Christmas tree and made a few tags! I've done no shopping at all, one week to Christmas Day!! Eeeeek!

Oh well, I'll get there in the nick of time LOL.

So today I thought I'd create a few different gift tags for you.

You can watch the full process on YouTube by CLICKING HERE:

Products used:

Manilla file folders for tag bases
I Brake For Stamps 'vintage Christmas' stamp set
Ranger 'sepia' archival ink
Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz 'mini holidays 2' stamp set
Tim Holtz 'vintage photo' distress ink
Tim Holtz 'walnut stain' distress ink
Paper Xtra Christmas tag stamp set (item #93885)
We R Memory Keepers 'angle' corner chomper
We R Memory Keepers 1/2" corner rounder chomper
We R Memory Keepers crop-a-dile
Jute twine

Tag 2
Manilla file folders for tag bases
Derivan Matisse 'Australian Blue Gum' acrylic paint
VersaMark clear embossing ink
Ranger 'Queen's Gold' embossing powder
Ranger 'silver' embossing powder
Penny Black 'Christmas Story' background stamp
Hero Arts Hero Hues 'white' dye ink
Recollections 'merry merry' stanp set
Cee Dee's unknown stamp set (gifts)
We R Memory Keepers 'angle' corner chomper
We R Memory Keepers 1/2" corner rounder chomper
We R Memory Keepers crop-a-dile

Dylusions 'stocking fillers' stamp set (bow)

Avery Elle dotted line stamp from 'merry & bright' set

Ribbon from stash

Tag 3

White cardstock

Tim Holtz 'faded jeans' distress oxide

Tim Holtz 'salty ocean' distress oxide

Hero Arts 'swirl Christmas' stamp

VersaMark clear embossing ink

White embossing powder

Recollections 'merry merry' stamp set

Paper Xtra Christmas tag stamp set (item #93885)

Ribbon from stash

We R Memory Keepers 'angle' corner chomper
We R Memory Keepers 1/2" corner rounder chomper
We R Memory Keepers crop-a-dile

Tag 4

White cardstock

Strips of paper from Carta Bella 'Christmas Day' 6"x6" paper pad

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Tim Holtz 'peeled paint' distress oxide

Unity Stamps tree stamp from 'Oh! Joy!' stamp set

Ranger 'olive' archival ink

Recollections 'merry merry' stamp set

Ribbon from stash

We R Memory Keepers 'angle' corner chomper
We R Memory Keepers 1/2" corner rounder chomper
We R Memory Keepers crop-a-dile

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Christmas and thanks so much for all your support throughout the year! See you in 2018!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 193

Hi everyone!

Just playing around today, testing out Tim Holtz's distress crackle paint and how best to use it - well not the way I did today! I wasn't happy with how this page turned out but will try again until I master it! LOL

I started out using excess paint from the tag #4, added some white, then it went all downhill from there. Once I added the crackle medium around the border it just went sour! I did not like how it framed the page and don't think it worked with the final result. Oh well, another learning curve LOL.

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

Products used:

Sennelier 'turquoise' acrylic paint

Global Colours 'white' acrylic impasto

Liquitex Professional gesso

Tim Holtz clear 'rock candy' distress crackle

Tim Holtz 'vintage photo' distress stain

Tim Holtz 'picket fence' distress stain

VersaMark clear embossing ink

White embossing powder

'Learning Curve' Cricut Cartridge

White cardstock

Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'alizarin crimson' acrylic paint

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

J.Burrows 'teal' acrylic paint

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

Portfolio 'red' Water Soluble Oil Pastel

Portfolio 'black' Water Soluble Oil Pastel

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen

Art Journal Page 194

Hi everyone!

Today's page was based on the Tag #4 challenge over on my Art Journal Techniques FaceBook group page. Crackle medium! Oh how I dislike this technique! Only because I haven't mastered the art of the crackling yet. No matter how many times I try it, I never seem to get it right every time, hit and miss for me. Then I go and draw the hearts upside down! Just wasn't my day today! Oh well, get used to it Jen, there'll be plenty more of those to come LOL.

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

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso

Liquitex Basics 'bronze' acrylic paint

Derivan 'cracking medium'

Derivan Matisse 'Australian Blue Gum' acrylic paint

J.Burrows 'teal' acrylic paint

Tim Holtz 'picket fence' distress stain

Tim Holtz 'vintage photo' distress stain

Global Colours 'white' acrylic impasto

Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint

Liquitex Basics 'alizarin crimson hue' acrylic paint

Reeves 'mars black' acrylic paint

The Crafters Workshop 'fairywings' stencil

VersaMark clear embossing ink

Ranger 'silver' embossing powder

Portfolio 'red' water soluble oil pastel

Portfolio 'black' water soluble oil pastel

PITT Artist 'black' brush pen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles

Jen