Emerald Creek Crafts April Showers Art Journal

Hi all

It is usually Spring in my part of the world but it is taking a while to warm up. we are having an unusually dry April at the moment. Any way here is my art journal entry for this month's theme.

Emerald Creek Magical Mysteries Embossing Powder Mermaid Fin

Emerald Creek Cling Mount Stamp Carnations 

Paint with gesso first and when it is nearly dry, paint on a light blue acrylic paint with a make up sponge.

Next layer up a few darker blue colours, just paint them on lightly so each colour isn't fully covered.

Stamp around the edges with a texture stamp and then use a stencil to apply a modeling paste through a stencil. Sprinkle on the Mermaid Fin Embossing Powder and then heat to set.

Stamp on the Carnation stamp in the corners of the pages and then stamp some out onto card.

Colour the flowers with watercolour paints and then cut them out so that they can be glued onto the page.

Add journaling to finish

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The Spectacular StencilGirl(R) Squared Off Swap Hop

Hello and welcome! You have arrived at the StencilGirl® Creative Team’s Squared-Off Swap Hop.

 We all created small pieces of art using StencilGirl products and then we swapped them with each other.I received pieces of art from Jill McDowell, Natalie May, Cheetarah Cheeda and Sandee Setliff.

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 Dots2Lines, Aditi & Sunila Mahajan

Natalie May   

Trena Brannon

Sandee Setliff

Kristin Peterson

Tina Walker

Claudia Neubacher

Katie Lamb You are here !!

Jill McDowell

Kristin Williams

Debi Adams

Silvia Souza

Cheetarah Cheeda

Art & Whimsy, Belen Sotelo

Louise Nelson

I wanted to use the largest sheet as a base so i cut it to A5 size and then started to cut out pieces from the other swap squares. I didn't want to cut them up but i couldn't fit it all on!!

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Craft Consortium The Herbarium Collection Jars Art Journal

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I am sharing an new journal page using the new collection by Craft Consortium called The Herbarium.

The Herbarium Clear Stamps Utensils

Paint pages with pale green paint and then apply a stencil.

Apply another two colours to the pages in patches and allow colors to blend a little.

Stamp on texture stamps using Red, Dark green and brown inks

Stamp on the jars using black ink and then add the herb names along the side of the pages to finish.

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The Blank Page Muse Grungy Flower Art Journal

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Would you like to learn to create this stunning grungy art journal page? Well you can by following the steps below.

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Products used

The Blank Page Muse Art Journaling Mixed Media 

The Blank Page Muse Background Grunge 

Field Journal

White paint

Red acrylic paint

Orange, Pink and Red Archive Safe Ink Pads

Purple, Violet and Burgundy mist sprays

Apply a stencil by dabbing red acrylic paint over the top with a make up sponge.

Next use the texture stamp from the mixed media art journal set, stamp it around the edges of the page.

Spray the pages with a mixture of mist sprays.

Paint the center of the journal with white paint and leave to dry.

Stamp across the center of the journal using a mixture of texture stamps.

Stamp the flowers across the center and colour them in with watercolour pencils.

Apply glossy accents to the flower centers and add micro beads.

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The Blank Page Muse May Challenge Embossing

Hello all 

i have a new art journal page to share today using various stamp sets

Pam Bray Art Journaling Mixed Media

Pam Bray  Background Grunge

Knock on Wood

Katy Leitch  Correspondence 

Seth Apter Embossing Powder Ancient Amber

StencilGirl Doodle It Geometric Landscape Stencil

Start off by spraying a blank page with yellow ink and allow it to dry. Next paint orange ink on around the edges before using the brixk texture stamp to add another layer to the page.

Use the circle textures from the  Background Grunge set. Use embossing ink with the Ancient Amber embossing powder.

Next apply more stamps and embossing powder and then apply a stencil mask using black gesso. Once dry highlight some of the circles with a white paint pen.

Stamp out some large and small flower heads from the Art Journaling Mixed Media set and colour them in. Cut them out and glue them to the page. Add fine glitter to the centers and seal in with gloss enamel.

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Sin City Stamps Art Is Therapy Art Journal

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I have a new art journal page up on the team blog with a full tutorial. You can find the full tutorial here http://sincity-stamps.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/art-is-therapy-art-journal-page.html

We also have a new group for Sin City Stamps Fans. You can join here https://www.facebook.com/groups/sincitystampsfangroup/

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Pan Pastels GDT A Colorful Life Journal

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I am back with another project for Pan Pastels. I made this colourful journal page using a mixture of pan pastels.

I got my texture stamps out and had a play using a mixture of Kaisercraft and the new Papermania Geometric stamps. I applied the pastels in bands of color and then blended them in using the red tint pastel.

I used the my free stamp from my Gecko Galz post and colored it in.

                                     
I then sealed the page using a gel medium

PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit

Diarylide Yellow PanPastel

Magenta pan pastel

Perm Red Pan Pastel

Phtalo Blue Pan Pastel

Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel

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Paperbabes Design Team Art Doll Journal Using Mini Doll Face Stamps

                                                                          Hi all

Here is my first project for the Paperbabes Design Team. we have a new colour challenge on the paperbabe blog which you can find here http://paperbabestamps.blogspot.co.uk/  Here is a mixed media art journal page i made using a mixture of inks on the background.

I used the super smooth stamping card from That Craft Place to build up the doll using the Mini Head and Torso mixed media template. The face was created using the Mini Female Face stamp set.

I coloured her in with the First Edition Marker Pens and used Oak House Studio Garnet Acrylic ink for the hair.

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Katie x

First Art journal page: Do you Believe in Angels?

                                                                                   Hi all
I have my first art journal page to share with you today. I used the Male Angel digital stamp i had won off Ike's Challenge #39. I am linking up with the Tando Creative colour challenge as well http://www.tando-creative.blogspot.co.uk/

I spritzed the page in ocean blue spritzing ink and then used a mask on the background. i then sprayed over it again and then rubber light blue paint over it to bring out the detail.

These are a few chipboard butterflies from  Tando Creative. i spritzed them and painted them before stamping a few cogs over them once dry.

I have often thought about the possibility that Angels may exist but how? are they in another dimension? can science one day explain how such entities could exist? what has happened to us where did the magic and wonder go? we sit here in a world where we must prove everything is real, maybe its okay to believe in the things that can not be seen.

I was about 3 years old when i encountered something i did not understand. I woke up during the night to find a presence in the room he said 'be not afraid' i looked around at what appeared to be a talking blue light and ran for it taking cover under my parents bed. They didn't believe me when i told them, they said i imagined it and i believed them. I now wonder, if that experience was real, what was it he wanted to say?