Art Journaling: To Dreamland with Shari Carroll
One of the things I like most about art journaling is the process. I also love how my ideas morph as I am creating. The morphing is not visible to you so I’ll try to explain it a bit.
I started with strips of paper to create a border which I was going to paint with more vibrant colors and use bold words for journaling in the center. But once I had my strips glued in place they looked more like a cityscape to me. I went with the city scene feeling and dulled down my color choices with muted tones. I added white gesso to the top to fade the papers to resemble a sky. My new thought was an escape from the mundane…taking flight to the sky!
I added white vines of leaves for the butterflies to have a place to go. This was feeling right to me to escape and fly away with my dreams. BUT…. it also resembles books where the stories can take you off to dreamland as well.
Either way… the elements on this page along with the word strips work together to take me away to my journey.
I have filmed the process of this page which you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Does your work change as you are in the process of creating? I’d love to hear about it. Thanks for coming by, I hope you find time to create something magical this weekend! enjoy!
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Monthly Mail Art with Kristina Werner – November 2017
Happy Friday, all! Kristina here with another Monthly Mail Art installment. :)
For this month’s envelope, I thought I would create a festive, holiday-themed envelope. I used Avery Elle’s Festive Wreath stamp set to stamp a large wreath in the center of a white envelope. I then used Prismacolor colored pencils to color the wreath.
The envelope seemed a bit blank, so I then used a large dot stencil and Pumice Stone Distress Ink to add a pattern to the area outside of the wreath. I did the same thing last month to finish that envelope scene. This does the same effect for this envelope. It helps it to look finished. :)
For a bit of shimmer, I added some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen in clear to the red berries on the wreath. The mailing address was written with a Pilot Envelope Addressing pen.
NOTE: Address used with permission. Thanks, Tanya!
Thanks for stopping by today! :)
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Eskimo Kisses from Heffy Doodle!
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Thanks for stopping by today! Please join me in a VERY warm welcome to first time guest designer Lesley Oman! This very talented lady is the owner of Heffy Doodle and using the BRAND NEW Eskimo Kisses stamp and die set to inspire today! Be sure to read on and get the full details from Lesley herself and enjoy!
To make this card, I used the new Heffy Doodle Eskimo Kisses stamp set to stamp and die cut lots of the fun Eskimo images. I used my MISTI so I could stamp lots quickly at the same time, and used copic friendly ink and card so I could use my alcohol markers to colour the images. I thought it would be fun to create both a scene on the outside and on the inside, so I used some Lawn Fawn dies to help create snowy mounds and a pop up landscape for the inside of my card.
For the background, I wanted to create an Aurora Borealis effect, so I grabbed my Ranger Distress Inks, and used some bright colors first of all, then blended over the top with some chipped sapphire. I inked along the edge of a ripped piece of card to build up diagonal lines of colour on top for a more authentic look. To give my sky a lovely shimmer, I mixed a small amount of Perfect Pearls pigment powder with a little water in a spray bottle and spritzed the mixture over my inked card.
For my greeting I used one of the sentiments from the Eskimo Kisses set, but also used some of the new Heffy Doodle Jet Alphabetters to create the word HELLO. These letters are a great size for adding your own messages or names to your projects. I decided to use some silver embossing powder for my greetings to really make them pop!
For the front of my card, I stamped the fishing hole and used water ripple stamp to add lines inside, and then cut a slit using the coordinating die. This meant I could tuck a little cheeky fish inside. I gave the boy Eskimo a fishing rod, but on the inside, I created a scene using the girl Eskimo, and instead of giving her a fishing rod, I added the spearhead image to the pole to create a spear! I also added the cute baby on her back and surrounded her with lots of fish so it looks like she is having much more success than her friend!
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