Time To Fly Art Journal Page with Shanna

Hello all you lovelies. With Christmas getting closer, I decided to take a step back and just have fun and not think about Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, the smell of pine trees, those cinnamon pinecones, the foggy chilly mornings and hot cocoa... I mean I can really go on. 

But I haven't done an art journal yet with my Marion Smith Design papers so I thought why not play. 

Here is my recent art journal spread. I started with spraying the background. Then I glued down my papers with a gel medium.  I even added some texture with gel medium using a stencil.

I then did a a coat of CLEAR gesso. I took my Iced Coffee gelato and went around the edges of one of my papers.  The outer edges got a green and blue gelato. Just use a baby wipe to blend the gelato around. 

I used this ticket to stamp the date I created the art journal page. 

I added some black splatter across the page as well. I finished it off with some Big Chat stickers. 

I just had fun creating this and it was so simple and my fingers got to get a little messy. So I encourage you to add some of these fabulous papers to your journals. 

Items Used:

Junque Gypsy Collection - Nota Bene

Junque Gypsy Collection - Sans Souci

Junque Gypsy Collection - Faux Pas

"Fly Through the Air" Art Journaling featuring "Mad Tea Party"

Hello All!

Keri here. 

Today, I am sharing with a piece i revolt did in my art journal. It's a little reminder to myself to let go and be free...just like a bubble. 

To make my background, I first adhered a sheet of watercolor paper to my journal page. This keeps the page from warping when I add my paints and matte gel medium. 

I then convered that with a piece of the "Tea Party" paper from the "Mad Tea Party" collection. 

I had some paper doilies from Wilton's that looked very similar to the background lace in the paper, so I added those on top. 

Next, to make an antique gold color, I mixed together Liquitex Basics Acrylic paint in Gold and Burnt Umber. Using a stiff brush, I dry brushed the edges and some in the middle of the page. 

I used this page for a little face drawing practice. Used a Black Scribe-All pencil and clear gesso for the base. 

Later, I added color using craft acrylic paint. 

TIP: if you don't feel comfortable drawing your own picture...look online for face outlines or images. You can easily find an image you like that you can just fill in! 

To finish my page, I cut circles from the " Wonderland", "Tea Party", "Alice" and "cut and Create" papers from the "Mad Yea Party" collection. I laid them out so they looked like they were floating up. I used my antique gold mixture to edge them and added a few pieces of "Junque & Gems" rhinestones for added depth and sparkle. 

I finished by cutting strips from the "Tea Party" paper (striped side) to use as journaling strips for my words: Fly through the air, just like a bubble, above the crowds and above your troubles." 

Here's a couple of closeups!

I hope you have enjoyed my Art Journal page today. 

Until next time.... 

Xoxo, 

Keri 

Stamping gold with the Curious Stamps set.

Good Morning Lovelies! 

Keri Sallee here and I am so excited to share my project with you today.

I LOVE any project that incorporates vintage music, so I wanted to bring together Marion's Fabulous Stamps with some vintage sheet music I found at a local thrift store (for a quarter!) 

The process is SUPER simple, but the effect is magical.

Here's what you need:

Marion Smith Designs "Curious" Stamps

White Gesso

Embossing Ink 

Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel

Water Colors

Vintage Sheet music

Heat Gun

STEP 1:

Paint your desired area of your vintage sheet music with gesso. Allow to dry completely before continuing. (A heat gun can speed this up.) 

STEP 2:

Grab your embossing ink, embossing powder and the large flower from Marion's "Curious" stamp set. 

STEP 3:

Ink you stamp and then stamp onto your dried gesso. Make sure to give even pressure so you get a good image. Just a little warning: embossing ink is a little slicker than regular ink, so just be careful. 

STEP 4:

While the ink is still wet, sprinkle with your embossing enamel, coating well. Lightly pat it down and then shake the excess back into your container. Use your heat gun to melt you embossing enamel. Watch how close you get your gun to your project...too close and it will blow away your powder and distort your image...too far and the enamel powder will not melt. 

STEP 5:

Next: add COLOR! I chose water colors, but you could fill in your image with acrylic, inks or even color pencils. What's great is that the UTEE acts as a barrier, so there is almost no way to mess up! (BONUS!!)

STEP 6:

Lastly, add your your title. I used the word stamp from the "Curious" stamp set. I felt like the black ink would get a little lost in the blue background, so I added a small swipe of white gesso the size of my title, allowed it to dry and then stamped my title. 

I hope you enjoyed my project today and I can't wait to see what it inspires you to create!

Have a blessed day and remember...make your art intentional in your life...not an after thought.

XOXO,

Keri 

Art Journal Page Video Tutorial by Nadia!

Hey everyone!

Its Nadia Cannizzo here with you today. I hope this post finds you well. 

I have been itching to try something new lately and I came across some art journals online and knew I had to give it a go. You see, I have said many times that I do not really have a thought process when I create.. i just work fast and am very impatient, so I just kind of do whatever. LOL! Having said that, of course it all somehow comes together with some techniques I have been using for a while and the reason an art journal appealed to me is because there are not many rules, it is personal in style and in what/how you express yourself in it and its quiet messy !

So here is my first art journal page I have created using some Nirvana papers. I have also created a video of my process and I am pretty sure you will gain a LOT of respect for me when I tell you that I created a sample page, set up the camera equipment and videotaped this page all in between my 3 month old daughter's 40 minute cat naps!!! LOL! Aaaand everything was edited and uploaded by that night!! 

OK I had to share.. because THAT is a miracle. LOL!

OK OK enough talk.. here we go.. I decided to use a quote from the Pink Folder Page paper as my focus and my message on this page.. 

Here are some close ups and you will see how I created the background in my video...

Now here is my video.. hope you enjoy it and learn something new :) It is only the second time I have made a video so ... please forgive some errors :)

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