August Art

In August I finally got around to finishing this particular page in my Paper Bag book.  The blue butterflies were left over from some Home Decor items we had from Stampin'Up!  My daughter had made a frame for a friend and these were left over.  I adhered them to the paper and ink sprayed some stencils over top - because they were plastic the ink came off the butterflies right away.  Eventually I doodled around the stencils and doodled on the butterflies.

My mentor Emily has moved beyond mandalas to these wonderful sort of creations.  I used some of my own designs, but I copied some of hers too so that I had them for reference in the future when I do more.

That's all for today.

Remember to create something everyday.

Joan

Spray ink and Journals.

This is one of the spray ink pieces that Allison on her own at home after learning from Emily how to blend the colours together.  She knew what she was wanting to do with this page and masked out the oval with a separate piece of paper before she placed the stencil down and sprayed.

After she outlined all the little lines she blacked out the oval and wrote inside.

I've been busy working on these little journals to sell at the trade fair this coming weekend.    I'm enjoying using up left over ribbon and such and the insides are all brown packing paper, envelopes, or bags; stitched and glued into a cover that closes with ribbon.

Lots of fun.

Create something everyday.

Joan

Washi Tape and Spray Inks

Prompt 22 was to catalogue watercolour paints, acrylics or……washi tapes.  I decided on the washi tapes and end up up having to add an extra page to my book to fit most of them in….some of them still didn't make the cut.

Allison and I spent one night using our new spray inks and my  stencils.

When I doodle - I just doodle shapes or  mandalas - When Allison works - she ends up with songs lyrics.  I know she has done this for many years because I have her old High School Binder Dividers to prove it.  She expresses her song lyrics - and I love that idea.

Here is a marvellous new stencil I found.  It worked well with the spray paints.

This stencil worked out very well….in Allison's book.

Here she is encouraging a page to dry faster so she can move one.  

I had a lot of fun working and creating next to my daughter.  Lots of fun!

Create Something everyday.

Joan

You Can….

Prompt #21 of Prompt60 was "Found Poetry".  I now have a little box where my words are organized alphabetically, and I have a section for phrases and a section for random words that a big a ready for their letters to be cut apart.  So - I went through all my little envelopes and picked out words that caught my eye.  I prepped my page too with spray inks and did the word selection while it was drying.

Next I started forming statements or sentences…..and outlined the words in either black or white.  As you can see, I had an accident with my white paint pen, so I just encouraged the paint to dribble down the page.

Have a great day -

Create something everyday,

Joan

Arting with Friends and Family

We had a great time arting at Emily Lagore's house on March 30 - remember I am still catching up from past arting posts……

My daughter came along with me and Emily showed her how to use spray inks to create backgrounds in her altered book.  Needless to say - we picked up some of our own inks on the way home.

Here is one of Allison's creations from that day.

Allison used this stencil of Emily's (which she carved out herself!!!!) - and while the stencil was still on Allison's book, I put my book on top to pick up the excess ink - so we both have the same page but opposite images.  Very cool.

Create Something everyday,

Joan

Butterfly wall decals….

I spent a lot of time going through everything in my craft room when I was cleaning it up before spring break.  I came across some left over Stampin'Up! "Decor Elements" butterflies and decided to have them fluttering across a spread in my paper bag book.

I started doodling on them at Emily's last Monday - but then realized that I would like to spray ink the background.  It worked perfectly because the ink wiped off the butterflies completely.  Now I can set to finishing doodling on the butterflies.

Create something everyday - even with something leftover!

Joan

White Mandala

I did this mandala in November.  It's done on a piece of watercolour paper in a book I made full of ….watercolour paper.  I sprayed ink onto the page - let it dry;  Sprayed water in sections to re-hydrate the ink and then let the ink drip.  I did that process a number of times letting the page dry in-between and dripping in a different direction.

I actually did the page back in the summer, it took that long to decide what to put on the page - I decided that a white mandala was best, and some of the ink was picked up by the white sharpie too - so that worked perfectly too.

Have a great day,

create something everyday.

Joan

Bordering Zentangle

Daily Paper Prompt #51 - Borders

Some of the spray ink from the previous page went over onto this one - so I just added a bit more and some stencils.  Then I drew some borders before adding one of my favourite zentangles to the inside.  I've never drawn a border before - but I can see where I'd like to do it a bit more often.

Have a creating day!

Joan

Playing with Paint

I did a second Daily Paper Prompt today since the prompt this year was a bit different than last year - I think.  Anyway - last year I did the Urban Layer Cake, and today I just played around with the paint and a little plastic card….just to see what different sorts of designs I could make.  I actually ended up with a number of pages done with these colours and this technique because I put a wee bit too much paint on my palette!

Yesterday evening I finished off a page spread I began working on in Banff.  It's for a prompt from "Journal Fodder 365" to create a page and reflect on the road taken and not taken in your life.  The circles are filled with random map scraps - not of any partiular place.  Now I need to work on the reflection.  I know the roads I've taken, I'm just not sure about the ones I failed to take and the opportunities I've missed because of it.  Hmmmmm.

Another thing I did yesterday was learn a new technique that I'm going to use in my card classes this fall.  It's called Bokeh and it's done on a watercolour background.  I've got details of the process on my stamping blog HERE - if you're interested.

Happy creating - and thanks for visiting.

Joan