Happy Fall Art Journal

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends wherever you may be in the world.

This will be a short post today.....an art journal page I did in my large Dylusions journal.

Here are the steps I used to create this page:

1. Brayered on acrylic paints in orange & yellow; random and didn't cover then entire page

2. Dry brushed on a light coat of gesso; let dry

3. Applied Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin & Ripe Persimmon through stencils

4. Around the edge of my page, I scribbled Distress Crayons - Walnut Stain & Black Soot and smudged them with my fingers.

5. Brayered on 2 different colors of green acrylic paint randomly over the page; let dry

6. While may page was drying I used my Fall Foliage and Twisted Edge dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix and cut out some shapes with various colors of Distress Kraft Cardstock

7. I sprayed all of my die cuts with a light listing of Distress Mica Spray - Antiqued Bronze

8. I glued down all my die cuts along the bottom of the page 

9. I used the Tim Holtz Foam Cling Stamp - Type Lower, to stamp my sentiment.

Below are the affiliate links for the products used for this project.

World Cardmaking Day 2017

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Today is World Cardmaking Day and I decided to participate.

I recently purchased this beautiful background stamp from Scrap Shotz.

 It's called Magnolia Fields and it's from The Ton Couture Cling Stamps

 I started by stamping my image on cold press water colour paper with Versamark Ink.

I embossed it with Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.

To  color my image I used Ken Oliver Color Bursts in Orchid, Lime Green and Ultramarine Blue.

I used my Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stitched Rectangle Die and cut out a portion of my stamped image. I adhered this to a piece of dark purple cardstock then attached this to my folded cardstock base.

My sentiment was stamped on a piece of scrap watercolor paper.

Products used:

The Ton Background Stamp - Magnolia Fields
Ken Oliver Color Burst: Orchid, Lime Green, Ultramarine Blue
Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Pastel Lilac Embossing Powders
Tim Holtz/Sizix Stitched Rectangles Die

The Jimmy Journal

Welcome back!

It has been a very eventful week around here. 

I was very excited to have been asked by Sandy from Scrap Shotz to do a demo during the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival. It was a fun weekend hanging out with crafty folks.

Eileen Hull was a special guest and I was thrilled to meet her and see Scotty in real life. During the show I spotted Flat Jimmy Fallon in Eileen's cart and decided to abduct him. With the help of Nicole Wright we took Jimmy around the show floor taking photos. 

This is where my idea for the Jimmy Journal began.

Of course, I had to the Eileen Hull Journal Die from Sizzix and the Strong & Free paper line and wood veneers from Wild Whisper.

I was able to give the Jimmy Journal to Eileen at the Journal 101 class she taught at Scrapendipity.

She loved it!

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