Art Journaling : Out Of My Comfort Zone

Yesterday was Art Journaling Class! I love getting together with my local girls & trying new stuff... new layers, new techniques, new supplies... well I used this last week as a time to get out of my comfort zone. I default to acrylic paint pretty regularly... and I just got a whole slew of acrylic inks.. so I worked up this page in mostly inks :) I also subbed in some oil pastel, which gave my page a great warm fuzzy feeling! You may notice.. the color palette is also out of my norm.

Makes me happy looking at it again :) :)

Video (followed by closeups & supply list) :

Supplies:
Canson Water Color Paper : http://amzn.to/2D8eiaU
Liquitex Gesso : http://amzn.to/2FUdyaC
Ranger Heat Tool : http://amzn.to/2Em2KnP
Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink Fluorescent Pink : http://amzn.to/2GPxqw0
Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink Lake Purple : http://amzn.to/2FNf514
Viva Las VegaStamps! Carved X stamp : https://vlvstamps.com/carved-xs-1-1-4-x-2-1-2.html
DIY Pad : http://amzn.to/2E4FlDO
Ranger Ink Archival Black Soot : http://amzn.to/2E78yOx
Sakura of America Cray-Pas Oil Pastels : http://amzn.to/2E3e0Sw
Stabilo Marks All BLACK (12 pk) : http://amzn.to/2DsPgH3
Golden Fluid Acrylic Carbon Black : http://amzn.to/2FLIYyU Golden Airbrush Medium : http://amzn.to/2nL08Fz
Water based Sharpie Paint Pen : http://amzn.to/2FLNfSV
Blending Stump : http://amzn.to/2EGWe8C
Coming SOON to UmWowStudio >>> A NEW WATER BOTTLE!
Hard pencil, paintbrushes, water, plain cardstock

Inside My World

I think enough time has passed that I can share this .. mixed media (Such an OPEN word now) gem I worked up as a submission to RubberStampMadness.

I submitted it as a cover piece, and though I was not chosen as the cover it IS and will ALWAYS be one of my favorite pieces. There's a great writeup on it and myself in the Spring 2014 issue of RSM if you get a chance to pick up a copy :)

Behold: In MY World I dance across the flower tops under moonshine and among winged creatures.

The base is a sheet of 7 Dots Studio that I honestly did not prepare in any way. I just got to stamping and layering! I stamped tons of Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps down including the Chevron Banner, Mushroom, Tall Mushroom, Sunflowers, Fancy Lace Border, Blowing Dandelion with Extra Seed, Moon Circle and Dancing Lady. All have been stamped in Archival Ink by Ranger.

I conveyed some moonshine by drawing lines of rays using the UmWowStudio Light Bulb Mask. The giant UmWowStudio Cicada has been stamped with the Dictionary Page from Viva Las VegaStamps!.

Because I had to cut down the 12x12 sheet of 7 Dots Studio paper, I had some scraps to do a bit of layering with. I gave one of them a pretty edge with a punch and inked it up. Then I stamped onto it with the Fancy Border. The Dandelion comes in off the left side with the UmWowStudio Spooky Branch.

My Dancing Lady has been colored with Sakura of America oil pastels. 

And last but not least... my banner of stars. I sewed lines of thread down the page and embellished with the Star Confetti Mask and Star Confetti chipboard from UmWowStudio. Add in a few chunky eBeads and it's the perfect bit of glitz!

And there it is! Seriously.. sigh. I forgot how much I loved this piece :) what a treat to get to share it with you!

Jingle Hells - Day 2 - NUMERALS

Hello Folks!! 

So super excited to be doing a december daily this year.. in JINGLE HELLS STYLE!! Chrissy Colon, Jess Mutty and myself have collaborated to bring you JINGLE HELLS >>> What December Daily life is REALLY LIKE. "Not yo mama's december daily" --- we KNOW it's not all rainbows and puppydog farts.

So we're photoing the every day, bad hair, dirty laundry, late night wrapping, dog puke full of pine needles december we REALLY live. Sure.. we have good days, but surely not THIRTY-ONE of them! 

Join our Facebook group here to play along :)

Day 1 was a prompt from Chrissy... BLACK FRIDAY. I'll get to that page ASAP.

But here I'm sharing today's prompt.. NUMERALS. #s in any form. minutes ticking by, cookies burned, socks lost.. etc! 

My page is sixteen minus one... Our first "real" Christmas and we've already had a casualty at the hands of Gabe(my almost 3 year old).. A PRESENT WITH A HOLE. All I heard all day was "I can see something!" 

bahahaha. Not awesome. but awesome. 

I'm altering an old book. I've sewn together pages to create 31 pages ready for altering! It's a super old toxicology book with a super distressed and tattered red cover. I've used UmWowStudio December Daily Date kit to mark the date, May Arts Burlap Twine, Splash Of Color Twinkling H2O in Persimmon, Gesso, a label maker, Sakura Of Micron Pen, cheesecloth, staples and adhesive. 

Stick around for more pages! :D

Linking up to Paper Issues.