Hello! Welcome back to the BPM Blog. The theme for this month is Friendship-Kindess-Gratitude. After all, this is the month of Thanksgiving.
For my art journal page, I used the following BPM products:
I used a Stamp-a-majig tool to repeatedly stamp the petal/leaf to create a full bloom flower image. To use this tool, I attached the rubber stamp to a rectangular acrylic block. A square one will work as well. My rubber stamp is mounted on foam with a backing that temporarily sticks to a stamping block. There is an option to purchase the stamps mounted. You just pay extra for it.
Back to the Stamp-a-majig, I butted the clear film to the corner of the T on the Stamp-a-majig. The clear film that I used came with the tool upon purchase. After I inked the stamp, I butted the corner of the acrylic block to the T corner and stamped the image on the clear film. This will be the stamp placement guide.
I stamped the circular image on the journal page. Drying the ink with a heat gun in between stamping might be necessary. Luckily, the dye ink I used dried quick that I did not need to do this. The paper absorbed the ink quickly so I did not have any smearing.
I positioned the clear film over the page. Once I like the placement, I butted the Stamp-a-majig to the top corner of the clear film.
After inking the stamp, I removed the clear film then butted the acrylic block to the corner of the Stamp-a-majig. I pressed the inked stamp to the page.
I lift the acrylic block and now I have a perfectly placed petal.
I repeated this procedure until there are enough petals surrounding the circle.
I colored the image with Tim Holtz Distress Crayons. I colored directly to the paper with this medium. I was suprised to see no harsh lines which I usually get when I do direct to paper coloring with these crayons. The smooth paper must be the secret to it.
I colored each petal with three different yellow colors of crayons. One of the crayons has a shimmer. I blended the colors using a water brush. I was very careful in adding water since I am not sure how much water the planner paper can tolerate. I briefly zapped the image with a heat gun to dry the ink.
I applied the stencil over the page. Initially, I was just holding the stencil while blending the ink. The stencil's criss cross design was moving while I was blending the ink. To keep it from moving, I sprayed the back of the stencil with Pixie Spray to apply a light tacky adhesive to control the movement of the stencil.
I blended two different green inks on the page, rotating the stencil for a different look on some parts of the page. I did not mask the flower. Using blending brushes gave me some control over what area to apply the ink to, thus, avoing the flower.
For the sentiment, I used another BPM stencil and a tag print-out from the digital download. I printed these tags a long time ago for a project. It just shows how versatile the digital downloads are. It may have a shape of a tag but you can also cut it to create something new from it.
I traced the letters on the tag print-out using an 05 white gel pen.
I fussy cut the letters, cutting it on the traced lines.
I adhered the letters to the journal page.
I wrote a quotation on the page. I added some lines and dots on the letters for accent.
I hope you like today's project.
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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
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