Take My Hand Walk Beside Me

 Hi Crafting Friends!

I've been doing a lot of art journal spreads for the past few months which I get a great lot of satisfaction from.

Today I am sharing an art journal inspired by @art_journallove - I have been watching a lot of inspiring videos and trying a lot of new techniques.

I've used the following products available in store:

Woman's Head

Monarch Journal Stencil by TCW

Take My Hand Walk Beside Me set includes phrase, sun, eagle

I used the Monarch Stencil and paint to create the background on the page.

I stamped the woman's head, eagle and phrase on white cardstock and cut out.

The sun was stamped on acetate, heat set, fussy cut and painted with white on the back.

I then arranged my elements and adhered to the page along with some mark making to finish off!

I love the look of limited colours on this page.

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Altered Playing Cards!

 Hi Crafty peeps!

Can you believe we are already into May!

Today I am sharing some altered playing cards - I haven't altered any cards for some time - I have been mostly doing art journal pages.

To create the backgrounds I added some scrunched tissue paper to the card and sponged some distress ink around the edges and across the card. I used clear gesso and the "Monarch Journal" TCW stencil available in store: click here. Once dry I added some black liquid acrylic paint and spritzed. And to finish off the background I used the text stamp from the "Correspondence" Stamp Set available in store: click here.

Next I added some elements to the front of the cards to finish off. I had some fabric butterflies from my stash and Tim Holtz paper dolls along with these stamps from the store: "Gothic Garden Flowers" by Miss Rach, phrase stamp from the "Fashionista" Sheet at IBFS.

Quick and easy vintage feel altered playing cards!

***Remember to us the code BPMSharon at the store for 15% off ***

So many fab stamps to choose from!

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Using Gothic Garden Flowers Stamps to create a Journal Page

Today I am excited to share this stamped journal page I created using the Gothic Garden FLOWERS Art Rubber Stamps BY MISS RACH  from Blank Page Muse.  
I love to create journal pages as it gives me a chance to try out new techniques before I add them to my bigger projects!

So besides stmaping this page also features my playing with Stencil butters, the  6 x 6 The Crafter's Workshop Butterfly Collage Stencil  from Blank Page Muse   and  Blank Page Muse Water clouds Layering Shapes Mixed Media Stencil.  Add some Distress Inks, sentiment stickers  and water color markers add you are set to create. So Let's get creating! 

Using Distress ink and your 6 x 6 The Crafter's Workshop Butterfly Collage Stencil  from Blank Page Muse , ink bottom te3xture from your stencil.  Move stencil and repaet to create larger stenciled area. 

My stenciled area takes up the bottom 1/3 to 1/2 of my page. 

Using wate3r color markers ink your stamps as desired. 

Stamp onto your journal page. 

r3e-ink your stamp changing your flower color as desired  and stamp. 

Without re-inking re-stamp your image in a different location. 

Continue inking and stamping and re-stamping (without reinking untilyour have the desired amount of flowers. 

Grab your stencil butters and a pallet knife and your stencil.  Secure your stencil to your work space. THen add your stencil butter over the butterfly image. 

Carefully lift your stencil to reveal your butterfly.  Clean off your stencil.

Add sticker sentiment as desired. 

Using your Cloud stencil add stencil butter, moving stencil as desired. 

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your stamps and papers from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.  Don't forget to use my discount code BPMChris. 

 

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Using Stencils and Stamps on your Mixed Media Canvas

 Today I am excited to share this Mixed Media Canvas I created to remind myself  ( and others) that you need to Believe in Yourself! I love creating this canvases that aren't too big to be overwhelming but large enough to play with different techniques. 

 

Supplies needed: 

Stencil butters

 6 x 6 The Crafter's Workshop Butterfly Collage Stencil  from Blank Page Muse  

Beyond the Border Mixed Media Set 2 CLEAR Stamps designed by Pam Bray

Tattered & Worn 6x6 inch sheets Paper Pack designed by Pam Bray

Other Supplies -  8 x 8 canvas board, distress ink, burlap, paper doilies, archival ink, chip board sentiment

Start by inking the edges of your canvas with distress inks.  

Trim your burlap to fit your canvas.

Adhere your burlap to your canvas. 

Add the brick paper from your Tattered & Worn 6x6 inch sheets Paper Pack designed by Pam Bray. 

Secure your stencil over your project. 

Apply your Stencil butters over your  6 x 6 The Crafter's Workshop Butterfly Collage Stencil  from Blank Page Muse  

Apply your chocalte Stencil butters over the stencil. 

Move your stencil and add stencil butter over the smaller rings.  Ste3ncil rings several areas of your canvas. 

Using your archival ink and Beyond the Border Mixed Media Set 2 CLEAR Stamps designed by Pam Bray stamp repeatedly onto your project. 

Add your chipboard sentiment.

Add paper doilies to finish off your canvas.

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your stamps and papers from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.  Don't forget to use my discount code BPMChris. 

 

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Wrong Way

 

Hey!  It's Robin Redd! (a.k.a. RockinReddRobin)

 

 I took this picture while strolling Santa Ana in the Art District one afternoon.  

I wanted to use my Urban Grunge stamps on a journal page 

and chose to use a photo I had taken myself as the main subject.  

I printed it on plain copy paper and glued it to my art journal page with Liquitex Matte Medium.

 I added paint on the opposite side of the page using colors that were in the photo, that way, when painting over my printed image, it blends through to look as if one painting.  I used both acrylic paints and Art Anthology paints.  I wanted the paint to be semi transparent in some places so the photo would show through.  Art Anthology Paints are transparent so this was the perfect tool.

 I collaged some Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap, 

some Washi tape and decorative hole reinforcers around the two-page spread.

 Then, I added another layer of paint unifying everything.

 I stamped the Do Not Enter stamp from the Urban Grunge Stamp Set 

with the White Daisy stamp from Close To My Heart.

It's a pigment ink so I added clear embossing powder over it to heat set the image.

I also used the Wrong Way stamp from the Urban Grunge Stamp Set.

 I used Art Anthology's black Stone Effects with The Crafter's Workshop stencil.  

I love how it's so gritty and thick.

Here is the full two-page spread.

I hope I have inspired you to create something today.

Until next time...

~Robin Redd