Art journal page - Imagination

Hi and welcome again :0). Today's double-sided page is 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) and it is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Make your mark.

I created both backgrounds with the help of the big blot stencil and Saltwater taffy, Salvaged patina and Uncharted mariner Distress inks. I also used mix of black inks and Kuretake's Gansai Tambi White gold pigment colour diluted with water which I splashed with the small brush as stars. With the black acrylic marker I blocked shapes of the colours from my background to create the final design.

Then I added my focal images coloured with alcohol markers and water-based markers. 

Thank you for stopping by, have a nice week and see you next time :0)

24.4.2023 Imagination

Art journal page - We all have DREAMS

Hi and welcome back :0). Today's 8"x 8"  (ca. 20 x 20 cm) art journal page is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Add texture. 

I played with Visible Image's tiger and cats stamps. For the background I used Lost shadow, Hickory smoke and Black soot Distress inks and I stamped my images with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. This oil  based ink is beautifully intensive and black. I coloured the cats with Karin Brushmarkers PRO. For the eyes and splatters I used Kuretake's Gansai Tambi Yellow gold pigment colour. This pigment watercolors have a lot of mica in it and they are really shiny. They also have so thick consistency that you can feel them under the fingers, when you touch the page. Finally I added some texture with a small notches around the sides of the inner page. 

Thank you for stopping by, have a nice Sunday and see you next time :0)

7.4.2023 We all have DREAMS

Art journal page - Ghost ship

Hi and welcome :0) Today's page has ca 8"x 5" (cca 20 x 14 cm) and it is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "Add Texture".

I created background texture with an embossing folder and I played with Distress Spray Stains and Distress Oxide sprays - Broken China and Speckled Egg. To enhance the texture I used brown Distress and archival inks. I cut a ship window and an anchor from Tim Holtz's silver Metallic kraft-stock, scratched it with a sand paper and coloured with different brown inks and black acrylic pen.  

Rest of my images I coloured with Tim Holtz's Distress watercolor pencils and Distress inks and black and white acrylic pens. The lovely ghost stamp is from Sweet November Stamps as well as the floor stamp. The background tree design is a very nice new Hero Arts stamp. 

Thank you for your visit and see you soon :0)

3.4.2023 Ghost ship

Art journal page - View, silence and ocean

Hi and welcome again :0) Here is a newest page in my smaller 6"x8" (cca 15x20 cm) art journal from Hahnemühle. 

This page is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Stencil it and also Wednesday challenge Anything goes. 

I sprayed the page with Distress Spray Stain Salvaged patina and Stormy sky. I added some torn paper and printed velum pieces. Then used the same Distress Oxide colours, together with Uncharted mariner, through the LDRS Creative Under the Sea and School of Fish stencils

I added my focal photo and coloured my quotes and other images with Distress ink Rusty hinge and Pitt artist brush pen Caput mortuum.

Thank you for your visit, have a beautiful Sunday and see you next time :0)

31.3.2023 View, silence and ocean

Wish card

 Hi :0) Today I have one bigger wish card I created recently. 

I used three of Tim Holtz's Colorize dies - Gertrude, Winifred and  Gladys and also a cute bunny die. I combined them with clover dies from my stash and a background made with distress inks and an older leaves stencil.  

Thank you for your visit , have a nice Saturday and see you next time :0)