Art journal page - The music wall

Hi and welcome :0) Today's journal is cca 24,5 x 15 cm (9.5" x 6") and it is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Emboss it" and Wednesday challenge "Easter/Spring".  

I cut Tim Holtz's birds out from the black cardstock and embossed the rest of the cardstock with stone wall embossing folder. Then I cut out birds again from white patterned paper, colored them with green and brown Distress inks and inlay them into the openings. I added my quote from the same patterned paper. 

I added background layer - white cardstock embossed with Lisa Horton's palm leaves embossing folder and colored with green Distress inks. I drew a peace of earth with the note comming up of it and colored it with black glaze pen and brown Distress watercolor pencils. The glaze pen I used also for eyes and hearts of the birds. 

Thank you for your visit, have a very nice Easter and see you soon :0)

16.3.2024 The music wall

 

Art journal page - Free spirit forever

Hi and welcome back :0) Today´s page has ca 21 x 21 cm / 8.5" x 8.5". I used leftover blue and green tiles shaded with green and blue Ranger´s archival inks from last project to create an another background combined with doodles which I drew with Sakura black gel pen. I mounted this background to another black cardstock with the similar doodles to achieve a bigger frame and space for my focal image. 

I painted gears and clock (die-cuts) with Spectrum noir´s Sparkle black glitter brush pen, layered them for more dimension and sealed them with gloss acrylic medium. Then I added a small collage of Etsy images to create my focal point. As always I sealed all images with Distress micro glaze to create an extra protection for them. Finally I mounted a quote with smaller brads painted with black alcohol marker.

Thank you for your visit, have a nice evening and see you soon :0)

18.3.2024 Free spirit forever

Art journal page - Life is a chess game

Hi and welcome back :0) This page has cca 20 cm x 20 cm (ca 8" x 8") and it is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday and Wednesday challenges "A Bit O´Green".

I started with blue and green colored papers and created a ca 1" tiles. I used Ranger´s Leaf green and Cobalt Archival inks to create shading and stamped another set of tiles with these inks. I layered blank and stamped tiles to create final mosaic background. With Sacura black Glaze pen I drew checkerboard on a black cardstock and also colored stamped chess figures. When I finished the background I added my focal image from Etsy and a quote. 

I really like the glaze pen. On the black cardstock it creates very nice two toned effect with a gentle shine :0)

Thank you for your visit, have a nice Sunday and see you soon :0)

15.3.2024 Life is a chess game