Journal52 #4

On a roll here...this one was a fun one.  Again took me a few days to get my groove going on it.  The challenge was 'abstract' but after reading some of the posters correct people on exactly what abstract was...I must say I got a tad offended.  Really, since when is there a right or wrong way to YOUR interpretation of a prompt let alone art.  Anyhoo, that is my two cents...onto some fun stuff now.

My color palette...

is this a sign of what is to come?

I'm okay with it so far! Just used a wet brush and also sprayed the page with water and blended away.

  this was a two part process, I used India Ink and a paint brush to drag the ink across the top of the page first and then tilted the entire book up and literally banged in on the desk top to force the drips to the top of the page.  Waited for it to dry and then came back to it about 2 hours later and did the same below (in reverse of course).

once they were all dry, I mixed some Weathered Wood Distress Paint with my Liquitex Light Modeling Paste  and spread it over a stencil I have (thinking it was a Simon Says one).  You will note seeing scrapbook paper under the stencil, that was simply to mask off the journal page so I didn't go (too far) outside my already inked lines!

here is the first result after the stencil has been taken off.

here are the rest, going across the page...

added some more ink along the edges and tilted down, somehow it bleed up...I'm OK with that!

here I added some color to the center by dabbing the Distress Paints to three of the circles (from left to right - Evergreen Bough, Aged Mahogany & Iced Spruce).  I also used a Kaisercraft Texture Stamp Graffiti to randomly stamp parts of it on the page and of course had to added my Black Gelato to to darken it up and give it an edge.

This is the definition of abstract I took out of my dictionary.  I really wanted to print it on the page backwards, but was simply too impatient!  I used my Black Brush Pitt Pen to write with.

wrote a question along one of the drips...

emphasized the word 'exist' along the edge of the page...

here are a couple more shots... 

This is where I got my inspiration for this layout!

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A Creative Weekend...Part 2!

Day two woke up a a crisp one...

Not a bad view for 7:30 in the morning!

Today's layouts starts with this 12x12" one, once again done on 7 Dots Studio Dreamer 'Sleepless' with a tad bit of Dusty Attic Chipboard Chicken Wire that has been sprayed with a variety of inks (probably some Heidi Swapp Color Shine) and then dirtied some more with of course - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs and Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink in Orange Blossom (seemed to be my color choice for the weekend)!  I attached the Chicken Wore Chipboard with my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. Other elements here are the use of the Tim Holtz Alteration Decorative Strip Die 'Washer Border' and if I remember correctly, the three brads are from Teresa Collins World Traveler Collection (my stash)!

This is an idea I have been playing around with for quite a while.  It stems back to the Ali Edwards days when she was using different sized photo sleeves in her 12x12" albums.  I ran with it even further but incorporating different sizes of the 'pocket' pages within my different sizes of pages - cool idea right!  That is what I thought - then some other designer I think came up with the same idea and has made millions!

Really like the idea but, honestly, it takes so much time, as I can't seem to just use the 'ready made' stuff, I always want to make my own.  One day I will learn and finally be caught up - ha!

Once again I have used 7 Dots Studio Wonderland 'Mushroom and Smoke' and you will notice the most awesome distressing here - yup, used the Prima's Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool!  I have constantly brought them in and they go out faster than I can count and needless to say, had to borrow a friends while there as I once again have none left in stock! If you see one, grab it they are amazing! I added a bit of 'script' ink here and there throughout this 8.5x11" layout.

This one is pretty simple - only thing I did this time was use my Tim Holtz Mask Ransom Alphabet and inked around the letters!

Now this 12x12" layout (sorry about the finger, that is a 14 year old for you). This layout I decided to use up some of my 6x6" paper pads (in this case think it was an Echo Park) and added embellishment by Ormolu (Tree Hugger), which is kind of a joke towards my son as he tripped on a tree root and broke his arm!

This one (above & below) is using Kaisercraft's Attitude Collection, which if you look back - you will see I have used a ton! This is a 12x12" layout.

Now this 12x12" one...was just about the death of me - took me 3+ hours and still now totally what I envisioned, but will have to do for now as I really don't think I ever want to even look at it again!  It is what started as 6 4x6" photos cut into 1" squares!  Was I smart enough to graph out the back and number them...nope! so needless to say the better part of the 3+ hours was cutting and piecing it back together!  I wanted them to all blend together and then have some pop up off the page whether it be with pop dots or fragment tiles.  Well if you look hard, you will see one fragment tile!  I was so confused with all the squares... I think I just gave up!

So after that one, I wanted a fun one - this one took me about 30 min from start to finish and I LOVE it! It too is a 12x12" done on a sheet of Elle's Studio printed paper with some Kaisercraft's 75 Cent papers. The canvas in the background is a Prima that is out of stock, but the Creative Imaginations ones are just as great! The key and brads are both Prima (Mechanicals and Junkyard Findings), 7 Gypsies Metal Enforcers, Dusty Attic Chicken Wire (inked up with sprays, embossing powders and more I am sure) and attached using some twine!

These last two are 11x8.5" layouts (a very hard size to find).  I used my good ol' reliable 7 Gypsies Off the Wall Paper Collection and jsut had fun with them.  Not a lot of work on these, but love how they turned out. The 'epic' is from the Heidi Swapp Memory File Collection, Photo Captions and simply added the photo to it (with a little ink to bring down the brightness of course). Cut out around the shoe to incorporate a strip of different paper, the Bird on a Wire are from FabScraps and I simply inked them roughly so they were not perfect.  The number '9' is from Tim Holtz Numeric Alpha Parts, and some Red Dots Washi Tape to add a little pop along with the Tim Holtz Flourish Mask inked up with Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink Red Geranium.

 

Finally, another 11x8.5" layout with 7 Gypsies Off the Wall Paper Collection. Embellished with some Prima Junkyard Findings and Mechanicals, Wood Icons in a Box; Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, Enameled Tags, Remnant Rubs, and Film Strip Ribbon.

Thanks for popping by and checking out what I have been up to, one more post to come with part 3!

A Creative Weekend!

Once again I had a very creative weekend at Bittern Lake Lodge with my 'Bitches' (please don't be offended, that is what we call ourselves)!

Day One Results:

Pretty sad it was only three pages - but in my defense - spent a better part of the first 12 hours of that day unpacking, setting up and of course visiting with everyone!

First up, was pure playing! Used three of my Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - literally layered the Rays Stencil twice, first used a mix of Light Molding Paste and Claudine Hellmuth's Dab of Yellow Studio Paint allowed it to dry and then offset the stencil and used Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink Pad Orange Blossom (see second image).  This is a 12x12" layout.

The stencil below is once again a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Cargo, I used the same mix as about but this time added some Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder (Antique Linen), simply to get the rougher texture!

This stencil is the Stars, and is only the same as the first application (no distress embossing powder). Pages are inked/distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs.

The paper used in the above layout is 7 Dots Studio Dreamer Collection (Drive all Night).

Next layout (8.5x11") is a spin on using the hexagon die - tried to get the effect of the photo breaking away.  Somehow I think it would have been more effective if I had a punch (and in a variety of sizes). So of course will have to try it again in another layout!

Paper is once again 7 Dots Studio but this time 'Wonderland' accented with the border strip using the EK Success Edger Punch Bubbles.  The tag is one from an old Pink Paislee pack (can't think of name off the top of my head, sorry) and a couple Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clips.

The final layout (8.5x11") of the night was one I struggled with, and still am not totally happy with - but walked away for now.  The base of the layout is once again 7 Dots Studio Wonderland 'Royal Garden' that I cut up into random squares and rectangles, inked the edges (Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs) and then randomly placed all over a base cardstock sheet to create layers of mismatch heaven!  Junked up with some Prima Junkyard Findings & Finnabair Mechanicals! There are even a few stamped images that are harder to see, but they are there.  I used Prima Clear Stamps (mostly Finnabair ones).

I will be back later with days two and three!

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Finally...some layouts!

Don't get too excited, these are the 'simple' layouts I did when I was at the Tomahawk Retreat back in April!    But alas - here they are for you to peruse!

12x12" Layout:

Products used: 7 Dots Studio 12x12" papers (Wonderland), Dusty Attic Chipboard (Chicken Wire), Ali Edwards Journaling Notes (Digital, printed off), Prima Marketing Canvas Resist Alphabet (Stripe), Tim Holtz Distress Stain (Forest Moss) Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), We R Memory Keepers Eyelets (Silver), Ormolu Tree Hugger Flair Buttons, Cocoa Daisy Stamp of the Month, Fiskars Edger Punch.

 12x12" Layout

Products Used: 7 Dots Studio 12x12" Papers (Dreamer), 7 Gypsies Photo Turn (Arrow) & Brads,  Cocoa Daisy Stamp of the Month, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Fiskars Edger Punch.

 6x12" Layout

Products Used:  Kaiser Attitude Collection 12x12" papers, Dusty Attic Barbed Wire Chipboard, Ormolu Tree Hugger Flair Button, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

6x12" Layout 

Products Used: Kaiser Attitude Collection 12x12" papers, We R Memory Keeper Standard Eyelets (Brass), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

8x8" Layout 

Products used: Kaiser Attitude Collection 12x12" papers, Tim Holtz Grunge Paper and Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Making Memories Antique Silver Mini Brads, 7 Gypsies Clear Stamp Set

8x8" Layout 

Products used: Kaiser Attitude Collection 12x12" Papers, Tim Holtz Grunge Paper & Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Ormolu Tree Hugger Page Tabs, Fiskars Edger Punches

8.5x11" Layout 

Products used: 7 Dots Studio (Dreamer), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), 7 Gypsies Brads, misc digital print out

8.5x11" Layout 

Products used: 7 Dots Studio (Wonderland), We R Memory Keepers Antique Brass Eyelets, Ali Edwards Digital print out, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Lawn Fawn Hemp Cord 

12x12" Layout 

Products used: 7 Gypsies Antiquaries Postal Paper Collection, Naked Pocket (Large), We R Memory Keepers Standard Eyelets Antique Brass, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Kaiser Attitude Alphabet

12x12" Layout: 

Products used: Kaiser Attitude Collection 12x12" Papers, Tim Holtz Fragments, misc brads

12x12" Layout: 

Products used: Prima Sunrise Sunset Collection 12x12" Papers and Fibre/Ribbon, Dusty Attic Brick Chipboard (inserts popped out), Tim Holtz Distress Stain (Picket Fence), Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

12x12" Layout: 

Products used: 7 Gypsies Antiquaries - Postal Paper Collection 12x12" papers, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

11x8.5" Layout: 

Products used: Heidi Swapp Color Magic Collection, Tim Holtz Distress Stains (Forest Moss, Barn Red), Distress Inks (Forest Moss, Barn Red, Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs), Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink), 7 Gypsies Clear Stamp Set.

11x8.5" Layout: 

Products used: Prima Sunrise Sunset 12x12 papers, Wood Icons in a Box Borders, misc brads, Tim Holtz Distress inks & stains (bard red, gathered twigs, aged mahogany)

6x12" Layout: 

Products used: 7 Dots Studio 12x12" paper (Dreamer), Tim Holtz Tissue Tape (Elements) & Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), Flair Button (?), 3L Foam Squares

6x12" Layout: 

Products used: 7 Dots Studio 12x12" Paper (Dreamer), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs), We R Memory Keepers Eyelets (Black)

12x12" Layout: 

Products used: Kaiser Timeless Paper Collection 12x12', Studio Calico Wood Veneer (Tabs), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

12x12" Layout: 

Products used: Kaiser 75 Cents 12x12" papers, We R Memory Keepers Wide Eyelets (Silver), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)

8x8" Layout:

Products used: Kaiser Timeless Paper Collection 12x12", Dusty Attic Brick Wall (pop outs), Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Gathered Twigs, Black Soot)

 8x8" Layout:

Products used: Kaiser Attitude 12x12" Collection; Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs).

These all go in my American Crafts Modern 12x12 Album with corresponding paper protectors!

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