Weekend Junket #15

#w2wj15

add character - apply color using gelatos or neocolors
curveball - create in a grid or pattern
product focus - effects medium/gel


Inspiration for this one is from Mary Beth Shaw of Stencil Girl Products on here Facebook page (June 21).  I think this has some serious fun involved and is perfect for your own expansion and interpretation! 

Stencil Girl Products Facebook page

• doodling within the lines
• using stencils within the lines
• applying effect gels/mediums through the stencils within the doodled lines
• tinting the gels/mediums
• layering the stencils
• layering the colors
• using different gels/mediums on the same page
• using different color mediums with the same page

Seriously, the possibilities are endless!!  Don't be afraid to think outside and beyond your tools and products.  Challenge yourself - you will be surprised and happy with the results.

Inspiration is everywhere, enjoy your journey....

**more details on these challenges can be found on the Weekend Junket tab above**

Have fun...see again soon!  Thanks for stopping by!

Part 2 of Weekend Junket!

What a great weekend!  I had a very creative one! Got two journal pages done and lots of stuff planned for W2 Scrapbooking's creative process.

Tomorrow is going to be yet another 'NEW'bie for the blog and Facebook, so be sure to come by and check it out!

So many were asking about what was 'Weekend Junket' all about.  For me it is simply a challenge I have created to allow me to be a little more creative on the weekend.  Make it a journey, a jaunt, an excursion into some creative ideas inspired by prompts and hopefully YOU!

So having said that - here are my results of the second set of numbers that were from the original post on Facebook:

#12 - create a border around your page
#37 - use an alpha stencil
#49 - add fiber
#26 - use water colors
#6 - add an image from a magazine

These do not have to be done in order, simply used on your page at one point or another.

I painted the page using Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze Pomegranate.  This product is amazing to work with - so bright and vibrant and a subtle shimmer that I love.  The more water to add, the lighter the color becomes or spreads over the page. 

 

Is this not a most amazing color sheen you've seen?

next comes prompt #6 - use an image from a magazine.  I choose one from an older Canadian Scrapbooker magazine (Spring 2012), it somehow spoke to me.

I cut it out and placed it where I thought I would want it to be (eventually).

Traced around the image with a pencil lightly so I knew where my black paint would go in the next step.

Now I covered the image with Ranger (Claudine Hellmuth's Studio) White Gesso.

Allowed it to dry totally (well, my kind of dryish anyways).

Now I adhered down using Golden Matte Medium

Wiped of paint transfer with a baby wipe - like how it took off some of the gesso too! Kind of made it antiquey!

Time for prompt #37 - use an alpha stencil.  Originally I had picked out a Crafter's Workshop by Joanne Fink called Brush Alpha (as you can see in the fourth photo), but changed my mind! I ended up using a Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Eye Chart.  I used an old Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Mustard Seed applied using an old sponge.  Any access I wiped way using a baby wipe.

I think is where I figured out I hadn't used water colors yet (prompt #26)!  So pulled out my Lyra Aquacolor Watersoluble Crayons (love these)!  You can also start to see the border (which later gets covered up as I did not like it).

Here is some of the page border that does stay (prompt #12).  Used my Uni-Ball Signo White  and  a Pentel EnerGel in Black that I am really liking (even if it does tend to smudge in this process). It is a .7mm tip, and for a thicker tip...I'm liking it for art and doodle journaling.

Now this is where I figured I still had yet to use prompt #49 - use fibre!  So I decided to use drywall tape!

adhered it down securely with Matte Medium.

Time for some more crayon action - the page needs more yellow!  So trying it on the edges similar to how I use Gelatos.  Ya, looked good to start...

needed to add some more black as the edges of the 'shadow' were bothering me, so decided to use the crayons to smooth it out.

time for some water of course!

ya, needs more water!

and more...now we're getting there!

okay, so now needs more yellow too!  So that means more water too!

that is a lot of water, time to let it dry.  Be back in a couple of hours!

time lapse...

I found a verse/quote on Pinterest that I really liked so wrote it out with my Liquitex Paint Marker in Black.

You can see it is rather hard to see, so I decided to trace around it with my Signo White pen.

You can also see that once the watercolor crayons dried, they were very faint, guess that will teach me for putting so much water on a mixed media paper.

I added some Gelatos to the edges as I just couldn't resist!

Thanks for checking it out!  And yes, I have fixed the missed white inside the y of you!

Most products used can be purchased at the site here.  Be sure to check back next weekend for the next Weekend Junket!  Also, be sure to head over to Facebook to see other interesting posts!

Weekend Junket

Welcome to the next 'new' thing with W2 Scrapbooking - Weekend Junket! I will post here and on Facebook every Saturday morning, a challenge that will take your weekend on a junket (journey) of  creativeness (hopefully)!

This morning I first asked for five numbers between 1 and 55 (as that is how many 'prompts' I have written down in my book...for now), once I got those  I matched the numbers up with the prompts and listed them! Here they are:

#8 - use a piece of recycled art
#7 - add a quote
#23 - apply paint with anything BUT a brush
#44 - stamp the same image multiple times
#39 - use at least three different stencils

I chose to do my first #weekendjunket in my Documented Life Journal.  This particular page/week had Mixed Media Paper on it, so was able to handle a lot of the mediums I applied with no issues.

Here is my process....

Started off first using a Prima Stencil by Finnabair Elementals Bubbles and some Ranger/Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints applied using a sponge.

Next came stencil number two, Crafter's Workshop Template by Dina Wakley called Four Ferns.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint Peacock Feathers.  At first I used the dauber top but changed pretty quick to a sponge again as it was seeping too much.

My recycled art is a left over decorated playing card from last weekend which I tore in half and then inked the edges and adhered down with Matte Medium.

Something I like to do while I am journaling is make notes on what I have done and what I learned from the process.  One would think I would have learned by now - when you put matte medium over Distress Ink, it smears!  I have learned in the past to apply Matte Medium first onto the page in the area I am applying the ephemera and then put the ephemera on top and then apply the matte medium again.  Why you ask?  This way I can wipe away the 'smear' with a wipe or cloth and not lose the colors on the base.

Stencil number three is a Traci Bautista (Stencil Girl) which I decided to finger paint!  I used a Ranger Ink Adirondack Acrylic Paint - Citrus, which is honestly my favorite color of all time.  And I am happy to say, I can once again get my hands on!

Now it is time for #44 - stamp the same image multiple times.  I choose to use three different images from Kasia Kryzminska (Czekoczyna) stamps #2 and #3.

I then used my Uni-Ball Signo White Pen and Ranger Fude Ball Black Pen to doodle all over the page.  The verse I found on Pinterest. 

I finished off the page of course by adding a bit of  Black Gelato around the edges.  I find it always finishes it off to my liking.

here are some more shots close up to check out...

It would be great if you joined in on the fun and of course shared your work! You can share your work on my facebook page or if you choose - on instagram and hashtag it #weekendjunket

Most products used are available at the store - W2 Scrapbooking!