31 Products Challenge - Days 13 - 20

Hi Everyone! I've been a bad blogger this last week! Colds do that don't they? They zap your mojo. I've still been keeping up with the 31 Products Challenge on Instagram though, and I've a page and all the steps to show you today.

Day 13 - Fibre Paste

Day 14 - Alcohol Ink

Day 15 - Mica Flakes

Day 16 - Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle

Day 17 - Inktense Blocks (various blue shades, used to add watercolour to the whipped spackle)

Day 18 - Tim Holtz Rub Ons

Day 19 - Paper Flowers, & Day 20 - Dr PH Martin's Bombay India Ink (drops added to the paper flowers)

I also finished my page with a Tim Holtz quote sticker, and splatters of black India Ink.

Keeping up with this challenge has been such a comfort to me this week, so I hope it's ok to link this page to Linda's Creature Comforts Challenge at Art Journal Journey.

I'll be back soon with my latest teabag art. This Monday morning has been a productive one, and all before 8am!

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

31 Product Challenge - Days 9, 10, 11 & 12

Hello Everyone! Today I'm sharing a page that I built up over 4 days for the 31 Products Challenge.

Day 9 - DecoArt Crackle Paste - I prepped my page with a page from my London A-Z, and added white gesso. Then I used a palette knife to apply the crackle paste, and used a bottle top to make some circles in it.

Day 10 - Walnut Ink - I lightly spritzed the walnut ink through an alphabet stencil, added some splashes and drips, and highlighted the circles.

Day 11 - Portfolio Water-Soluble Oil Pastels - I added some colour to the circles using two shades of blue oil pastels, and blended them with a wet paintbrush.

Day 12 - Rubber Stamps - The Postie brought me a lovely PaperArtsy stamp set by Sara Naumann, so today I inked some of the stamps up and finished my page.

I linking my bumblebee page up to Linda's Creature Comforts Challenge at Art Journal Journey. I've been suffering with a horrible cough and cold the last couple of days, and managing to make a little art has really helped.

Happy Friday! Hope you're all well, have a lovely weekend.

Alison xox

Warm and Cuddly Aliens?

Morning All! For today's 31 Product Challenge, I got out my acrylic inks. I used mostly Amsterdam Inks, but one was Liquitex. I'm going to try not to let these gather dust again, as they look fabulous!

I started with some pieces of book page, covering them with a thin layer of gesso. Then I drew circles, using the acrylic ink droppers, lifting my journal to let the the inks drip. I then spritzed with water and let that drip too. I used permanent red violet light, azo orange, reflex yellow, and deep gold Amsterdam inks, and quinacridone magenta Liquitex ink. I finished with some book text, layered on gold mesh.

My son reckoned he could see aliens in this. Well, we did watch the first episode of the new Doctor Who together last night! It/She was amazing by the way! ;-)

I'm linking my warm and cuddly aliens to Linda's Creature Comforts Challenge at Art Journal Journey.

Happy Monday to you all!

Alison xox

31 Products Challenge - Days 6 and 7

Hi Everyone! I have a couple more pages to share for the 31 Products Challenge.

My page for Day 6 features Liquitex Glass Bead Gel. I used drips of watered down red paint to highlight the fabulous texture.

And for Day 7, I've used vintage book pages to make a collage, then used a wet paintbrush to create splatters off a charcoal stick. I also used the charcoal stick to outline the words on a piece of vintage paper from an old book belonging to my engineer hubby. I activated the charcoal with a wet paintbrush. I've stencilled on some numbers with black paint and a PaperArtsy stencil. I've always preferred to solve mathematical problems against writing essays, so I'm entering this page for the Art Journal Journey Creature Comforts Challenge.

Hope you've all had a great weekend,

thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

31 Products Challenge - Day 5 - Black Gesso

Hello Everyone! 

Today I used black gesso for the 31 Products Challenge. Acrylic paint colours look amazing on top of the black, but you have to remember to use opaque paint. I created an ombre effect with PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylics and a Seth Apter stencil, outlining with a white Posca Paint Pen.

Happy Friday,

Alison xox

31 Products Challenge - Day 4

Hello Folks! Today I am using heavy body paint for Birgit's 31 Products Challenge.

I used Daler Rowney and Golden Heavy Body Acrylics. I had these in my stash, but they don't get used a great deal, hardly ever in fact. I applied them with a palette knife, then used the end of a paintbrush to draw circles. Circles are my comfort, go to shape, so I'm entering my page in Linda's 'Creature Comforts' Challenge at Art Journal Journey. I finished with another fab found phrase from a book page. I love this one!

Have a happy day,

Alison xox