365 Somethings 276-283

 Hello All.

I've been catching up with my mini collages for the 365 Somethings challenge. I hope you enjoy seeing them.

Days 276-279

Days 280-283

You may have noticed some coloured teabags in the first set. I had a lovely session colouring teabags using PaperArtsy Infusions coloured ink powders, and also 3 coloured Bistre powders. The first photo is the Infusions, the second is the backs of those teabags, and the final photo is the Bistre powders. I was very pleased with the results. 

I just spritzed the empty teabags, sprinkled on the coloured powders, then spritzed again. No other mediums were needed.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xox

Handbags and Gladrags

 Hello All.

I have another art journal page to share today, for my Play It Again Sam theme at Art Journal Journey. 

This page is inspired by Mike D'Abo's brilliant song Handbags and Gladrags. He originally wrote it for Chris Farlowe, but it's been covered by Rod Stewart and The Stereophonics, all great versions. It's definitely one of my favourite songs.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison

Final Batch Of Christmas Cards...I hope!

 Hello All.

These cards were inspired by some gorgeous Christmas cards made by Claire Snowdon for the PaperArtsy blog. I pretty much copied Claire's process, and made 16 cards like this. Hopefully I have enough Christmas cards now. This brings my total this year to around 70!

I'm linking these cards to Leah's Art Every Day Month challenge Day 25.

I'm also linking up to Try It On Tuesday's Winter Wonderland challenge.

Thanks for visiting me today.

Wishing all my friends across The Pond a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving.

Alison

Some More Christmas Cards

 Hello All.

As promised, here are some more Christmas cards I've made.

These ones were inspired by Leandra Franich's post on the PaperArtsy blog. They're very similar to Leandra's cards, but I added some round teabags and watercolour paint splashes to mine.

A close up of one...

These next cards were inspired by Anneke De Clerck, also on the PaperArtsy blog. They are pretty much a copy of Anneke's cards, I only had black wire to hand though, and the stars are Carabelle Studio stamps.

I'm linking up to Leah's Art Every Day Month challenge Day 3.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Alison

Art Journey Challenge - Resist

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since I joined in with the Art Journey Design Team Challenge, but I came upon it by chance and thought I'd give Corinne's Resist theme a go.

I began by clear embossing the text block from Art Journey Umbrella Girl stamp set. I then used PaperArtsy Infusions A Bit Jaded to add some colour. The embossed text resisted the colour. I stamped the umbrella girl, cut her out and glued her in place, then stamped the Dreams phrase from AJ Noel stamp set beneath her. I finished with some scribbly black pen lines around the edges, then attached to a kraft card blank.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Hope Is A Waking Dream

Hi Everyone! I have another art journal page for my Pockets and Tags theme at Art Journal Journey.

I started by gluing some teabags to my kraft page, then scraped on some blue paint, and stamped some script with turquoise paint.

The tag was from my stash, and has a PaperArtsy Infusions Ink background on it I think. I popped an empty teabag into a tea packet, and stapled it to the tag, then sewed on a concertinaed teabag at the bottom. I tied on some orange ribbon, then sewed across that too, then glued the tag onto my page.

The title is from PaperArtsy Sara Naumann stamp set ESN10, as are the white circles. I finished with turquoise and orange paint splatters.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

30 Days of Mixed Media With Ana - Days 7 - 15

Hi Everyone!

I thought I would bring you up to date with my entries for Ana Bondu's challenge on Instagram.

Day 7 - Embossing - I used stamp, texture plate & stencil.

Day 8 - Texture Paste - DecoArt modelling paste, stamped into, then PaperArtsy Infusions added.

Day 9 - Acrylic Paint - Had fun with some mark-making with PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylics.

Day 10 - 3D - Added some dried paint tops to acrylic paint drips.

Day 11 - Paper - My friend Sam gifted me some ephemera, which was perfect for this prompt.

Day 12 - Black - Stamping on black gesso with PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic and Carabelle Studio stamps.

Day 13 - Faux Wood - check out the process photos to see how I did this.

Day 14 - Bleach - Background made with Distress Oxides. Then I painted out the colour in the stamped Carabelle Studio flowers with bleach.

Day 15 - Gel Printing - Always fun, and some great collage papers made too.

Apologies for the long picture heavy post. I should have told you to get yourself a cuppa!

Happy crafting, and thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

AJJ - Green

Happy Friday Everyone! I have a page in my Dina Wakley journal to share today, created for Eileen's Green theme at Art Journal Journey.

As you all know, I've been using up scraps on my collaged index cards lately. I decided to use a few of my green coloured scraps on this page, adhering them down, then scraping DecoArt Crackle Paste over them randomly. Before the paste dried, I lightly spritzed with water and sprinkled some PaperArtsy Infusions (Sage & Slimed) over the page. 

Once everything was dried and crackled, I adhered two gel-printed ovals and a leaf, adding white marks and some found book text. I finished with splashes made with my orange Posca paint pen.

I love how some of my paper scraps lifted and curled up, once the crackle paste had dried.

Wishing you all a happy and creative weekend,

Alison xox

Garden Party Challenges 4 and 5

Hi Everyone. I'm here to share my recent entries for the Garden Party Instagram Challenges 4 & 5.

I used PaperArtsy Grunge Paste, stamp and stencil, some teabag texture, and a That's Crafty clock stencil.

I altered a CD, covering with book paper and teabag texture, used Carabelle Studio stamps, and PaperArtsy Infusions and Fresco paint.

I'm sorry for the lack of visits to blogs lately, but I'm just getting over a rotten cough virus. Thankfully I'm feeling a lot better. Hope you're all well, and enjoying a good start to the week.

Alison xox

Everything Circles

Hello Everyone. It was a busy Easter weekend, catching up with family, and our lovely daughter came down to stay for a few days too. So today I have six pages to share for the Everything Circles Instagram challenge.

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

Day 21

Day 22

I hope you enjoyed seeing them, I certainly enjoyed creating them.

Have a wonderful week,

Alison xox

31 Products Challenge

Hi Everyone!

It's the final day of the 31 Products Challenge, and I have a journal page to share, with photos of the different steps.

Days 27 & 28 - I sprinkled some PaperArtsy Infusions onto a gessoed page, then used a palette knife to apply PaperArtsy Metallic Glaze all over. Then I wiped it away through a Prima stencil.

Day 29 - I coloured the wiped away areas with a brown Derwent Inktense Pencil, and activated with water.

Day 30 - I added some die-cut Gelli Plate prints.

Day 31 - I drew a flower, using Lumiere Light Body Metallic Acrylic in pearl turquoise. The bottle has a fine tip applicator. Before the paint dried, I pushed a button into the flower centre.

That's it for the challenge, which was great fun! To finish my page, I added a quote and some black Bombay Ink splatters and drips.

I'm entering my page in Try It On Tuesday's Thankful Challenge.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox