September Art Journal Calendar

 Hello Everyone!

A few days late, but here is my calendar spread for the month ahead.

I started with a background of book pages, teabags and white acrylic paint. Then I stencilled the That's Crafty angel wings with turquoise acrylic. I outlined them with a brown Stabilo All pencil. I used the brown pencil to stencil the (PaperArtsy) title, then outlined with a black gel pen.

I'm linking my spread to Neet's Fur or Feathers theme at Art Journal Journey.

Here's my August calendar all filled in.

Thanks for dropping by. Hope you have a great September.

Alison

GelliArts March Printing Challenge - 18-23

Hello All.

I have a few more gel prints to share with you today. As usual, the daily themes are top left of each photo.

 

Those hand-carved stamps have been useful again. I carved the 'love is' right way round to work with my gel plate, and I need to do one wrong way round to stamp with.

Hope you're all having a good week. 

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

March Printing Challenge - Days 1-7

 Hi Everyone!

I found another challenge on Instagram! This one is from GelliArts who make Gelli Plates, and each day in March there is a different theme to use for your print.

Here are my first week's prints. I've used my hand-carved stamps on all but one of them, including word and number stamps that I carved the right way, so that they work with the Gelli Plate.

Happy new week!

Alison xox

More Crafting With Gio Gio

Hi Everyone!

After a weekend of feeling very poorly after eating some unripe pineapple (who knew that would cause vomiting etc. for a whole day?!), I'm now caught up with my Instagram challenges and 366 Somethings.

Today I'm sharing my art for Giovanna's challenge.

Geometrics Galore (17 April) - I made a geometric bird art journal page, paper piecing with gel prints. I'm linking this page to Valerie's Geometric Shapes theme at Art Journal Journey.

Tag It (19 April) - I made a bundle of tags using my Gelli Plate.

Silhouette (21 April) - I used a couple of That's Crafty Stencils to decorate one of my gel printed tags. I'm linking my tag up to Tag Tuesday's Anything Goes Challenge.

I was feeling much much better today, and spent the morning cleaning out my guinea pigs and tortoises. Then I bathed the piggies and trimmed their nails, which was a challenge. I gave them lots of snuggles and some of their favourite treat parsley to make up for it.

Here's Angus...

and here's Elliott...

Hope you're all keeping safe and well, thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

AJJ - Stripes and Patterns

Hello Folks!

Birgit Koopsen is hosting another 30 Day Gel Printing Challenge over on Instagram, and one of the themes was tape, which gave me some fab decorated tapes to use on a page for Erika's Polkadots, Stripes, Plaids & Patterns theme at Art Journal Journey.

I used simple masking tape, once decorated I applied over torn patterned text papers, then used a That's Crafty stencil to add pattern, and added some scribbly journaling.

I'll share my first week of gel prints tomorrow :-) Birgit's challenge has been a great way to get me back in my craft room, why not join in if you're on Instagram, it's never too late to catch up ;-)

Hope you've all had a lovely 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

5 Minute Art Journaling Day 3

Hi Everyone!

My 5 minute journaling today was inspired by a wonderful visit to the Frida Kahlo exhibition with my daughter, at The V&A museum in London. It was amazing to see Frida's art, her beautiful clothes, and the awful corsets she had to wear after her many operations. Also lots of photos of her looking so beautiful. She really was an amazing and inspirational woman and artist in my opinion. The exhibition is well worth a visit if you can get to it.

Anyway, here's my page. I got a few elements ready this time, as the 5 minutes goes so quickly! It really is a rush! Hahaha!

Hoping to enter this page last minute for Chris' Art For Art's Sake Challenge at Art Journal Journey.

Hope you've had a great day too!

Alison xox

Teabag Art Journal Page

Hi Everyone! Here's a journal page I made a couple of days ago, which started off with the same background as my this page. By the way, thanks for all the lovely comments you left for that page, they were much appreciated.

Another page for Chris' Art For Art's Sake Challenge at Art Journal Journey, with lots of layers of collage, stencilling, stamping, splashes and drips. I used one of my teabags from my 365 Somethings week 26 collection.

Hope you're surviving the Summer heatwave, I've been hiding from it mostly!

Happy weekend,

Alison xox

Taking Risks

Greetings to all my lovely followers, and a very Happy Independence Day to my American friends.

Today, I'm sharing another art journal page with Chris' 'Art For Art's Sake' Challenge at Art Journal Journey. 

My inspiration was taken from an AJ video tutorial by Leanne Jago, using lots of DecoArt Media products I haven't used in a while, including Antiquing Cream and Interference paint. I also used Dina Wakley and That's Crafty stencils, and DW stamps.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Alison xox

Holiday, Birthdays and Teabags

Hi Everyone! I'm just back from a lovely week away in the beautiful Peak District near Buxton. The weather was glorious, and we made the most of it with lots of countryside hikes. We also took our fold up bikes and went cycling along the Monsal Trail to Bakewell. We stayed in a lovely little cottage on a working dairy and sheep farm, and I was in my element, as I got to cuddle one of the new lambs!

I celebrated my birthday whilst we were away, which was another glorious day we spent, hiking to, up and along the ridge of Mam Tor. My good friend Hazel has her birthday on the same day as me, and here is a Gelli Print book that I made as a gift for her, and also as a thank you, as she took care of our two tortoises while we were away.

And finally, I have my teabags for week 20 of the 365 Somethings Challenge, to share.

The backgrounds were made with my gelli plate, stencils and acrylic paint. I used Birgit Koopsen stamps from Carabelle Studio for the stamped circles, sewed on some buttons, and finished by using black and white paint pens to add the borders.

Phew! I think that's all! Wishing my American friends a happy Memorial Day, and my British friends a happy Bank Holiday!

Alison xox

Lines, Feathers and Teabags

Hi Everyone.

Here's a few photos of my Gelli prints for the last couple of days, for Birgit Koopsen's March challenge.

First up, yesterday's prompt was lines. I decided to go with straight ones, using a piece of corrugated card to make marks on the paint on the plate.

And, today's prompt is Feathers. I used some real feathers, and also a feathers stencil, on paper and teabags. The mini round Gel Press plate is a perfect size for my round teabags.

These teabags will also count towards my Week 12 '365 Somethings' for Daisy Yellows Facebook challenge. I laid a feather on each teabag before printing with paint and the mini round plate, then stapled the paint covered feather to the corresponding teabag.

And here are Week 11's '365 Somethings' set of teabags. I used the mini round Gel Press plate and a stencil on these ones also, then added some dots with a pen.

Apologies for the unusually long post, we're off North tomorrow to visit our son in Manchester, so I'm cramming it all in!

Have a great weekend All!

Alison x

International Women's Day

Happy International Women's Day Everyone!

I'm celebrating with a Spring/friendship page in my art journal for Rosie's Spring Challenge at art Journal Journey.

The women were images cut from a clothing catalogue to use as silhouettes for gel printing. I cut the heart and punched the flowers from some colourful scraps on my desk.

And here are my monoprints for Birgit's Day 8 'Silhouette' Challenge. I warn you, there are more than a few!!!

These are made with the catalogue cut outs...

And these were made with That's Crafty! stencils...

Happy crafting,

Alison x