Trust Your Wings

Hello Everyone!

I created another junk journal page for my Come Fly With Me theme at Art Journal Journey. 

I used stamps by Andy Skinner for my butterfly girl.

Thanks for dropping by.

Have yourselves a wonderful weekend.

Alison

February Journal Recipe Day 7

 Hi Everyone.

It's Day 7 of February Journal Recipe, my Instagram collaboration with Shilpa, and here are today's prompts...

Colour - Purple.

Shape - Triangle.

Technique 1 - Use a face cut out of a magazine.

Technique 2 - Print with cardboard.

As before, you must use at least 3 prompts on your page.

Here's what I came up with...

This one was tricky, as I don't use purple very often, but it does look rather fab with the orange. For the triangles, I used a stencil, a piece of stamp carving rubber cut into a triangle shape, and I folded a piece of cardboard for the gold triangles. 

 I created the magazine lady a gown and hat, with pieces of a gel print and some gold trim. Then I used some text from a book page to finish.

I think you'll agree this is another page in my style (apart from the purple!), so I'm linking it to Elizabeth and Bleubeard's What's Your Style theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for all the lovely comments you're leaving, I really appreciate them.

Alison

52 Weeks Art Journal - Week 28 - Thought of the Day

Hello All. 

I've got another page to share for Michelle/RaspberryBlueSky's 52WeekArtJournal challenge. The theme for week 28 was Thought For The Day. 

I found a good quote on Pinterest, and it went well with one of the collage fodder art dolls I made recently. I used collage and one of my hand-carved stamps on the background.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

52 Weeks Art Journal - Week 25 - Summer

 Hello everyone.

This week Raspberry Blue Sky has chosen Summer as her art journal theme. Here is my page. I'm linking up to Mia's Butterfly theme at Art Journal Journey and Try It On Tuesday's Here Comes Summer theme.

I used some teabags for my background, swiped some turquoise acrylic paint over it, then added some pen scribbles using my left hand.

The art doll was created using a tutorial by Megan Whisner Quinlan, from a free collage fodder course by Willa Wanders Workshops. I cut out some butterflies and flowers from the same piece of collage.

Here are the 3 art dolls I created for the course, using stamps by Dina Wakley, pieces of collage, some of my handmade washi tapes, paint pens, and some decorative trim and gems.

Hope you having a happy and healthy week.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

Creative JumpStart Day 19

 Hello All.

Day 19 of CJS was Love The Person You've Become with Marlene Meijer-van Niekerk. She showed us how to create a watercolour background, then used collage to add a figure representing ourselves, surrounded by some things we love.

Here's my take on the class. 

I used some PaperArtsy stamps for the background and the art doll's face. I added teabags, collage circles and birds cut from a bird-watching magazine. After I finished, I noticed that the collage circles that I added to the art doll body looked like a bird's nest.

I'm linking up to Erika's Favourite Things theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you're having a good week so far.

Alison xox

Creative JumpStart Day 11

Hello All! 

Day 11 of CJS was Everyday Storytelling with Riikka Kovasin.

 We used different techniques on old receipts and bills, then cut them into little squares to create a mixed media grid background on an envelope. Then we created an art doll focal image, and added some words and doodling.

I used a mix of Carabelle Studio and PaperArtsy stamps, and Tim Holtz word stickers.

Mixed media is my favourite kind of art, and I'm linking this page to Erika's Favourite Things theme at Art Journal Journey.

I hope you're all having a lovely weekend,

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox