Travellers Notebook

I bought a Trvellers Notebook (knock off) because i think it will work great for me to have the option of having several books in one cover. with our upcoming travel to USA I started decorating the covers of insert that will be my travel journal. There is a video of the process, see below

Deco Art Products used:
Deco Art Americana Acrylics in: Indian Turquoise, Traditional Burnt Umber, Lamp Black and True Blue.
Deco Art media white gesso, media crackle glaze and Deco Art media matte varnish

challenge on Sparkle and Glitter, clowning around

The theme at the new challenge is clowning around, well you don't really have to use the theme to enter as long as you use one of Rick's digis.


I just could not resist to make this art journal page.........

For the background I used Deco Art Media misters and glimmer misters in Violet, Turquoise, primary Magenta and Primary Yellow. The quote was stamped with black in and I made a white line around the letters using Deco Art Americana Snow White acrylic paint. The image wa adhered to the page using Deco Art Decou PageThe digital image by Rick St.dennis is called Happy Clown Cecil he was coloured using pencils and cut out. The image was adhered to the page using Deco Art  Americana Decou Page Napkin.

There is a how to make the background video on my you tube channel here (please like and subscribe)

here some more pictures

Hope to see your makes at the Sparkle and Glitter challenge here

Halloween ornanment for Sin City Stamps

I am on the Sin City Inspiration blog showing you how to make this Halloween Ornament, check out the blogpost here

Supply list:

From Sin City Stamps

- Halloween Bingo Rubber stamp set and Halloween Takes flight set

Black waterproof stamp ink

Deco Art AmericanaAcrylic paint in lamp  black, Deco Art Americana  Multisurface paint in neon orange, and  Deco art Glamour Dust  in neon orange glitter

Wooden frame (mine is house shaped but any shape will do)

pencil and scissors

plastic Skull bead

black Ribbon

cardstock

glue

foam dots

Airless chambers new challenge

For the new challenge at the Rick St. dennis dark blog, Airless Chambers, I made an art journal page using Closet Monster by Rick St. Dennis.

I made this in a journal with black pages in it and used Deco Art Americana Multi-surface paint in Neon Pink and Neon Orange.

De background is made by using a stencil, the digi is colored using pencils, cut out and glued to the background. The sentiment is written using a whit Gell pen.

 Here some more pictures.

Hope to see you in the challenge at Airless Chambers, have fun

Octopus lady card for Sin City Stamps

I am on the Sin City Inspiration blog here with a tutorial on how I made this tage using stamps and Fabel Castell Gelatos as background

Sin City Stamps: Octopus time and Background Grunge art and Wild Flower Yikes

fun journal page

 Supplies used: Deco Art Americana acrylics in Wisteria, Jack O lantern Orange Teal Green and Lamp Black , some stencils and Katzelkraft stamps

The stamps were coloured usng Derwent Inktense pencils, and cut out.

I vinger painted some teal green on the page and next used the stencils. The sentiment is a stamp that comes with the set. The animal people were glued on the page and done.  This was a very quick make because the coloring was allreday done before I started this page.

This was made to participate in the Mixed Media Art Book Group this month we are working from the Dina Wakely, Freedom, book.

Lucky Cat Shrine for ITAC'17 challenge

Supply list:

Deco Art Americana acrylics in Lamp Black and True Red
Deco Art Dazzling Metallics in Emperors Gold
Deco Art Media Gesso (white and black), Modeling paste and Gloss Varnish

Cardboard (pieces of a box)
Tassels
Stamps with Chinese Characters, coins and decorations.
A Lucky Cat (mine was a key chain hanger)
Stamp Ink (waterproof, I use Archival Jet black)
Tim Holz dies ( Baroque and Artfull Dwellings)
Stencil
white cardstock

I am sorry I did not take step by step pictures but will explain how I made it. It is not that hard.

Start by cutting the shapes (2 of the baroque  and 4 or 5 of the Artfull dwellings)

The Baroque die will be the front and the back of the shrine and you need to cut off some of the side edges to get the shape I have used, also cut a part out of the bottom to creat some "feet". The front needs a hole that is big enough to fit the Lucky Cat in.

The Artfull dwelling shapes that will hold the cat will neet a hole too, use a craft knife to cut it out (use a pencil to draw the shape first)

In my Shrine 3 artfull dwellings dies with hole were enough to create enough depth to hold the kitty.

Gesso all pieces ( I used whot gesso for the parts that were going to be red and black for the rest, gesoo both sides)

Paint all parts and use modeling paste and a stencil to create the mosaic tile look on the gold frame around the cat, paint that carefully in black and gold when modeling paste is dry (use the stencils as a mask to avoid gold paint to go on the blac parts)

Stamp the coins on gold painted cardstock and cut them out, attache the tassels.

Stamp all images on the front of the shrine and paint over the characters using gold metallic paint.

Use some gold paint on the edges.

stamp some Chinese characters to make tiles and stamp characters on the cardboard piece that will be the back ground for the cat.

Use gloss Varnish over all painted parts

Assemble all pieces and add the coins with the tassels using foam tape and put the cat in place.

This was made for ITAC "17 challenge 2 "Asia"   art as meditation.

#itac17 #AALLtournament2017 #aallandcreate