"December" - Art Journaling with The Crafter's Workshop

Hello everyone!  It is hard to believe we are approaching the end of 2018!  

To take a little break from all the Christmas hustle and for a little art therapy, I spent some time creating these pages in my Art Journal.  I knew I wanted to use colors that would provide lots of contrast and drama and had planned to use some song lyrics from one of my favorites from Sara Barielles called 'December.'

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Below are the stencils I used...

                                    

 

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I began covering everything with shades of violet using the Heavy Body Acrylic paint 'Grape Jelly.' Using this 'Jungle Vines' stencil and plain White Modeling Paste, I created a loose border around the outside edges of the spread.

Then added some black in the center, fading outwards.  Using my favorite Champagne Gold Modeling Paste, I stenciled this large 12x12 'Onion Blossom' across both pages.  I added lots of additional color with watercolor crayons, Gold Gesso and some Mixed Media Paper with more lyrics on them.

I wrote my favorite part of the song using a white gel pen to stand out against the dark background.  There were some things I wish I had done differently, but I really like the overall feel and look to the page.

  It is definitely dramatic!

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today.  Please check out the video for a more detailed look at the products I used and the overall process.

I hope you have a wonderful December Day!

 

what matters - Art Journal - The Crafter's Workshop July 2018

Hello lovely crafters!  I’m super excited to share this new Art Journal spread I created for The Crafter's Workshop a couple weeks ago.

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project.  The opinions I share are solely my own.


Below are the stencils and lots of various mediums I used.

After prepping my pages with the Clear Gesso, I pulled lots of stencils with repetitive patterns on them and several sheets of Altered Pages vintage printables.  I also used part of a Gold Foil sheet on the Mixed Media Foam from ThermoWeb & Rebekah Meyer that I had left over from Christmas. 

I used gelatos for the base color of my spread.

After I blended the gelatos with water, I used the Gel Medium as a glue to make a collage with the Altered Pages printables.

After the Gesso dried, I used the plain Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste across parts of the pages.

I also stenciled some of the Heavy Body Acrylic paints over the 6x6 Micro Dots stencil. 

Next, I added some Distress Inks over the Paste and the edges of the pages.

I wanted to create a focal point for the girl I planned to paint, so I used this large patterned circle stencil and inked it to the left side of the spread using Distress Oxide Ink.

I cut two angel wing shapes out of this piece of the gold foiled medium base.  Using the wings as a guide, I painted a small shape of a face and torso.

After painting an outline of this girl, I added some of the luscious Champagne Gold Modeling Paste to this 6x6 stencil.

I continued to add detail to my girl and planned for her to hold a butterfly, from another 6x6 stencil, in her hands.  The butterfly didn't come out as clear as I had intended, so I tried to outline it with white gel pen and some other colors.

Below are the close-ups and the final pages of the Art Journal.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope this inspired you to get creative with your own art journal & do what matters to you!

STENCILS & MEDIUMS Used:

TCW756s - Doodling Template - Magic Ladder

TCW792s – Doodling Template – MicroDots

TCW773 – Doodling Template – Connected Dots

TCW766 – Doodling Template – Thoughtful Bird

TCW9006 - Gel Medium - Gloss

TCW9007 - Gesso - Clear

TCW9001 – Gesso - White

TCW9044 – Modeling Paste - Light & Fluffy

TCW9026 – Modeling Paste - Champagne Gold

TCW9003 – Gesso Gold

TCW9024 – Heavy Body Acrylic - Kale Smoothie

TCW9017 – Heavy Body Acrylic - Lemon Custard

TCW9019 – Heavy Body Acrylic - Candy Apple Red

TCW9021 – Heavy Body Acrylic - Blueberry Pie

TCW9022 – Heavy Body Acrylic - Grape Jelly

TCW9023 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Blue Jellybean

TCW9020 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Raspberry Sorbet

TCW9018 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Orange Slice

TCW9016 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Spun Sugar

TCW9015 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Black Licorice 

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Jenni Calma

The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

April Showers...Art Journal Spread

Hello there!  Today I am going to share an art journal spread I created with the express need for a little creative therapy!  This was my first post for May with The Crafter’s Workshop.

  

Below are the stencils, mediums & paints I used in my project!

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project.  The opinions I share are solely my own.

Since I was looking for a creative outlet in a therapeutic capacity, I chose paints and mediums that are some of my favorites colors & products.  I knew I wanted to create something with the cloud designs on one of the stencils and I thought that would coordinate well with my color scheme.  Below are some of the products I used.

After using the White Gesso for a first layer, I added some loose watercolor paints.

I then used several of the sheets of Mixed Media Light Weight Sheets from ThermOWeb iCraft to brush Distress Ink onto using this large background stamp.

I also used some of the Heavy Body Acrylic paint in Silver on another of these sheets.

While the Mixed Media sheets are drying, I mix a pale purple color using more of the acrylic paints and applied it using a brayer.

Next, I used the Gel Medium to adhere the larger background stenciled sheets.

I cut out the design that I painted silver and adhered it as well. 

I used more of the acrylics and the Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste to stencil the rain cloud designs in both the 12x12 and 6x6 size.

Using one of the new metallic pastes in Sterling Silver I added more of the raindrops layered on top of the blue clouds and rain.

The final stencil I used with another new paste, the White Pearl Modeling Paste.

Finishing up the spread, I added more paint, black and white pen and ink markers and some words I printed out.  Below is the final layout and some detail shots.

Thanks so much for stopping by my Blog today!  I hope this inspires you to get out some stencils, mixed media and give yourself a little creative therapy!

TCW756 – 12×12 Doodling Template – Magic Ladder

TCW753 – 12×12 Doodling Template – Desert Mirage

TCW687s – 12×12 Doodling Template – Positivity

TCW9006 - Gel Medium Glossy

TCW9001 - White Gesso

TCW9036 – Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste

TCW9032 – Sterling Silver Modeling Paste

TCW9040 – White Pearl Modeling Paste

TCW9016 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Spun Sugar

TCW9021 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Blueberry Pie

TCW9022 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Grape Jelly

TCW9023 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Blue Jellybean

TCW9014 - Heavy Body Acrylic - Iridescent Silver

Be sure to share your stencil creations on our Facebook page or by tagging The Crafter’s Workshop on Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest!

Jenni Calma

The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member