Jot It Down - Scrapbook Circle February

Delayed, but I wanted to share the '1 Product 2 Ways' post because of this amazing layout below!  This week’s assignment was to use the Shimelle ‘Little By Little’ Wood Buttons from the February “So This Happened” kit.

I have been wanting to go to CHA, i.e. Creativation for years and finally, last month I got to go!  Not only, did I get to meet some of my scrapbooking idols like Heidi Swapp and Amy Tan, but I got to put real life voices and personalities to these amazing talents from Scrapbook Circle!  That was the highlight of the weekend and this photo was from the Saturday.

I decided to make this project a play on the graphic patterns in the papers and embellishments.  I layered papers and stickers, creating associations between the angles and colors.  I used the buttons as bullet points for other stickers.  I also combined them under matching colors creating clusters following the diagonal half of the patterned paper I cut.

I loved this kit, it is full of some of my favorites colors and classic patterns that never go out of style!
Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

A Conception of Contrast - The Crafter's Workshop / Canvas Corp. Spring Team Up!

Hi there!  Jenni here to share an Art Journal page combining some products from Canvas Corp., (during a Spring team up) with the new stencils and media from The Crafter’s Workshop.  I used several new medias, the new heavy body acrylic paints and new stencils in multiple sizes!  I wanted lots of contrast and here is what I created!

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

            

                 

         

I began using The Crafter’s Workshop ‘White Gesso’ for a base to my art journal pages… I taped the spine with masking tape beforehand.Next, I used several shades of pinks, orange and the gold gelatos to create a base of color.After both pages dried, I used 2 of the Glimmer Mists in yellow and pink with the 12×12 ‘Heart Swirls’ stencil

Again, waiting for the mist to dry, which wasn’t long, I used a patterned brayer and some of the heavy body acrylic to add white polka dots on top of the background.  Next, I added some gaffer tape with text on it and daubed on some dark grey ink on a piece of this stencil with the hearts.

This project being a process of layers, I waited until the ink and mist dried to add some of the heavy body acrylic I mixed and lightened using the ‘Shimmery Goodness’ paint.  I used gesso to lighten it as well, since the Shimmery paint is just that, adding a bit of sparkle without altering the color.

I estimated some of the large floral stencils shapes in the ‘Dutch Spring’ stencil when adding paint on the spread.I added more gesso on top of the wet paint and scraped it to add texture.Patiently waiting until all of the gesso and paint dried, I used the 12×12 stencil I had planned using, ‘Dutch Spring’ and the Black Modeling Paste to add large shadows of contrasting black.

I didn’t worry about completely covering the stencil area or getting paint under the stencil.  I wanted the texture, general shape and of course the contrast.The following layer, my favorite, ‘Light & Fluffy!’  I offset the stencil to add the white adjacent to the black to create a stark, bold background.In planning the original spread, I knew I wanted to concentrate on the blacks and white of the Canvas Corp. papers, the media and the contrast those would make with some of the warmer colors of the acrylics.  I fussy cut lots of the floral shapes and insects from this thick paper and used the Gel Medium to adhere it to my journal.This photo shows how opaque the Gel Medium look upon application, but the one I chose, dries to a matte finish.Adding more vivid color and texture, I used a combination of the yellow, raspberry, blue and white acrylics around the pages.

Everywhere I had black modeling paste of paint, I tried to accent it with some white paint, marker or pen.  I doodled a lot over the paint, the stencil and the adhered papers, blending the colors into the collage of media.Finally, I used some very old, very small wooden alpha stamps to add this phrase from Lily Pulitzer.

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s Spring.”The weather where I live is a perfect inspiration for this art journal!

Thanks so much for sticking thru this long description and post with me!  I hope you are inspired to let create a contrasting collage too!

PRODUCTS Used:

TCW9009 – Black Modeling Paste

TCW9007 – Clear Gel Medium Matte

TCW9009 – Black Modeling Paste

TCW9012  – Shimmery Goodness

TCW9004   – Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste

TCW9017 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Lemon Custard

TCW9020 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Rasperry Sorbet

TCW9023 – Heavy Body Acrylic – Blue Jellybean

TCW689 – Dutch Spring

TCW679  – Heart Swirls

TCW659 – She Said Yes

TCW9010 – Silver Gesso

sunshine & HAPPINESS - Scrapbook Circle/JUST NICK Team UP

Happy last day of March everyone!  This month we teamed up with ‘Just Nick Studio’ for a week of inspiration featuring the digital cut files combined with the March kit “Happy Place.”  I was very excited to be a participant in this collaboration! You can check out the digital files I used and others clicking below.

The majority of my photos are Instagram pics, so I gravitate towards square format cut files and graphics.  I chose these two, frame in frame cut files and one for a title.  I die cut the frames out of patterned papers in navy and green.  I die cut my title out of watercolor paper, knowing I wanted to paint something matching the sunrise.

With the idea of painting the title and the divisions of the Instagram photo I created in a Pic App, I painted loose stripes of watercolors across the white cardstock.  I layered the die cut pieces over the paint stripes and added stickers, washi and embellishments from the kit, color blocking down the page.

I can’t seem to get enough of this technique lately.  I love the variety in hue and the layering that shows the different and contrasting tones of color.  I tried to step down the colors and shapes from top left to bottom right, ending with the title, appropriate for a sunrise!

 Thank so much for stopping by the Blog today!  

Have an amazing day!

You Are My Sunshine - The Crafter's Workshop & Canvas Corp. Team Up!

Today I'm share my creations with a team up between The Crafter’s Workshop & Canvas Corp.!  Along with an amazing array of inspiring mediums, stencils and embellishments that we were given, the theme we were assigned to convey is “Spring Is In the Air…”  And since the weather in our part of the country is so completely unpredictable, it is easy to associate with the beginning of a new season!

The newly released mediums from The Crafter’s Workshop have outdone their previous release.  The Black Modeling Paste and the Heavy Body Acrylic paints are like working with cake frosting, without the calories…the texture and consistency is so amazing and easy to work with…perfectly combining with their intricate stencils.

I used a combination of the mediums pictured below, some are new and some are from the last release.

    

With the idea of Spring, looking thru the new stencils, the one that popped out at me has intricate sunflowers and the coordinating famous song & quote.  These are a few of the products I laid out to use during my process.

I started with a small 8×8 canvas and used the Gold Gesso to add a layer of background shine as well as prep the raw canvas…perfect application!

Next, I used the Clear Matte Medium with one of the new 12×12  leaf stencils to add a repetitive pattern onto the background.

After the Gel Medium dried, and most of it looked completely clear, I misted a generous coating of the Tattered Angels “French Lime” mist that we were given from Canvas Corp.

I dabbed some of the extra mist off the canvas in places.

While the mist dried, I used a piece of small muslin from Canvas Corp. to stencil a sunflower using several colors of Distress Ink.

  The sunflower is the singular one that is part of a larger 12×12 stencil.  It was the perfect size for this piece of muslin and a good ratio to the 8×8 canvas.



I frayed the edges of the fabric to give it a rougher edge and kept it in place with washi, while I stenciled it with ink.

After the ink dried, I experimented with a tiny bit of texture using the Heavy Body Acrylic paint in Iridescent Gold.  I carefully added the paint to the end pieces, after lining up the stencil over the previously inked portion.

Waiting for all the other pieces to dry, I grabbed my new favorite medium, the Black Modeling Paste, and layered it over the Sunshine phrase on more muslin fabric I had misted.

Even after two attempts, part of my stencil ended up thicker at the ‘My,’ but I added some more Tattered Angels mist and trimmed up the edges into a banner shape.

Finally, I used my glue gun to layer the stenciled muslin piece onto a burlap square, and adhered both to the canvas.  I cut out a piece of the muslin center of the sunflower to add some burlap pieces, gold thread and tiny faux flowers.

I dabbed a tiny bit of the Gold Gesso to the edges of the muslin, burlap, canvas and flower petals, adding more definition and texture.

Finally, I used my hot glue gun to add the banner sentiment to the canvas, using some Canvas Corp. tiny brown clothespins to the ends.

Actually, before that final step, I adhered this large braided twine to the back of the canvas for it to be hung from a wall!

 I am so pleased with the way this project turned out and it does make me excited for the beginning of Spring!  Our first daffodil bloomed on recently, hope it lasts a little while longer!  The first signs of a new season are such a positive reinforcement into all of our lives!

Thanks for stopping by the Blog today!

PRODUCTS Used:

TCW9003 – Gold Gesso

TCW9006 – Clear Gel Medium

TCW9013 – Iridescent Gold Heavy Body Acrylic

TCW9009 – Black Modeling Paste

TCW658 – Jungle Vines

TCW660 – My Sunshine