Use it or Lose it.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

 I am here today to show you a new journal page:

 

I enjoyed this technique so much last week that I just had to play with it again. 

First Arteza brush pens to apply the colour then spray them with water and let the colours run. Dry with a heat gun or dry naturally.

 

 

 

I splattered the surface with white paint lightly.

 

 

 It's probably clearer in real life.

 

I like the white splatter but felt it needed more so added some white stenciling too.

 

 

I used a small part of this gorgeous stencil and can't wait to play with it again.

From there..........

 

I used this stamp which is another of those things that have been sitting around for far too long unused.
 

The border stamp is by Seth Apter and everything else is by Studio Light.

 

 

I stamped the Seahorse on the coloured background and also on a piece of water colour card then used the Arteza brush pens to colour the Seahorse on the white card. 

Next I fussy cut the Seahorse when dry and added  black ink to the edge and heat embossed it.

 

I added the sentiment and used a white pen to add some highlights.

 

I felt that I needed more detail along the bottom and used this Studio Light die to cut the seaweed and applied it to the page finishing it with some Stickles Glitter Glue.

And that's about it really.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Use it or Lose it.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a new journal page. Now this is the second journal page this month! I can't promise I will keep this up but we'll see.

I bought these Arteza brush pens before Christmas and this is the only second time I've got them out so I need to use them right!

I applied the colours around the page and then sprayed the surface with water to make the colours move. I love the way they blends together and leave a lovely feathery edge.

 

This must be one of the quickest journal pages I've made by using this stamp....

 

I finished the design with white scribbles and spots of Stickles Glitter glue then added the sentiment from a set by Studio Light.

 

I have several stamps like this which have hardly been used and they are perfect for journal pages so might try this technique again soon.

And that's your lot.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Monday is ' Use it or lose it'.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a new page on an old journal:

 

I've had this for some time and it's time to start filling it right?

 

 

I'm going to use some of my favourite techniques to decorate these pages.

 

 

After adding the inks to the stamping block and spraying gently with water, turn it over and press firmly but gently to the page.

You soon know how much pressure is needed when you've done this once. 

Next I splattered the surface with watered down ink and stamped these clocks in two places on the page only inking part of the stamp each time.

 

This stamp is by AALL and Create.

 

 

Next I added some torn paper tissue which just happened to have a clock design on it. I've had those for ages and knew they would be useful some time. Tim Holtz ephemera cards, had these for a while too.

So far so good I think.

 

The layering was really coming together at this stage so I added a clock face by Stamperia including the hands which were attached with a brad. The little wings were cut out from an old magazine by Debbi Moore called Shaby Chic. I positioned these before attaching the clock face.

 

Now these really are old but very useful so I spent some time looking through them and found the perfect sentiment for this project.

 

I've also added a little shading around the clocks and cards to give them depth and that's it all finished.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x