Beauty in simplicity. Anna is about to show us detailed, girly and wonderful scrapbooking page. Just take a look...
Hello my lovely friends :)
Year 2015 is coming to and end I'm full
of good thoughts and hopes for the next one :) It was a good year for
me and I really hope that next one is going to be even better.
My
last piece of art for this year is just a simple girly layout :) Good
energy, positive vibrations and pink glitter. Yeah, that's me :)
I used a 7 Dots Studio "Vignette"
paper as a background and as usual I wanted to make it a little more
mixed-media like. Modeling paste mixed with mica, glossy gel medium
mixed with pink glitter (my favourite!) and a lot of splashes made with
Lindy's Stamp Gang mists and Glimmer Glaze. I really don't need much
more :)
I like to add some little embellishments like flowers or brads. I
still love this beautiful scrapbooking products and I use them simply
because they make me happy :) Like jewelry or nail polish - there's
nothing wrong in being a little bit girly sometimes :) Especially on a
happy day like New Years Eve :)
Happy New Year everyone!
I hope it will bring many happy moments for all of us :)
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Art journal spread in its best form.
Colours + stencils makes perfect combination.
Anai will tell you how to add layer after layer and have so much fun while journaling!
This year is very special to me in many ways. And that is also a
reason why my art-journal is growing :) It's the best way to try new
techniques but also the best way to express emotion. Many of my
art-journal are private and I'm not going to show them public... but
some - some I may show with great pleasure :)
Last week I spend some
amazing time with my creative friends - mostly sitting on a floor with a
brush in my hand. It was a time to share and a time to absorb
inspirations. I've
created many pages in my journal, but this one is my most favourite.
Maybe because I've spent half a day creating it layer by layer.
I try
to keep my art-journal flat, so I've used mostly paints and stencils to
create layers. Can you see how much is going on here?
I started with incredible Dylusions Spray Inks. I love them! They're
vibrant watercolour sprays with amazing colors. Then I started adding
layers of acrylic paints and black gesso with stencils.
My trick was
to tone down black gesso a little with another layers of acrylic
paints... and then adding next layers of black gesso - over and over
again. I wanted to create very complex background - with some vibrant
colors and very delicate and soft patterns. My tools - brushes, sponges,
fingers. A lot of fun!
Stencils are perfect if you want to add some interest to the pages.
You can create many interesting patterns overlapping each other. You can
use them with paint (or gesso) and sponge, or for example just draw the
contours with a marker.
Then you can always use a soft pencil to add some shadows and make it even more interesting.
My last step was to add small photos and a quote from some magazine.
"There's no such thing like ordinary life" matches my mood perfectly.
There are always ups and downs in my life... and sometimes I wonder -
wouldn't it be just so much easier to have some normal "ordinary" life?
But I guess there's really no such thing. Especially if you're creative
and full of emotions :)
I've used black and silver gelatos to add shadow to my pictures and "blend" them into the pages. Gelatos can be
easily smudged with fingers which creates amazing effect.
I hope you like my pages. And I really encourage you to try layering
with stencils. You can be surprised how many different effects you can
achieve!
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Collage and mixed media heaven.
You will fall in love with Marianne's journal page.
Play with textures, magazine cut outs and fabulous eye for colour. This is a must see art!
Hi Mixed Media Place fan!
Hope you all are well wherever you
are.
Nowadays here in Norway it’s way to warm to be inside so the terrace is
a fantastic place to be.
And warm weather and art journaling outside –
perfect match!
So this month I have an art journal to show you. Hope I can inspire you to
do some mixed media art journal!
This time I decided to mix a photo from
a magazine and yummy background. I have piles of glossy magazines and love
using images in my journaling.
My background is made with gesso, gel medium,
Ecoline watercolors, stencils and stamps of course.
Mixed Media Place is
filled with all those products so it’s no problem finding stuff to play
with.
Have a great day!
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