Vintage Passion

Good Morning Folks!

Donna-Marie here to share my new journal spread.

Many of you know that I adore vintage clothing, fabrics, patterns and styles.

Well these journal pages were the inspiration and are dedicated to that passion.

Here is how they started ...

I love my Aquarelle Water Soluble Crayons... 

I just scribble and wet...

I used a baby wipe to help me blend the colors better.

I wanted to add some bright green to the open areas so I mixed water and Key Lime Silk Paints in a spray bottle to make a soft shimmery wash (Thank you Donna Downey for that idea!!).  I also used Fresh Lime Dylusions Spray (later you will see the Higgins India Ink).

This is the base I worked from...now it is time to add the details

I used my Gel Medium and added an old print I printed out on my computer and a picture of an old shoe I cut from a calendar.  I also added Wendy Vecchi's Translucent Modeling Paste through my new TCW Peacock Doily Stencil.  I let that all dry!

Then I took a baby wipe again and moved the water soluble media around again.  This enhanced the stenciled designs. 

I stamped Dyan Reaveley Couture design on G45 Bohemian Paper and fussy cut them out.  I adhered them with more Gel Medium.  I also added some of the left over scrapes to the left side.

I added some Tim Holtz Rub Ons and splats of Black India Ink.  The splats did not really seem to work ...so luckily I was able to wipe some of them away with a baby wipe :-)

The baby wipe mixed with the black India Ink really toned down a lot of the brightness.  I also added my sentiment stamped on more Bohemian G45 Paper.  I tore it and applied it with Gel Medium.

I felt like it still needed a pop of color so I grabbed my Blue/Purple Gelato sticks,...smeared and rubbed!!

close-ups

 

I hope you enjoyed my journey...thanks for stopping by!! Be sure to check out all the highlighted supplies and media so that you can have fun along with us here at eclectic Paperie!!



Hey - Spray, Dab, Stamp & Sponge!

 

Hey there, everyone!  Broni Holcombe here to show you how I made this bright and fun card for my son-in-law's birthday!

I started out with a piece of white cardstock, my non-stick craft sheet, some TCW 6x6 stencils and some Dylusions ink sprays in Vibrant Turquoise and Fresh Lime.  Love those colors!

Instead of spraying directly onto the cardstock with the ink spray, I spritzed it onto my craft sheet.

I wanted better control of where the color went and I wanted a softer stenciled look, so I used a baby wipe to dab up the Vibrant Turquoise ink from the craft sheet and then onto the cardstock through the Mini Numbers Collage stencil.

Then I did the same thing with the Fresh Lime ink spray and the Mini Chevron stencil.

Next, I wanted to add just a little darker navy blue to the piece since I knew I was using a navy card base.  I lightly and randomly stamped on some backgrounds, a grid pattern and a script pattern, in navy blue ink.

To add a little more of the navy color, I decided to sponge on the same navy blue ink using an ink blending tool and my Mini Confetti stencil.

At this point I liked the background just the way it was, so I added it to my card base.  Then I stamped the gentleman image from the fabulous Dylusions Mini Couture stamp set onto white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, and colored it with these Copic markers:

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the "hey", then colored along the left edge with the BG11 marker.

To finish the card, I added these elements as well as a couple of buttons laced with twine using Scor-Tape and foam mounting tape.

And here's the finished card again.

 

That's it for me, today!  I hope you enjoyed the post, and I hope you'll go forth and Spray, Dab, Stamp and Sponge!!