Eclectic Paperie: Mixed media journal page

Monday, March 31, 2014

Be Brave with Dina Wakely`s Mixed Media All For the Gals Stamps

Hello sweet friends, Tracy here today to share a quick, messy, painty, ink splattered journal page featuring

Dina Wakely`s Mixed Media Stamps

All for the Gals Set

I am all in a " TIZ " at the ideas that are running through my head right now . . . I am so in loooove with them!!

Kim has them on Pre Order in the shop and they should be in any day now.

I managed to get my painty mitts on them here in the UK, woohoo.

This was me tonight being brave

I headed out to the shed, with not a thought in my head

except

to have fun, get messy and play!

I started with a quick splodge of Gesso to my old book page, followed by a mixture of

Dylusion Ink Sprays

a smidgen or two of

Pan Pastels

and

a splatter or circle or two

with

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot.

{ Massive apologies for no step by step pics today, I did get bold and carried away }

The tag was created on a 7 Gypsies Naked Tag . . . another loooove, lol!

A quick splodge of Gesso first

followed by

Inking up the stamp with an Archival Ink Pad

Mixing up a little Pan Pastel with Gesso for her skin tone

Spraying Dylusion inks onto my craft sheet and brushing it on loosely

before

Adding a few touches of a script stamp

and

My doodle doodle doo`s.

Lurking around my shed, sitting gathering dust was a bottle of

Aged Artists Varnish

I have no idea how to use it

what it`s for

but in the

Spirit

Discovery

I gave it a shake

and

GULP

grabbed a cleanish rag

and

oh my giddy aunt

I quickly, nervously

rubbed it all over

the result . . .

It has a beautiful aged gloss to the page, I wish the pictures could do it justice.

My sewing machine is feeling poorly at the moment, sigh . . . but I wanted thread on my page and thread I was going to have.

I dug around my sewing box which I inherited, it`s full of the most beautiful old threads on wooden bobbins and I came across this black linen thread . . . scrummy yummy and as I chopped some up it fell into circles all on it`s own . . . bliss!

A few of the sentiments from the set was all that was needed to finish the page.

That`s all from me today my friends

till next time

Happy Crafting

xoxoxo

List of materials and links to the eP Store -

Dina Wakely Mixed Media Stamps - All for the gals

7 Gypsies Naked Tags

Dylusion Ink Sprays - Lemon Zest, Vibrant Turquoise, London Blue

Pan Pastels - mixed media set 1 & 2

Tim Holtz Ink Pad Black Soot

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Love Is Incredible . . .

Hello sweet friends, Tracy here today and it feels so good to be back and sharing a little of my art with you all!

The lovely Broni is the host for this months

Get Altered Challenge

and the theme is

Altered Playing cards

Pssst you still have time to join in the fun!

I scratched my head and hummed and hawed . . . but I kept coming back to home, my boys, Alex and Rosie

{ she`s the mad wee terrier,lol }

So time to get the old book out and create a journal page!

A quick coat of Gesso followed by some Stenciling and Paste, Distress Paints & Stains with a touch of Pan Pastels thrown in and it was ready to add the details.

First up, preparing the playing cards, quick rub down with the sanding block followed by a splodge of Gesso.

They make great little houses with the addition of some prrretty scraps of paper.

Time to add some of my doodle doodle doo`s . . .

{ Just saying doodle doodle doo`s makes me happeee }

. . . and it started to look like this.

See the swirling puffs of smoke from the chimneys . . . Gesso dabbed on with my fingers.

{ The words I have had in my stash for a while, sorry but I don`t know who the manufacturer is. }

Apologies in advance . . . I got really carried away at this point and started to add more doodle doo`s, Paints, Stains, Stamps, more pretty scraps of paper, lace trim, flowers and Distress Rock Candy Glitter to the teeny tiny windows.