Powerful Blooms Art Journal - Guest DT Lynn

Hi everyone,  I am back with another art journal page that I have created for this month's challenge - Powerful Blooms

Here is the inspiration for this month:

I began this page with a complete blank and thought I would see where my inspiration took me.  

When I have these days I always find it easier to use my "go to" colours - Orange, Red and Yellow.  They instantly put me in a good mood!!!!!   I have added a red and purple as well.

In my Dylusions Art Journal I have used Paper Artsy Paints in the following colours:

Eggplant

Zesty Zing

Tangerine Twist

Bubble Gum

Cherry Red

I have then used my fingers to spread the paint

I always put scrap paper behind the pages I am working on as I am a messy worker and end up with paint on the other pages - no matter how hard I try not to!!

I have used stencils and Paper Artsy Purple Rain and Snowflake paint and to add some "texture" to the page

Stencils used:

TCW384 - Well Rounded

TCW385 - Moroccan Tiles

TCW330 - Numbers

I felt it needed more - maybe some bolder shapes so I continued on

While I waited for this to dry I started on the flowers.  I have used JOFY stamps for the images.

I tore a  piece of paper from the Dylusions Journal - I love this paper and alway tear from a middle page so I dont have random pages falling out!!

And the colouring begins - I find this part very therapeutic.  I have used Prismacolour Pencils for the flowers as that is what I had in my stash - but any colour pencils will work.  I have used fine tip black ink pen for the stalks and around the petals.

I have fussy cut the flowers out and added them to the page with Finnabair Soft Matte Gel - I use this as I like to add shadowing with the Big Brush Pitt Pens and the Matte Medium prolongs the drying time of the pens. (any matte medium works fine for this)

I have stamped a quote from the stamp set - Paper Artsy JOFY72 onto cardstock

Finishing touches include the Big Brush Pitt Pens around the flowers to create shadows, Stabillio ALL pencil close around the flowers, White Posca pen to create marks in the background and on the flowers, and Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges of the page.

I hope that you have enjoyed this small explanation of my page and find some inspiration to enter this months challenge - there is still a week to go - all you have to do is upload a pic of your project to the Scrap Matrix Shares FB page and tell us of at least one product that you have used that is available from Scrap Matrix.

Til next time - Happy crafting

'Totally Awesome' Powerful Blooms with Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some Powerful Blooms inspiration

 for this month's awesome challenge.

I have created a layout.

For this layout I have used the '7 Dots Studio Verano Azul' collection, 

I have started with the 'Celadon' page for my base.

I have then used 'Liquitex White Gesso' to paint a brushed area in the centre of my page. 

Next I have used my 'Ranger Archival Ink' and 'Paper Artsy ETS31 Stamp Set',

to stamp out these gorgeous flowers. 

I have then used my 'Art by Marlene Watercolour Set 2 Whimsy & Bright',

 to paint the flowers.

I have then fussy cut them out to use on my page. 

I have then used the watercolours to splash my base page. 

I have then used my 'Distress Oxide' in 'Picked Raspberry' & 'Peacock Feathers'

to randomly stamp areas of my page, 

with the 'Carabelle Studio Scribbled Leaves & Textured Circles Stamp', 

and the 'Art by Marlene Storms Don't Last Stamp Set'. 

I have then adhered two of the fussy cut flowers to my page.

I have also adhered a piece of 'Verano Azul - Green Time',

that has been distressed. 

I have then used tags from the 'Verano Azul Tags',

that have been distressed and layered over the previous pieces.

I have then distressed and adhered a piece of 'Verano Azul Pureness', 

to matt my photo onto. 

I have then adhered cardboard to the back of the photo 

and adhered the photo to the page.

I have then adhered another 3 of my fussy cut flowers, 

layering with foam tape for dimension.

I have then used the 'Verano Azul Die Cut Elements' & 'Element Stickers',

on my page. I have used foam tape for some of them.

I really love how bright and bold these flowers are. 

I hope that you like what I have created and

 that it inspires you to create something today. 

Lisa

Scrap matrix Products used:

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Celandon

Liquitex White Gesso

Ranger Archival Black Ink

Art by Marlene Watercolours Set 2 Whimsy & Bright

Paper Artsy Eclectica ETS31 Stamp Set

Distress Oxide in

'Picked Raspberry'

& 'Peacock Feathers'

Art by Marlene Storms Don't Last Stamps

Carabelle Studio Scribbled Leafs and Textured Circles Stamp

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Green Time

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Tags

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Pureness

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Element Stickers

7 Dots Studio Verano Azul Die Cut Elements

Joyful Blooms

Welcome everyone!

 I hope your day is going well and that it is full of sunshine and laughter. (Unless you need rain, then I hope you get enough to brighten your day).

I have three cards to share with you today.  It’s not what I had originally planned, though. I had a disastrous attempt at a project and ruined a sheet of 7 dots paper before I decided to stick to what I know best.  Being a guest on this blog has pushed me to try and do better and to try new things, but this time my hubris got the better of me. Oh well, back to my cards. 

Once again I’ve used Paperartsy Stamps, this time from the JOFY collection.  I love Jo’s whimsical blooms. They make me smile and fill me with joy.  So maybe my cards can bring you a little bit of happiness.  Here’s what you will need: 

·         White and black cardstock.

·        7 Dots paper – I’ve used Epilogue from the writer’s Block collection

·     Distress Ink – Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn,

 Hickory Smoke, Salty Ocean and Twisted Citron

·         Archival Ink – Jet Black

·         Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray – Clam Bake Beige

·         Clear Gesso or Gel Medium

·         Modelling Paste

·         13 Arts stencil – Aria Song

·         Paperartsy stencils – 154, 155, 156

·         Paperartsy stamps – JOFY 73, 74, 76, 82

·         Pencils to colour and highlight (optional)

·         Posca pen – white

·         Sequins, (optional)

Step 1.  Blend inks randomly over cardstock using Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn.  Then using your craft mat/piece of packaging/acetate stamp each ink pad and spray a little water on them. Smoosh ink onto coloured card. (You may have noticed I love this technique.)  Using Lindy’s spray, flick some ink over the card.

Step 2.  Stamp your chosen designs with Jet Black and cut them out.  (I wasn’t sure at this stage what I was going to use so there are a few left over.)  I also stamped some onto a blank card and coloured them with pencils. There are a couple of stamps where it is possible to cut out sections and layer the blooms.  I’ve done this where there is text.

Step 3.  Cover the sheet of 7 Dots paper with Clear Gesso. Let dry. Stamp Salty Ocean onto craft mat, spray with water. Using a brush, paint it randomly over the page. Lightly mist with water. Dry with heat gun.  Repeat with Twisted Citroen.  Grab your desired stencils and using Hickory Smoke place them randomly across the page. When you are happy with the result cut them to size. (I’ve used 13.5cm cards. So I cut them to 12.5cm).

 

Step 4.  Stamp the circles stamp from JOFY 73 with Hickory Smoke randomly around the edges.  Using the 13 arts stencil, I’ve used modelling paste randomly over each card. Let dry.

Step 5.    Using Distress Inks I’ve stamped foliage stamps from each set onto the cards. Also with Jet Black I’ve stamped the flowers from JOFY 82 so I didn’t have to cut out the stems and stamens. I’ve then attached my cut out flowers using either glue or 3D foam. I’ve also blended the inks around the edges of each card.

Step 5.  Add highlights with Posca pen and glue sequins .Attach to black card and the card bases. Attach sentiments with 3D foam.

I don’t think I’ve forgotten anything, so pop on the kettle and hop into your craft room. 

Happy crafting.

Jen.

Powerfull Blooms- Mixed Media Layout and Art Journal Page- Tanya Froud

Hi there!
Tanya here with my second post for the month.

First up i have a monochromatic mixed media scrapbook page. I know we all think of flowers and bright colors.. but i wanted to pull back and used this black and white photo of my daughter as inspiration.

So i opted for a white sheet of 12x12 card and a smear of Dina Wakley Black Gesso across my my page. Once that was dry i stamped some random Art by Marlene Roses with with paint onto the band of black gesso.
Next i grabbed some of cuts of white card and stamped using Jet Black Stazon Ink. I used the following stamps.... Scribble Rose by Art by Marlene, Paper Artsy Vine Stamp (#30)  Paper Artsy Tracey Scott ETS35, I then fussy cut them all out.
The background needed a little more so i stamped and  heat embossed some texture stamps from what stamps I had already out on my desk.
I then put it all together layering all my fussy cut elements.

                               













My next project was an Art Journal Page.

In the background i incorporated old book paper, magazine transfers sealed with Liquitex Matte Medium and then onto i added some heavily diluted Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paints to create a loose water color background.

I then painted a flower stem and stamped a Art by Marlene Rose with Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paint onto some white card cut out and then glued to the page. The quote is stamped from Tracey Scott flower stamps.

Well that is it from me, I do hope you play along with this months challenge!!!

Powerful Blooms - paper flower vase

Hello....

This is a fun project that you can make with any flower stamps that you have in your collection. 

This makes a great 'everlasting' gift.

I started with some large flower stamps and coloured them in, using coloured pencils. I have chosen Art by Marlene STAMPBM08 and Tracy Scott ETS28 and made six flowers.

I made four smaller flowers, stamping onto some prints I made with my gel plate. For these flowers, I chose Tracy Scott ETS24 and Tracy Scott ETS21

I used a sturdy cardstock for all the flowers, cut them out and attached them with some 3D gel to skewers.

I made a box from plain card stock. 

You will also need some foam to put inside the box to hold the skewers. 

I have used florist foam. You could also use a small flower pot.

To dress up the box, I stamped a Carabelle texture plate  onto some tissue paper and glued this around the  box. 

I then arranged all the flowers, with the larger flowers behind the smaller ones. 

I made 10 flowers for this project but you may choose to make this bigger or smaller depending on the flowers you choose.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this instruction and look forward to seeing what you create.

Have a great day....