'Splashes' with Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some splishing and splashing with you.

I have finally decorated the cover of my art journal!!

I have used the KISS method (Keep It Simple Silly!)

So this is the large 'Dylusions Creative Journal',

I have first given it a few thick coats of 'Liquitex Gesso',

to seal it, and give me a nice clean white base for my colours to stand out.

I stood it up on my desk, I wanted it to be a landscape orientation.

I have then used my 'Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays' in

Fuchsia, Marine, Eggplant, Lemon & Turquoise, 

to spray and spill some colour,

letting them pool and drip.

I have then used an art journal sticker from the '13Arts Journey Stickers'

I love how the colours have blended and ran together in parts.

I also love how glossy these sprays are, no need for any gloss medium!

I have used another of the Journey Stickers on the bottom of the cover.

I have only done the first side so far,

but am planning on repeating it to the back sometime soon.

I hope you like what I have finally done to it.

Until next time!

Lisa

Scrap Matrix Products used:

Large Dylusions Creative Journal

Liquitex Gesso

Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays in

Turquoise, Lemon, Eggplant, Marine & Fuchsia

13Arts Journey Stickers

'A Head Full of Fears' by Lisa Amiet

Hello all!

It's Lisa here today to share some inspiration with you.

For this month's challenge,

 we have a gorgeous mood board for you to play with 

I have created an Art Journal Page in my

'Dylusions Creative Journal - Large'

I have first started with a coat of 'Liquitex White Gesso', 

to seal my page for what's to come.

I have then adhered some ripped strips of 

'Dina Wakley Media Collage Papers Background'

I have then used the 'Finnabair Grungy Grid' stencil and 'Finnabair Light Paste',

to stencil randomly over my page, for some texture.

I have then adhered some gauze and started to add some colour with 

'Lindy's Starburst Spray - Clam Bake Beige'

Seriously, this is my most used colour of spray ever!

I love the earthy tones it adds. 

I have then started to add some more colours with my

'Distress Oxide Sprays' in

'Spiced Marmalade', and then 'Picked Raspberry'.

I have added some water and dried it with a heat gun, 

while still moving the liquid around on my page. 

I have then brought out some stamps,

'7 Dots Studio Northern Lights Clear Stamps' 

& '7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Clear Stamps.

These are great for added depth and texture to your page. 

With them, I have used my 'Distress Ink Pads',

in 'Black Soot', 'Spiced Marmalade' 

& 'Picked Raspberry'. 

I have then added some of my

'Art by Marlene Collage Papers #4', torn into pieces

and adhered to my page.

To finish my page I have cut out the quote from 

'Dina Wakley Media Collage Word Pack',

and adhered it on my page. 

Some splashes of 'Dylusions Ink Spray' in 

'Black Marble' is the perfect finishing touch. 

I am loving the texture and colours on this page. 

I also LOVE this quote. 

So very true! 

I really hope that you like what I have created, 

and that you will get a chance to play along this month.

Until next time!

Lisa 

Scrap Matrix Products Used:

 Dylusions Creative Journal Large

Liquitex White Gesso 

Dina Wakley Media Collage Words Pack

Dina Wakley Collage Papers Background

Finnabair Grungy Grid Stencil

Finnabair Light Paste

Lindy's Starburst Spray - Clam Bake Beige

Distress Oxide Sprays 

- Spiced Marmalade

- Picked Raspberry 

Distress Ink Pads

- Black Soot

- Spiced Marmalade

- Picked Raspberry

7 Dots Studio Paint Chips Clear Stamps

7 Dots Studio Northern Light Clear Stamps

Art by Marlene Collage Papers #4

Dylusions Ink Spray - Black Marble

AALL & Create August Challenge - 2nd post with Helen

Welcome back to the Scrap Matrix challenge where for the whole of August we are using Stamps and Stencils from AALL & Create.

If you have some AALL & Create products in your stash; or you are in the mood for a splurge on stamps and stencils, come & join us. 

 We're a friendly lot and will make you feel very welcome.  You don't need a blog, just link your work into the album on the 
Scrap Matrix album on Facebook.

These products are super versatile, as they contain lots of images and stencil shapes in each pack,  i.e. lots of bang for your buck! 
I may have one or two of these tucked away for a rainy day.

For the base of my layout, I chose one of the new papers from 7 Dots Studio, Garden Party Collection, "Born".  It was perfect for photos of my little Grand Girl planting up a frame of Cacti. I covered the whole page with clear gesso, as I wanted to add mixed media.

I fussy cut some of the flowers from another sheet of 7 Dots Studio, Garden Party collection, "Dreamy". I added some cacti from my own photo collection of flowers and foliage which I also fussy cut.

Playing around with placement of the fussy cut elements

and allowing room to add some texture paste.

To create a soft frame, I used texture paste through a stencil, 

AALL & Create #9.

Using the same stencil and some Tim Holtz Oxide inks, I added some detail to the bottom right corner and stamped a butterfly from the AALL & Create stamp set #47. I didn't have quite the right shade of Oxides, so I blended a few different colours; Peeled paint, Twisted citron, Iced spruce, Lucky Clover and Frayed Burlap. I think it worked, although I hear there's another 12 colours to be had.  

Not that I'm looking! 

With the AALL & Create stamp set #47, I stamped, fussy cut and coloured a Bee to hover among the foliage.

The circle and dot stamps are from AALL & Create Stamp set #10.

I tried to stamp directly onto the page and managed to stamp one of the quotes upside down!  Arrgh!  Hmmm!  Why do I tell you about all of my bloopers?   Perhaps to explain, that there is often a way to rescue the page rather than toss is in the bin, which I would have done in the earlier days.   So I painted some watered down white gesso over the mess; stamped on tissue paper and added the tissue over the mistakes with Gel medium. 

A bit more stamping from AALL & Create Stamp set #10.

I have tried writing directly onto a gessoed background before and it seems to bleed into the paper, so I typed my journalling into text boxes, printed them onto card stock, cut them out and splashed some ink onto them to help them blend into the background.

Thanks for calling in today, I hope you find something to inspire your creativity. We'd love to have you play along and perhaps win a prize or a Guest Designer spot, from the uber generous 
Vicki Christensen at Scrap Matrix

Products from Scrap Matrix:-

Finnabair clear gesso

Liquitex white gesso

7 Dots Garden Party "Born"

7 Dots Garden Party "Dreamy"

AALL & Create Stamps

AALL & Create Stencils

AALL & Create Stamp #47

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks

Tim Holtz archival ink

Tim Holtz texture paste

Finnabair soft matte gel

Other products:

AALL & Create stamp # 10 

AALL & Create stamp # 43 

AALL & Create Stencil #9 -

Chipboard title from Scrapmatts