Shine, by Amanda Hartmann

Hi everyone,

Over the past few months I have been building my collection of the wonderful and colourful Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints. I also recently acquired a Geli Plate - they are a perfect combination for a page. 

Let's take a look....

I started with my 5x7 inch Geli plate and added some Dina Wakley paint -In Ruby with some small squeezes of Eggplant.

Then, I layered the leaf masks from Carabelle Studio.

I printed this to the centre of  a smooth white piece of cardstock. And rollered some excess paint on the edges of the print.

Once it was dry, I added some stamped leaves using Staz On Jet Black with Dina Wakley Media - Stamps: Scribbly Leaves and Pods.

With a wet brush, I painted some of the leaves in, and around the edges and added lots of splatters.

I added some extra black stamping, and black splatters using some watered down Dina Wakley Media: Acrylic Paint in Black.

To finish I added some doodling, washi tape, flowers and a flair button.  

I used the American Craft: Thickers: Adventures Copper for the title and extras!

Here is the page:

And some close ups....

Thanks for looking today, and celebrating my stunning daughter on her graduation (from primary school)!

See you again soon,

Amanda

Products used

Dina Wakley Media: Heavy Body Acrylic Paint 1 oz: in

*Eggplant, 

* Ruby and 

 * Black

Carabelle Studio: Mask - by Birgit Koopsen : Leaves

Dina Wakley Media - Stamps: Scribbly Leaves and Pods

Staz On Jet Black

American Craft: Thickers: Adventures Copper

My Cup of Care - Art Journalling with Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!

It's Karyn here, and today I have an art journal page to share with you made using lots of goodies available in the Scrapping Clearly Store.

I've used my Dina Wakely 8x10 media art journal and this page is a calico fabric. I've started by applying some Dina Wakley paints (Gilt, black and Silver/Medieval) to the page using a palette knife. Then I added some stencilling using TCW black modelling paste. Next I added some background stamping.

 

    

Once the background was thoroughly dry I added strips of DWM collage paper, strips of a white doilie, some hessian cut from from one of the pages in the DWM journal and stamped leaves from an Art by Marlene stamp.

I added a DWM sketched face stamped image as the focal point for my page. Lastly I added some Small Talk - Snarky words from Tim Holtz - these words are so fun and are my new fav word stickers! 

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn

Fight Fears - With Emma

Hi SC friends!

Can't believe it's the pointy end of April, Crazy!

Today I have a layout I hope will inspire a little end of month creativity for you all.

I kept my background work very easy and simple. Firstly I started by applying Modelling Paste through a stencil allowing to dry naturally.

Then I went in with my stamps. I used a Face from Dina Wakley's interesting faces collection and a script stamp I have.

Then I proceeded to create my layers under my image. I used a few tags from in my stash but also created tags from Ella & Viv papers to bring out some of the colours in the photo, I also tore a couple of pieces and tucked these into my layers also.

In amongst these I tucked in Some Pink Fresh Fabric dies from the 'escape the ordinary' range, little arrows and tags poking out from the layers, creating visual interest.

The metals (1 from Tim Holtz and the other Finnabair) I painted in black Gesso and then rubbed Prima Wax over them, love the metallic sheen this creates. I also applied this technique to my chippy.

Finally a few Tim Holtz small talk stickers and a few flicks of Distress Oxide in Broken China this page was complete.

A great way to use up left overs in your stash and play with new items too. 

You have until midnight tonight to join in this months moodboard challenge, so if you can we would love to see your creations.

I'll catch you all on the Scrap side very soon, till then, Happy Scrapping!

Em xx

One Beautiful Mess -Creating Handmade Mini Art Journals

Howdy bloggers Lisa here,

back again with a Friday mixed media update.

Today I am sharing with you this cool little handmade Art Journal I created

when I returned home from the annual Gundi Scraptacular.

After giving to others teaching, I had to give back to myself.

Oh the fun of free play, the joyful recharge it gives, creating just for yourself,

these things can not be underestimated.

So atm, we are in the process of redecorating and my creative space is frustratingly limited.

I have also been loving using the smaller of the Ranger Dylusions Journals, a smaller work surface means quicker pieces, and after creating handmade journals in Gundi,

I was keen to bust into making workable smaller handmade journals to create within...

Using a plethora of whatever was across my table 

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints 

Dina Wakley Stamps 

Prima Impasto

Dylusions

Carabelle Stamps 

Posca Paint Pens 

Gesso

music sheet papers 

flutterby design stickers

Dina Wakley Stencils 

Stazon ink 

Cardstock 

Washi Tape

I have put together this little album by grabbing a sheet of cardstock, folding it twice, then cutting and stapling it together. It's marshmallow cardstock and did require a little coaxing into place.

I secured the piece with a thicker, cloth washi tape on the spine as a binding and also through the middle to support the whole journal.

 I start with a simple painty background and

 usually use a stencil to add detail without dimension.

 Then a few different stamped images across the page

 - it's rad when you use a smaller journal and your stamps 

really become cool interest points upon your piece, instead of disappearing into the background.

A little layering of extra card or random cutouts onto your page and details with Posca and other pens usually finish the overall look, and I'm happy to move onto another piece.

 I love creating these little journals so much that I've started another.

Thanks for dropping by the blog, 

I'll be back next week with a little more mixed media creative goodness.

Lisa xxx

Funky Mojo Flow

Howdy folks , Lisa here with a Friday mixed media update.

Today,I'm sharing a quick Art Journal page that I have created using the new Dina Wakley Media "Funky Faces " and "Scribbly Circles" stamp sets produced by Ranger Ink.

When I 1st saw these stamp sets,I was so excited ,

I couldn't wait to get hold of them and get a mounting block to them.

 I started with a page that already had a darkish background and I felt that , although they are background stamps they got a little lost on the page , so I started from scratch, 

because I really wanted to hero these funky cool faces .

 Using Dina Wakley Media paints in Magenta , Lemon, Turquoise,Lime and White Gesso , I coloured the page with paint and a Dina Stencil titled Medieval Cross( a fave atm- love those timeless designs) , using a wipe away(baby wipes) technique. Then a little Drying time .

 I used a large Ranger Dylusions Art Journal book, and worked on 2 pages ,

each page a separate piece but ,

still using the same paints a, colours and stamps.

 Having taken a Dina class or 3 over the last few years , I kinda / sorta worked out that the Funky Faces stamps are single line drawn heads , done in the awesome free flowing style that Dina is famous for. So I attempted one myself on a separate page and cut it to add to my piece. 

I kept it simple and easy.

Next the details, DWM black gesso for the head to sit on so it pops from the page 

-more Stenciling to support previous layer. 

More pen doodling and a little script to personalize those Funky Faces stamps. 

Adding a little colour into the Scribbly Circles to reinforce the colours already used

 and this baby is done.

 Inspired always by Dina and her "thang", I then attempted to create my own Funky Faces ,using the One line drawing, or Don't lift your pen technique, with my Fude Ball  and added some colour with my Dina Wakley Media Scribble Sticks. 

Thanks for Dropping by the SC Blog , I hope you are inspired to try single lined drawing this weekend , It will help your mojo flow and relax you into a fun creative time.

I'll be back next week with a new Friday mixed media update .

Have a super weekend .

Lisa 

Art Anthology Art Journalling - With Karyn Schultz!

Hi Scrapping Clearly Lovelies!!! 

It's Karyn here and today I have an Art Journal page to share with you made using lots of awesome  Art Anthology products available in the  Scrapping Clearly Store.
Art Anthology products were new to me and I was so excited to receive a selection of their products in my latest DT kit from Scrapping Clearly. Whenever I try a new product I start by using it on an art journal page. I rarely have a plan, I just go with the flow and let the paints guide me.

Lately I've been doing my art journalling on loose cardstock with the aim to bind them together with my Zutter bind-it-all. Although I love art journals I find them to be very big and bulky in my small workspace and also I often accidentally spill paints on other pages - which is annoying. So I made this page on a piece of 6" x 6" marshmallow cardstock. 

Firstly I painted blue and purple Art Anthology velvet dimensional medium across my page using a silicone brush (these brushes are so good to use and easy to clean between colours!). These paints are somewhat transparent - sort of like a tinted gel medium. Then I added some stencils - firstly a bubble stencil with brown Art Anthology sorbet dimensional medium (this is also transparent and has loads of shimmer).  

Next I added a dots and dashes stencil with orange Art Anthology sorbet dimensional medium. Then I added some of the red Art Anthology stone effects in places. Next I added some spritzes of yellow, pink and teal Art Anthology Colorations color spray.

After drying this off properly I added a Cherry blossom stencil with yellow Art Anthology sorbet dimensional medium - see the wonderful shimmer!! As I was creating I added any paint leftovers to a scrap piece of cardstock - this is always useful for cutting, stamping and adding to your page, and you dont waste any paint!! I also added some stamping using some fun Dina Wakley circle patterns stamps.

I used my Fude ball pen to draw a boarder around the page. I cut up the scrap page and added it to my page too.

Here are some close-ups of my page - I love how it turned out!!

Scrapping Clearly products I've used include 

Prima Finnabair art basics mixed media silicone brush 1 inch
Art Anthology Colorations color spray (patience, timeless, peacock feathers)   
Art Anthology Sorbet (poppy, chocolate, sunshine) 
Art Anthology velvet dimensional medium (reef, mardi gras)
Art Anthology stone effects (brick)
Ranger Archival ink pad, black
Cardstock  
Dina Wakley stamps - circle patterns (circle collage, etiquette anion)
Fude Ball pen  
Stabile aquarellable black pencil  
Tim Holtz Idea Ology Small Talk Sticker Book  
KaiserCraft mini designer templates - cherry blossom, dots and dashes, and bubbly

Thanks so much for stopping by
Crafty Hugs xx

Karyn