Rebel Heart with Belinda Spencer

 Hello Scrapping Clearly peeps!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest project inspired by the gorgeous October Mood Board Challenge. Today I am sharing an art journal spread using lots of fabulous products available in the Scrapping Clearly shop.

'REBEL HEART' ART JOURNAL SPREAD

Here's another peek at the mood board.

I began my art journal spread by tearing some pieces of scrapbook papers and Dina Wakley Collage Collective papers in the colours of the mood board. as well as some book paper I then added them to the 6x6 White Dina Wakley Media Journal using Liquitex Matte Gel.

Next I used a palette knife to scrape some heavy white gesso over the pages.

Once the pages were completely dry, I diluted some Dylusions Paints in Blue Hawaiian, Blue Lagoon and Vibrant Turquoise with water. I spritzed the pages with water and then used a large soft paintbrush to drop the colour onto the pages. I moved the journal around a little to let the paint go where it wanted to.

I let the pages dry completely once again and then added the face and the quote using some Dina Wakley Collage paper and the Matte Gel.

When this stage once dry, I used the Dina Wakley Mini Boulders 6x6 Template with two blue Scribble Sticks to add some scribbly circles over the pages. I used the large soft paintbrush again to blend the crayon scribbles. I carefully dried the pages with a heat gun (not too close or the collage pieces will bubble) and then used a fine black Posca Pen to draw my own lines around the circles just like the quote says.

Next I tore off a strip of Dina Wakley Media Tape and lightly stuck it onto a piece of plastic (so that it can be removed after). I stamped the title using the Heidi Swapp Old School Clear Stamps. Iused Mermaid Lagoon Archival Distress Ink for the solid colour letter stamp and Jet Black Archival Ink for the outline letter stamp. Once the ink was dry (well it was almost dry and I paid the price of being too impatient when I smudged the first letter. D'oh!) I removed the tape from the plastic and added it to my pages.

And just because I am loving this stamp set so much right now, I had to add some mandalas around the edges using the Art By Marlene Mandala Tapestry Clear Stamps with the Jet Black Archival Ink. I coloured parts of the mandalas using Prima Art Philosophy Peacock Liquid Watercolour and also added some highlights using a white Posca Pen. I used the Pilot Pintor Pen in a lovely shade of blue to add some more lines in the large 'boulders'. I added a few more 'mini boulders' using the stencil and the white Posca Pen and drew some messy outlines around them with the black Posca.

To finish, I used a wet water brush pen to add some Pthalo Blue Shade Pan Pastel around the edge. This is such a gorgeous deep shade of blue. I love it! I also used a Darkroom Door stamp set to add a few stamped words.

Here's what I used:

DINA WAKLEY Collage Papers:

- Backgrounds

- Faces

DINA WAKLEY Media Journal 6x6 White

DINA WAKLEY Media Collage Collective

DINA WAKLEY 6X6 Template Mini Boulders

DINA WAKLEY Scribble Sticks

DINA WAKLEY Media Tape

HEIDI SWAPP Old School Clear Stamps

ART BY MARLENE Mandala Tapestry Clear Stamps

PILOT Pintor Pen

PRIMA Art Philosophy Liquid Watercolour Peacock

DARKROOM DOOR Artist Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

RANGER Distress Archival Ink Mermaid Lagoon

PAN PASTEL Pthalo Blue Shade

DYLUSIONS Paints:

- Blue Hawaiian

- Blue Lagoon

- Vibrant Turquoise

I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the mood board now too! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog.

Cheers

Belinda Spencer

Inspired by the Mood Board Part 2 - with DT Katie Howard

Hello there! I am back here today with the second installment of my how to take inspiration from mood boards, with a focus on our monthly mood board.

My previous page took inspiration from some of the greens and the circles from the top image on the board. Today, my inspiration is taken in part from the bottom right picture, the squares, and also from all of the greens through the images, but I also decided to include some browns as seen in the two of the bottom pictures, for some contrast.

Before I got started I decided to create my own patterned paper using my gel press, paint and stencils. Here is an assortment of the prints that I finished with, some on light card and some on deli paper.

I chose a mixture of patterns and colours from the prints on the light card and cut 3 in x 3 in squares to form the background of my page. On some of these squares I stamped using some Ground Espresso distress oxide ink and background texture type stamps to add some interest and to break up the green a bit more.

As well as stamping I used some paint pens to outline some of the shapes on the prints. I layered my photos on some brown cardstock with some of the deli paper prints and then layered this on some plain deli paper to help it stand out more from the background. I also used my tab punch to create some tabs to tuck into the layers of my photo mat, and to make sure these stood out I used a white paint pen to outline them.

Can you see the square where I added some printed deli paper over the top of the pattern? The deli paper is like tissue paper and is transparent when glued down so you can see the pattern below as well as what is printed on top. I picked up some generic branded grease proof paper from the supermarket and it works really well for this.

I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology stickers as my journaling, consider this my "cheat" when I want to add something but don't necessarily have a big or interesting story to tell!

For my title I used some charcoal thickers as they were neutral on a bright and busy page, but to make them stand out a little more I outlined the word using a green paint pen from the first Dylusions paint pen set. The blue paint pen came from set number two, these are awesome paint pens too! 

So, there we go, same mood board, similar colours but a completely different page. I hope you tune in for my final creation inspired by the mood board later this month!

Thanks for stopping by,

Katie x

How Often Do You Go Outside Your Crafting Comfort Zone?

 Good Morning Arty peeps!

I hope your Winter is going well and you are crafting away while keeping snug and warm.

I have been playing with the July Moodboard challenge, such fun!

I would not normally use these colours together but totally love how this turned out. Challenges are so good for pushing those comfort zones, right?!

As you can see I have created my background with Tim Holtz Distress Oxides again, simply cannot get enough of these and am chomping at the bit to get my hands on the new colours. Because I get it nice and wet I use heavy weight cardstock so it doesn't warp.

I also used his hashtag stamps and  archival ink to make this little embellishment, and coloured some frames with purple Dylusions paint to go under my pic. These paints come in the most vibrant colours! My title is made up of a Cocoa Vanilla wood veneer word and Pink Paislee acrylic alpha stapled on.

I coloured the wood veneer heart and stamped embellishment card with Dylusions spray ink in Fresh Lime to match the moodboard colour palette, and added a super cute paper clip attached with wet glue.

Here's the moodboard, so many different things to inspire you. I went with the colours but you could do use the knitting, fireworks, Darwin's Beercan Regatta, maps..... so many options! Hope you have fun with it and be sure to share your projects with us to be in the running for a $30 shop voucher.

Thanks for coming by,

'til next time,

Liquitex - Muted Collection Ink

What is the Liquitex - Muted Collection Ink?

It is a Professional Level Paint consisting of;

Spectrum: 5 Colors

Properties: Highly Pigmented, Extra Fluid with superior water-resistance

Consistency: Extra Fluid Acrylic

Finish:Satin

Liquitex Inks are extremely fluid, water resistant, permanent and so lightfast they’ll go down in history. Ideal for airbrushing, watercolor effects and screen-printing, you can water the ink down, stamp it, or use it seamlessly with any other Liquitex product.

Muted Grey:  

An understatedly confident grey that mixes the cloud with the concrete.

Muted Pink: 

A subdued, unconventional pink that mixes the rose with the thorn.

Muted Turquoise:  

A disruptive turquoise that mixes the elemental with the acidic.

Muted Green: 

A brooding green. This deep, wild green is earth with edge.

Muted Violet: 

A floral violet, subtly poisonous with a hint of decay.

USES AND TECHNIQUES

• Dip Pen 
• Brush 
• Technical Pen 
• Stamping 
• Ink Brayer 
• Screen Printing 
• Fabric Painting 
• Book Arts 
• Calligraphy 
• Stippling 
• Photo Tinting 
• Airbrush 
• Drybrush 
• Stenciling 
• Pouring 
• Watercolor 
• Collage
• Drafting 

Hope that this has inspired you to look at this awesome collection in the Scrappinfclearly store.

Kim