Square page in my journal

Hi!

Just a quick post tonight.

Here's a page I did a while back in my square Dylusions journal. 

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Siv xxx

Art Journal in black/white

Hi lovelies!
Here's my latest page in my black Dylusions journal.

I've used one of the girls from the Surrender set from Dylusions.

I've found a great white marker! The Triton Acrylic Paint Marker. Love it!

 A little tip: If you write your text with a pencil first, you can plan your page better.

When the marker is dry, gentely remove any left over graphite from the pencil, and no one will ever know you "cheated"!

Have a wonderful day!

Siv xxx

Art journal side med Distress Crayons

Hei!
Er det noe jeg liker godt med art journaling, så er det at man ikke alltid trenger å være så innmari seriøs. Det er en bok hvor man kan få utløp for kreative krumspring, testing av ulike produkter og teknikker, og rett og slett lek og moro.

Min art journal er bare for meg, og skal ikke henges på veggen eller ligge framme på utstilling. Derfor liker jeg godt å bruke humor, morsomme utsagn, ordspill og andre rariteter i boka mi.

Her er et eksempel på akkurat dette!

Denne siden har jeg brukt mange forskjellige Distress Crayons på. Jeg kludret fargene på og gnidde de utover med fingrene. Deretter brukte jeg våtserviett gjennom stensiler til å fjerne noe av fargen. Så la jeg ny farge i en del av sirklene som ble bleket. Jeg tegnet en ramme rundt med litt forskjellige farger og drodlet litt rundt. Så limte jeg på collage elementer og skrev litt vis-vas. 

Kanskje jeg fikk deg til å trekke litt på smilebåndet?

Ønsker deg en kreativ og flott dag!

Siv

Lek med Distress Crayons

Hei!

Denne gangen har jeg lekt meg med de nye fargestiftene til Tim Holtz, Distress Crayons. 

Disse har en leppestiftaktig konsistens og kan gnis utover med fingrene eller tynnes og spres med vann. De reagerer ikke på samme måten som Distress Ink, som sprer seg selv utover i vannet man har på, men må flyttes rundt fysisk med fingre, pensler etc. 

Jeg har laget to art journal sider med Distress Crayons som bakgrunn, og den første får du se her i dag. På denne siden har jeg kun brukt to farger, men det er likevel virkningsfullt.

Etter å ha gnidd Distress Crayons utover siden, la jeg på to ulike stensil og fjernet fargen gjennom denne med en våtserviett. Det er viktig å passe på at servietten er ren for å få vekk mest mulig farge. 

Deretter var det bare å skrive litt, og så var siden klar. Enkelt og greit!

Side nummer to kommer litt senere denne måneden. Stay tuned!

Ønsker deg en fantastisk (og gjerne kreativ) dag!

Siv

Happy Halloween! October challenge at Mixed Media Mojo

Hi lovelies!

October already! Which means a new challenge over at Mixed Media Mojo. This time we want Halloween project, with wings!

Here's a double spread I made in my old ledger. I love how the writing comes through the inks!

I've used Dylusions inks for the background, and various stamps from Andy Skinner, Lost Coast Designs, Tim Holtz and Dylusions. The bats are made with a home made stencil (see earlier blog post).

I just NEED to show you a close up of the original writing in the ledger coming through the inks...

Isn't that just gorgeous?!

I hope you'll come along and play with us!

Enjoy!

Siv xxx

Are you sure...?

Hi!

Did I tell you how much I love my Dylusions? Well maybe this will give you a hint!

Double page in my small journal, using Dylusions paints, stamps, stencils and inks. Love love love!!!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Siv xxx

Christmas in July

Hi all!

It's time for another challenge over at Mixed Media Mojo. The challenge is Christmas in July, with Santa as the twist. 

I made this aj page with minimum supplies, as I was on a trip. All supplies I brought with me were my Inktense pencils, a waterbrush, gluestick, black and white pens and my journals. I bought a magazine and searched for an image fitting the theme. I found a picture of lovely British brick houses - perfect! So I coloured in a stamped image from Stampotique, cut the little fellas out and stuck everything down on my background. I then added the words which I had stamped ready before I left home. 

So here's my page!

Thanks for looking! Be sure to join us at Mixed Media Mojo!

Siv x

Another black/white page

Here's another page I finished in my small Dylusions journal the other night. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Siv xxx

Black 'n white Dylusions page

So I'm in beautiful Harrogate, back at my hotel from a busy preview day at AFTH. I had so much fun catching up with old friends, making new and being creative. 

Yesterday I was in Dyan's class for regular artjournalers (I'm one of her regulars now, how cool is that?!) and we played with black and white. I wanted to share with you a page I finished later that day, which is in my small Dylusions journal. 

I've used Dylusions paint, stamps, stencil and journal block. The rest is doodling done with a white pen. 

Dyan has posted a tutourial on making a b/w page on her blog. Be sure to check it out!

Siv xx

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

It's the first of June, it's officially summer and it's time for a new challenge over at Mixed Media Mojo.

The theme for June's challenge is SUMMER and the twist is MONOCHROMATIC.

I made a double page in my old ledger.

Here's the how to:

I started off with a pre gessoed double page in my old ledger.

Then added some colours using baby wipes (I used Dylusions paints).

 I then put a stencil over the wet paint and removed a lot of the paint with a baby wipe.

 ..and ended up with this.. not very pretty, but it's just a layer.

I then added some more paint using a brayer (this time I used Dina Wakley's paint).

And removed some paint again here and there..

I then used an old credit card to add some more paint to the sides.

Pushing the paint from out to in with the card lying relatively flat.

I then dry brushed through a couple of stencils.

 ..which gave life to the page.

I stamped one of Dina's butterflies on book paper

 and gave it a quick brush with what was left in my paint brush, cut it out and adhered to the page using matte gel medium.

Finally I added William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 on my pages.

...and ended up with a finished double page in my ledger and monochromatic fingers..

 

I want to like people...

Hi!

I read this sentiment the other day which I found just fabulous. So true, lol!
I toned one word down a bit though...

 

So, I started with a background I had already made.

Most of the leaves were bleached out, so I started filling them in with purple ink (Dylusions in water brush).

One page done!

I bleached out the rest of the leaves, using water to lift the ink off the paper.

All leaves filled in with purple!

"Dotting" with white pen. It's wise to leave the page at least over night, making sure the ink is really dry (or else the white will turn pink).

All dotted!

Then playing around with some collage elements. Which head to use..?

Realising I wanted more in the background, I grabbed my black Dylusions paint, a mini ink blender and a skull stencil.

Now that's better!

Adding the sentiment with a white posca paint pen. I did two layers to make it opaque.

Outlining the white letters with a black micron pen to make them stand out more.

Adding wing to my gal, outlining the whole figure and adding some writing up the side.

Circles - I need circles!

..and more background elements...

Adding just a little bit of colour to the face and wing.

...and there you go! A new AJ spread done.

This is my entry for Art Journal Monday over at Mixed Media Mojo. Why don't you pop over and have a look at the inspirational posts and our challenge?

Wishing you all a wonderful and creative week!

Siv xx