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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Mixed Media : Creative Dreams Art Journal Cover

Hello mixed media lovers. Today I'm sharing the cover of my "Creative Dreams" art journal. I've shared some of the pages from inside it in the past. I finally finished the cover. I'm really into these colors right now. These are the colors I"m using to decorate my studio right now and this book is sitting up on one of the shelves.

You can view all my mixed media journal pages HERE. I have more pages started, just need to finish them up and will share later.

I started by covering the outside of the book with gesso. The background was created by adding paint (aqua and green) and gesso til I got a distressed look that I liked.

I LOVE using tissue paper in my art work. I used some green polka dot tissue paper by Pink Paislee across the bottom. I used yellow and pink tissue paper but didn't have any orange, so I sprayed white tissue paper. I cut strips of each color, then rolled them horizontally, and then twisted each strip. Then I used white glue and wrapped the twisted strips into circles to create the flowers.

The stems and leaves were hand cut from green patterned paper. I used a Sketch and Wash pencil to distress / add shading around outside edges of leaves, stems and some of the flowers. I used a oil pastel crayons by Crayola. I use the really cheap ones, from Hobby Lobby, and I have a 24 ct Portfolio set as well. They run about $10 and I ordered mine online from Amazon. I used them to add shading to the leaves and on the background around the flowers. You have to do your doodling (Pilot G-2 07 - Walmart) before using the oil pastels.

"Creative" - I used a stencil
"Dreams" - rub-ons
"Dream Big" - hand written, inspired by a doodling online class I took from Stephanie Ackerman

Inside pages
I adhere 4 or more pages together with gesso. Then gesso all the pages and inside cover front and back.
The gesso is wet so the pages warp a little, but it's an altered journal, and I thing that just gives it character.

Some of the pages peel apart a little using the gesso to adhere them together. Again, I like that look, so I don't worry about it.

I have also started another one by altering a calender book. I will share that one in the future as well.

I want to tell you about a new (looks like it started up in April) blogozine I found that has lots of Mixed Media / Altered type projects and posts with technique tutorials. Looks like they are hosting 2 challenges a month. You can find them by clicking on the RAQ 1 and RAQ 2 tabs along the top of the blog. And if you like to right "articles", then it looks like they have calls as well. You can find out more about becoming a contributor to their blogozine HERE. I love monthly challenges because it gives me lots of time to plan. I'm off to work on my scrapbook project for RAQ 2 !!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Melisa

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Fabulous Mixed Media Classes I have taken

Christy Tomlison - She Art 44.95
She Art 2 $44.99
Your Living Canvas $109 (purchased this one, but haven't had time to watch it yet)
Junelle Jacobson - The Art of Wild Abondonment $44.99
Roben-Marie Smith - Art Journal Conversion $24.99
Stephanie Ackerman - Doodle, Too! $35
Sue Pelletier - Burlap and Paper Clay $35

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Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks (thur) - circles

Paperplay (thur) - recycle (I used and old book to create my altered journal)

Wags and Whiskars (fri) - favorite color combo (this is my favorite color combo right now. I'm actually creating an entire shelf of altered items for a shelf in my studio using these colors!)

2 Sisters (sat) - In the Garden

Unruly Paper Arts (monthly) - Dear Diary (this is the cover of an Altered Joural)

Catered Crop (sun) - distressed ( I used ink, paint, and a Sketch and Wash pencil to achieve my distressed look on the cover of this altered journal / book)

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Mixed Media Project - Roben- Marie Smith Class

6" x 9"

Hello Paper Crafters. I recently finished a mixed media class by Roben-Marie Smith called "Art Journal Conversion" and wanted to share my first two projects with you. This one just makes me smile. I still need to add the journaling, but couldn't wait to share it. I seriously can't believe I made this!! I LOVE Roben's style and I'm so excited that she has classes to teach the rest of us how to get that wonderful layered look. I really enjoyed the class. It used a lot of products I already owned and honestly, the techniques were not new to me (spray inks, stencils, modeling paste, doodling). What I gained from the class was the inspiration to add MANY layers of spray inks and gesso so that you create a depth. So much is going on in the background, but it is so subtle that it doesn't overwhelm. The medium I was introduced to was using oil pastels. LOVE them. It really allows you to add shading. Be prepared to use your fingers, A LOT, in this class. If you don't like a mess, then this is not the class for you.

The stencils I used were : Plaid (diamond pattern), Layers of Color (swirly), Crafter's Workshop (dots), and the daisy is from Hobby Lobby HERE, sorry I didn't save the package. The larger circles are from a Drafting Stencils that has a lot of circles with different sizes, but they are graduated. So it's a pain to use. HERE. I wish someone made one with lots of different circle, in differnet sizes, randomly.

Here are a list of sites that I found that have really cool stencils though :

Crafter's Workshop

Martha Stewart at Michaels - I LOVE this one, but haven't seen it at my local Micheals. Will have to see if I can order it.

Plaid check out the Folk art catagory. Their store is a little weird to navigate. Once you get to the Folk Art section, then you have to look to the right and you will see smaller photo's of options and can arrow over. Then click on the stencil you want to see. REALLY cool stencils.

I-Stencils - I linked you to the background stencils but check out the left column for other choices. You can order from their online store, but I don't see any shipping details.

Stencil Ease

Wall to Wall Stencils

Cutting Edge Stencils

Options for Spray Inks :

Adirondack

Dylusions

Glimmer Mist

Ranger Perfect Pearls

Mister Huey

Inkadinkado

And I'm liking the less expensive RIT liquid dye (liquid, already mixed). I purchased an .99 cent spray bottle from the artist section at Hobby Lobby and just poured the color in.

Let me know if you think of any others I can add to the list

I started shopping around looking for other options for spray inks. Glimmer Mist are so pretty, but mine often clog and for what I'm paying for them, I find that frustrating. Roben used some SEI Tumbler Tie-dye inks, so I decided to check out the tie-dye section of Jo-ann's where I noticed the RIT dyes. SOOOO much cheaper than Glimmer Mist ($7.50 for 2 oz). I bought them pre-mixed in a bottle (8oz). I think it was around $4. Then I picked up some inexpensive spray bottles at Hobby Lobby and poured the color in those. So I decided to give it a try. The orange you see in this project is the RIT. I will definitely try some of the other colors.

I didn't want to start out working in my art journal, because I figured my first project might not be so good. So I did this piece on 6" x 9" 140# watercolor paper and decided to hang it on my 7 Gypsies Photo Display Stand. I don't have any photo's on mine. It's dedicated to mixed media projects. Here is a picture I posted in the past :