Stay Wild - Created for Scrappingclearly

 Happy Thursday everyone.

Today I share a quick TN with you all. This weeks theme is Flowers.

Who said art had to take a long time? This page only took me 20mins. It probably would have been shorter if I hadn't had to dry everything...😜😜😜

The background pages were primed with white Gesso and then I smooshed Art Philosophy watercolour concentrates over the pages to add that wild bold colour. 

Once these were dried I then embossed inked and an Aall & Create stamp from the Lotus clusters set and using white emboss powder set it on top of the colour. This added a little drama and softness over all that colour. For my focal point I chose some cool images out of an Art by Marlene elements pad. Along with some flowers that complimented this weeks theme.

The quote is from Art by Marlene sticky quotes and then this page was finished with a good splashing of white acrylic paint.

Check out how it all came together here in my video.

Happy creating everyone.
See you again soon.
Stay happy, stay crafty, Em xx

'Promise Me' - created for ScrappingClearly

 Hey there Crafters!

Em here sharing a layout with you featuring the mood/sketch colours of the month and some beautiful resins. This project is 8"x11"in size. Oh how I love this colour palette.

One of the main features on this layout, is the 2 stunning resin pieces that create the shape of the project.
I really wanted texture and a sense of raw when I was creating this.
So I minimized the finishes on the embellishments. 

Let's starts with the resin, these were primed with some white gesso and then once they were dry I applied 3 complimenting waxes. The colours I chose were, stained wood, Ochre and Bronze age. And I only applied the wax to the surface that my fingers would touch so that they had the contrast against the white underneath. 

The background work started with a Finnabair stencil with some crackle paste through it. Which I then added a Distress Glaze in Vintage photo before I heat set it. This added a slight shine and another neutral tone to the page.
Then I went in with a little stamping using the beautiful Stazon ink in Spiced Chai.

The colour on the background was created with Vintage photo Distress Oxide, I love how you can get the various shades just from the one colour ink. I incorporated some metals in my layers and finished the page off with some Micro beads and whimsies.

I hope you have seen something here that has inspired you to create. 
Keep popping your mood/sketch projects into the album on FB, we love seeing your creations. 

Stay safe, stay crafty everyone. 
Em xx

Hold On Gorgeous - Created for ScrappingClearly

 Hi there.

The start of any project is an Art of it's own.
Some days we want to craft but the Art just doesn't come easy or we have a plan in our head and it doesn't translate onto paper. This has been me this week. But I persisted. How?

I decided to concentrate on creating something small, so as not to be overwhelmed. I grabbed out my 5x7 Art by Marlene journal and popped out a page ready.
This is my result...

It's far from perfect. But I guess that's the great thing about Art Journaling, everything you create in a journal IS ART. I knew that I wanted to continue playing with the brown tones featured in this months mood/sketch but I also thought I could incorporate the sketch along with it.
I grabbed an assortment of acrylic paints from Dina Wakley and Dylusions, (the colours don't exactly match the mood palette but it's close).

I started to block the colours together like the layers in the sketch. Again this concept seemed better in my head. But again I persisted.
I grabbed a few stamps, some for background work and some as the focal point. The focal point stamps are from the stunning Aall & Create Take Flight set and the background mainly consists of Tim Holtz Glitch1 set. Very textured.

Art Journal pages allow me to experiment and keep building layers with paint and stamping. As I stamped the background stamps I didn't want to cover the acrylic but just 'touch' it so as to have a flow on effect rather than a lets just stamp this here effect. To add to that continuity I doodled some small shapes in black & white to soften the feel.

For the main focal point, I stamped and fussy cut 'her' and the 'wings' out and played with the idea of colouring 'her' in. I decided to only colour 'her' wings as a contrast between 'her' and the background.
I coloured in with a Distress Marker. And then just added small highlights around 'her'. 

To finish it all off I flicked gold and white acrylic and added a quote that really spoke to me through out the making of this page and in most of my creativity.

I hope this simple journal page inspires you to just create, even if for a few minutes, and try what might be floating around in your mind. The final result may just surprise you :)

Stay safe  and stay crafty friends, Emma xx

The Art of Thinking created for 2Crafty Chipboard

 Hello.
Emma with you today on the blog.
My project today is an industrial/steampunk vibed layout featuring 4 awesome chipboard collections.

Let's check out the chipboard used....

Fancy Clockwork Hands
Doily Frames
Steampunk Gears Medium
Elements set 1

I painted all the chipboard pieces with Black Gesso ready for colour to be added.

The chipboard is finished with a variety of gorgeous Prima waxes.

The Gold and Bronze tones with a hint of Blue really compliment the papers and photo image.

The Chipboard blends so brilliantly with metals and resin pieces too.
I love how everything works so well with the 2Crafty chipboard.

I hope you all have a great day and that today's project has inspired you to play.

Stay safe, Stay crafty, Em xx

 

Bloom - Travellers Notebook for ScrappingClearly

Hi, Em with you today.
And today for my share I have a Travellers Notebook page that also showcases the moodboard for Feb.
So some of you may know that I quite like Brown and when I saw this months colour theme I might have squealed with delight.

As a reminder lets peek at the amazing mood/sketch.....

I will play with the sketch side of the board later in the month.
I used some awesome products for these pages. I started with some Rubons. Once they were applied I coated my pages with a clear Gesso to prime them ready for all the colour and medium.

Next I used some modelling paste through Finnabair's stencil - Mind games along some of the corners and edges of the pages. This created a nice bit of texture with out overwhelming the pages.

Then came the colour. I used a variety of different products for all the neutral shades. I started with Distress Oxides in Gathered Twigs, Vintage photo & Frayed Burlap and then a Dylusions Ink Spray in ground coffee. I moved it around with a little water and a damp brush.

Next came the tree. This was painted with a Mix of different acrylic paints which included Art by Marlene - Tobacco, Dina Wakley - Buff, Dina Wakley Heavy Body acrylic - Ancient and a little cheap acrylic from my stash. For the trunk, this was painted with black Gesso. You can see how it all came about in my Video.

This weeks TN theme is hearts, now I'm not one to play with hearts much, so I drew these little hearts dangling from the tree to honour the theme. Finally I added a word and a quote from Art by Marlene quote book and this weeks TN pages were complete. 

I hope this inspired you to play along with this weeks theme or even have a go at this months fab mood/sketch.
You can check out my video here....

I will see you all again very soon.
Stay safe and stay crafty, Em xx