Stampin' Up! Art Journaling

I wanted to challenge myself to complete an art journal page in my style using only Stampin' Up! products.  

So, with the exception of the background, which I used Gelatos, sprayed water over them and then blended with a wide brush, a Micron pen and the girls head, everything else was SU!  I love it x

Hope you are all having a wonderful day.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Project Life and Stampin' Up!

Just in case you haven't heard Becky Higgins and Stampin' Up! have partnered together, which I am delirious about.  The USA are ahead of us so they have samples and photos all over YouTube and Instagram, but alas us European demos are not allowed to even show a whiff of it until July 2nd.  Unfair, yes, frustrating, oh yes and discriminatory, big time!

So I have purchased another Project Life set from my LCS and made a few of my own filler cards.  Here is what I have done so far......

I used my Sizzix Eclips and Collage Art by DCWV to make these filler cards, sized approx. 3x4".

I hope you like what I have done so far.  I still have all the baby years to do so I will be posting more pages when they are completed.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend full of fun.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Products Used:

Stamps - Hashtags from Tim Holtz, Anything Is Possible by Unity Stamps, This and That roller stamp from Stampin' Up!

Jade and Baby Boy Project Life collections from Becky Higgins.

Foam stickers from LCS 

Arrows and notepad shapes from Basic Shapes cartridge for Eclips machine by Sizzix.

Black pen by Sakura Micron 08.

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Today I am having a very melancholy day.   So I wanted to do a project that reflects my mood. 

I wanted to use stamps in my stash which I had never used before, some old and my house, which is new. 

I started with Distress Ink in olive and green the stamped a Dylusions stamp in red archival ink. I stamped it again onto scrap, cut it out and used it as a mask. I then used green Archival Ink on a Paper Artsy stamp. 

I then used an 01 Micron and drew hearts onto the ends of each blade of grass. 

I then added different script in different fonts and a heart from Dylusions to create the background.  Completely back to front, but hey my head is not quite able to concentrate very well. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Take care of you. 

Pauline x

I Am Perfectly Wicked

It feels like it's been a long time since I just sat down to play, with nothing in mind and just letting what happens happen.  I don't know about you but when I'm feeling low I sit and stare at my cards, stamps, inks etc and find it incredibly difficult to put something down.  

Here is what I have just finished.

 

The stamps primarily are Dylusions and the box string one is Hero Arts.  I used my PITT big brush to colour and Distress inks on the background.  The black pens are Micron 02 and 03 and the white is a Signo broad.

I then had more fun, stayed in the groove, lol and did this.

Tim Holtz Shatter stencil in the background, which I spayed some water through and his number stencil.  The barbed wire stamp is from Visible Image.

I'm glad I managed to get something completed, quite therapeutic sitting for ages dotting, bit like me - dotty haha.

Hope you have had great weekend.  Take care of you,

Pauline

x