September Kit Journal Page

I am in love with this little girl...She takes center stage in much of my life and art.

I am her Mimi:)

I know that I am partial...but Annabelle is definitely "un-believably cute!" 

Just like the precious children in your life, I imagine:)

So, here was the process...

1st step...coat page with a thin layer of white gesso.

Next I applied yellow acrylic paint to the journal page with an old rewards card.

Before the yellow paint was completely dry, I laid this diamond stencil down on the page...using a baby wipe (you could use a wet paper towel) wipe off the yellow paint within each diamond. Putting the gesso on first helps make this process more effective.

Next, I added some "flower doodles" using white Gesso.

I also randomly sprayed the page with the Dylusions White Ink Spray from our kit.

Time for some more layers and finishing touches.

Above, I outlined the page with the Pink Big Brush Pen and smeared it with my thumb while it was still wet.  I love markers, and these have become one of my favorites!  

I also added the fun Blue Fragments (also from our great September kit), using a little matte medium.

Above, I added hearts using a small punch and the paint chip samples...then added the hole reinforcers with a bit of doodling.

I wrote the words (Un-Believably-Cute)  on white card stock, cut them out and added a bit of color 

with the Pink Big Brush Pen.

I layered some of my doodles with my Uni-ball Signo white pen and inked up this flower stamp (designed by Alisa Burke) with the Pink Pitt Big Brush Pen.

For the Photo images of my Annabelle, I used Transfer Artist Paper. (TAP)

Simply print your images, using your home computer and printer, directly onto this 8 1/2 X 11 Transfer Paper.  Once dry, simply iron onto the surface you wish to transfer to...it will work on paper, fabric, wood, glass, metal, clay and more:)  I have not yet tried all of these surfaces, 

but certainly will in the future!

Above is a transfer I did on a simple tag.  I added a hint of white gesso to the edge, then smeared a little color over it with the Pink Pitt Big Brush Pen.

Below is a picture of the letters I printed on the TAP.  If you are going to transfer letters, remember to "flip" the images so that when you iron them on they are not backwards:)

Below, you can see that I ironed on the letter A to this little linen tag.

The image above was also done with TAP.  With this one, I ironed Annabelle onto a piece of homemade paper...adhered it to the page with matte medium, and doodled around it.

(I love this moment caught on camera....she was "sneaking" her binkie out of the diaper bag...the one she can only have when she takes a nap...so sneaky:) )

For all the black "doodles" I used my favorite doodle pen "Scarlet Lime."  

The black circles you see were "stamped" on with the lid of my black craft paint:)

Hope this inspires you to use our September kit!  It is full of great products that you can continue to use for many projects in the future!  Buying kits expands "your stash" with great products that you can learn how to use right here on our blog for FREE!!!  

It's a blessing to share with you,

sue

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July Kit Journal Page

Hi everyone:)  If you haven't yet discovered our July Kit, I hope this page will inspire you to!! I just love having a kit to work with...no need for going on a "hunt" in my "stash" to find all my page elements because Tina does such a FABULOUS job of pulling products that work so well together!

I have to admit, that for 3 dimensional projects I usually have some sort of "plan"... 

I can't say that about my Journal pages...

I'm never quite sure what will come out on the page, as I explore color, texture, and layers.  Although I did have a direction for color, based on the adorable Ephemera sheet from ARTChixStudio

For the page background, I started with some acrylic paint from a previous project in a light teal along with a shade of mustard.

You can see in the picture above, that I "squirted" out the mustard color before I shook the bottle...am I the only one who does this???

I then used a Brayer, to lay down these colors. 

Next, I sprayed a bit of water on this scrap of burlap and pressed it into the still wet background paint.

*Notice my beautiful bright blue nails:)  My 2 yr. old granddaughter insisted we both have BLUE

When it was dry, I smeared a bit of the Distress Paint (peeled paint) onto the page with my fingers.

Before I got started on my Journal page, I made several background pages on my Gelli plate, using the Distress Paints (found in the kit)

1.) I "poured" out a bit of paint from both bottles of DISTRESS PAINT, found in the July Kit.

2.) I spread the paint on the gelli plate with my brayer.

3.)  I placed an alphabet stencil on top of the spread paint, and then placed a piece of white card stock on top of the stencil, and pressed with my hands.

BELOW are some of these gelli plate backgrounds.  I tore them into pieces and then added them to my page using my NEW FAVORITE gel medium...Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi Matte Medium.

( I did a few with the same mustard color I used for the page background)

I used the Antique Linen Distress Paint to add these "dots" on top of the ripped paper.

Once they were dry, I put a little of the Antique Linen on a scrap piece of paper, added a few spritz of water, and then rubbed the watered down paint onto my page. (making sure to go around the edges of the torn pieces I had adhered to the page)

Next, I decided to distress the Tim Holtz hinges ( I ended up using 1 not 2) with the Peeled Paint Distress Paint.  I also added it to some string I had in my "stash."  (Just looking for more textural elements & love finding ways to utilize the great products in our kits!)

I decided to add a bit more of the mustard color to the page, but this time I used another one of my favorite products...

Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Artists' Crayons

These crayons can be used "dry" or you can spread out their color using water.

I first "drew" on my page with the crayon, and then went over it with a wet brush, spreading out the color.

I chose not to add water to the above lines on top of the distress paint "dot."

Another technique I like to use with these crayons is pulling color directly onto my brush from the crayon.  Wet your brush, and then "grab" the color from the tip.

I used this method to add color around the torn edges of the paper pieces I had added to the page.

Waiting in the wings (pun intended:) )  were some of the images from our kit's Ephemera sheet from ARTChix Studio. 

I cut out this cute card and added the Crackle Accents to the bird and some of the flowers.  I next added the word FLY from the same ARTChix sheet.  After all were dry, I stitched the card to a piece of textured brown card stock and distressed the edges with the Antique Linen Distress Paint. 

I began to add some of the last layers by adding a few "doodles" and by writing the sentiment using my Scarlet Lime Pen along with a Crimson Red Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Artists' Crayon. (I added the white on top of the red letters to make them "pop")

I also scribbled some of the red crayon on a piece of scrap paper, spritzed it with a little water, and then "dipped" this chevron stamp in it to add a little more red to the page.

(Michaels has a $1 bin with sets of 3 stamps on a page that this chevron was on...I LOVE a bargain!!)

The Sentiment reads..."In Our Dreams We Are Able to FLY and That is a Remembering of How We Were Meant to BE."  -Heleine L\'Engle

The little flower detail above is from the ARTChix sheet, with Crackle Accents added to it...I LOVE that stuff!!

I added a bit more detail using the below ink and stamp along with my Washi tape roll dipped in Antique Linen Distress Paint and then stamped on the page:) 

 As always, we would ALL LOVE to see your projects on our Facebook page!!!  

See you there!

Creatively yours,

Sue

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Art Journaling With Stencils and Texture

Hello...hello! Martha Richardson here...I'm so excited to be designing for Frog Dog Studio. I love the concept of this new mixed media kit club...not only will we share our projects from the monthly kit but also tutorials on how we created our projects. I have found my true passion in mixed media!

Today I have tutorials for you using the exclusive stencil in June's kit and the Pink Paislee Expressions Wood Shop in Sawdust. I used these to finish a page in one of my art journals. I have several art journals that I work on at a time and love the NO PRESSURE behind creating a journal page. I was never happy with the before page...random colors wiped onto the page as I was cleaning up from other pages {I just hate to waste any my paints, inks, sprays}. It was a page that I knew would someday come together and now I love the final effect.

I'm trying a new way to do a tutorial...more pictures...less writing. So let's get to it!

I hope you enjoyed these tutorials and I would love to know what you think about the presentation...too much...too little? Any suggestions would be truly appreciated!

Have a great weekend...hope to get some creative time in..how about you?

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