Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Day of the Dead & Halloween Inspired Art Journal Pages with Stamped Stickers!

 Happy Halloween!

Today I am sharing a new project....shhhh we are not going to talk about not having created anything for awhile....shhhhhush....

One day while looking at Instagram a post popped up from Susanne Rose where she shared a technique that sparked my imagination. She made Gelli plate prints on sticker paper then stamped on them to make her own stickers! This had me SOLD and wow I actually had everything to do this, yay!

All projects must be supervised:


I used my Gelli plate and DecoArt Americana acrylic paints and created a bunch of painted sheets of sticker paper. I had some sticker papers from Online Labels that seemed to work just fine.



I used StazOn ink to stamp so it would dry and not smear. I also used my Tim Holtz stamping platform to  make sure I could get a great stamped image, not feeling certain I could freehand stamp the images as well as I wanted. 









I made my own art journal with black cardstock and a Cinch binder. It's about 5x7 inches. I adore this idea of making a journal made from paper I choose and in a size that makes me smile. What do you think of this idea? Scratchy paper makes me cringe, this black paper is smooth and feels nice!




Images stamped and fussy cut ~ instant stickers! Who doe not LOVE sticking stickers??? This was feeling so satisfying and to me a fast and easy arty play!



I wanted the stickers to look like stickers so I edged them with the Sharpie Creative Markers (acrylic paint) and some Posca paint markers. 


Narrowing down the stickers for the art journal page...and playing with arrangements.


Save the scraps from fussy cutting. Tear them to use on the layouts.

Color in the stamps or not embellish them how you like, this is the freeing part of art-ing. What makes sense to YOU? Do it, don't worry about it. There are no mistakes. This is what I try to keep running in my brain to move forward...




Embellishing the night sky...





Warm up page done now on to page 2... I always like warm ups. Especially for coloring it helps to do a little before to get in the flow...



Torn edge background gelli paper and scrap on the side to add some depth and lovely texture. 


Detail










Thanks so much for scrolling down this far! I hope you are intrigued and will try making your own stamped stickers. Sticker paper or even a Xyron machine can make it fast and fun!
Go on now get some painty and inky hands!

Make sure to hop along and see the Star Creative Stampers for Blank Page Muse/I Brake for Stamps follow this link: It will be live on October 31st!


Stamps used:


***Full Disclosure*** Blank Page Muse and I Brake for Stamps rubber stamp companies are owned by me and my spouse. Your purchases go directly to supporting a small, local,  manufactured by our own own hands,  Made in the USA business. We appreciate you from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU!




Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Thank you Card with lots of stamping and embossing!

HelloHello!

How are you this Wednesday? The sun is shiny warm here today, how is it for you?

Today I literally decided to dust off my supplies and create something. I made a thank you note card(that I am only a teeny bit late in sending)!

Hope you like it!


This post contains links to my stamp shop, Blank Page Muse.
Supplies used:
Archival Ink
Distress Ink
Brutus Monroe EP in Alabaster & Gilded Gold
Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil
Dyan Reaveley Circles stencil
Ranger and Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink


These close ups show the shiny EP.


The Baked Textures really work great through a stencil. They layer so nice!

This card was a little mixed media challenge. I had an idea on what I wanted to make but...my crafting skills are rusty so I forgot little steps. So small things happened along the way that I needed to fix. Like I forgot to use the embossing pillow to remove the static so I had some EP in between the big circles....so I added another stencil layer over it. And so on and so forth...

But it was a fun adventure and I enjoyed it. That's what counts, right?

Thanks so much!
Have a happy day!
Kim

I am also entering this in some fun play along challenges:



Anything Goes at Crop Stop June Link Party #40

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Wowzah! Making my way through the cobwebs as we speak! No April Foolies today!

Happy Easter to those that celebrate! April Fools Day are there some treat and tricks awaiting?

I have no idea but this sure should be a fun day!

Over on the dark challenge blog we have a new link up going, bring us your treats!
 Here is an ATC I made full of yummy coolness from my shop Blank Page Muse Stamps, for those that are morbidly curious about this odd day!


All stamps are at Blank Page Muse: Hearty Doodles, Grunge Cobwebs, Oddly Appealing
Baked Textures Embossing Powder, too. I used Rocky Road and Patina Oxide here.

top right way up!

Fabulous dreamy texture, go ahead click it and see it bigger.

Have a texturized day, beware of bunnies bearing baskets!

Kim


Monday, November 13, 2017

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday!

Dusting off my blog here, sorry I have been away so long. Life and my kiddos being busier and busier, the time flies!

Over on Dream in Darkness I  have a colorful Sugar Skull card! Hope you hop over and check it out and play along too! We'd love to see your darker or quirky odd makes!


Shameless plug, I used the Sugar skull stamp designed by Michelle Frae Cummings for my shop at Sin City Stamps :)



Have a fantastic day!
~Kim