Day 1~Kickstart Your Art~Smeared and Smudged Challenge

Happy Monday!

As this day winds down here I finally finished my art journal page! I am playing along with the 7 day challenge from Smeared and Smudged, Kickstart Your Art. The Challenge is to make an art journal page a day for seven days. One each day following the daily prompt.

Today's prompt is Lots of Layers! You can join the Facebook Group to check it all out, HERE


Here we go! I hope you have fun and play along this week!

Click each photo to make it grow up :)

I made my journal. Each page is just about 8.5 inches by 10.5 inches. It is made from paper grocery bags: cheap simple wonderful substrate.

Layers.....the base was covered with homemade gesso. While the gesso was wet I applied the skulls image on the right, it is a Halloween napkin. I just pressed it into the gesso.  I helped it dry with my embossing gun, it is wet and cold here today so I was too impatient to let it air dry. 

Next I applied Distress Paints in several colors, sprayed with water. The held it up to let all the paint run. I really liked as the paint hit the napkin it soaked in an made a nice effect.

On top of the Distress Paint is sprayed some ink spray and splattered some more paint on it.

Added some hearts paper tape under the Teri Sherman/Smeared Ink Skull with bow digital stamp.

I did some random stamping with paint. I made the sentiment page with one of my favorite Tim Holtz stamps and used Distress Inks, Black Soot and Vintage Photo on the edges.

In case you are interested this is the backside of the page, there is minimal bleed-through. I think the gesso helps stop that. I love the wrinkly texture. After I cut up the bags I got them wet. Then after they air dried I ironed them. The idea for this journal came from this wonderful blog HERE by Judy Wise.

My journal is naked, it has no covers. I will get to it....... :)

Now, as it says, "Live the live you've imagined"

Go play and get inky and painty.

This was a super fun day! LOVE this play:)

~hugs~

~kim

Also sharing with Smudgy Antics: Anything Goes.

SBS Mermaid & Passionate Paper Creations Weekend Challenge

Happy Sunday!

Just a quick share of a project I made using the Simply B Stamps Mermaid. It was made for the Facebook coloring group, Passionate Paper Creations, a fun weekend challenge.

January is such a fun month, so many awesome challenges to play with, I have the ones I am sharing with at the bottom of the post. Hope you can join too:)

The page is 6 inches by 6 inches.

You can visit the Simply B Stamps shop HERE.

The mermaid is colored using Sharpie Markers and Bic Mark It markers. The background was colored with Dylusions Spray Inks.

The blue and green raised dots are melted pony beads from a friend:)

I doodled a bit on the bubble flowers with a white Gelly Roll pen.

Have a great day!

~hugs~

~kim

I am also sharing with:
 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Have a Heart
That Craft Place:Love/Valentine
Creative Fingers Challenge #64:ATG

Art Journal Page~Simply Betty Stamps~Rio and her Penguin

Something new for Thursday!

I made a simple page in my homemade art journal today. I finally made some time to color and play with a free image from the Simply Betty Stamps Facebook Group, Rio and Her Penguin. The SBS blog is HERE.

I am also sharing this in the Facebook group and with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Winter Stamping

Please click each image to see it bigger.


I colored her using Sharpies, Bic Mark Its and Infinity markers. The snowflakes are stamped and heat embossed in white. The blue green background is a mix of Distress Paints and stain.

I rotated the image to make it show the sparkle a bit more.

Snuggle up and stay warm!

~hugs~
~kim

"Smile"~Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenege #141 "Girly Stuff"

Tuesday's Treat!

Happy Day to you:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Today I have a small, well by definition ATCs are small! An ATC or Artist Trading Card is just that, a card meant to be traded, it is about the size of a baseball trading card. ATCs measure 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches. Such a fun size to play with. When your creative mojo goes on holiday, start small and just play. You might be surprised what you make:)

I made this ATC for the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge. The theme this week is Girly Stuff and the fabulous sponsor is Vera Lane Studio. The images are so fun and cute. I finally was able to buy some to play and I am so happy I did! Over the weekend I made some cards for the APC Challenge and had fun coloring these digital images, you can see them HERE

Here is Tuesday's Treat, hope you enjoy it!

Click the image to make it bigger:)

The image is Vera Lane Studio, I hand colored it using Sharpies and Bic Mark It markers. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Chit Chat sticker. The flowers I cut from a Time Holtz Tattered Florals die. I colored the petals with Distress Ink, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo.

Thanks so much for looking!

Have a wonderful day!
~hugs~

~kim

Weeks 17 & 18 Altered Playing Card Challenge APCC

Happy Sunday!

Hope your weekend has been fun and relaxing:)

I used my spare time this weekend to catch up with Claudine's Altered Playing Card Challenge! Today was a quiet day and it worked out well to play with my playing cards.

I did week 17, you can see Claudine's prompt and walk-thru HERE.

I really loved stamping with distress ink onto a book page, then using a water brush to blur the line. Such a fun technique!

The book page stamp is Inkadinakado. The other quirky bird is Vera Lane Studio, I adore her images!

This photo is my week 18 pair. I followed Claudine's prompt as you can see HERE.

I did the background in the same manner, but instead of flowers I used more of the super cute Vera Lane Studio images :)

Please click the images to make them bigger:)

Enjoy the day!
Thanks for stopping by.
~kim