Creative Team Flowers in Her Hair Art Journal Page

Creative Team Flowers in Her Hair Art Journal Page

by Dani Choate

 

If you missed Dani's amazing Mixed Media pages class 'Flowers in her Hair' back in July here is another look at her stunning 'rainbow' page and her supplies list.

 

 

Supplies:

 

Dylusions Journal 5x8
Cadence Diamond Paste Mint 1848
Cadence stencil AS - 482
Dina Wakley Heavy Body paints
Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks
Coloured pencils
White pen
Black pen
Unknown leaf stencil - TCW 450 art deco leaves could work and Kaisercraft has a nice one T604 
Alpha stamps

 Cadence Diamond Pastes have amazing texture and shine and

come in lots of lovely vibrant colours

 

 

 

 

Creative Team Bunch of Flowers Art Journal Page

Creative Team Bunch of Flowers Art Journal Page

by Dani Choate

Simply stunning, Dani has created these free form flowers using the lovely Cadence Shabby Chic Texture Pastes. With a matt finish the texture paste gives her work a 3D quality.

Supplies:

Cadence shabby chic texture paste - Linen

Cadence shabby chic texture paste - Light Coral

Cadence shabby chic texture paste - Sage

Cadence shabby chic texture paste - Baby Blue

Dina Wakley heavy body acrylics

Tim Holtz small talk stickers

Dylusions journal insert sheets

Brush

Crafts 4U Palette knives

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team Christmas Night Art Journal Page

Creative Team Christmas Night Art Journal Page

by Creative Team member Dani Choate

 

Supplies:

Crafts 4U Funky Christmas Trees - 10126

Crafts 4U Houses (3 dies) - 70049

Crafts 4U glitter card stock green / bermudablue / royal blue / xmas green glitter

Crafts 4U Glitter - lime green laserglitter / turquoise laser glitter

Card stock - white, lime green, dark blue, turquoise, grass green, xmas green, light blue, orange, pink, red & yellow

Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic paints- lemon & night

Dylusions journal A5 size

Cadence - black gesso

Cadence - White gesso

Cadence - Transparent relief Paste

The Crafter's Workshop - Mini North StarTemplate

Tombow - Mono liquid glue

 

 

 

Instructions:

 

- Starting with an open double page, paint a single yellow circle using Dina Wakley Heavy Body acrylic paint in 'Lemon'. Place the circle in the upper middle of the double page across the centre fold. This will be your moon

- Beginning at the outer edges, paint black gesso in toward the moon leaving a rough circular section around the moon blank. Keep this blank area rough with feathered edges so you can blend the next lighter colour

- Paint the remaining area toward the moon with Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic in 'Night'

- Using white gesso, watered down if necessary and a small brush, tape the stem of the brush to create light splatters to indicate stars in the night sky

- Cut some dies...

- Using Crafts 4U 'Houses' die cut x3 sets - x1 in orange; x1 in pink; x1 in red card stock. Choose one of each house design in a different colour for each. Back these three with yellow card behind all windows.

- Next using the 'Funky Xmas Trees' die. Choose the three trees without stars on top - diagonal lines; circles; plain triangle

- cut these trees out in multiple colours and texture-  royal blue glitter card - bermuda blue glitter card - xmas green glitter card -  lime green, dark blue, turquoise, grass green, xmas green, light blue card stock   ...you may need more than one of each colour also.

 

- Separately, you will need 2 sheets of plain white card in A4 sizing

- Using TCW stencil 'Mini North Star', Apply Cadence Transparent Relief Paste through the stencil then cover with lime green laser glitter  on one sheet & turquoise laser glitter on the second sheet

- Once dry you should have two lovely glittery starred paper that you can put through your die cutting machine. With this decorated card cut x3 plain triangle trees out of each colour.

- Lay out all the trees randomly and mix colours and textures evenly between both sides so the design is balanced

- Arrange the three small houses directly under the moon. Trees should be situated on either side extending out to the outer edges at the base of the page but thinning out toward the top so only a couple of tree points are at the top

- A quote can then be stamped in the centre. However, here I have chosen to simply hand write the first line of the poem... " 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team Retro Flowers Art Journal

Creative Team Retro Flowers Art Journal

by Creative Team member Dani Choate

 

Supplies:

Cadence Granite Relief Paste

Cadence Stencil CADMA44 - Retro background

Cadence Stencil CADAS482 - Flowers

Cadence Shabby Chic Relief Paste - Lavender

Cadence Black Gesso

Crafts 4U Double sided tape

White card

Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks - set 1 & 2(Lemon, Peacock, Lime, Turquoise & Night)

Dylusions Dyalog background journal

Helmar 450 glue

Posca Paint pens - Any acrylic paint with a small fine brush could also be used (yellow, emerald, apple green)

 

 

Instructions:

Begin by painting your entire page with black gesso and waiting for it to completely dry. If you happen to have a blue background you can paint with a little less coverage to show a bit of blue through especially at the edges

Grab your 'Retro style' stencil. Using washi tape mask off some of the  columns to give you stems of differing heights. This will add some interest to your page and allow you to get more flowers onto the page

Use the 'retro' looking stencil and the lavender Shabby relief paste to give you your lilac stems

Using paint pens (in 2 different greens) or acrylic paints with a small brush, paint or draw some small leaves along the light purple stems

On a seperate piece of white card stock stencil the granite relief paste through a floral stencil. This paste needs to be applied quite thickly and with a bolder stencil (rather than a fine, delicate one)

Once totally dry, fussy cut the granite flowers out to give you a selection of single flowers with SUPER texture!!

Use scribble sticks or watercolours to colour the individual flower edges with blue, turquoise, lime green and yellow to give you a gradiated effect, from bottom to top on all your flowers.

Using double sided tape or strong glue, attach the flowers to your stems. Make sure the edges do not entirely stick down ads this will give the flower an increased 3D effect

If one of your flowers happens to be placed across the fold in the page you will have to carefully cut the flower down the middle. This should give your page enough wriggle room to actually be able to fold closed

I have also added a small sentiment on the side of the page "SHINE BRIGHT"

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team Enjoy the Ride Card

Creative Team Enjoy the Ride Card

by Creative Team member Helen Cooke

Supplies:

Crafts 4 U die Beep Beep Car

Crafts 4 U Die Clouds

Crafts 4 U Die MattedEnjoy

Cadence Stencil  MU10

Cadence Mix Media Ink Spray : MM-09 Mavi Blue

Distress Ink : vintage photo; pumice stone

Card : smooth white; textured light blue; textured mid blue

Other : ribbon; texture paste; spatula; GlossyAccents; Crackle Accents; Wet Ones; paint brush;

Crafts 4 U double sided tape

Crafts 4 U foam tape.

 

Instructions:

I cut a square of card 130mm x 130mm, lay the stencil across the bottom and using a spatula, spread texture paste through it, smoothing it out as I went.  I then turned the stencil around the opposite way and repeated the same process across the top of the card.  It was put aside to dry.

With the Cadence Ink Spray, I spritzed once onto a craft sheet to make a puddle, then picked up the ink with a paintbrush and flicked it across the card.  Before it had time to dry, I used a ‘wet one’ to wipe off the excess ink, which gives an uneven, mottled appearance over and around the texture paste, but still leaves some of the darker spots of ink on the card.   With most of the puddle of ink still on the craft sheet, I swiped the edges of the card through it, thus creating a border which was easy to smudge slightly.

 

 While that was drying, I cut the ‘matted enjoy’ using both blue textured cards, gluing the lighter one onto the darker one.  From white card, I cut a ‘beep beep car’ and a smaller ‘cloud’. I went over the car gently using ‘vintage photo’ Distress Ink, building up colour around the edges and added ‘pumice stone’ around the wheels.  The cloud was also coloured with ‘pumice stone’.  To add more interest, crackle accents was added to the cloud and glossy accents around the doors, windows and wheel hubs of the car.

 

I adhered a length of ribbon across the bottom of the background, then attached the puff of exhaust (cloud) and the car with double sided foam tape.  The matted enjoy was also attached the same way.

The card front was attached to folded white card. 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team - Leave a Little Sparkle Card

Creative Team - Leave a Little Sparkle Card

By Creative Team Member Cheryl Peterie

 

 

Supplies:

Crafts4U A5 White 20 Pack 230gsm 60037

Crafts4U A5 Glitter Soft Pink 10 Pack 60021

Crafts4U Die Claudie Butterfly Small 70047

Crafts4U Die Decorative Oval (4 dies) 70063

Cadence Dora 3D Paint 5176 Candy Floss

Kaisercraft 12"x12" Fairy Garden Collection - Fluttering

Kaisercraft 12"x12" Fairy Garden - Sticker Sheet

Kaisercraft Collectables Fairy Garden Pkt

3/8” White Satin Ribbon

Crafts 4 U Double Sided Tape

Crafts 4 U Foam Tape

Crafts 4 U Paper Distresser Tool

 

Basic tool kit (trimmer, scissors, pencil, tweezers etc), Glue, Washi Tape (for holding dies in place), Die Cutting Machine.

 

 

 

Instructions:

 

First locate the two flower cut-outs from the Kaisercraft Collectables Fairy Garden Pkt & apply the Cadence Dora 3D Paint Candy Floss as tiny dots to the centres & set aside to dry.

 

Fold a piece of A5 White card in half & score in the portrait position, cut a 10.3cm x 14.3cm  panel from the Fairy Garden Collection - Fluttering (butterfly side) distress the edges & attach to the card front.

(NB; with nesting dies No.1 being the smallest)

From a piece of A5 white card die cut the No.5 Decorative Oval to make the frame base.

From the Fairy Garden Paper Collection - Fluttering (green side) die cut the No.4 & No.5

Decorative Oval together to make a frame (centre cut out not used), adhere the frame to the white base oval die-cut, attach the "Leave A Little Sparkle" sentiment from the Fairy Garden - Sticker Sheet to the centre.

Die cut the small Claudie Butterfly from a piece of Glitter Soft Pink & a piece of white

Card, adhere the white body to the pink leaving the wings free.

 

Mount the Decorative Oval frame using foam tape to the card front, next mount one set of the flowers with the leaves to the top right side of the oval, choose another two sets of leaves from the Collectables Fairy Garden Pkt & adhere them to the bottom left side of the oval then mount the remaining flowers over the leaves.

 

To finish place the Claudie Butterfly to the top left side of the oval & a bow to the bottom right side of the oval.

 

Come Back next Monday to see two more cards created by Cheryl using more pieces from this range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Creative Team Art Journal Page - 'Happy'

Creative Team Art Journal Page 'Happy'

By Creative Team Member - Dani Choate

Supplies:

Crafts4U Stacked Hearts Die- 70031

Crafts4U Stitched Squares -70004
Crafts4U Leafy Branch Die -70038
Crafts4U glitter card in lilac
Crafts4U Double sided tape
Crafts4U foam tape
Cadence Mixed Media Acrylic Spray -light blue & light green
Cadence liquid gilt - goldspray
Cadence Style Matt ShabbyChic relief paste - baby pink
Cadence Mini hearts stencil- CADMA21
Ranger Dina Wakley TissuePack - hearts
Ranger Dina Wakley Tissue Pack - words
Distress Oxide - Wild Honey
Distress Oxide - Pickled Raspberry
Rosie's Studio Wood veneerWhimsy Words
Little Birdie PearlFlorettes (Tropical Starburst)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Celeste)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Classic Cream)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Blush)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Coral)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Cherry)
Create365 - heart stickers
Kaisercraft - Misty Mountains sticker sheet - 'My Heart Is Full' sticker
Kaisercraft Misty Mountain purple dot paper
Dylusions Square Journal
Tombow Mono liquid glue
PinkFresh - white card with black paint splatter - A Case of the Blahs 'Messy'
Bella Carta - tiny dot yellow card
Bella Carta tiny dot red card
Sewing Machine & black thread
2" x 2" photo

Instructions:

- Start with a blank double page of your Dylusions journal

- Using a small smooth plastic bag, sponge some Distress Oxide Raspberry directly onto the plastic and mix with water. Stamp randomly onto your journal page keeping a somewhat linear approach to the page with colour in the middle third of the page lengthwise.

- Sponge the Distress Oxide Wild Honey in the same way but stamp a little more randomly so that some of the yellow shows a little more above and below the Raspberry colour

- Using the Cadence mini heart stencil, stencil the Shabby Chic Relief Paste in baby pink, again stay roughly within the middle third of the page with some random lines extending above the colour and some below the colour. You will need to wait for the paste to dry between applications as you move across the page (or dry with heat tool)

- Splatter some random drops of acrylic spray in light blue and green

- Splatter (rather than spray) the liquid gilt onto the page randomly as well

- With the Crafts 4U Stacked Heart Die, cut three different sized solid hearts - one in yellow dot, one in purple dot and one in red dot. Also cut three of the corresponding sized hearts into 'rings' out of lilac glitter card

- Mount the three solid hearts across the left hand side page with foam tape. Then attach the glitter 'rings' to the solid hearts according to size. Only attach with glue at the dimple of the heart and at the bottom point of the heart so that the curves of the heart can be pushed up and curve above the solid hearts

- Cut a separate large heart out of the PinkFresh card that has the black splatter (this paper can also be made easily if you cannot find PinkFresh). Sew a rough black thread outline around the heart and heavily distress the edges

- Attach the heart to the right hand page with glue.

- Create a cluster of squares in the same papers as the solid hearts. Arrange them off centred, behind your 2inch square photo. Mount using foam tape to pop up the photo and attach the entire cluster to the page with double sided tape

- Mount a sentiment sticker (I have used 'My Heart is Full') directly underneath the photo cluster with foam tape and then adhere the wood veneer title (happy) both to the photo cluster and to the sentiment sticker

- Using matte medium, adhere some of Dina Wakley tissue hearts (large and small) to the page. The right hand side heart has been mounted on the purple dot paper first and them popped up with foam tape, for interest.

- Add some colourful sticker hearts (or indeed, just use some pencil or markers to add some colourful hearts to your page randomly)

- Using matte medium again, adhere some inspirational words under your sentiment. I have used Dina Wakley tissue words here

- Now for the flowers. I have used every colour of Little Birdie flowers I could find and have roughly created a wavy line that follows the wave of the hearts placed on the left hand side page. I have glued some flowers UNDER the hearts, some ON the edges and AROUND the hearts and other have been glued onto the heart 'rings' so they float ABOVE the other flowers

This will add a lot of dimension and depth to the page

- Do a similar thing around the base of the photo cluster

- Cut 2 leafy branch dies in white and splatter with the light blue and light green acrylic sprays to give them a little colour. Tuck in and glue to either side of the sentiment sticker

- Now you can see if you are able to close your book :) ... if you like a chunky art journal this page will be PERFECT!!