Blessings Journal for Yvonne Blair Designs

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Hello mixed media crafty peeps how are you today?  With all the uncertainty in the world today, I decided to create a Blessings journal to help me focus on all the wonderful things that happen in my daily life.  It helps to center me, and serves as a daily reminder that God is in control of all things! 

Let me walk you through my process for creating this journal using these awesome stamps from Yvonne and Impression Obsessions!   As always I've linked them up to the Impression Obsessions' online store, but shop your local retailers if you have one!

Numbers

Swirly Vine

Sketch Dragon Fly

 

  French Script

Inspiring this entire project was Yvonne's stamp! Thank You God.  Have you ever been doing something in your life and just knew God had his hand in that moment in your life?   When I saw this stamp I knew I wanted to create this journal. 

Thank You God

I have a few of these dollar bin journals laying around my craft room that I keep on hand for note taking and decided to use these for my base.  They come in handy for these types of projects and are very inexpensive. NOTE: I usually pick them up at the end of the season when they clearance them out since I generally alter the covers anyway!   

To give the outside of my journal a nice rich color and feel, I used created a mono-print to create the background image, on a piece of bleached muslin fabric, once everything was dry I did some sewing on around the edge of journal. This keeps everything in place over time, but it also adds texture. Dropping gold Liquitex Acrylic Ink, and spraying the entire journal with Heidi Swapp's Gold Color Shine adds a richness to the final journal.  I encourage you to pull out your stamps, stencils, inks, and paints and enjoy a little creative play. This was so much! 

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This next step you can do after the book is filled with memories or before, or before.  I love how it inspires me!  I went into my little bucket of left overs and created a beautiful cluster.  Sprinkled a little seed beads and sequins to add sparkle, and topped my sentiment with a prima clay cherub piece.  Isn't this just a beautiful book. It would make a great Secret Sister gift or Prayer Partner book.  You could also switch out the sentiment and use the book for a number of other occasions as well.

 

Thanks for stopping in and hanging out with me today!  I hope I have inspired you to a create a Blessings Journal to remind yourself of the tiny little miracles that happen in your own daily life. 

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Making Waves for Yvonne Blair Designs

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Happy New Year everyone! I got to bring my New Year  in on the beach, and felt inspired to create a

journal page from this great stamp from Yvonne's collection.

Making Waves

For today's post, I'm using Yvonne's special Journal in 4x8.

Click here for ordering the 8x4 Art Journal

  

Here is a quick 15 minute video on how I created this page:

Watch on YouTube

I wanted to keep this page simple, and let the quote speak for itself.  So I printed a moon image from the internet, and painted myself  a giant wave!  Here you can see the texture left behind by the thick paint and the variations of paint color.  I love the contrast of the copper embossing powder on the sea foam greens.

 Here is a final glimpse at the Journal Page.   You can see the moon peek-a-booing out of the far left corner.  It is hard to tell what it is at first glance, but I know what it is.

I really believe that you have to sometime make a few waves to make a difference in your life every now and then.  If we move through life afraid to shake things up, then we never seem to get anywhere.  This page will serve as my reminder to not be afraid to ride one of those waves and see where it takes me! I hope you enjoyed this page. Thanks for hanging out with me today, I hope you had fun, and learned a few new techniques.

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Shine Your Light - Art Girls Project

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Hi everyone It is my day over on Yvonne Blair's blog today, and I'm sharing with you a project that I've created using her fabulous products designed with Impression Obsession and Paplin. 

Sketch Twig

Impression Obsession Stamps

Shine Your Light Stamp

Impression Obsession Stamps

 

For today's project  I am use Yvonne's custom designed 4x8 art journal.

I love that these journals lay completely flat when open, and are made of heavy

weight coated card stock. They really stood up to the wet mediums beautifully.

As you can tell from the photos, my page was not buckled at the end.

And the paper did not pill or rag out.

 

4x8 Journal

Paplin Art Journal -  $10 and you can

order it directly from Yvonne by emailing her.
Details can be found at the link.

 

Journal Buddy

I also used Yvonne's Journal Buddy to create landscape and draw the lines for my Light House.

This is a handy little tool that every art journal fan should have in their stash. It retails for

around $8, and can also be purchased directly by emailing Yvonne.

 

I hope you have time to

visit Yvonne's Blog

and see the blog post, there is a process video!

 

Thank you for stopping in today. 

 

 

Supplies:

• Impression Obsession - Yvonne Blair Designs - Shine Your Light Stamp
• Impression Obsession - Yvonne Blair Designs - Sketch Twig Stamp
• Paplin - Yvonne Blair Designs - 4x8 Art Journal
• Paplin - Yvonne Blair Designs - Journal Buddy
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Black #199
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - White #101
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Cold Grey #I 230
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Phthalo Blue #110
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Cobalt Green #156
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - May Green #170
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Green Gold #268
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Cadmium Yellow #107
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Scarlet Red #118
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Deep Scarlet Red #219
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Pink Madder Lake #129
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Gesso
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Pitt® Essential Artist Pen Calligraphy Pen

 

 

 

 

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Love Summer Art - Journal Page Kissing Fish

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Welcome back for the last day of #LoveSummerArt.  What a fun weekend, with TONS of inspiration.  I have had so much fun getting to know so many new artists!   The event runs from July 17 - 20th.   But the content will forever be there on YouTube.  To access it all you have to do is type #LoveSummerArt  in your YouTube search bar. 

This is a super fun way for you to discover new artists on YouTube, and be inspired by their work. All genres of art are participating - Exciting Right!     

Today, I have a process video showing you how I created this amazing Ocean scene in my art journal.   

Here is a glimpse at the background before I added all the layers. 

To create this look I started by adding Gesso to the background.  Then with a baby wipe, I added a dark blue acrylic paint at the bottom, then filled in with the lighter blue.   The background was very blotchy, but that was the look I needed.   When you look through the turquoise colors of the ocean, the landscape of the ocean floor is always looks blotchy.    To give a bit of a green tone to the entire thing, I lightly spritzed it with Lindy's Stamp Gang Shabby Tuxline Teal, and Tiffany's Blue.  The shimmer in the sprays give the background sparkle like wet water, and the greens in the sprays offer the perfect underwater effect. 

For the background areas of my coral,  I used a dry sea sponge to pick up various colors of warm toned acrylic paint rotating the sponge to give different effects.  You can see the technique in the video tutorial. 

Look at my adorable "Doodle Fish".  Isn't he just divine?  I started by sketching a fish outline shape on a piece of  cardstock.  Then doodled some lines and dots until he looked like a fish.  I used Elmer's Paint Pens in Red, Blue, White, and black to create the doodles on the fish. 

For the coral,  I used black cardstock as my base.  This offers the depth  and shadows of my coral. Then using the same sponge techniques, I added various colors to give the scene interest. 

I also included the Die-namites Leafy Branch die to create a different texture in my coral.  I used my Pink Paislee Nantucket Stamp Set to stamp out the starfish and shells.  Then for added sparkle I scattered some Gold Mica Flakes around the bottom. 

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 I  think this is one of my favorite pieces I've ever done.    This could easily be redone on a canvas.  Now that I know "how" to make it look right.   On a canvas I could add real shells and coral pieces too.   Stay tuned - that just might happen (LOL).

Thank you so much for hanging out with me this past weekend.  This venture was super fun!

Don't forget August 3 at 8:30 p.m. is our next Ustream class.   

Tonya

Supplies:

• Daler Rowney Acrylic Paints - Scarlet, Deep Yellow, Medium Yellow, Violet, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Light Green
• Lindy's Stamp Gang - Starburst Sprays - Shabby Tuxline Teal
• Lindy's Stamp Gang - starburst Sprays - Tiffany's Blue
• Lindy's Stamp Gang - Starburst Sprays - Cocklebells Coral
• Lindy's Stamp Gang - Starburst Sprays - Glory Of The Seas Gold
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pens - Green Gold #268  (starfish stamp) 
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pens - Medium Flesh #131 (shell stamp)
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Gesso
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Gel Medium
• Elmer's - Opaque Paint Pens - White, Red, Black, and Blue
• EK Success - Zig Writer - Pure Blue
• Prima Marketing - Finnabair Art Ingredients - Mica Flakes - Gold Leaf
• The Natural - Faux Artist Sea Sponge
• Die-namites - Leafy Branch Die 
• Pink Paislee -  Nantucket Stamp Set
• Strathmore Mixed Media Journal
• White Cardstock - 110lb
• Black Cardstock - 80lb

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Gelli Plate Give Away

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Ok - So I just can't tell you how excited I am to get the overwhelming likes and shares from my little Mini 4x4 Gelli Print Art Journal book.   You guys have really set my creative heart on fire!

Today I got home from work and saw that Gelli Arts®  shared my posts about my little book.  Then I had such an overwhelming response to the posts on Facebook in several groups.  I feel totally blessed by your support  of my creative journey.

Today I would like to share one more surprise...

I've decided to give away a 6x6 Gelli Plate to one of my blog subbies.

All you have to do is,

1. SUB to this blog 
2. Leave a comment (1 per blog post)  on the Gelli Print journal posts that I have shared through out the month.  (umm hmmm - this post counts too) 
3. Make sure your comments are posted before Midnight EST on June 28, 2015.   

That's it!

Then on Monday June 29, 2015   I will pick a random winner.

Here are the links to the other posts.....

Ustream & Page 1

Page 2 Wonderful

Page 3 - Reflect

Page 4 - Possibilities

Page 5 - Heart On Fire

Covers

Thank you again to everyone for your support!

Tonya

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Gelli Print Journal - Cover

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WOW - this has been a super exciting project. I've had so much fun bringing you page after page of this cute little book each week. But as we say goodbye to June, it is time for me to share with you my final entry with this project.  The Cover!

Serious bright vibrant luscious sparkly goodness here SO many rich vibrant layers of color.  Every thing you see here came from my "one hit wonder pile of scraps on my desk!"  Clusters like this are an awesome way to purge odd and ends that seem to clutter up over time.  Drizzle a little gesso and paint (even to your metal elements) and they suddenly looks as though they belong together.

We did the cover of the book in the Ustream class and pulled it on Muslin.  Muslin is a soft thin cotton material that can be found at all fabric retailers.  It comes in bleached and unbleached (a light tan color), and is usually inexpensive.   In most cases, you can find it where the bolted interfacing and canvas is located.   It is an awesome fabric for covers of your mini albums.  

Here is a glimpse at the back cover for this book. Look at all those layers of paint and stamping. YUM YUM. For an added bit of sparkle, I sprayed Heidi Swapp's Gold Lame Color Shine on the covers.  

It has been a blast sharing this project with you through out the month. Thank you for visiting week after week.   I hope you can join me on July 6, 2015 for our next Ustream at 8:30 p.m. EST.   

Here are the other  posts in the book...

Ustream & Page 1

Page 2 Wonderful

Page 3 - Reflect

Page 4 - Possibilities

Page 5 - Heart On Fire

Thanks,

Tonya 

Supplies:

• 8x10 Gelli Arts® Plate
• Plaid  Apple Barrel Acrylic Craft Paint Various Colors:
  Kiwi, Yellow Fame, Pink Parfait, Jack O'Lantern, Bimini Blue. White, Black
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Hexagons   
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Morocco
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Bubbles 
• Cosmetic Sponge
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Gel Medium
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Textural Accents  - Glass Bead Glitter Gel 
• Folk Art - Craft Paint - Jamaican Sea
• Ranger Glossy Accents
• Prima - Finnabair  - Art Ingredients -  Glass Glitter Sterling
• Prima - Finnabair - Art Ingredients - Glass Beads
• Prima Marketing - Tiny Roses
• Dusty Attic - Geometric Border 
• Stamper's Anonymous - Ultimate Grunge
• Martha Stewart - Butterfly Stamp
• Brayer
• Tim Holtz - Idea-O-logy -  Pen Nibs
•  Button
• Cheese Cloth
• Tim Holtz - Idea-O-logy Philosophy Tokens
• Flower Applique
• Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Colorshine

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Gelli Print Journal Page 5 - Heart On Fire

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WOW -  I can't believe this is the last page in my Gelli® Print Journal. It has been so much fun, working on this project all month.   Each spread is dedicated to something that will help stimulate creativity .  I have linked up the other  posts below for you to reference. 

 Today's inspiration came from this quote  "Create What Sets Your Heart On Fire"  WOW - think about that for just a moment.  If we center our creativity around things that excite us, our work goes from craft to art!  Passion becomes evident in your work.  I really wanted to enforce this thought by making my "heart" look as if it is ON FIRE!  

I used the same paints as we have used all month, and stenciled the flames with the Diversions Die.   I love the effect this has over the heart.  I also created a "stamp" with a toilet tissue role to create the yellow hearts in my spread.   They look like flames lifting out of the smoke.  OH I'm SO LOVING THIS! 

Here is a quick video showing how this spread came together. 

Here are links to all the other spreads:

Ustream & Page 1

Page 2 Wonderful

Page 3 - Reflect

Page 4 - Possibilities

Our next Ustream is scheduled for July 6, 2015 at 8:30 pm.  I hope you can join us live. Stay tuned for details as we get closer.  Stay tuned in a few days I'll share with you a video of me decorating the cover. 

Thanks for stopping in today: 

Supplies:

• 8x10 Gelli Arts® Plate
• Plaid  Apple Barrel Acrylic Craft Paint Various Colors:
  Kiwi, Yellow Fame, Pink Parfait, Jack O'Lantern, Bimini Blue. White, Black
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Hexagons   
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Morocco
• Die-Versions Whispers Background - Bubbles 
• Cosmetic Sponge
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Gel Medium
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Pink Madder Lake #129
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® - Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pen - Black #199
• Marvy - Reminisce Gel Pen
• Sharpie - White Fine Point Paint Pen
• Hymnal Pages
• Folk Art - Craft Paint - Jamaican Sea

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