Create art every day...

Had fun in my art journal today with these pages I watched this France Papillon Youtube tutorial and was all inspired to create these pages.. 
I started with mod podge on some loose pages and then stuck some old sewing patterns on them for my background.. Then went around the edges with walnut stain.. I used a stencil and some black dylusions for the hexagons. I used my mini tile stencil and some gesso to add some little white details. Then I cut some linen and frayed the edges and covered it in gesso.. I had this spotty paper piece left over from the Authentique paper pack, love those papers. I stuck it all on with Helmars tacky glue then let it all dry.. Then I used my sewing machine and did lots of stitching.. Great thing about having loose pages I get to sew on them.. Then to finish it off I printed out the words, went around them in walnut stain and did some white paint splatters. Put some little brads in for some detail.

Its the last day of Art every day month so linking this up my little tribute to a fantastic month of art.. 

Have a great day
Sandy :)

A Dream...

I have been having problems with my blog not being able to link it to certain things, so now it is all sorted out.  I have a few things I have not posted on my blog this one is like the other smaller stretch heart one I did.  I had such fun layering that one so thought I would do a larger one in my other journal. There is a challenge in a facebook group I am in called "Mixing it Up" to do a grateful or thankful page and link it up in the month of November.  The prize is some pan pastels. This is all collage left over bits and pieces.  I used one of Teesha's collage sheets and some of Tim Holtz washi tape.. I found a great quote on instagram so I wrote it on the page and then stenciled over it in Tim Holtz walnut stain ink and a circle blending tool..  

Just some fun play with Neocolor II I did in my journal.  I used a waterbrush to blend it all around then did some stenciling.. I used some plasterers tape and some Gesso under the hearts.. The hearts are a Gelli plate printed on deli paper.. I went around them with my black Stabilo pencil and a waterbrush.. 

I am all out of order with popping these on art every day month. I have been doing something every day but these are the 2 that are finished.. I have had such a busy month lots of family things going on..

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Life and a cat...

Love my cats so thought it was about time that I popped one on a journal page.. I drew this cat in my sketch book a few weeks ago.. I coloured it in last night with watercolour pencils and thought, oh think she needs a page to sit on.. So this was another of my squish pages. Its leftover Dylusion sprays squished in my art journal.. I added the letters in black and put the cat on there and thought yep she suits it on those colours, but what to put on the other page?  She so looked like there was something interesting over on that page.. So thought hmm string how do you draw string? So after looking at some pictures of balls of string, I drew this painted it and stuck it on there too.. She looks like she is contemplating that string now.. Then to find a quote, found this one and thought yep perfect.. Life is like a cat playing with an endless ball of string.. 

Day 13 of Art Every Day Month.

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Artstronaut...

I have been having more fun with some collage today.. I used some of Teesha Moore's collage sheets. I had lots of fun after being all inspired today with new collage sheets from The Artstronauts Club.. Teesha had a picture of a really long heart that she did and I thought oh look at all the layers on that.. So I had to have a go at my own version of it..  The paper under the heart is so textured it is hand made paper and has fine grainy pieces of plants in it. Just lots of layers of different papers on here... I found that little helmet in a magazine and have been saving it for this page, as it is the last page in this journal.. I was looking for something that would go with it and I thought the heart was great fun to do with all the layers.. I drew the legs and arms on paper and cut them out and collaged them on..  I went around it with my brown Neocolour II's to give it some colour and blend it all together.. 

So Day 11 over at Art every day Month
I have done something every day so far just don't seem to get time to do a blog post done every day.

Have a great day
Sandy :) 

Something Wonderful...

More fun in my travelers notebook watercolour book.. I took one of my journal pages and copied it on my printer as I really liked the red and black print. Cut circles out of it for my flower middles.  I used the mini tile texture stencil, that I had used on the journal page over some of my watercolour background, just to tie it all in.. I also drew her arms on a piece of paper and collaged them on as I wanted them to sit over the wings.. Lots of doodling and pen dangles. 
Quote "By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before" by Edmin Elliot.. 

I am entering this over at November Art every Day Month its day 9.

Have a great day 
Sandy :)

November is Art Every Day Month

Well its November and for me that means its time for the Art every day month challenge. I did this last year and it really got me into the habit of doing something arty everyday, even if it was just a layer or something small.


I did the index card a day challenge and I so loved doing that every day so this one is just anything everyday for a month so that will be fun..

I have also joined the November challenge over at Jennibellie's its a 7 day background challenge.
So today I started the backgrounds for Jenniebellie's challenge.. 7 backgrounds in 7 days you add a different layer every day.. Thought these would make cool collage fodder when they are done, with all the layers they will be really interesting and I can pick out the bits I like and cut up for future collaged backgrounds. So I have 7 pieces of paper 4 large index card size, 1 is on the back of junk mail and the other 2, one is sketch paper and the other is watercolour paper.. The 4 Index cards I just collaged on some torn paper and the 3 Larger sheets I painted.. So fairly uninteresting so far but will be interesting to see how they develop over the 7 days.. 

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Day 29/30 Art every day Month

I have so enjoyed my month of art and it has really helped me. Its been great to focus on finishing many unfinished pages and I am feeling more confident with just doing anything I feel like doing on my pages now. 
Took me a bit of time to finish these pages. Well those circles I kept looking at them and thinking hmm pictures in them maybe.. Nope will cover all that great texture, from the start I was thinking birds.. Then it struck me the perfect thing to do with those round shapes OWLS... I love owls and I love to draw them and make them out of book paper. All month I have not done one owl I don't know why.. So yesterday I set about on spraying and cutting out ears and wings.. That took a bit of time with all the different sized owl bodies. Then there was all the drying before I could go to it with my pens and finish it off.. Painted the branches as they had to have feet and be on something as they where not flying.. Buttons for eyes and they where done. So finished off my month with 5 owls on my pages and I really like them, will have to make something like this on a canvas.. 
Quote is... Observe and reflect become a little wiser every day...

 

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Art every day month : Day 30

I am also going to enter this at Paint party Friday

Have a great day 
Sandy :)     

Day 28 Art every day Month

I was watching a Donna Downey inspiration Wednesday Video  I so wanted to have a try at this with my plasterers tape its not the same as what Donna uses but I have not been able to find that one yet.. I do like the one I have it has little squares.  So I started with filling my page with plasterers tape. I also taped a piece of scrap white card stock and cut circles out with my bigshot and dies.. Then I glued it all down as well as some scrap music paper with modpodge. Painted that with hotpink in the background and then the circles with some turquoise.. That's it for today will have to have a think about what is going to go on next.. More stencils maybe some birds not sure yet.. 

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Art every day Month :Day 28

Have a great day 
Sandy :)     

Day 27 Art every day Month

So what did I do today on the page to finish it off.. Well I wrote the word Love 3 times then went to it with my pens.. I sprayed orange on the fairy image from Bugaboo that I found in my left over pile to match my background. Then I got the piece of linen and wiped up the excess. Bit of plasterers tape and some hessian and I really think that's it for this page..  I was going to put more hearts on it but kind of like the little subtle pink hearts on the washi tape popping up there and didn't want to cover them up. On the image from bugaboo it says... I'll love you until the day after forever.

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Art every day month : Day 27

Have a great day 
Sandy :)     

Day 26 Art every day Month

So just a quick post to let you see what I have today.. This is going to be one done in a few stages. Today I have done the background and the doodling on the edge.. I love the pink on this its so bright and cheerful. There is some heart washi tape on here and about 4 different stencils that I used. I really like the stripes and spots on this.. 
Ok well that's it till tomorrow, 4 days left till the end of the challenge.. 

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Art every day Month : Day 26

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Sandy :)     

Day 25 Art every day Month

Today I was set a challenge by my friend Sandee.. Sandee talked about 
Typography- The work of producing printed pages from written material.  
Also about what your individual handwriting means..  Both very interesting topics.. Read more at Frosted Designs 
I so need to work on my handwriting and not be afraid to just write things in my journal.. So I accepted that challenge and ran with it and created 2 pages in my journal.. I had fun writing things in all different ways..  I know now that more of my handwriting will be appearing in more of my journal. I started with just spraying the Kaisercraft doily stencil on it.  I used the positive on the right side and then flipped it onto the left..  That gave me some edges to work with and I liked the way the quote fit all around the circle, that was just fluky.. I added the tag in but wanted to still be able to see it and what was around it. So I stuck some acetate on there, making a pocket with glue dots and glue will see if it holds.. I had a lot of fun finding things to write in all the little spots.. Click on the photo to make it bigger if you are having trouble reading the writing... 

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Art every day month : Day 25

Have a great day 

Sandy :)

Challenges 4 Everybody #33 & Day 24 Art Every day Month

Well its time for a new challenge over at Challenges 4 Everybody We have as our sponsor this week  Bugaboo stamps  If you link up with your entry and you are randomly picked, you get to pick 7 free digis of your choice. So come on and join in the fun as always, its Anything goes.

This week I  thought I would get some Christmas cards done when I saw this cute Snow globe Reindeer silhouette image. I saw this and I knew it had to be a shaker card but I have not made one for ages. So off I went to youtube and I found this great  Shaker card tutorial .  I had little stars for the shaker part, thought it worked well with my night time Santa on his sleigh. I popped some silver stickles around the outside edge to give it more sparkle and some icicle stickles on the trees on the inside.. Of course Rudolph had to have a spot of red stickles on his nose. 

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Art every day month : Day 24

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Sandy :)

Day 23 Art every day Month & Aussie tag swap...

Today I am working on my Design Team project for Challenges 4 Everybody and I cant show it yet, but if you follow my blog you will know that on Day 17 I made a tag for my swap partner Diane. Diane has received her tag in the mail and now I can show what was in the little parcel.. I am in an Aussie tag swap and for the month of November the theme was 'Fashion'.

The tag background I modpodged book paper onto. I then used the Dylusions diamond stencil and the walnut stain ink and blended with the blending tool. Then I went over it with picket fence paint to blend it into the background.  I used the dress form from Tim Holtz and cut out the dress with this as well.. Trimmed it with pearls. The lace is the Victoria lace by Stampin'up.  Decorative brad through the top and distressed and edged with walnut stain.  Typed the quote with my typewriter "Fashions fade. Style is eternal" Yves Saint-Laurent. 

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Art every day Month : day 23

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Sandy :)

Day 22 Art every day Month

Yesterday I knew there was something missing from my page.. Well after thinking about it I knew what it was, flowers and butterflies of course. I stamped the flowers and butterflies with a Stampin'up stamp and coloured them in with watercolour paints. I added a few little Kaisercraft flower rub-ons, they where a bit too dark, too black, so I got some picket fence paint, the Tim Holtz one and just popped a little on top to blend them into the background a bit. Then I smoothed it around with my finger. I think this is finished now, I like the little pops of colour the butterflies add. There is silver sparkle here and there as well and the little trails off the butterflies are done with a black sharpie pen..  This whole page was just so I could keep some of these quotes that I like and not loose them. Also to try out and see if I could type my words with my typewriter on baking paper or I have been told in the states you call it parchment paper (in Australia we call it greaseproof paper) and modpodge them on without it smearing..  So lots of experimenting on this page...

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Art every day Month : Day 22

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Sandy :)

Day 21 Art every day Month

I am not sure if I am finished with this yet but here it is for today.. I like the border and the frame's, they are a stencil from Typo. The background is a Gelli plate print.. Think the nifty way of typing and sticking the words on worked really well with greaseproof paper.. Saw that with Donna Downey today and had to try it.. She stamped the words but I don't have stamps that say the things that I want to say. So I went to my 35 year old trusty typewriter, was thinking they are so going to smear but nope, typed them on greaseproof paper and stuck them on with modpodge, worked a treat.   Know what I will be doing a lot of now, love my old typewriter.  I think I just need something else in with the words will think on it..

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Art every day month : Day 21

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Sandy :)

Day 19 Art every day Month

Today It was a use what was leftover from yesterday day.. I painted the background with a baby wipe in turquoise and a bit of yellow.. Just needed colour on there nothing fancy.. The calico was a bit that was ripped off from yesterday so that went on across the page can you recognise what the other fabric is? Well its the baby wipe from the clean up, all dried.  Bit of hessian on there here and there more bits of leftover.. Even the cardstock with the stamping of the quote, the hand and the word imagination was bits of cardstock that had the edges roughed on the picture from yesterday, but I had cut it down because it was too big.. The tag was the only new thing I grabbed to use on here just to give it a bit more something, something, even that had had the edges roughed already. I used the dylusions diamond stencil on the tag background with some vintage photo ink..  The sewing machine sewed around every edge on here.. The stamp set I used was from Stampers anonymous, Tim Holtz Warehouse District.

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Art every day Month Day 19

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Sandy :)

Day 18 Art every day Month

This is inspired by 2 people really the first one was France Papillon her Week 60 journal on Monday she used linen and cotton for her background. I so loved the look of it I had to have a go.. I used linen and calico the calico is on the top I popped a bit of turquoise paint on my desk and sprayed it with water.. Then I crunched up the calico and dipped and then wiped it up to get my splotches.. The card that is on the right.  It was influenced by Tammy at Daisy Yellow and her index cards with her sewing.. This is washi tape covered cardstock and then I sewed it around the edge and in swirls on it.. The whole reason why I did these pages was to pop this in my journal.  The quote was on my desk as well cut out and not used, funny how many bits I used up on this.. I love sewing on my pages so this was a great opportunity to sew all sorts of bits on here. Linen, calico, hessian, plasterers tape and paper all got sewed on here.. Oh and of course a button.. 

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Art every day Month : Day 18

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Sandy :)

Day 17 Art every day Month

I can't show you what I worked on today as it has to get mailed out to my Aussie tag swap partner.. So yes today I decorated a tag, the theme for the month of November is fashion.. So had to think about that one.. Its done now and wrapped up ready to be mailed out.. So here is the picture just to say yep I still did something today cant miss a day I am over the hump over half way through my challenge.. 

So this is it all wrapped up, I have stamped on tissue paper with a dress form stamp. so now its ready to be mailed just have to write a note on my note pad..  Love that flower must collage one on a page soon.. 

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Art every day Month ; Day 17

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Sandy :)

Day 16 Art every day Month

I worked on another of my unfinished backgrounds today.This one was embossed with the Balzar Design Mini bubble doily stencil. Its one of my favourites.  I had also modpodged book paper and some scrap paper in the background and used my hexagon stencil as well.. Outlined some of them in white pen.. Well that was where I had finished till today when I popped some washi tape on, love that chevron red one. Then of course I doodled around the edge for a border.. I stenciled in some turquoise with the Dylusions Diamond border. Then it was a hmm, need a focal point. So I loved doing Ruby Rainbow in watercolour last week so this time I used Ruby's friend as she was so neglected sitting there.. So Love Struck Lucy jumped on the page after getting the watercolour treatment in red and yellow..  Had to put her hearts on as I already had the Quote picked out and cut up on my desk. So this all came together nicely.. Quote for today is "Let the beauty of what you love be what you do". 

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Art every day Month : Day 16

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Sandy :)

Day 15 Art every day Month

So far so good with doing art every day month.. I have not always finished something every day but that is not the point of it for me really, its the doing and the practice of it that I am loving.. I have had this flower modpodged on this page for a while. I cut the flower out of scrap printed paper and had painted it around the edge in the mauve but it just looked bland.. Something was wrong with it. Doodle around the edge of it all was the answer I thought. Its my favourite thing to do at the moment.. So more practice at that and it really made the flower come to life, it's quite dazzley now.. Quote for today "Flowers are our greatest silent friends" 

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Art every day month : Day 15

I am also popping this on at one of my favourite places to join in at on Friday...

Paint Party Friday

Have a great day 

Sandy :)