Coco Chanel

The quote I chose for my art journal page. It started with these 2 Gelli plate prints. Purple paint and then some lime green inked over.

Then came the detail an inked silhouette, paper cut outs and two moos.

I designed this page for this weeks Summer of Colour and the current Moo Mania challenge of fashion. I am also going to enter my page into the Simon Says challenge of  Anything Goes!

Crazy

...in love. The theme for my art journal page. My journaling became invisible on the page as I layered up the paints.

I designed this pages with the following challenges in mind:
One Little Word: Crazy
Summer of Colour: Hot Pink and Orange (Week 2)

Oh I do...

 

like to be beside the seaside. Nearly 12 months seen I saw the sea and so crafting is the next best thing! I used my Kaleidacolor 'Caribbean' ink pad as the colours are just perfect for sea themed projects. All my stamps are by Crafty Individuals. I started my making some double sized twinches and created a background using inks, plus wiped back colour with a baby wipe/stencil. Some over stamping:

Then came all the images which again were inked and also I added a little pencil crayon to give more dimension to the embellishments:

 

 

 

I decided to put all my twinchies together and make a little book. So I threaded jump rings through punched and added beads, plus some ribbon which was stamped using Teal Staz on ink.
I have designed this twinchie book for the following challenges:
Crafty Individuals: June challenge Sea, Sun and Beach
Show us your twinchies: Summer at the seaside
Summer of Color: Week 1

Triple Stamping

 

The middle mat of my card is Moo sized and the whole triple mat sits nicely on an A6 card blank. I stamped using Tim Holtz background stamps and an old ink splat stamp. The inks colours were Staz on Teal and Fuchsia. The central image was a freebie on a Craft Stamper magazine.

I have designed this card with the following challenges in mind:
Moo Mania: Triple stamping
Craft Calendar: Things with Wings
Shopping our Stash: No patterned papers
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes

A Home...

for my moos. I have been storing them in with my ATCs up until now and they kept falling out of the album pockets. But after finding a couple of challenges that were 'home' and 'moo' themed thought it was about time I made my moos their own home! I used these blank study cards and as the card was a bit thin decided that acrylic paint would be good to cover the cards.

 

I did an epic Gelli printing session. I managed to fit about 12 cards onto the plate and so covering 40 cards front and back became a little easier! 

 

I couldn't resist even though it was time consuming did some stamping and also inked all the edges of the cards. To finish off I coloured up some ribbon to match the project and also painted a heart frame embellishment to finish of my mini moo book. All the moos I have received from swaps and some I made myself got stuck inside the book. 

I designed this project with the following challenges in mind:
A Colorful Journey: June Gelli Plate Party
Moo Mania: Home
Our Creative Corner: Recipe
ABC challenge: Open
Craft Friends: Anything Goes!



CCAYR # June Challenge

This month over at Christmas Cards All Year Around our challenge is 'vintage' whether that be full on vintage or using a vintage image. This is my last card as part of the Design Team, I have had 2 fabulous years but feel it is time to step down and follow my own creative path. Here is a little peak of my card: