Buds and Petals

This could not be more different to my last art project. I love all kinds of art and don't like to stick to one genre as I get bored easily.

I can't even remember the last time I used watercolour. Some time ago I bought some Daniel Smith watercolours and have hardly used them. So I dusted them off and hand painted this kind of whimsical impression of some buds and petals for this week's one layer challenge over at Less Is More.

 

I liked the idea of these delicate vines hanging from the sentiment (by Papertrey). Then it was just a case of adding the petals and buds in a variety of colours.

 

I used some very fine watercolour brushes from Ebay for the vines and chinese watercolour brushes for the petals.

 

The watercolour paper is just some I had in my stash and I don't know where I got it from.

I am rusty at watercolour painting but I quite like how it turned out. I think with a bit more practice I could improve on this.

Anyway, I hope you like it, thank you so much for stopping by, Eleanor xx

Effects with cling film...

I have created these very simple backgrounds with cling film. Although this is an old technique I really love it and come back to it time and time again as I love the drama you can achieve with this technique.

 

I have sprayed Lindy's Starburst sprays and Glimmermists onto the cling film and layed sheets of ordinary cardstock on top. 

I love these cool tones...

 

By spraying at least 3 colours onto the cling film I got a multi tonal effect...

 

I then used warm tones for this art journal background... 

 

And I had enough left over to make a cover for my Ellen Hull Passport book.

These were so simple to make but I love the effect.

I shall be entering my cards into this week's Simon Says Monday challenge called "flower power". I'm off to rest now and hope to be back soon xx

Floral Art Journal pages...

Hi! Apologies for the long gap since my last post. I have been concentrating on video editing over the last few weeks in the hope that I will soon have my own Youtube channel, but this has inevitably impacted on my crafting.

But today I just had to get back to creating and as I haven't done any art journalling for while, I thought it would make a nice change for me. 

I have created these pages for this week's Simon Says Monday Challenge which is called "A Trio of Something". So I have included 3 flowers, 3 brads and 3 sentiments! 

 

I wanted to add texture to my pages so I have used strips of old ribbon and fabric, and I hope it adds to the overall vintage look.

 

My "art journal" is in fact a really old book that is actually starting to fall apart, but it is great for journalling as the pages are quite thick and can withstand pretty much whatever I throw at it!

 

I will continue with my video editing but I know this may well slow down my blogging as a result, but I will try to be back as soon as possible I promise!

 Take care for now xx

Floral grafitti abstract cards...

I love making a mess. Paint wise that is. And I certainly did with these cards...

 

 Lots of layers of acrylic paint with doodles and scribble grafitti...

 

  

 

The gold paint is my absolute fave-DecoArt Fluid metallic gold, it is a lovely shade of gold and has an amazing shine.

The other colour which I feel really made these cards is Opera Rose acrylic paint by Windsor and Newton. It looks a scary vivid pink in the tube but is actually a lovely bright pink, and I think goes beautifully with the other shades of pink and grey I've used.

 

The flowers are by Hobbycraft and sentiment stamps by Paula Pascale. 

 

To finish I added some slivers of white card which I ran between my fingers to make it curl.

 

I'm really pleased with how these turned out and how photogenic they are! I will be entering these into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge "anything goes".

See you again soon xx

Vintage collage...

I have made these little creations especially for this week's Simon Says Monday Challenge which is called " Tear It Up".

I first tore up lots of old book pages and collaged them with stamped images from the fab Stampendous Andy Skinner stamp set called "Shabby Chic".



 Then I used distress inks in Seedless Preserves and Victorian velvet, two of my fave Tim Holtz colours. I also used them on some flowers from my stash to match my background.

  

To finish I embossed a couple of Stampin Up sentiments on gold embossing powder.

  It is very unusual for me to attempt vintage, it is not my area of expertise, but the distress inks and stamps really did all the hard work for me.

 I do hope you are all having a lovely week, bye for now xx

Trio of abstract thank you cards...

I've managed to combine my love of abstract art, Gelli printing, collage and card making with these creations. These cards started life as an A4 Gelli print and I then just kept adding acrylic paint and some collaged book papers to create these abstract designs.

 

Little pieces of art to which I added an Indigo Blu leaf flourish stamp in white acrylic.

 

I really love the colours of DoCrafts acrylic paint in Conifer Green which is almost a turquoise colour,  and DecoArt Lush Foliage which is the pale green.

 

All the sentiments are from Papertrey's Boutique Borders Thanks stamp set and I used Crealies dot rectangles to die cut my rectangles as I think they give a really lovely finish to a card.The silver twine is from some old Christmas gift wrapping stash I have.

 Really enjoyed making these little cards. Hope you all have a lovely weekend xx

Mixed media collage art journal pages *you never know*

As I was still in the mood for art journalling I decided to use my new Dylusions creative art journal. I bought the 9" x 11" size, and it was only when I opened it I realised how much blank space there was to fill.

I don't normally journal in quite such a big book and it was daunting. However, I just started by collaging in opposite corners and tried to let the pages evolve.

Some of the collaged pieces were left over from another project where I had used blue paint, so I used blue and magenta pink watercolour together with highlights of gold, and then added black for some dramatic contrast.

I did go a bit overboard with the Tim Holtz flourish stencil!

I have to say I really like the colour combination and I'm pleased with how these pages turned out.

Thank you for stopping by xx