Creating A Life Less Ordinary Through Art

It's a wonderful life, chronicled from time to time (I only missed writing in a few weeks this year too), no chemicals used (ink doesn't count). I'm a limited edition!

Art journaling in my Dylusions small Dyary on a premade yellow red page using a few favourite arty treasures. I hope it inspires you to have a go, follow your heart to create art and make smiles!

How my page was created ...

It all started with Tim Holtz's rubber stamps (Specimen cms410, Sketch Leaves cms428, Entomology cms328) and Black Soot Distress Archival Ink Pad. The images were printed onto the mixed media page starting with the big beautiful butterfly and leaves, then adding ants, bees and ladybugs wherever they fancied living.

I coloured in the outer areas using Distress watercolour pencils (Prize Ribbon and Salty Ocean), and blended the blues with a waterfilled waterbrush (a wet paintbrush also works).

 

Next I painted over a few areas using Dylusions Ink Spray London Blue (applied with a brush) to enhance the colour. Once half dry, I splashed the page with water and dabbed off to create droplets and let dry again.

I drew highlights and eyes with white gel pen (this could easily be done last too, go with the flow). Covering the butterfly with scraps, I splattered the page with Dina Wakley MEdia Glossys in Lemon and White.

 

To give the leaves a lift, I painted parts of them with Dylusions Ink Spray in Dirty Martini (its a gorgeous green in case you didn't know).

The ladybugs have had their shells coloured (and waterbrush painted) with Distress watercolour pencils.

Once the page was dry, I redrew a few antennae and legs in black marker, then used a paint brush to apply Distress Sparkle Texture Paste to wings and beetle shells.

Lastly, Dyan's mental health day stamp was printed onto scrap paper (glued onto the page with Dylusions glue stick) and used a few Idea-ology stickers to tell a story in a weird and wonderful way.

Sing out if you need a hand :) Thanks for visiting my creative space!

Happy Arty Crafty Day!
:)
Jenny

 

 

I do love Dyan Reaveley's adorable fish, octopus and crabs with their cheeky attitudes! They're just so much fun to stamp, colour and cut out. Here I've used them to create an underwater garden for an octopus (he's too big for the scene, so is hanging around the top of the page).
Swimming along with these creatures are a seahorse and lobster from the Tim Holtz Cling Stamps - Sea Life. The quote is...

Not many photos were taken when I created this art journal page but these will hopefully give you an idea on how to create your own twisted wild garden. Enjoy :)

Treasures used...
- Jane Davenport Mixed Media Journal - 6x9in
- All blank art journal books
- St...

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