Humanity will Win - Art Journal spread

Hello guys

I hope you all are safe....please be safe and keep your loved ones safe and please be at HOME!
Its been rough and my day starts with worry and ends with anxiety.....in these times one finds it extremely difficult to be positive and happy. COVID -19 has killed more people than the WW2 and the toll just keeping going higher each day. My husband is on an oil rig...and he is asked to stay where he is till the rules of lockdown are relaxed...so most of the time..I am just worried about him and spend most of days just watching news and doing housework. I am sure a lot of you are experiencing similar feeling...worrying for the safely of our loved ones and our world.

 After many days...yesterday I saw the new Lindy's challenge and the moodboard made me want to do an art journal page. The colors were happy and I started with the background...so happy and lively and before I knew it...I was again gripped with fear and news of more deaths and cases in India and the world...and this is what I drew.

 I must say it...by the time I finished my spread...I felt much better and I made my self believe that the doctors and nurses and all the others risking their lives out there....will save us all. I want to believe this and I am sure this pandemic will soon end and we will have a vaccine and treatment available.
That cheered me up a little and to add insult to the injury we will do...I wrote this letter to the virus. As soon as I wrote it...I felt so much better and positive and now I am confident we will win this war...and Humanity will prevail.

Here is my art journal page and I dedicate it to all the people battling out there for us...specially the medical fraternity. I pray for their safely and If you like my page...I want you to join in and pray for the Safety of all these brave people battling for us.

Supplies used

1. Black Sharpie marker
2. Finnabair Heavy White gesso , Soft Gloss Gel Medium and Heavy Black Gesso.
3. Lindy's Gang Startburst squirts - Hockey Pockey Black, Loonie Toonie Teal
4. Lindy's Gang Magical shakers - Autumn Maple Crimson, Polka Purple
5. Lindy's Gang Sprays - Cotton Candy Pink, Frenchy's Pink Pouf.
6. Tim Holtz Big Chat Stickers.

I am adding this to the Lindy's April Challenge - Moodboard.

 

Mixed Media Art Journal Cover - See Possibility Everywhere

Hello guys
I am sharing Mixed media Art Journal Cover today with you all. I was inspired by the Lindy's moodboard of this month and I have tried to incorporate the feel of Spring in this project....wait for butterflies and sunlight seems to go on forever...
I am also participating in the March challenge @iridescentsecrets Artist Inspiration challenge part 1.

I also made a small book mark to go along with this journal....looks so pretty together....Here I am sharing a few images of my gorgeous journal also with a small clip to see it upclose.

The focal element is a delicate chipboard moth from Expressions Craft which I backed with plain vellum and colored on the back....I am in love with how it looks.

I used amazing sprays and shakers from Lindy's Stamp Gang { Products used are - California Poppy Gold Magical Shaker, Cathedral Pines Green Magical Shaker, Yellow Rose of Texas Shimmer Spray, Lucky Shamrock Green Shimmer Spray and Bells of Ireland Green Shimmer Spray } and varnished it all to seal the colors in. All the mixed media textures and mediums are from Finnabair and the stencil is from The Dusty Attic.

The mulberry flowers are from my stash and the chipboard elements are from Expressions Craft. I hope you all like this project.

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I am putting this up at the following blog challenges:

1. Iridescent Secrets/ #artforthesoul Challenge Part 1  - Artist Inspiration - Jaya Raghuvanshi -This canvas is my inspiration. I did use the colors and elements used in this project and made my own project keeping the arrangement similar. 
   

Happy Birthday My Love - Mini album/ Scrapbook feat Simple Stories High Style paper pack.

Hello everyone
Today I have a very colorful Mini Album with a Box to share with you all. As most of my projects are, this one is made on commission and is one of my first mini albums where I have used my die cutting machine extensively.....phew.

The album is 10" by 10" in size with a 3 1/2" spine with 5 very interactive pages. This book can hold upto 100 pictures with 22 journalling tags to record memories and events. I have used very simple yet very playful paperline called High Style from Simple Stories....its not a new collection but when I saw it...I knew it would do just right for a very colorful album. I decorated the front of the album with strips of all the papers included in the pack along with black and white printed paper polkas. I have used a lot of gold foiled paper on this project to bring out the colors...looks amazing. A lot was going on and so I kept it all flat and gave a acetate frame on the front to add one picture....which would break the pattern really well. I also kept the spine and back pretty simple while just adding a white embossed camera icon on the spine...keeping spine simple allows the book to lay flat.

This album is housed in a 12" by 12" by 5" MDF box which is also very playfully decorated and has a pocket at the back of the lid to hold more pictures and memories. I used colorful paper polkas on the top of the box while I did the paper piecing on the sides of the box....it makes it all look so interesting. I also added gold heat embossed Happy Birthday sentiment in the center of the box on a layers paper stack....that just completed it all.

I encourage you all to watch the walk through of this album to have a better look at this album...I am sure you all will enjoy the video. 

Here are a few closeups of the pages from this album...there are a lot of fun elements included on every page.I used gold foil stickers, rub on stickers and die cut elements to decorate all the pages. Apart from all this, I used acetate window frames and lot of interactive page designs to keep it interesting and fresh till the very end.

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I am putting this up at the following blog challenges:

Mini Album Makers Challenge - March 2020

Thank you so much stopping by...have a fun week ahead.

Life is Beautiful - Art Journal Page

Hey guys
I am here to share my new art journal spread....Life is Beautiful. It has been really long since I did an art journal page...I want to do this art form atleast once a month but I get caught up in work and custom orders and land up postponing this. I think art journal gives me complete freedom to express myself....sometimes its difficult to put in words but art is a language that need no syllables.

 I made this page keeping the Lindy's Monthly Challenge in mind....they have a really challenging color combo this month...using all pastel shades of pinks, beige, coral and lilac/lavender. I have never gone all pastel in the similar shades and it was like a challenge for me personally to see if I can work with them....and I came up with this art journal page.

 I started with prepping my surface with gesso and adding texture with Finnabair Manuscript stencil. Then I added some squirts and sprays in multiple layers to add depth and dimension to the background. I wanted a subtle background as the elements I was planning to add were in contrast. Once  everything was dry, I distressed the edges with Black and Grey archival ink and stamped the background in random places with grey archival ink and Finnabair stamp.

Then, I started to arrange my elements and then stamped and gold heat embossed at a random places. This helped me to frame my elements and bring the focus on them. I used some chipboard elements from Little Birdie crafts, cheesecloth and old book page to create interest around my picture. Once everything was arranged, I added more stamping with a script stamp and sepia archival ink. I made a few filler flowers to dress my page...was so happy to make my own flowers...its so fulfilling. Glued everything down and added a fussy cut butterfly that I stamped and white heat embossed on vellum. The finishing touches came from Tim Holtz small chat sentiment stickers,white and black splatters and sprinkle of glitter and sparkle.

I hope you all like it as much as I do. Here is a list of supplies used:-

1. Finnabair stencil - Manuscript
2. Finnabair White Gesso, Paper Texture Paste and 3D Matt Gel
3. Finnabair stamps - Chequered and Script
4. Archival Ink - Shadow Grey and Jet Black
5. Little Birdie Crafts Cheesecloth
6. Little Birdie Crafts  chipboard shapes - Life is Beautiful, Ornate flourish, Brick wall and Grass
7. Ranger embossing powder - White and Gold.
8. Old book page
9. Lindy's Stamp Gang Squirts - Canadian Bacon Blush, Hockey Puck Black
10. Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays - Cotton Candy Pink, Frenchy's Pink Pouf
11. Tim Holtz Small chat stickers
12. Handmade flowers - white and gold
13. Sparkle and glitter - pink, violet,gold and white.

I am putting this art upa the following blog challenges:-

1. Lindy's Color Challenge - February 2020 Moodboard
2. Mix it up challenge #34 - anything goes + optional twist Stencilling

Thank you for stopping by...have a fab week ahead.