Smash Book part 19

This first one may look familiar and that's because there is a similar page, but not with the dictionary paper. I definitely like it much better with dictionary pages. Inked with distress stains, heat dry, and gesso. Sprayed a yellow tinted glimmer mist (very lightly):

More dictionary pages with my tropical colors: pink, yellow, orange and lime (all distress ink colors). I also did it the "old fashioned" way: ink my craft mat and spritz with my mini-mister. Finally, inked the edge of my page for a cool distress look. Your project isn't complete unless you have an inked edge:

Just a page with a bunch of flowers and inked edge. However, stay tuned for another flower surprise (tomorrow) inspired by a man's shirt (of all things!):

First I sprayed the center with brown tinted glimmer mist, then an orange, red, green. Next I took a can of vienna sausage and pressed into my ink pad and then pressed all over my page:

Come back tomorrow for some  more fun! :-)

Freda

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Smash Book part 15

Today I played around with my embossing powder a little bit. The photos don't really do the pages any justice;  you really need to see them in person and feel. The first one is with acrylic pain, inked stamp, and using a stencil on the edge with embossing powder:

Remember the bubble wrap? This time I used it with embossing glue and sprinkled with black embossing powder: 

Glimmer Mist and gesso. This was meant to be the "negative" version of a page from yesterday, but it did not come out as well as I hoped. I'm going to try something similar soon, but with dictionary paper. So don't think you're seeing double :-):

Hmm...this one did not come out as well as hoped either. Sigh! :-(: 

Ok, since I had two bummers in a row, I decided to include a bonus page. This one is Distress Stains, my Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous stamps, and Distress Ink. I kept the stamps on the card in their original position since the card is almost the same size as the paper I was working with. Remember, Distress Ink is reactive. So I decided to make this page interesting by using my mini-misters to spray water on it. See how the ink bleeds through the paper? It also created some water spots where the Distress Stains are. Dried with heat gun (carefully! The other side has embossing powder, lol) and inked around edges with some more Black Soot (Distress Ink): 

Come back tomorrow for more! They just keep getting better :-).

Freda

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Smash Book part 14

Ooh! do I have some goodies for you today! The first page in today's series I took some more dictionary pages  I used one of my favorite stamps inked with emboss glue. I used white embossing powder, and heat gun: This created my resist. Then I sprayed with Glimmer Mist:

Glimmer Mist and Gesso:

Glimmer Mist and Gesso:

Acrylic Paint, favorite script stamp and inked edges with Distress Ink: 

And you get a bonus page today because I messed up with picture taking. This page belongs between 1 and 2 in today's series. On the page below, I used several Distress Stains to create a plaid look:

Come back tomorrow for more! Thanks for looking!

Freda

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Smash Book part 11

Oh do I have a discovery to share with you! While heat drying my Gesso on the first page, it started to bubble up. I *LOVED* the result and the texture! just get the heat tool up there close without touching and it will bubble for you. It might even pull up on the paper and start to force the paper to crinkle up. That's ok! If it's too sticky after it's dry then spray with a matte finish.

I sprayed with a brown and a red in Glimmer Mist and then went over my page with Gesso before the GM could dry. Then I took the heat tool to my page:

I thought since the other page worked out so well I would try something similar but with Distress Stains. I covered my paper with Distress Stains (Walnut) in sections and went over each section with Gesso before the Distress Stains could dry. Then I did the next section and repeated what I previously did. While the Gesso was still wet I managed to get a few pieces of scrap ribbon in place; however, I ended up gluing the rest of the scrap pieces: 

This one I tried an old Tim Holtz trick. First I covered my paper with Distress Stains, then I took some red tape and put "stripes" on my paper. Sprinkle some embossing powder, heat, and voila!:

Ok, by this time I had to go tame because I was afraid between the Gesso and embossing powder, if I did anymore heating before my matte finish spray arrives that my previous 3 or 4 pages would start sticking together! so I took 3 bright Glimmer Mist colors and sprayed! Then I went around the edges with a brown:

While doing the above page I realized there was some dried Gesso on the paper which reminded me of something. Come back tomorrow to see what it reminded me of...

Freda

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Smash Book part 10

Sorry about not having anything for you yesterday. I thought I had it set up but I was wrong. Below are the next 4 pages. The first one is Glimmer Mist, Glim Glam, Gesso and Acrylic Paint:

This one did not turn out as well as I hoped. I think it may be one of those things where it looks better on card stock. I took a piece of lace, sprayed over it with Glimmer Mist, removed the lace, placed a paper towel over the paper, and used my brayer to soak up the excess. Then I carefully sprayed around the edges with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist but during the process I decided I liked the splattered look:

This is fire brick Distress Stains with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist: 

On this one I used Gesso and acrylic paint blended together and sprayed around the edges (and lightly in the center) with Chocolate Covered Cherries Glimmer Mist. It's rather sticky, even after drying so I'm waiting for some fixatif and matte spray to come in and hope that will solve the problem:

That's it for today. I have a wonder selection and discovery for you tomorrow!

Freda

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Smash Book part 4

Hello everyone! sorry about my silence the last few days. It's been quite busy lately between orders and personal stuff.

Anyway, below are photos of the next few pages of my Smash Book.

Glimmer Mist, Gesso and torn out pieces from a magazine:

What I do when I make a mistake...unwanted scrapbook paper, lol. But I distressed the edges: 

Gelatos, glimmer mist and bubble wrap with Color Box pigment ink:

Perfect Pearls and Distress ink (on edges). Hmm, this one did not come out as well as I hoped. But there was an unintended consequence: everywhere I stamped perfect medium it shows:

And that's it for today! Check back tomorrow :-).

Freda

Smash book pages: part 1

Sorry! I got busy with all that Zen Cart stuff that I neglected projects! Serious multi-tasking lately. Ok, so here it is, so far. Some of the first pages of the Smash Book project. The first pic is using Denim. Kind of blah but I've been wanting to use denim (an old pair of jeans) on something:

Dictionary page, Gesso, and Acrylic paint: 

Cheese cloth (used Mod Podge to adhere) and Acrylic paint: 

 Distress Stains and a mask:

One thing I learned is, working with a composition notebook, and the loose leaf paper inside, there's a lot of bleeding. But it adds to the character of the album so I'm not complaining. :-)

More pics tomorrow!

Freda

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My morning at Prima Marketing

On Saturday I spent my morning at Prima Marketing learning how to make an Art Journal; I'm guessing it's otherwise known as a Smash Book (is there a difference?). Although we did not have enough time to finish our books, they gave us instructions on various techniques which I can't wait to try once I return home. There were also some really cool products we used, which I can't wait to get into the store.

Below are only some of the techniques we learned. I took a total of 51 pics of the project.

 Gesso and Distress Stains:

Gesso and India Ink:

Pan Pastels with a stencil:

Toilet paper or paper towel tube:

Stenciling and layering with Fixative and Matte Finish:

Gesso, acrylic paint and book page:

Freda