Artful August Challenge - in January! Week Four to end

Here is the final week (and a bit) from the daily challenge I did in January.  'Person' was a gel plate printed background, then masked shapes and Payne's Grey acrylic paint with white dots. This is a technique I have done before, but it's a good one.

For 'Shape', I knew I wanted to cut a shape into the page, so with a bit of advice from Chris, I did this.   I die cut shapes from painty papers and  made this colourful page.  You can glimpse a future page through the rectangle window.

'Type' was made using some interesting font stamps from my stash and a typewriter stamp from Visible image.  

I used some of my own stamped 'Tissue' paper as the background and added shapes in translucent paint.

'Botanical' was inspired by a page from a flower book which I made into the pocket.  

Inside the pocket I added a card.

I used stamps and embossing powder to demonstrate 'Resist'.  

I went with a vintage feel for 'Travel', just using stamps and ink. 

I enjoy creating 'Drip' and it's something that I use in my art journaling too.  This one used sparkle watercolour inks.

Two of my favourite books made up the background for 'Book' - 'Persuasion' and 'The Secret Garden'.

'Vintage' meant I could look through my many digikits and find some suitable images.  I added an embossed frame and a snippet of material with a button.

The back of the journal was covered with an alcohol ink gel print.

The front was stamped and had a die cut title added.

Finally, the inside cover was stamped and the prompts list was added.

This was such an enjoyable project to do during January and I may well look out for it again this August, for January 2024!
 

Artful August Challenge - in January! Week Three

For 'Metal', I used an embossing folder and silver card for the centre panel, which I then distressed with acrylic paint and a dry brush technique.  The cogs and keys were stamped and then gilding flakes were applied.

A collage base with added 'Splatter', using some of my ephemera, stamps, die cuts and digi kit photos.

My 'Quote' was one about books - very appropriate as we have books in every room!

'Fold' was using some scrapbook paper and taking the the colours from the paper for the page.

If you unfold the paper, this rather serious face peers out at you.  My portraits have really improved over the last year and I do enjoy creating these small images. This was out of my imagination. 

'Abstract' gave me a chance to play with some new dies from Sizzix and Tim Holtz.  Originally, I was going to use the pieces that came out of the dies, but after having cut them, I loved the panels which were left, so used them instead.

'Paste' was simple, using texture paste through a stencil and then adding colour with watercolour pencils.

'Watercolour' was again using stencils, but with watercolour paint it gives a much gentler effect.  A stamp gave me the foreground image and some gold splatters finished it off.

One more post to come...
 

Artful August Challenge - in January! Week Two

The challenge continues with 'Round', so my brain went straight to the song 'Windmills of your Mind' and I incorporated some of the lyrics with just a few of my circle stamps.

'Box' had me thinking but I ended up trying out a new die set from Sizzix and creating boxes for the images to sit in.

'Stitch' was hand stitching over collage.

'Foliage' was made using my hand carved stamps which gave a good 'imperfect ' look to the page.

'Paint' sent me off to my acrylic paints for the background and the stencilling on top, finished off with  words from my favourite book for found words,  'The Trojan Horse' by Hammond Innes, which never fails to provide some suitable words and phrases. 

I used a vintage postcard from my Great Uncle's collection as the focus for 'Building' and some Italian stamps in the background.

I created a background for 'Ink' using walnut ink and then used distress inks for the pocket and little file folder inside...

...including some of my favourite stamped sentiments.

Two more weeks and a bit to come.

 

Artful August Challenge...in January! Week One

I am busy with a new daily journal challenge called Artful August.   I found this through a flip through on Youtube, but it is hosted on Instagram, I think.   I missed this in August as I don't 'do' Instagram, but when I came across it on Rachel Greig's Youtube I decided I would do it during January, when it seems a long month and the weather is a bit grey.  There are daily prompts and it is then up to you what you choose to do.  I made a little journal from packaging cardboard and binder rings.  I have stuck to my mixed media, and incorporating some things from my Wanderlust courses. Above is 'Garden'.

The next prompt was 'Shimmer'.  This page does shimmer as I used pearl paint and a bit of glitter on the main collage image, but the camera hasn't picked that up.

'Number' came next and I enjoyed the inks, texture paste, stamping and stencilling I used.

'Soft' had me scratching my head a bit but then I used some of my handmade felt and various trims, with a soft colour scheme too.

'Envelope' was fairly straightforward...

...and I added a little card inside...

...with a fabulous Jane Austen quote on the back.

This prompt was 'Linear' and I used a washi tape technique I had learnt in Care December.

'Bright' meant I could revisit another Wanderlust lesson (one of my favourites) and use stamping and stencilling with zingy colours.

I'll post the next seven shortly.