This week my art journal got a twofer. The prompt for The Documented Life Project was Gelli Prints and Journal 52 was Collage. Ta Da..... my twofer.
I think I'm finally getting toward the end of the many, many gelli prints I made when I first got my gelli plate. That means it's will soon be time to start a whole new batch. This page is a combination of three different prints that I tore horizontally and collaged on watercolor paper.
I've said before that tearing and gluing is a very meditative experience for me. It is so relaxing to loose myself in the process. The original prints were made on recycled copy machine paper with inexpensive craft paint.
The flowers are a Donna Downey I-Stencil stencil and craft paint. The bottom two flowers were stenciled, then I painted them and then stenciled again to get the crisp lines. I let all the glue and paint dry overnight and then I stenciled the dots and zig zag lines using Artist Loft embossing paste.
Link to: Journal 52, The Documented Life Project, Party Party Friday, Gelli Print Party
Journal 52's prompt this week was make a snowman.
This page is done in my altered Recipe book. The background has blue, magenta and pink paint on it.
I wanted him to be a little 3D so I used embossing paste and a palette knife to make him.
I love how he's not completely round. Using a palette knife was not so easy for me but I think it gave him the look of a real snowman.
My embossing paste was a odd blue color because it was left over from another project. I painted over the paste with gesso and while it was wet I pressed black round disks into him for his buttons. Then I let it dry for 24 hours. I put a coat of Artist Loft iridescent paint on him to give him a little shine.
His hat is a piece of fabric that I cut with pinking shears. The ball and fluff on his hat are made from a cotton ball. His arms are the branch from the Sizzix Bird Branch die painted with gold paint. The little bird is a stamp from a set I purchased at Tuesday Morning. This face is black sharpie paint pen and a orange paint pen.
I made the background snow by mixing a bit of metallic white paint with water and splattered it with a paint brush.
My friend Bibi at Rubber Dance is having a blue, pink and purple challenge on her blog. I thought I'd link to it too. She is also having a sale on her stamps because December is her birthday month. Check it out. She has wonderful stamps.
Link: Journal 52, Paint Party Friday, Artist Play Room, Rubber Dance Challenge
