Get Creative January 1 Challenge

The challenge over at Get Creative  is all about freedom and expressing your thoughts they want you to  journal about the year that passed 2012 and the year to come 2013!.....
They want you to feel free to make a layout with or without a photo....
go crazy with paint or mists collage, stickers, different mediums, pencils, doodling, zentangling.... and the focus is the journalling!...

 

I began by painting with gesso on white card, then stamping with a script stamp and Staz-on purple ink, the next step was to spray in two different colours, one was Glimmermist Latte and the other Dylusions Blue.  I then sprayed over everything with Pearl Glimmermist. 

Ooops! missed a step where I glued some flowers from my stash before the misting.  Once dry I used Liquid pearls for some flower centres and also some pearl paint from Jo Sonjas to highlight some of the petals.  

I then stencilled the butterflies and hearts with a really cheap stencil from the Reject Shop (4 for $2).  The little flower stamps around the edge were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and I used a Molotow white pen to journal in 2012, a gel pen was used for 2013.  

The chipboard dates and flourishes were first dry embossed before using the Jo Sonjas Pearl paint to highlight the numbers and Liquid Pearls were used for the hearts in the centre of the '0'.  There's a little bit of sheer ribbon with a tiny metal frame hanging from one flourish.

Paint and more paint

This is my latest journal page, I love splashing that paint around, it makes me happy and doesn't need to mean anything.  My stash of stuff just keeps growing, now it's paints and gesso and sealer, the list goes on...

Scrap the Girls #4

I've been trying to find somewhere on Scrap the Girls to load for this challenge, I'm guessing its the holiday break or I'm not looking hard enough.....

Anyway here's my take on Jasmine's recipe challenge where you must use:

Ribbon

Paint/Mist

Circles

Flowers and a Number Title.   

This page is about my retirement age and date from the workforce.

 

I've used Teresa Collins Now & Then patterned paper collection.  I misted the background  which used circles for the clock with Ranger Dylusions ink and I also cut my photo and mounted it on a chipboard circle.  The circle spotted ribbon is amongst the flowers and also around the cute little bird house from Prima Marketing, as is the bird.  The alpha is American Craft Thickers and Amy Tangerine and most of the little ribbon flowers are from Spotlight stores.  I coloured parts of the bird house with pens.  The little cameo is from a RAK I received from the lovely Amy.

Ooops! forgot to add the close-ups yesterday.

Loving this Art Journaling

My heading is a bit contradictory I think because I haven't written anything on these pages, thus no journaling.   I do however remember Broken Hill in Australia when I see this page because a famous artist Pro Hart used to sculpt lots of ants and you can see them everywhere in Broken Hill.

Can you see my little ants?

Skissedilla December Sketch

I've had the best fun today putting this page together, squirting paint and stamping was the BEST.  What made it more exciting was my memory of our stay on Musket Cove in Fiji during the first week of December 2012.  Thanks to my friend Lizzy I found this challenge site, thank heaps Lizzy (though I dislike going up against you), it was a great sketch for one of our holiday pics.

 

I've used some:

 My Memories and Birch Haberdashery Patterned Paper

Kaisercraft and Jo Sonja's Paint

ScrapFX Hibiscus Chippie

American Craft Thickers Alpha

Kindy Glitz

Liquid Pearls

Greeen Tara Flowers

Kaisercraft and Sea Scape Stamp with Staz-on Ink

Date Stamp

I've fussy cut the thongs and mounted them on cardstock and also some shells.

Here is the sketch