Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Another Art Journal Page

All that playing around with stencils, Gesso and acrylic colours with my autumnal art journal page was so much fun that it made me give another one a try.

Here comes:


Again I used a lot of 3rdEye stamps for creating texture for an interesting
background. Along with them I stamped the raven and some feathers from my awesome Crafty Individuals stamp set (I had almost forgotten about).














The quotes are some cut outs from a Red Lead stamp I recently bought and which I love simply because of the encouraging feel it gives.













I diluted some of the acrylic colours
to very light washes and sprinkled and splotted them onto my page randomly.



 I blotted off some excess using an old cotton towel.

For painting the bright orange outlining of the raven's image I used DecoArt multi - surface Satins "orange sherbet" and a thin brush.











The leaves border on top, the branches, the script and the brick wall are all 3rdEye and were stamped with black jet archival ink and painted over afterwards.

The brown dots were made by applying acrylic colour through a stencil using a bristel brush and very thick colour.


The black frames around the quotes were drawn using a black indian ink pen.


I also added a little texture by brushing on some white Gesso through a stencil.


 I enter The Artistic Stamper 's september challenge "Autumn" with this page. And as I stamped mainly onto acrylic colours and Gesso, I also enter it to SSS's Monday challenge "Stamping on Anything but Plain Paper!".

Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful crafty week!

Hugs,
die amelie x









28 comments:

  1. Sensational journal page. The textures and your choice of colours is perfect.

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  2. Sentiments to live by! Love this page and the feeling of flight you have created. Hugs, Jenny x

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  3. Wow Claudia, another stunning spread, you are on a roll!! Love the autumnal colours and those sentiments are so inspiring! The central raven image is so expressive too, I can just see you becoming a journal junky very soon!!

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  4. This is fabulous Claudia, the background is just amazing, love the bird too but for me it is that sentiment that stands out - I have never seen it before and it is fabulous, I am going to write it down and keep looking at it for some much needed confidence and inspiration! Thank you for sharing it. Hugs, Anne x

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  5. I love the composition, the textures and the colours of this project. To me - a perfect example of beautiful controlled chaos.

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  6. Good grief... I'm in awe - you are on an almighty creative roll with the journalling - what stunning work with the paints to make those stamps sing. Glorious textures too... definitely saving this one to come back to!
    Alison xx

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  7. Claudia...This is an absolutely gorgeous art journal page! I so love the bird in flight and all of the sentiments that you've incorporated onto this page. Wow...very powerful! Your background with it's colors and patterns really catches the eye! Be proud of this one...it's beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. <3 Candy

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  8. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful page! Amazing work! Barbarayaya

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  9. Beautiful! I am so inspired by your work!

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  10. fantastisch .. ich will da garnicht zu viel schreiben..es ist einfach nur schööööön!

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  11. Wow!!!! Kann mich nur anschließen: sieht einfach fantastisch aus!!!!

    LG!

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  12. I am amazed at this beautiful creation! You are truly an artist and I love all the layers and elements you incorporated into this piece. The words and images were combined so thoughtfully and I was really inspired when I looked at this. Excellent photography skills, too. Your pictures were stunning! Thank you for sharing your talents with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

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  13. BEAUTIFUL!!!! Pinned! Thanks so much for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! - Ashli :)

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  14. Wow, this is gorgeous!! Love all the textures and the stamping is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

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  15. Totally fabulous! Love the page ;)
    xoxo Sioux
    Autumn has really inspired you...so thanks for playing again at The Artistic Stamper. :)

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  16. Wow...totally gorgeous page and your blog is fabulous! Thanks for joining us over at The Artistic Stamper and good luck!! x

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  17. Congratulations in your recognition at SSS on your beautiful work!

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  18. SSS was very correct to pick you because this page is very beautiful.

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  19. Gorgeous page! Happy to find you from SS.

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  20. Claudia... i am so thrilled that you have received this honor of being in the designers spotlight! Your art journal page is absolutely beautiful. I also nominated your gorgeous page! Yay for you!!!! Hugs, Candy

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  21. Hurra! So delighted this got spotlighted - as you know I'm spellbound by your new journalling journey...
    Alison xx

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  22. Such a gorgeous page! Love the beautiful texture and colors. Congrats on being on the spotlight this week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Your creation is awesome! :)

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  23. This is amazing!! I'm sorry it has taken so long to get here. Wow! I love how you managed to incorporate all the amazing techniques you used into one cohesive visual poem. Love the use of the watered down acrylics and the sentiments are so uplifting. Congrats on your spotlight at SSS Monday Challenge :) -- Mary Elizabeth

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  24. I am really taken by this one Claudia. it is stunning. so much detail but not in an overwhelming way. a work of art. I have arrived a bit late with my comment here.

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    1. But not too late, Louise! ;)
      Thank you so much! Mwah! XXX

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  25. Here I am years after you did this and totally loving this beautiful page. It inspires me. TFS!

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    1. Aw! That's so sweet! Thank you so much! XXX

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