Enchanting Lilac Gown to add to the Exquisite Gown Series

I don't often get long periods of time to create, and when they do come around, it's such a treat to 

pull out a piece of mixed media paper and start filling up my tray of  paints, stamps, ribbons, laces and whatever inspires me at the moment.  Here's a lovely gown with beautiful textures on the coat and skirt. The photo looked so shabby elegant and inspired me to add her to the Exquisite Gown Series.  By the way. How many items is considered a collection or series?  Is three enough?  Hmmm...as long as I'm feeling the inspiration, I'll make a few more. ;)

Before I start to work, I gather all my supplies on a tray and then I work out some techniques, stamps, and tests colors.  My intent was to choose the best of what was on the sample page, and then start again on a new piece of paper. In this case, I used my sample page as my background.You can see all the juxtapositions of textures, patterns, stamping and colors. Looks busy, but kind of interesting. 

Thanks for looking. I hope you come back to visit the next gown.

Exquisite Gown for Thirst for Creativity Sketch Challenge

 

 Another exquisite gown to add to the series.

The sketch from Thirst for Creativity

was the perfect showcase for this peachy gorgeous

and elegant gown to add to the Exquisite Gown Collection. 

 

So, off I went digging

through collected treasures to work

with this piece and decided that the perfect

element would be a piece of chipboard.

Here I have tried to mirror the texture on the right

hand side of the exquisite gown.  

 

The texture on the chipboard was created by

adding a small intricate lace image

on top of colors of the dress and

then heat set with a white embossing powder.

 

Some more close ups.

 

 

 

This piece of art was created on a 9 x 12 mixed media paper from Canson.

 

Thirst for Creativity Sketch No. 32 is currently ongoing until December 5, 2015.  You can find the challenge here.

 

 

Thank you for visiting, and I hope I have inspired you to create a series of your own.

 





Exquisite Gown Series (one of many I hope) inspired by Scrap Around the World Challenge

You know when you have that one photo that you have used before on a creation but didn't quite like the end result? This is that photo for me.  So, here's my chance to make it right...well, maybe. ;) Isn't that dress lovely? I adore this color combination of blue, blue gray, and white featured in this months inspiration board at Scrap Around the World. My take on the board focuses on the photo of those little tiny blue gray houses sitting on what looks to be a gray textured and pattern quilt. The warm glow emanating from the windows add a touch of warmth to this chilly cool palette.

My creation was created on a 9 x 12 paper from a mixed media Canson tablet.

I don't normally create with a photo that is not family related, but when I saw this palette, I had to work with that photo. The luxurious and exquisite fabric so rich and ornate prompted me to think about creating a collection of similar photos with these types of gowns. I haven't felt this inspired to create in ages (thank you Tiphanie from Scrap Around The World for igniting my creative muse again.) I started another Exquisite Gown page just after finishing this one.

I am entering this page in the Scrap Around the World challenge.

 

 

 Scrap Around the World Inspiration Board:

 

 

 

Thank you for dropping by...



Autumnal Face

No spring, nor summer beauty

has such grace

as I have seen in one

autumnal

face.

 

Fall is here!

And, now as it was

when I was a child, if I

find a little cluster of crunchy

fall leaves in my walking path,

my heart beats a little

faster, I pick up the walking pace

and stomp my feet on

the cluster of leaves just

to hear that sound.

Scrapki Wyzwaniowo has a wonderful fall challenge us us! Check their blog out, and you will
find an abundance of rich, colorful, and innovative art projects to stir your mojo and get to
creating something for the season.

The small leaves were created with a

Sizziz die-cut, and a leaf punch, with lots

of applications of shimmering H2O's.

 

 

 

 

I took this photo of my 10 year-old niece

during a fall day a number of years ago.  She

is my autumnal face. :)



 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

A Family Treasure

Every family has

a family treasure.

This little one is ours.

I wasn't really sure

where this idea of

using dusty pink and gray colors

was going to take me as

I lay down the

first foundation

of stencil and stamp work.

And, because of that uncertainty, 

it came to mind

that I was either going to 

love it or hate it, there 

was not going to be a middle ground for me.

Turns out fortunately for me,

that I love it. 

I have a hoard of old paper lines that I have not used and the Prima Rondell collection was one of them.  I was pleased that the papers and patterns were going to help me layer patterns and colors, and to tame down that garish pink stencil work that looked so striking alone next to the white paper.

Some close up of the cluster work. 

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I can't drive by a beach and not get out and get my feet wet....

 

A photo to remind me that I was once young and carefree.

To this day, I cannot drive by a beach and

not get out and get

my feet wet.

Still enjoying working with

 my Canson Mixed Media Tablet.

Organized all my brads, pearls and embellies

this weekend. Loving the feeling and

inspiration of organizing my supplies which

then inspire me to create with them.

Below is a close up of some stencil and stamping to help create some interest around the photo.
The papers are Prima's Cigar Rose Secrets.

 

 

Below is a little happy accident when I dropped some aqua mist over a red drop. Love it when that happens!



A close up of the sewn beads around a sweet little cluster:

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"Laugh Out Loud"....don't you wish we do this more often?

At Tuesday Throwdown this week,

the challenge was

to create a card

without using printed papers.

I was only too delighted to work with my new

Canson mixed media tablet again!

Since I had not yet put away the products I had used

on a previous project ( I know, I know shame

on me for not tidying up immediately

after a project), this card came

together rather quickly.

Hmm..makes me think I should always

leave my work area a little messy.

Oh how I love the freedom of starting

from a blank piece of paper and wondering

where it will take me.

This journey took me to a place of

sweet pansies.

I use to collect them in all forms

and was lucky to find several

vintage post cards from the early 1900's from

a vintage shop years ago before

things like that became in demand and costly too.

 



Need some inspiration?

Visit Tuesday Throwdown here to checkout this weeks challenge
and every week

and see what they

have to offer to perk your creativity.

 

Thanks for visiting....

Fiber, Stencil and some Bling

 

 

Scrap Club

has this lovely

mixed media sketch for their sketch challenge.

You can find the information for the sketch challenge here. 

 

Trying something new on

my new 

 Canson's 9 x 12

Mixed Media tablet.

I'm enjoying adding 

fibers instead of printed papers

to my recent projects, and there

are so many colors, and variety

of fibers out there in our 

fabric stores to choose from.

In this weeks mail, 

I received 

the wonderful gift of the

Kaisercraft "Arty" stamp

from my arty scrapping Muse.

This inspired me to 

create this page. I adore how the

texture stamp fills in the small spaces with

texture and interest. I'm already

thinking of other ways to use this stamp. 

Loving that Two Crafty Leaf chippy too. The surface

is the perfect size to add some crackle paste.

Close up of the wonderful fiber.

I wish I had some in every 

color of the 

rainbow.

Until next time.....

 

Fifty Shades of White

 

A fellow scrapping artists named

my recent posts

created with white backgrounds

and various colors as

"Fifty Shades of White."

I chuckled at that comment, and

found it endearing.

Here's another rendition of Fifty Shades of White

using inks, chalks and a stencil to

work in a subtle background.

 



A close up of a Blue Fern Studios bird chipboard treated with white crackle and a small script stamp.



A close up of the very small cluster work.

 

Thanks for dropping by. 

As I was organizing my stash of stamps,

I came across a little stash of odds and ends and

snips of fabric with metallic embroidery, beads and sequins.

The snips are small but are very inspiring.



Above is a close up of the inspiring fabric.

 

Oh, don't I wish a had a larger piece of the ornate fabric.

 

 

The above sketch from Scrap Club was the basis of my composition.  The sketch

challenge ended on May 19th.  Too late to enter this page, but never too late

to post on my blog.

Heaven Sent

 

The trilogy is complete with this last photo.

I love the control you get when using inks and a sponge applicator

over a stencil.  A layout can be completed quickly with just

some stamping and stencil work.

 

 

I used my new Fiskar feather punch to create the sweet little feathers above. I wanted something light and lacy to insert under the photo and achieved that with some velum paper, a flower punch, and some silver colored Liquid Pearls to trace around the shape of the petals.

 

 

 

I finally used my LaBlanche scissor stamp!  Here you can see it under the flowers on top of the stencil work placed on the photo. I adore the ornate portion of the scissors, and hope to use it in a different way on a future project.

 

All chipboard is from Blue Fern Studios.

Thank you for looking.



Second in a Trilogy -- "Even Angels Have Bad Hair Days"

 

Inspired?

You betcha!

Organizing those stamps really put me in the mood

to create again.

 

The stamping rendered a digi-like appearance.



Used the material from a cereal box to create the angel wing and then added

some tissue paper and glued it down to create texture and dimension.

 



I have more photo taken on the same day of this little Angel to create

a trilogy for this subject matter.....just hope the inspiration stays with me

to get the third one finished.

Thanks for visiting.



Angel on Duty

 

A creative slump

inspired me to

organize my collection of  stamps

which lead me

to create

Angel on Duty.

 

An old favorite Stampington Button & Lace Stamp

adds an interesting texture with some threaded details.

 



I had forgotten just how versatile this stamp is

and it's so exquisite too.

Here's a picture of the wood stamp and the item number is S7113, Buttons & Lace, in

case you'd like one of your own.

 



 

Thanks for stopping by....



And the work contines on the Women of Substance Art Journal....

For my new friends and followers that are not familiar with my first art journal journey, I decided to journal and tell the stories of the women in my family with some old vintage photos to share with my niece and future women in the family.  I refer to this art journal book as, “Women of Substance.”

Today, I have two more entries to share with you.  I’m so giddy about the near completion of this project because I’m eagerly looking forward to starting another book.  I can’t tell you the number of times that I have wanted to start other books during this process because of all the subject ideas I have in my head.

The “J” page was created with Lindy’s Stamp Gang embossing powders of Angel Wings and Bronze applied with a petite branch and leaf stamp. The same colors were applied on the Blue Fern Studios perfume bottle chipboard. I once saw these colors incorporated in a luxurious printed floral fabric that I have kicked myself over for not purchasing years ago.  Those colors have stayed in my head and now I can release them. Lots of fussy cutting used on some Prima papers.  These last two pages in the book are more of a “flat” style because it’s becoming more difficult to close the book covers. This is something I will try and perfect on the next book.

 

 

The “Poppy” page:  A poppy printed napkin was printed on ink jet paper.  The matte gel worked really well in applying the paper to the page, and it also helped seal the colors to prevent them from bleeding too much.  A welcomed result. 

 

One more page to go, and then I will work on the cover of the book and be done!

It thrills me to know that a number of you have started your art journals too.  I  would like to stop by your blog to see what you have been doing, so let me know where I can find you in the comment section below.

 

Thank you for visiting.