inspiration wednesday + video

January 16, 2013

inspiration wednesday + video

i now love textured wallpaper! LOVE!!

watch this weeks video...

supplies used:

inspiration journal
textured wallpaper

GOLDEN teal fluid acrylic paint
GOLDEN Quinacridone nickel azo gold fluid acrylic paint
GOLDEN yellow ochre
GOLDEN regular gel matte
"empowered words" stamp set
"art & possibilility" stamp set
yellow polka dot washi tape (glitz design)
tissue tape
1" flat simply simmons brush
date stamp
paper ephemera
making memories tiny alpha stickers
stazon
heat gun

and just because they are too cute!

Jan 16, 2013 1:55:05 PM | inspiration wednesdays

35 Comments

Soooo Nice! Thank you for sharing with us this inspiration every wednesday! You are amazing! Thank you very very much!!!!
So cuties your dogs too ;)!

Posted by: Silvia SF | January 16, 2013 at 02:22 PM

Find it hilarious that you time lapse so you can have your happy moment alone! You crack me up!

Posted by: JenH | January 16, 2013 at 02:42 PM

VERY cool! by the way....bookcases! You know how they usually have a cheap particle board type backing nailed on? you can carefully remove it (I would take a fine sharpie and mark out any shelves and the sides so it sits flat where you will be attaching again)
and then put on your wallpaper and then PLAY and then put it back on and it will look SO much better than plain! if you have an expedia type shelving system you could probably get some particle board and then in each square you could do a different color! Fun!! if you want perhaps and easier and less permanent solution you can cut a piece of Chipboard, cardboard or again particle board cut so it will go in snug in the back of the shelf and then cover it. We had a Johnny over the toliet cupboard and I covered Cardboard with it so I could change it out as I felt like a quick redecorating.

Posted by: Dolly | January 16, 2013 at 02:53 PM

Love love love LOVE! Your inspiration Wednesdays make me HAPPY. The pup is adorable. I appreciate that you are totally real in your videos and work. Thanks for sharing your art and yourself with us.

Posted by: Danielle McRoy | January 16, 2013 at 02:55 PM

Ditto to what everyone else said... always look forward to your posts/vids.. good stuff!

Posted by: Christina | January 16, 2013 at 03:11 PM

Very cool!!! I have some of that wall paper from my Grandma, she used it in her house and I got the leftovers :)
Now I'm inspired :)

Posted by: Donna P | January 16, 2013 at 03:13 PM

Seems like you are conquering color and texture. Love the depth of these pages. Thank you again for inspiring me!

Posted by: Sue | January 16, 2013 at 03:18 PM

Love this project. Such happy colors. Cannot believe that I have been hoarding a roll of this wallpaper for ?? years. Can't remember when I bought it, but knew I would need it someday. Now all I have to do is find it.
Thanks Donna for making my day happier, always love your videos.

Posted by: Barbara Hernandez | January 16, 2013 at 03:19 PM

Donna Downey YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!! You never cease to blow me away with what you do - you amaze and inspire me and I cannot wait until you come to New Zealand.

Posted by: Denise Spicer-Boyes | January 16, 2013 at 03:23 PM

Love your inspiration Wednesday. I couldn't wait for this weeks page. Watching at the airport on my way home from CHA. By the way your class rocked and was the best one I took.

Posted by: Kourtney Osborn-Vallee | January 16, 2013 at 03:24 PM

Love your Inspiration Wednesdays! I'm fairly new to art journalling (Oct. 27) still more text than art, but getting there. . . Always timid at first, I have no idea what I'm doing. Heck, a few months ago was the first time I even heard of gesso, matte medium, or archival inks. And now, they all are on my pages one bit at a time. You show that the trial and error technique can work out beautifully. Here's to many more happy moments! :D

Posted by: Cat | January 16, 2013 at 03:24 PM

This seems kind of obvious to say, but that page is so YOU!! Gorgeous!

Posted by: Jessica Hess | January 16, 2013 at 04:13 PM

LOVE THIS PAGE!!!!!! Im going to buy that stuff after school...i cant live with out it... thanks donna :)

Posted by: bree mcconnell | January 16, 2013 at 04:35 PM

Love the page and love the guest appearance by Pixel, Pixel is just adorable and sooo cute, loved seeing her in the video. Love the photo of the two of them too!

Posted by: Lisabee | January 16, 2013 at 06:02 PM

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! The colours rock my socks totally and Pixel honey you are just too cute for words! I need to get some textured wallpaper now!! Hugs Donna honey.. yet again you have TOTALLY inspired me!! Inspiration Wednesday is my favourite time of the week at any time of the year!!

Posted by: Philippa | January 16, 2013 at 06:27 PM

LOVE it!!! Looking at it makes ME happy too! Thank you so much for sharing - and I love Dolly's suggestion!

Posted by: Barbara Shepherd | January 16, 2013 at 06:30 PM

Love the vintage look with that textured wall paper. Makes me want to get it and do that type on design on my studio wall!

Posted by: Debbie b | January 16, 2013 at 07:04 PM

One of my favs, Donna. You can use the wallpaper as a stamp too, but I'm sure you all knew that.

Posted by: Judy Shea | January 16, 2013 at 07:37 PM

Beautiful page, love these inspiration Wednesdays. What is the name if the glue you used? The bottle looked either clear ir light blue. Thanks

Posted by: Glenda | January 16, 2013 at 07:39 PM

that makes me happy too! love it!

Posted by: joanne3107 | January 16, 2013 at 08:12 PM

happy place....love the textured wallpaper. i have a wonderful mum who has obtained books (i have 9 at the moment) of old wallpaper stock and the possibilities are endless. I so enjoy your videos. thank you

Posted by: jodie | January 16, 2013 at 08:31 PM

you make me giggle!

Posted by: ginger | January 16, 2013 at 10:01 PM

not only do your videos teach me something - they make me laugh - you crack me - love you girl (besides I'm a dog lover)....janine aka your stalker!

Posted by: janine | January 16, 2013 at 11:16 PM

So look forward to Inspiration Wednesdays! Love watching and listening to you. Do you have a video somewhere of how you make your journals with the inclusions? Would love to try it!

Posted by: Nancy | January 16, 2013 at 11:19 PM

I love textured wallpaper. I even have found it at the thrift store once in a while, I have been hoarding mine. I will pull it out and use it in my life book with my word "progress", and use it. Awesome quote, love the colours. Pixel is a cutey, my cat used to do that too! Aren't our pet babies the best!! Along with my grandchildren of course!!!!!!
Thankyou for sharing inspiration wednesday with us, I have learned so very much. I too wish for a class or a demo with the people from Golden, wouldn't that be awesome! I have bought their product because you have shared it on inspiration Wed. Seeing it used in an art journal, makes all the difference for me.
Jacquelene L.
Canada

Posted by: Jacquelene L. | January 17, 2013 at 04:56 PM

Now, this is what I call a successful support team!

Posted by: Ana | January 17, 2013 at 07:18 PM

Oh so beautiful...and Pixel you are so cute.

Posted by: Jan | January 18, 2013 at 07:32 AM

I just love this inspiration Wednesday with you having your "moment" in private, Pixel (so darn cute), that wallpaper and the finished product. Magnificent!

Posted by: Donna | January 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Hi Donna!! This page is too awesome for words! LOVE the colors and the texture of that wallpaper is nothing short of amazing :-) I miss your cute little Pixel and can't wait to snuggle/play with him (or her) in May. Have I said how much I LOVE that you incorporate your life into your videos? Well, I love seeing your kids and those darling doggies! Donna Downey, you freakin' ROCK :-)

Posted by: Ellie moore | January 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM