simply me

collage monday

many pages of my art journal start with the papers that cover my work surface. if you watched Septembers Canvas Create, this was the paper that caught all the pouring medium/paint overflow off my canvas. i thought it was too pretty to trash so i cut a portion of it down and adhered it directly to my journal pages. i liked it so much that all i added was the turquoise alphabets, stamp quote, sticker bird and distressing around the edges to make it complete!



supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• alphabet stickers
• quote stamp (dark room door)
• bird sticker (glitz design)
• shock black Montana marker (edges)

collage monday

this page started with layers of scrap papers and the left overs of the circle alphabet stickers. i layered a coat of gesso and sprayed over some stencils. i love the way dina wakleys stencil girl looks. i threw in a sheet of random border rub-ons (yeah me!) added a title and some teal drops to finish it up and just when i thought i was finished, i spied a sheet of random leftover black alphas sticking out of my drawer. figured what the hell, so i started sticking them around the silhouette...GENIUS!!!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• alphabet stickers and leftover background waste
• rub-ons
• horizon stencil
• 12 x 12 sally & carly stencil
• pump spray bottles
• Golden Matte medium
• needle tip bottles
• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
  • teal
  • carbon black

collage monday

this looks like a diagram from a science textbook...AND I LOVE IT! lots of texture underneath and those small circles are more Jenni bowlin alphabets. i love they way they look and peek out under the paint.

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• liquitex gesso
• 12 x 12 dartboard stencil
• Pam cariker stencil
• jenni bowlin alphabet stickers
• pump spray bottles
• needle tip applicator bottles
• Golden Fluid Acrylic paints
  • teal
  • titanium white
  • anthraquinone blue
  • pyrrole red

collage monday

this page began as my protective desk paper. it took a lot of twists and turns and in the end i love the color palette and the design. Actually i may even love that crumpled tag even more. HAPPY!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• 12 x 12 sweet home stencil
• 12 x 12 climbing vine stencil
• liquitex gesso
• Golden Glazing fluid
• 2 part tag
• Art Anthology spray
• Montana Shock white pen
• Montana Shock light blue pen
• walnut stain distressink pad
• alphabet stickers
• pump spray bottles
• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
  • teal
  • sap green
  • titanium white
  • carbon black

collage monday

still using up some of my rub-ons and this time incorporated some tapes from my VAST collection i am hoarding. i added in my favorite potholes stencil, some color and a quote to finish the page. the quote reads, "only those who care about you can hear you when you're quiet"

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine Journal
• washi tape
• rub-ons
• 12 x 12 Potholes stencil
• 12 x 12 microbial
• spray pump bottles
• needle tip bottles
• alphabet stickers
• black soot distress ink pad
• Golden Fuorescent pink
• Golden fluid acrylic paint
  • carbon black
  • titanium white
  • quinacridone magenta

collage monday

i have been holding onto this typewriter stencil for about 6 months. i love vintage typewriters and i finally gave it a purpose. i used my real typewriter to type the quote into blank white paper and cut it to size and adhered above. HAPPY!!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• washi tapes
• liquitex gesso
• Typewriter stencil
• 12 x 12 fifties clock stencil
• Jenni bowlin alphabet stickers
• Golden Fuorescent orange acrylic paint
• Golden fluid acrylic paints
  • quinacridone magenta
  • indian yellow hue
  • carbon black

collage monday

added layers of joint tape to the background for texture and sprayed through a stencil, then added lots of black rub-ons (boy did that feel good using up my stash!!) and the final sticker letters from my Li'l Davis stickers from forever ago. a bit of distressing some tags and this page was done. sometimes it is not about great design for me but more about what i can do with what i got. this one is a good one!!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• liquitex gesso
• joint tape
• 12 x 12 circle in lines stencil
• mini tage black & white
• rub-ons
• alphabets
• black soot distress ink pad
• pump spray plastic bottles
• Teal Golden Fluid acrylic paint

collage monday

these pages started from a paint smush and then took on a life of its own. layered with alphabets and rubons i like the symbolism in this one!



supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine journal
• liquitex gesso
• 12 x 12 Microbial stencil
• ideology rub-ons
• random rub-ons
• alphabet stickers
• needle tip applicator bottles
• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint
  • green gold
  • indian yellow hue
  • quinacridone magenta
  • teal

collage monday

this is a new stencil i just bought from istencil. they are geaphiti like stencils i painted over this one and i couldnt resist giving her blue hair!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine Journal
• liquitex gesso
• printed tissue paper
• female stencil
• rub-ons
• krink paint pen
• needle tip applicator bottles
• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
  • titanium white
  • titan buff
  • indian yellow hue
  • quinacridone nickel azo gold
  • teal
  • phthalo turquois

collage monday

still having fun playing with stencil layers and digging into my stash of rub-ons and stickers to make something fun. Loving the color of this and those Making Memories i have been hoarding have finally found a home!!!

supplies used:

• A4 Moleskine Journal
• 12 x 12 profile stencil
• 12 x 12 cheveron stencil
• 12 x 12 potholes stencil
• ideology Rub-ons
• Liquitex gesso
• Golden Fuorescent Green
• Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints
  • quinacridone magenta
  • vat orange
  • permanent violet dark
  • phthalo turquois
  • carbon black
  • titanium white
  • teal