Dictionary Art Journal

 Well I am home for a few days

following my 50th Birthday.

So I thought I would

share more art work.

Above is the title page for

my dictionary journal.

Highlighted the definition for

dictionary then used an

embossing folder.

Rolled gold acrylic over the top.

Here is the Fairytale page.

I used Dylusions stamps,

Lavinia Stamps

Texture paste through a stencil

(Meadow TCW)

Coloured using Inktense Pencils

Die cut Tim Holtz wildflower

Fairy stamp (free cover set)

I love this journal, it is quick

& easy to create which means

I get to play lots!

I consider this more of a

Visual Journal.

Happy Birthday, Dad.

 Today is my Dad's birthday.

I made his card using a free set of stamps

off the cover of a magazine.

(Simply cards & Papercraft issue 158)

Both of us love feeding wild birds.

In our gardens we both have Gold Finches.

So I water-coloured this stamp to

depict Gold Finches on Magnolia.

 

On the back of the card, I decided

to make them into Chaffinches.

I have a pair of these in my garden every morning.

For the centre of the card, I picked a

panel of my favourite water coloured card

(Bockingford Hot Press 140lb) 

I buy mine from Curtisward.com

via Ebay as I love the loose sheets.

It is so smooth it stamps beautifully, but

Takes all the water with little warping.

 

 Once the water-coloured panel was dry, I

embossed using a tree design.

I painted the branches brown with water colours.

I used Inktense Pencils for all the colouring.

Finally, I made this card to pop his gift card into.

I applied texture paste through a Crafter's Workshop 

Stencil - Meadow.

                                                      Once Dry, I softly coloured it all.