Allywhitecat/suswan Mixed media art Andrews Texas and Life book 2014

Well folks I am way behind.Glad I got a few lessons in before the month ended.
Cotton Candy Girls by Marieke Blokland
What a sweet spirited artist."Sugar " "Sugar" okay...for someone like me more of a Gothic alternative person this was good for me..looks bad but gave me thoughts ...here it is blahhhh but I did have fun.

The light warmheartedness of this lesson was fun.

Then there was Tam's lesson.She cured the need for ink in my work. What a fab lesson and I totally got lost in it.
Here it is

Thank you ladies for the joy and time out of real life...needed and treasured.
hugs
susan s

Allywhitecat/suswan andrews texas mixed media artist ...textures in layers

Hi there. I wanted to share with you a simple technique for back grounds.
Distress inks by Tim Holts ..Ranger inks have always been my favorite inks.. so I usually begin with them.
If you are not happy with your background keep going!

for journal art I love manilla folders. I love the thickness and the texture of the paper.

right now I am working on a 50 page journal book 6 inches across 9 inches long

This is just rubbing the ink pad on the paper to begin getting the ink pigments on the paper

The little flower stamps are a gift from Heather with http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/
They are lovely. They are made by www.heroarts.com. I stamped all over with each of the beautiful flowers..so that they would give me this effect..

then lightly cover with a layer of gesso.

Now the grain of the paper or manilla folder is starting to show through and this begins the building for me of a nice texture.

Now I wanted a more dominate color and strength of ink ..using the same stamps I chose memento,this is Danube Blue a very beautiful color.

now I am adding water color around the borders

finger on ink where the water colored border is

at this point you can add water color and sponge or blend with fingers the ink and wal-la a background paper.
use any color any stamp sponge or fingers...they all work towards building a awesome back ground paper.

at this point my choice was old dictionary pages

I chose to use a NYMPH from http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/smeared-ink-rubber-club
you can color to any degree..lightly ..perfectly I chose lightly and not perfect just waving in the blue to match the background I have created

gesso again to give your self room for words pictures out of magazines or your own journaling

I like to add shape using stencils or what I can find handy...using gesso first

I love Tim Holts acrylic dabbers I added victorian velvet over the gesso using the same tool for a pattern

I added the stamp which was a definition of a nymph above the dictionary pages

as the blue ink and water color became wet with the dabber acrylic I took the tool for patters I was using to my advantage and spread it over the paper

you can see I added a rose in various places the final touch to add strength to the page and a finishing touch

and there it is.
hope you like it
hugs
susan s
Allywhitecat

Journal Tags with Dyan's Dylusions

Recently I joined Dyan's group on Face Book and I have to say I am so inspired. My friend Miranda just kept me in awe and now I am learning to use her fabulous inks and stamps and such. These are a few tags I have made lately.

Trust me Trust you by Allywhitecat

welcome to my blog today. I am tired from my trip yesterday and really moving very slow.You will see on this blog many buttons that will take you to willowing (Tam)..I really wanted to Thank her for the class she gave a while back. I enjoyed it. The whimsy button is on the blog.

                                                      

this was a long process for me today I used a technique from Angela Kennedy in http://creativesouls.ning.com/and Tamhttp://willowing.ning.com/
I am blessed with two wonderful teachers. I drew my fairy girl and tried to draw a bird (ok I said tried)

I colored her in pencils and geleto"s and watercolor to begin the page.
after it dried I layered in paper and gesso
I used watercolors over the geleto which was like two types of water colors..at first I thought oh no I am making colored mud..yes it was thick I went through with gesso and my stencil girl heart stencil and a lighter shade of water color and it seemed to start solving the problem.
I used one of my favorite scripture stamps fromhttp://www.inspiredstamps.com/servlet/StoreFront
The rest is just a mixture of unmarked stamps I keep in my journal box..and wendy vecchi flower of course :)
This will take many time of making to catch the real hang of it but that is why I am loving the journals. to know you can do it again tomorrow and get a different result is fun.
hope you like her :)
susan

journal art by suswan aka allywhitecat ..wendy vecchi challenge SHE SAID MAKE ART

she said to make art.....so I did.
I have not had a lot of funds this year so I used what I had available.

okay let me explain the photos
Paper:
I use a mixed media heavy weight paper 9" X12 " Mixed media from Strathmore I paid between $9.00-$12.00 for this. It is important to get a heavy weight that can handle the damage of all the goodies you want to pile on there :)

I have not tried Wendy's paste yet not that I haven't wanted to most of my friends know my money has been harsh this year so I needed to come up with a thinker substance than just gesso so I added the Golden to my Blick this Golden Gesso is a slight bit thicker because it has grounds in it meaning bits of texture as in thickness.
I also compensated by the style brush.
I have a beat down fan brush which leaves streaks so I used this to add the effect of thicker gesso.
I also added my Ranger Distress scattered straw into the gesso mixture giving it a off white look and also after stirring added Ranger Distress Old Paper
I began tearing news paper and layering onto the gesso paper and while it is wet use a brayer. as you use the brayer many torn pieces of the newspaper de solve if you will into the gesso mixture keep brayering until you feel good about it using you fingers when you are finished to rub the remainder of the gesso on the paper...ALL THIS WORK BECAUSE i NEED TO BUY PAPSTE LOL
I used Victorian velvet  Distress ink,Shaded lilac, and old paper...then when it looks smooth..stop and use your heat gun just for a few minutes...while it is still moist ...drop one to two drops Terra Cotta,stream,pool,butterscotch and a dark red the name is worn off adirondack alcohol inks onto the wet gesso ..spray with mini mister and they spread to rounds ball shapes.

This is the milled lavender sprayed with mini mister
you can see the thick coats of gesso and paper

began stamping
This stamp is from Wendys set I Am My Art you can find at http://stampersanonymous.com
the item no is LC 050
The flowers on the bottom art from her stamp set Art Rules  the item no is LCS002

Now a Question...do you remember the ticket swap where we used the paint brush and painted with ink our tickets in Tims group??? well that is what I did with the stamps you see stamped using scattered straw and broken china.:)

The script set you see on the left is from a beautiful stamp set from Wendy and http://stampersanonymous.com called A Form of Art
and of course I had to use my favorite set from Wendy Celestial Art item no. LCS054
that is the hanging stars.
The flower you will see in the right bottom is from the stamp set Art In Bloom item no SCS 057
you will see polka dots over the Art In Bloom flower this is from a beautiful stamp set called All About Art ,item no LCS 011
The little stamp undere the heart is from a beautiful stamp set called Art By The Number item no LCS005
one more...get back here...
the little flower over the hearts below Mr. Poe is from the stamp set..Art in Bloom which I gave you the item no. up above.

Now Mr. Poe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where oh where did you come from Mr. Poe??? well for the people out there that do not have a wonderful Edgar Allen Poe set....http://smearedandsmudged.ning.com/group/smeared-ink-rubber-club
I belong to the wonderful red rubber club at smeared ink and if you love journal art you will love their stamps...for many of the people in Wendy's you may not like them all..but there are one of a kind very unique for journals type stamps there...have fun too..if you join get what you want as you browse through and don't be afraid to ask questions.
The never more
quote the raven
the raven
Mr. Poe
the chicken wire all came from this set and there is so much more to it another raven more more more :)
well I am down to the hearts....Wendy Vecchi stencil and Tim's Barn door acrylic dabber.
So there it is my journal page for Mrs. Wendy Vecchi.
love and hugs Wendy and Rick
susan s

New post new journal

I am making me a stencil journal to hold my new and old stencils My life needs a clean up!
.This is made off a manila blue folder using Dylusions, acrylics and gel pens.
 I used a Wendy Vecchi stamp  from my studio 490 collection.."take a moment and imagine the possibilities"...I love this stamp. Powerful words.....
and a stamp I sell from my store ....
the french script I love so well..En Francais
http://purplesnickerinkers.stampinup.net
would love to see you visit my stampin up store :)

well let me back track...
I began reading this awesome book my mom got me from her book club called Journal Your Way by Gwen Diehn.

oh wow what a cool book..no I have not read it all...basically I am reading it...but skimming over and found a few project ideas I loved...so what can I say I started just messing around the one of them but making it my way..just like the cover says lol.
I have been very homesick for the country I was born in and raised most my life in northern New Mexico..so I have been thinking of visiting as as I thought such positive thoughts I made a page for my new manilla folder journal.
I received my new stencil girl stencil of the month this week and thought perfect....
you can sign up for the stencil of the month by going to this link http://www.stencilgirltalk.com/
so here is my first page...of my new journal.
hugs
susan s

Delight in Flight

Hi and welcome. I received a happy mail day in my life today.
1. from my friend Carla. I received my prize and some awesome geletos oh my goodness...thank you so very much Carla I love your beautiful jewelry and I made a new journal page using the geletos markers you send.
2. my new stencil girl stencil
It is gorgeous I added pieces of that to my journal page also.
again Thank you Carla I am so proud of everything....and the mail travels both ways :).

Delight in Flight
Is a journal page made with geletos from Carla and the ones Angela sent me..I am hooked on them!
The stencil is Whimspirations by Joanne Sharpe.
well here  is my piece.

The stamps are from unity Delight in Beauty by Joslyn Nielson
hope you like it.
susan