tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91956840622916327492024-03-14T08:02:19.496+00:00My Crafty HavenJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-23785433112910544182017-10-07T17:49:00.000+01:002017-10-07T17:49:37.132+01:00" Imperfections " <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Had a really lovely couple of days going a bit mad with mixed media work!<br />
This is a reworked canvas, so there is still a good bit of texture left from the previous working. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with it to be honest but was having a tidy up and reorganising my stamps and decided to have a go with ones I haven't used in a while. Chose the Patchwork Butterfly set from Chocolate Baroque simply because it's a gorgeous set and the main butterfly is massive !!<br />
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To start things off I used some texture paste through an alphabet stencil and crackle effect stencil then set aside to dry. While it was drying I stamped the butterfly onto acetate with jet black Saxon, then used copper gilding flakes on the back. Set that aside to dry off and then painted the canvas with black gesso. I did a dry brushing over some of the textures with metallic paints and then over sprayed using cosmic shimmer sprays. I cut out the butterfly and added some fancy pins for the antennae.<br />
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The above photo is a close up of the textures and metallic effects as well as the butterfly.<br />
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I used the smaller butterfly and stamped directly to the canvas using a versamark clear pad and then heat embossed in copper embossing powder. The stamping is imperfect because of the texture on the canvas but that is what I wanted as they are in the background and when you think about what butterflies started out like it just seemed to fit with the idea behind the whole imperfection theme.<br />
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I added some paper flowers which were painted and dry brushed with metallic paints to tone them in with the project.<br />
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Above are a couple of photo highlighting some of the detailing in the texture, colours , stamping and embellishments.</div>
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As this was a reworking of an old project I wasn't really expecting perfect results, and it was just an experiment but it turned out better than I thought it would and I had fun in the process so it was all good in the end.</div>
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-59443918043562321842017-09-30T21:45:00.003+01:002017-09-30T23:00:38.683+01:00The Altered Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a reworking of a project I started a few years ago. It was my first attempt at doing an altered book but I was also very new to the mixed media and journaling scene so perhaps I bit off slightly more than I could chew. I really wasn't happy with anything I had done in this book so I put it away. I didn't really want to throw it away but felt i could go back to it at a later date when I felt a little more confident in what I was doing.<br />
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Anyway, I think it worked.<br />
The first photo you see is the cover. This was done using crumpled and wrinkled tissue paper, stuck down with pva glue then covered with a layer of white Gesso. I then coloured it with acrylic paint mixed with matt medium to blend the colours as I wanted an old worn look. I added a couple of hinges cut from a Tim Holtz die, as well as a little square frame to act a book plate, these were then weathered and dry brushed over to give them a slightly rusty look. The little square is some stamp board which was coloured with Distress Ins and then stamped. I punched a whole, added an eyelet and some old wired ribbon I had in my stash to wrap the book and keep it closed, as this was my frist altered book I didn't realise how bulky it would become. If I do another one I will look into trying out bookbinding so the will lie flat and close properly.<br />
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The inside cover was created by randomly dabbing distress paint for the background as well as using a stencil I created myself, this was also a first attempt so I wanted a pretty basic one.<br />
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This double page spread was fully reworked as the original was just awful!! I painted over the whole thing with a coat of white gesso and then when dry, I proceeded to experiment with collage and some stamping. I used up bits and pieces from other projects, left over scraps, some die cuts and some experiments from previous project while attending college. There's also some random stamping and the whole thing was finished off with some distress inks. This page is actually my favourite from the whole book. I just had so much fun with this one and i'm really pleased with the way this turned out.<br />
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This page feels a little 'odd' and out of place as this doesn't seem to fit with what I was trying to achieve with the book, but you know what, it still kind of worked so I kept in there. The background was created using two sheets of the same patterned paper only n different colours. Sprayed over them with some spray inks and then randomly stencilled using a Seth Apter stencil. The lady is a magazine cutting which was doodles over. used a white Uniball Sygno pen to add detail and highlight the writing.<br />
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This page I did not do anything to. It was an experiment in creating backgrounds and using colours I don't normally use so I left it alone as I quite liked it. A gesso background with lots of brush strokes, Acrylic paint randomly applied and blended. The letters were created by drawing round plastic templates then coloured using Aquamarkers.Again I used a white Uniball Sygno pen for highlighting.<br />
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This another fully reworked page and it's done using Seth Apter products. These were a purchaseni made a few months ago and never got the chance to properly try them out. There are lots of layers in this piece but sadly the photo really doesn't show them up very well. I used his signature colour paint by PaperArtsy for the background, started off roughly applying the dark colour first, then filled in the gaps with the other colours, Using a dirty brush I then randomly stenciled over the page. I also used a background stamp which I then embossed with silver embossing powder. I had cut the die cuts from an old piece of paper that I had used to alter other embellishments and thought it fitted well with the grungy theme. I then just highlighted a few things on the page with a Uniball Sygno white pen! I really like this page as I do like lots of different layers and textures!<br /><br />
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This was another page that was left alone, I only needed to highlight the images and die cuts to give it some depth as it looked very flat. A magazine clipping of a giant pocket watch and some die cuts from Tim Holtz dies. The small pocket watch is a rubber stamp from The Artistic Stamper.<br />
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This was anther completely reworked page and again another experiment in collage. It was difficult to cover the layers underneath so it needed something fairly random cover it. Again using two different main colours and again, they seem to be blue and brown! This whole page has a very 'Robert Rauschenberg' feel to it! {he is one of my favourite artists actually}. Again just some random bits and pieces of left overs from other projects as well as some corrugated card, over a background of acrylic inks. I added some random stamping to finish it off using stamps from The Artistic Stamper. Quite pleased with this page as I had no idea how it would turn out let alone what I wanted to do!<br />
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This page was another completely reworked page and was a ton of fun! The background for this piece is...believe it or not....baby wipes!!! I go through these things by the bucket load! I use them for just about everything in my art work. These were used for blending acrylic paint and gesso so were quite hard, that made them easier to stick down. I used pva glue for that and just left them to dry. I tired stamping over the top and it worked to an extent but was very faded as I only used a Memento inkpad. The rest of the pieces are collage and are cut outs from experiments with encaustic wax art.<br />
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Now this is where we come to the previously unworked part of the book. This book is a really old book and was purchased from a charity shop for the princely sum of 10 pence! The pages are very yellow and a little brittle in places and do not like water very well. Thankfully the left hand page of this spread was very thick as I had used collage baby wipes on the previous page and knew the ink wouldn't bleed through. I used Dylusions spray inks on these pages with Visible Image stamps. Quite simple and because the pages were very yellowed the colours weren't as vibrant.<br />
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Because I had used spray inks straight to paper on the pages before they bled through on the left hand page so I had to have a think on how to to disguise it. I decided on using some torn pages from an old thesaurus I have. Covered them with white gesso and then dried off. I used the Harlequin Rose stamp set from Chocolate Baroque for these pages. I stamped the main harlequin rose onto a separate piece of paper with a Versafine black inkpad then coloured it using Inktense pencils. Grunged it up a bit using Distress inks then stuck the whole thing down onto the page. The images on the right hand page are direct to page and again coloured using Inktense pencils. A bit different and grungy loom to an otherwise very ornate set f stamps!<br />
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This is another page I feel is out of place in this book but again I left it in. I was having a really tough day and just needed to art, couldn' fave doing something big so just went for it in this wee book! Was mainly an experiment with textured gesso, acrylic paint and matt medium. I had created this gorgeous background but had no idea what I was going to do from there! Seeing as how I was feeling pretty miserable, frustrated and 'caged' I went with that. I roughly painted a tree, used the caged bird die from Tim Holtz and a Uniball Sygno white pen for the writing. Not one of my favourites to be honest but again it works.<br />
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This page is one of my favourites. All very grungy and eclectic, just like me. This was a 'no thinking' page and was an exercise in using up bit from the I'll-put-this-in-this-wee-box-because-it-will-come-in-handy-for-something-box! Bits of old lace, chipboard shapes, paper flowers, die cuts, paperclips and old scrabble letters. lots of layers of random stamping, some scribbled journaling and some distress inks to finish off. Had a lot of fun with page.<br />
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This was one of those pages that went a little wrong. I had just bought some Distress Oxide inkpads and was experimenting with them. As the paper in this book is really old and yellow the colours didn't show up too bright. I had also tried stamping something direct to the page but because the pages were so lumpy from previous pages the stamp didn't turn out right, I had a rummage through my stash and found some seriously old handmade paper cards that I didn't really like so I decided to tear them up and cover over the messy stamping. Ads the paper was handmade it didn't take the watercolour pens very well as the boy and girl are supposed to be sitting on red hearts. Those images are the Tim Holtz paper dolls (ancestors). I tuck some paper flowers and some old lace down the side to make the image look less like it was just stuck there and more like it was art of the page. I added a couple of torn pieces of paper, some phrases from the Tim Holtz small talk phrase pad and some paper flowers and embellishments to finish off. Love the vintage feel to this page though.<br />
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I had an absolute blast creating this page! I just love these stamps from the Artistic Stamper!<br />
This page took a wee bit of time as it was quite involved. I used the Ranger Distress inks on the background and then randomly stamped over the background. The jars on the left hand page are stamped onto separate card, cut out, coloured using distress inks then embossed with clear embossing powder, highlights were added using promarkers and a blending pen. The light bulb was stamped, coloured using distress inks and then overstamped with a background stamp from The Artistic Stamper. The two jars on the right hand page are just stamped and coloured using inktense pencils. I added a couple of phrases from the Tim Holtz small talk phrase pad and a few embellishments to finish off.<br />
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And now onto the final page and the 'niche'! I had no idea what I was going to put in this cut out to be honest but seeing as the book was looking very eclectic I decided to go with that.<br />
I used some texture paste through Tim Holtz alphabet stencil and then let dry, painted over with acrylic paint and matt medium to blend. I then added some butterfly stamps to fill in the gaps. I used uploads of bits and pieces and small embellishments i had lying around on my craft desk. Old lace, broken jewellery, paper flowers, mini playing cards scrabble tiles, as well as another image from the Tim Holtz paper dolls ancestors pack, and, a chipboard pocket watch from the Artistic Stamper.<br />
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I honestly thins post took longer to read than the book!!! BUT I will definitely be doing another one of these at some point in time. I am so glad I went back to this project and took another look at it as I really enjoyed this one. Sometimes it pays to take a step back once in a while!<br />
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If you have lasted this long then I thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the patience to read my ramblings on how I created this project.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-91700367741861943302017-08-06T22:19:00.000+01:002017-08-06T22:19:21.741+01:00'Lost' ......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yet more mixed media .... I'm on a roll here!!<br />
This project was totally fascinating as it started off as an experimental piece. It was an old 'painting' (a not very good one lol) which I painted over with white gesso. I decided on some collage background which consisted of some thin card that had been embossed on my big shot for another project and again unused. Tore them up and stuck them down randomly. I wanted to make the texture a bit more interesting so raided the recycling bin and found some netting that had previously contained satsumas!!<br />
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Because it was coated and bright orange I smothered it in gesso as it would give it a good Base to colour later......and this is where I got a bit 'stuck' and 'Lost' with what I was going to do next!!<br />
So, went off and had a coffee and a good think!<br />
It was then I remembered I had bought the Seth Apter Spellbinders 'Broken Maze' die a few weeks before and thought it fitted well with the getting lost part. So cut that out on the big shot using an off cut of card that I had been spraying and distressing other embellishments.....was a great colour and lots of random 'stuff' on there!!<br />
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One side of the canvas seemed a little bare so I added some lace to give it a bit more texture. Because of the different textures they all took on the colour differently when sprayed so this whole took a completely different direction colour wise! I wasn't sure about the colour to start with but thought I'd leave alone to see what happened when I added the smaller embellishments of buttons and generally stuff that gets lost.<br />
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I decided it needed a bit more blending and then used the Cosmic Shimmer antique wax just to finish it off.<br />
This project took me on a bit of a journey but I was an interesting one and at least I didn't need to 'fight' with it to get it to work! Loved the learning process in this piece and SO wish all my projects were like this.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-36325034314601953992017-08-06T21:45:00.001+01:002017-08-06T21:45:21.019+01:00More mixed media madness!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Woah !!! COLOUR!! Something a little different colour wise from me this time! Turned out a little stronger than I thought it would and not my usual choice of colours but I am pleased with it anyway.<br />
I started off with texture paste through a small Tim Holtz stencil (alphabet), then when dry I set about building up layers of colour using Cosmic Shimmer sprays and Pebéo Dyna iridescent paint in blue and green. The door hinge, key and keyhole are alterations dies from Tim Holtz which were painted with a rusty look for a previous project but left unused so I painted over them to try to blend them in a bit better.<br />
I also painted and stamped onto a chipboard tag, then stuck that down over some printed calico tape that was sprayed to change the colour. Paper flowers were sprayed with Cosmic Shimmers and stuck down over a distressed tag.<br />
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The paper butterfly was cut from patterned backing papers from my stash and stuck stuck down over fusible fibres. I added a couple of decorative pins for the antenae.<br />
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Really pleased with the way this turned out despite the strength of the colour.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-69547551184640346772017-08-06T21:12:00.001+01:002017-08-06T21:12:15.507+01:00Mixed media madness....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many apologies for the lack of blogging recently but I have been busy creating!!<br />
It has been thoroughly enjoyable being able to get back into my style of work and just generally doing what I love best. This was quite a large a project but a fun one.<br />
After spending three years at college studying contemporary art it was nice to get away from how things 'should be done' and be able to experiment with all my craft stash that I have accumulated over the years as well as experiment with some new things as well.<br />
I have only recently discovered <a href="https://www.craftbox.co.uk/">https://www.craftbox.co.uk/</a> ...yes I know ... where have I been?!! Well wow! What a stunning box to receive. All beautifully presented with the most scrumptious embellishments, ephemera, charms, resin frames and card and papers, all wrapped in a beautiful quality box!<br />
I REALLY need to get my budget in order a bit to get more of her gorgeous products! Especially the paints and sprays!!<br />
Anyway....I digress.... back to the project...<br />
I used a mixture of two craftboxes for this project. The Apothecary Box and the Steampunk box..... I just sat and played and had some serious fun mixing and matching the contents of both boxes to decorate each individual little box.<br />
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This little box was fun to put together and just slightly quirky! I used a tiny balloon shaped jar embellishment from the Apothecary Craftbox , I turned it upside down and created a little hot air balloon using some string, a tiny crown embellishment from my own stash and hot glue. Has a bit of a Steampunk feel which fitted with some of the other elements from the Steampunk craftbox.</div>
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Another fun and quirky box. This embellishment is simply gorgeous! It is articulated and also headless (a bit like me most days)! I used a paper flower for her head and a metal flower to further embellish as well as a quote sticker. It always makes me smile this one!!</div>
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This box contains a heavy wooden quote whit was then sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer inks and then stuck down over backing papers and stickers which also came with the craftbox.<br />
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This is part of a set of three and was the first one I tried. This embellishment came in the box and I had planned to 'set' in CLEAR UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) but I lifted the wrong pot and ended up using interference blue instead, which was opaque and obliterated the charm. I managed to salvage it though by adding some copper coloured embossing powder to kill the colour slightly. The other little boxes I did with clear UTEE! That'll teach me to pay more attention next time!!</div>
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All in all this project was really fun and I enjoyed it immensely. Was so good to get back into my crafting style again.</div>
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-5500018321285343502017-06-29T21:03:00.003+01:002017-06-29T21:03:42.613+01:00It's been a while....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many apologies for the lack of blogging but life just seems to have got in the way.<br />
Anyway, I managed to take some time out to do some art journaling.<br />
This page was created using the Spellbinders ' Broken Maze' by Seth Apter. The background is a palette clean up (not into wasting paint lol) and I just finished it off using some old plastic stencils from my stash. Added some paint splashes for a bit of extra 'grunginess'.<br />
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Thanks for dropping by and hopefully it won't be quite so long before my next post.<br />
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Jackie x<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-48213491221467212662016-10-24T01:17:00.002+01:002016-10-24T01:17:36.630+01:00Abstracts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi Everyone, again many apologies for not being around much, just been a tad busy with 'life stuff'.<br />
Anyway I decided to take a little time-out from the miserable 'life stuff' and create a couple of abstract paintings.<br />
They are both reworked canvases and created using texture paste, matt medium, acrylic paint and gilding foils.<br />
I had a a whole load of fun doing these and i'm rather thrilled with how they have turned out.<br />
Thanks for dropping by and apologies for the short post.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-73449092645162679182016-07-15T20:20:00.001+01:002016-07-15T20:20:12.336+01:00Assemblage Clock<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi Everyone, sorry I haven't been around much lately but I've busy redecorating my living room. <br />
Anyway, I thought I'd share this project I did a while ago.<br />
I finally managed to get my hands on a Tim Holtz assemblage Clock. I had been looking for one for ages but they always seemed to have been sold out! I just couldn't wait to get to work on this!<br />
I coloured the shiny chrome surface with alcohol inks to make it look old and rusty. Used some off cuts of Tim Holtz papers for the insides which were then coloured with Distress Inks. I used The Artist Stamper ' Tick-Tock' butterfly and flower stamps to create the 3D butterfly and rose and then added a little glass phial filled with watch parts and then added a quote and some ribbons to finish it off. Had loads of fun doing this project as I do love this kind of work but it has been such a long time since I have done any because of college studies.<br />
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A close up of the ' contents ' of the clock.<br />
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And here is a close up of the finish.<div>
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-50740645855447072002016-07-05T19:12:00.002+01:002016-07-05T19:12:47.076+01:00Art Journaling <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the first things I promised myself when I finished college was to do more art journaling. I think it is a great way to practice to practice new techniques and try out new ideas as well as a great way to blow off some steam and vent a little.<br />
I was lucky enough to be able to take a workshop with Glenda Waterworth a couple of weeks ago. It was a very informative class which I thoroughly enjoyed. It also boosted my confidence a little as I haven't really done a lot of journaling in this kind of style.<br />
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I started this journal in Glenda's class as I had bought it when I was at college specifically for working in when I had finished. It is a Pink Pig spiral bound A4 size.<br />
This page was done fairly quickly by starting out using Gesso. When dry I then did some writing using pro markers. The purpose of the Gesso was to make sure the pro markers didn't bleed through the page. Anyway after writing in the 'normal' direction (left to right) I rotated the page , changed colour and wrote the same again. I did this three times changing colour each time. Then covered the whole page in another coat of Gesso. When dry I then sprayed with Dylusions inks. Dried them off and then used some stencils with Distress Inks. The words were also done using stencils. I used a black rollerball and a white Posca Paint marker to highlight the word Change. These two words relate to the journaling which was covered up.<br />
I didn't really plan this page as such, I just sat down and played around and this is what came out.<br />
I am feeling pretty rotten today (stinking cold) so had to give the redecorating of the living room a miss.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-535756723081065822016-07-04T10:21:00.002+01:002016-07-04T10:21:55.218+01:00Home project.....DIY Godess !!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi Everyone, as you can see I'm in the process of redecorating my living room. I'm also looking into updated my furniture. The tv/media unit had seen better days so looked into buying a new but couldn't really find one I liked or could afford so I built my own!!<br />
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Two packs of pine tongue and groove flooring, some legs for kitchen units, some flat trim/beading and a couple of tins of Jacobean Dark Oak wood dye!!<br />
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Here you can see the work in progress. Nothing majorly difficult really but as this was my first attempt I decided simple would be best!<div>
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-42658282990026269072016-06-13T14:08:00.001+01:002016-06-13T14:08:14.886+01:00A Birthday Present....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A very quick post today. Just finished this painting for my son for his Birthday next week. He is a massive 'gamer' so thought this would be apt. Vault Boy from the Fallout Games.<br />
Really pleased with the way this has turned out considering I don't 'do' painting.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-79566883689391264402016-06-12T17:03:00.000+01:002016-06-12T17:03:00.396+01:00At last! A little more time on my hands......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
....to start blogging again! It has been SO long and Ihave missed you all.<br />
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I have at last finished the college course I was on. Two years hard study on HND Contemporary Art Practice! Been a really hard slog at times and was inundated with work so didn't have much time for anything else.<br />
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But now it's finished I have loads of time on my hands so the first chore will be redecorating my home starting with the livingroom!<br />
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Anyhow. I digress.... I am posting photos of a couple of art projects which went into the End of Term exhibition. Now these are very different to what I normally do but they encourage to be different in Contemporary Art. So the first photo is one of my favorite projects out f the whole two years study!<br />
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This was an 'Environmental' project and is entitled "A walk in the woods". Made from wood found while on a walk in the woods. This was based on Anxiety and depression. While suffering badly from depression I couldn't face going out but when I DID I suffered anxiety attacks. The chair represents my 'comfort zone' The piles of stones are contained in little cages (Gabion Baskets) and represent the worries and stresses of the anxiety disorder. The back of the chair is from a piece of wood that splintered off a fallen tree (just loved the shape of it), The seat is from a fence post that was lying around and the legs and supports are from a really old gnarled branch!<br />
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This project is my all time favourite and I adore it! It will take pride of place in my garden when I get it home as it is still on college. The exhibition finished on Friday 10th June and I couldn't get transport to bring it home. The college has agreed to keep it for another couple of weeks so I will post pictures when it's in situ at home !<br />
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The piece above is my latest and last project. This is a plaster cast and called " Baa Baa Black Sheep" , based on "Handed Down Truths" i.e. Nursery Rhymes. Basically it is a simplified abstract of tangled wool. I have the process of this project photographed and can post them if anyone is interested on how it was all done.<br />
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I am now looking forward to some serious 'me' time and catching up on things I have missed as well as giving my home some much needed TLC.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-10999381226877277492015-06-08T10:58:00.002+01:002015-06-08T10:58:50.321+01:00Upcyled patio table.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FROM THIS ....... One manky old tabletop that was crying out for a whole new look or heading for the bin !!<br />
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One off cut of external plywood at a reduced price !<br />
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A whole load of freebie tiles from a tile shop!!<br />
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And one "smashing" time !!<br />
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Getting "stuck" in !! (Sorry)<br />
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REALLY pleased with the way this has turned out. It was my first attempt at this kind of thing. Love the rustic country look to this piece!<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-3370685472759067672015-06-08T10:19:00.002+01:002015-06-08T10:19:43.407+01:00college project.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was based on the brief " Identity " and I chose to do a 3D art journal type installation based on my private journal while suffering from depression.<br />
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I made the boxes from plywood (with the help of the workshop technician) and all the objects are mostly found objects or upcyled from stuff I had lying around.<br />
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The painted boxes. Wanted a distressed look to these.<br />
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"Page 1 " Just a simple dark painting. I really struggled with anything creative during this time so tried to recreate that in the painting.<br />
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"Page 2 " The meds. The mini pills are Tic-Tac sweets!<br />
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"Page 3 " . This page is trying to explain my fear of leaving the house and meeting anyone let alone attending Therapy sessions.<br />
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"Page 4 " Showing how Art was my Therapy and helped me through. Some old paintbrushes and tubes and a little mini sketchbook.<br />
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"Page 5 " A general decluttering of my thoughts and trying not to worry about the thinks I couldn't control.<br />
The hand belongs to my son and the bucket is a plastic picnic beaker sawn in half.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-5223647903928730942015-05-31T01:20:00.002+01:002015-05-31T01:20:41.729+01:00It's been a while.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Many many many apologies for my severe lack of blogging. I have just been inundated with college work ! Nothing about being an Art student is easy!!<br />
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Still, things are calming down a little now , so much so that I have even had time to actually do some of my OWN work!<br />
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Finished off this altered jar I started many moons ago. Not done one of these before so it was a bit of a learning curve for me.<br />
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Just a quick post for as I have a few other things I'd like to show and I need to get all the details ready for those.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-39756240156083866372014-10-06T19:17:00.003+01:002014-10-06T19:17:51.222+01:00Just trying out some portrait painting...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This post has absolutely nothing at all to do with my college course but just 'stuff' I was trying out for the sake of just trying it. Kept my mind occupied through some pretty dark times. But, they were also 'seeing' excercises! The painting above is of David Draiman the lead singer with the band Disturbed! REALLY pleased with the way this turned out. The image below is the painting along with the reference photo....I really wish I could find out details of who actually took the photo so i can give them credit for it but sometimes it can be really difficult to get the proper details. So please accept my apologies for 'borrowing' your image but rest assured my painting of it is NOT for sale!<br />
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I traced down the outlines and then spent the day just painting !! I used a digital frame for the finished image as this is in my sketchbook!<br />
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This painting below is of Joe Anao'i or WWE Wrestling star Roman Reigns. I used the same process as above and just painted.<br />
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Once again apologies to the photographer for using their image...but again these paintings are not for sale and are just my personal experiments in my sketchbook.<br />
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And last but certainly not least...here's one of my favourite footballer....Pablo Zabaleta who plays for Manxhester City Football Club.<br />
Not very pleased with the background in this but hey, who cares..it's Pablo Zabaleta so that's all that matters!! ;)<br />
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As I said earlier, nothing to do with college just my personal 'stuff'.<br />
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Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-73663467964661796962014-10-04T23:44:00.000+01:002014-10-04T23:44:11.492+01:00Mixed Media Techniques board.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wow...my posts are like the buses, wait for ages and then two come along at once lol.<br />
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Anyway I digress, the photos above are something we have been working on over the past two weeks in class. Techniques for mixed media. It was basically an excercise on not being scared! This was basically a 'go for it' piece. No theme , just playing with materials and effects.<br />
Used lots of different things in this. Most of which i have used previously and some i haven't.<br />
Plaster of Paris, hot glue, gummed tape, image transfer, sequin waste, torn paper, acrylic paint and lots and lots and lots of pva glue!!<br />
The bottom image is the result from the second weeks work and it looks a lot better and has pulled together really well. Really pleased with the randomness of it and also the colours. Didn't actually realise i was working with a limited colour palette until it was pointed out to me.<br />
Thoroughly enjoyed working on this and can't wait to get started work on the project using these techniques. Just hope I can follow the brief ok.<br />
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Jackie x</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-12091112360310692042014-10-04T23:24:00.000+01:002014-10-04T23:24:08.623+01:00Been way too long...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, well well, it has been WAY too long since I have blogged. I should be ashamed for neglecting my poor wee blog AND all my wonderful readers (that's if you still remember me)!<br />
But I DO have an excuse....You see I have managed to get myself onto an HND Contemporary Art Practice course at college. It is a two year full time course so needless to say i just don't have the same time on my hands now. Started back in September and so far have been totally inundated with homework!! But it is all worth it really because it does help.<br />
Lots of interesting 'stuff' going on but i won't bore you too much with all the details.<br />
However I WILL post pictures of projects i will be working on and probably other 'stuff' that i have done in class, some of which i haven't tried before.<br />
My next post will be about the mixed media class project we are currently working on so watch this space!!<br />
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Once again many apologies for my absence and thanks for dropping by<br />
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Take care<br />
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Jackie x</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-67030172686029887732014-06-21T11:40:00.000+01:002014-06-21T11:40:18.604+01:00The Lizard King !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My quirky side kicked in for piece and I love it!! Very different and just plain fun!<br />
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This was done in a one inch deep box frame. First of all I randomly brushed over the background using Pèbèo Studio acrylics . Then painted the frame in black. Set it aside to dry while I gilded the little toy rubber lizard. Isn't he just cute!.I then painted in some black triangles around the inside edge of the box. I used the gilding outliner paste to draw zig zag lines down the sides of the frame and once that had dried I then used foil sheets to gild the lines. I painted the feet of the lizard and used it as a 'stamp' to give the footprints. The quote is done on two ice-lolly sticks which were painted in the same colours as the background. Stuck everything down and let it dry.<br />
I then used the Pèbèo Crystal resin and mixed up enough to embed everything in resin.<br />
A REALLY fun and quirky piece which has slight 'Tribal' feel to it. Really had fun with this and just let my quirky side come out on this one.<br />
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Jackie x</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-35166928234805518602014-06-21T11:25:00.001+01:002014-06-21T11:25:46.945+01:00Altered Mirror.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First of all I must apologise for this photograph. Mirrors and flash photography don't mix! Hence the piece of card in the middle.<br />
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Anyway, this was one of those inexpensive little mirrors from Ikea. A very plain wooden frame crying out for some altering.<br />
I used Pèbèo Studio Acrylics for the background which was just randomly brushed on. I then used the Studio texture paste 'White Sand' and stencilled through a home made stencil. While this was drying I gilded some little chipboard frames with copper gilding flakes and stuck them down to the corner of the frame. I used some Pèbèo Fantasy Moon and Fantasy Prisme paints and poured them into the mini frames. While that set aside drying I used the same paint on the little tiles, which are actually the insides of the mini frames. Once they were fully dry I then painted the edges of the tiles with some copper colour paint from my stash to tone them in with the frames on the bottom corner.<br />
I used Pèbèo Studio acrylics in metallic colours to match the background and randomly brushed over the texture paste to tone in the swirls and also just randomly brushed the rest of the background to finish it off.<br />
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A nice little project this one and I like they way it turned out.<br />
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Jackie x</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-838971587806552102014-06-21T10:58:00.000+01:002014-06-21T10:58:08.860+01:00Gilded Timepiece <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now this project I DID have fun with! Took me nearly three days but there is a LOT of work involved.<br />
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The background was done using Pèbèo Studio Acrylic randomly brushed over the 20x8" canvas. While it was drying I set about making and gilding the flowers.<br />
These were done using a rubber stamp. I stamped out the flower ten times then cut them out. I then brushed over the gilding glue and set them aside to dry, meanwhile, I cut the cogs and gearwheels and the weathered clock using my Bigshot machine. I then brushed on some gilding glue and set these aside to dry. Now the flowers are dry I just popped then into my box of gilding flakes. Brushed off the excess and then gave them a coat of Terracotta and Green alcohol inks as I wanted to give them a 'rusty' look. I just did the same with cogs.<br />
I constructed all the flowers ( there is a good tutorial for this over on The Artistic Stamper blog by the way). Glued them down with a hot glue gun and used glass beads for the centres. The cogs, gearwheels and clock are stuck down with p.v.a. glue.<br />
I used Pèbèo Fantasy Moon and Fantasy Prisme paints for the dribbles. Love the effects of these two paints when the mix together.<br />
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The quote was done in gold marker pen on a scrap piece of card which was sprayed with Copper Cosmic Shimmer. I used dome copper paint and gold paint from my own stash to stencil through dome sequin waste randomly over the rest of the painting and then just gave a light spray of the Cooper Cosmic Shimmer to finish.<br />
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REALLY pleased with the way this turned and it is one of my favourite pieces.<br />
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Jackie x</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-43271879262838876352014-06-20T21:16:00.003+01:002014-06-20T21:16:56.142+01:00More from Pèbèo - 'Imperfect Pearls.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello again, been having another play with some more Pèbèo products and came up with this.<br />
Done on a canvas board usinf Pèbèo Studio acrylic paint for the background along with a couple of metalic colours. After it was dry I then used some of the Gold outliner paste and drew some lines and uneven circles. When that was dry I added some Pèbèo Fantasy Moon and Fantasy Prisme paints to the inside of the circles. Set it aside to dry and this was how it ended up looking. Quite like the way it turned out actually. Not quite brilliant but not too bad...just right.<br />
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Jackie</div>
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06361109829529764843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195684062291632749.post-33140825752942264192014-06-15T01:57:00.000+01:002014-06-15T01:58:21.491+01:00Pèbèo shout out !!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello everyone, it has been a wee while since I last blogged and as usual it is just life and other stuff getting in the way.<br />
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I was lucky enough to receive a mahoosive box of goodies from Pèbèo recently and was asked to "create stuff" using their products. I was thrilled to bit but also very nervous as well because I haven't used their products before. So I set about watching some online videos and tutorials to give me an idea of what I could and couldn't do.<br />
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Didnt take me long to come up with ideas though and the photo above is my first project.<br />
In the box were these little wooden frames and I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with the so I just poured in some Fantasy Moon and Some Prisme paints. Left it to dry overnight to see what I had as an end result and thought I would work from there. I LOVE these paints!! What a gorgeous result!!<br />
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Just adore the way these paints interact with each other while drying! I then set about decorating the frames. Tried to theme it to match the colours inside. The orange one looked like 'fire' so I went with that. I randomly applied some modelling paste to the frame and when it was dry I roughly mixed some of the Pèbèo Studio acrylics and roughly painted to suit.<br />
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I decided to go with an 'ice' theme for the other one and used the Studio acrylics White Sand texture gel. I thought itvlooked like snow when it was dry but I just coloured it using the acrylic paints again.<br />
I was really plwasantly surprised with thexway this duo came together and love the way they have turned out. These wee frames have little magnets embedded in the back and would really sweet fridge ornaments or be stuck to anything metal for that matter.<br />
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So, pleass watch this space for more Pèbèo projects .<br />
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Jackie x</div>
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Many apologies yet again for my lack of blogging and neglecting you all but life just seems to be getting in the way at the moment.<br />
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Anyway, I did however manage to make a little time for myself and do some creating. It took two days in fact but it was loads of fun to watch this piece develop!<br />
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20 x 8 inch mixed media canvas. Many apologies for the quality of the photo though as it was taken on my mobile phone.<br />
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I didn't really have a plan with this piece so i just "went with it" so to speak. I decided to dig into my scrapbook paper stash and use some of it. I have way too many packs and they are beginning to overtake my cupboard spaces!<br />
So, I grabbed a couple of floral and patterned packs and tore up a few sheets with a similar colour scheme and proceeded to 'wallpaper' my canvas. I wasn't bothered about bubbles o ceases because I always feel it adds a bit of texture! Once it was dry i sanded the whole thing down to take some of the shine from the glue off as it was P.V.A I used. gave it a dusting off then a whitewash of watered down gesso. I mixed up some pale pink acrylic paint and some pale green and then just randomly brushed that over in laces on the background. Again when dry, I sanded it down and then added the next layer. This was done by using modelling paste through a handmade stencil. Set the whole aside to dry and went for a cup of coffee!<br />
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Coffee break over - modelling paste dry - time for colour! I dry brushed over the swirls with some pale green acrylic paint and let dry. Once this was dry I set about with some background stamping using a random mixture stamps from my stash. some of the stamping is a little subtle and doesn't really show up in the photo but trust me, it IS there!<br />
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At this point I am still feeling it is looking a little 'flat' so decided to see if I could highlight some of the details in the background papers. The word 'flower' was barely visible so I drew round what I could see of it and painted it using Twinkling H20's. Thought I'd be smart and dry it with the heat gun to hurry it up a little and lo'n'behold it started to blister and bubble! Wow! I liked that so left it! I highlighted it with a white Sakura gel pen, along with the details on the swirls.<br />
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Now onto the flowers! Theses were made using an outline flower stamp. I stamped some large petals onto the back of some of the patterned paper I used for the background, same thing for the small petals. Also did two styles of leaves and then spent time cutting them all out. I edged the petals and leaves with some distress inks to finish them off a little. Once they were all constructed I laid them out on my canvas to give me an idea of where I wanted them placed or where I felt they looked right, then proceeded to finish off the details with some more stamping, and also some sequin waste stencilling!<br />
Flowers are all glued down with a hot glue gun and the centres were added using some glitter glue, but there is a big space...hmmm...what to do... Ah a Butterfly! Stamped onto the back of some patterned paper and cut it out, stuck it down with a hot glue gun and some dressmakers pins for the antennae, but I might just see if I can a smaller layer to this as I am not really too keen on the way it looks, i may just add some white pen details to it instead.<br />
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Anyway, I added a quote to a pack of mini wooden plaques I bout for under a quid at a high street store, tied on some string and then glued them down with a hot glue gun.<br />
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Finished off the edges a little better to neaten the whole thing up and then stepped back. Yup! It's finished, no more fiddling!!<br />
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REALLY pleased with this piece seeing as it was a 'totally go for it' piece! Love when this happens as it is can be a nice surprise if it turn out the way you see it when putting it together!<br />
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Thank you for dropping by, take care and enjoy your day.<br />
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Jackie x<br />
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Well, been trying my hand at some painting.<br />
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Decided to have a go at Spiderman, Ironman, Captain America and a retro Catwoman.<br />
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Not my normal kind of work but they are real fun pieces and something a little different from me.<br />
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I did enjoy doing these. Have to admit to very fond<br />
of the Captain America piece though. Really love the way that one turned turned out. All just acrylics on canvas.<br />
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Thanks for dropping by.<br />
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Take care<br />
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