Art journal page POST CARD

Hi..
  Here's another layout from my art journal...

Supplies list is almost endless.! I don't have a track of them...
Started with a decoupage paper from DCWV for the bg.. Then built up layers using DIs antique linen, scattered straw, wild honey.. [The colors almost washed out when i applied gel medium finally :( ] maybe next time i need to be careful.! Random stamping with postal stamps from itsybitsy, Tim Holtz French artist & little things stamp sets..

The post box is hand drawn using the template i created for this card. Colored with memento lady bug & fired brick DI. Also added some washed out black soot over the shadows to create a old & worn out look.. Envelopes are again drawn & fussy cut.. Hearts from a border punch & colored with red sketch pen.. Worn text stamp set used for the words.. Whole layout covered with Liquitex matte gel medium..Highlights given using uniball signo white gel medium..

Personal note:
I love to write & receive letters.. During school time we used to run a daily newspaper named motto today & also a magazine motto weekly... All handwritten.! We were a very small group with fantasy names & address like
Poonguzhali, kalangarai vilakam (lighthouse in tamil), kodikarai. (Dats me. One of my favorite fictional characters from a great historical tamil novel "ponniyin Selvan")
Florentyna, Hogsmeade, Lapland..
Tinker Bill, The windmill, Transylvania etc..
we also had a post master (Winky ;)) to deliver everything..
When i look back it all seems so funny & i had the best time of my life then :)

That I guess is the longest personal note i've written so far on a blog post :D

Thanks for ur patience & time.! Hope u liked it.. Ur comments mean a lot.. C u soon.
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to

http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.co.at/2015/07/72015-post-postage.html?m=1

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.in/2015/07/julys-challenge.html?m=1

Magnet holder

Hi
Here's a mixed media project i made..
I had no idea it's gonna turn out into a magnet holder when i first started..





The base is made of air drying clay, painted with distress inks & metallic acrylic paints..
The image is from micia stamp set, colored with distress inks & fussy cut..
Quote is from Kaisercraft stamp set..

I hope u liked it.. Ur comments mean a lot.
C u soon.
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,
http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2015/07/bgc70-dimensional-project.html?m=1

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.in/2015/07/julys-challenge.html?m=1

Flower interactive birthday card

Hi
Today i'll be sharing an interactive card i created for my bestie's bday..

The colored tabs can be pulled open this way..





it took too much time for me to figure out all the calculations & finally ended up with way lot of imperfections.. I was very much caught up with it that i forgot to take pics in between..
I'll try to explain the process here as best as possible with digital sketches..

Basically i constructed a hexagon with side 2" out of watercolor paper & using it as template cut 2 more out of cardstock..

The hexagon panels are arranged one on top of the other.. The pockets for the tabs are made by sticking hinges on the central panel..




The tabs are 2"×1.2", the semicircles are 2" wide & stuck separately.



I hope this gives some idea about the construction..!
I applied glue on top of the hinges & stuck the panels..

The image is hand drawn & watercolored with distress inks.. Applied wink of stella clear glitter and glossy accents over the topping & the little heart..
I refered the cliparts from picsart app.. They are so cute & adorable..
For the sentiment i thought of using Avery Elle stamps but the size was too big for my card.. So once again i wrote that down with Pilot black fineliner pen..





The tabs are colored with distress inks & the sentiments are from various stamp sets which i found to match the theme.. Stamped with memento tuxedo black ink..

Hope you liked it.. Do lemme kno ur comments about my new experiment :D
C u soon.
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,

http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2015/07/challenge-51-anything-but-square-and.html?m=1

http://catchychallenges.blogspot.in/2015/07/cscc-16-no-line-coloring.html?m=1

Art journal colors

Hi..
It's been so long since i made a crafty post :D Here's another layout from my art journal..

I started with rainbow coloring a Brustro's water color paper with distress paints (seedless preserves, salty ocean, mowed lawn, mustard seed, spiced marmalade) and reinforced with co ordinating distress inks to vary the shades & give more vibrance.. I dint have red distress paint so i used only the ink (fired brick) for that.I also created a dark area with walnut stain distress paint & black soot ink in the same way.

I drew some rough random guidelines on the back of the paper & fussy cut them to pieces.

Now it's time for some ultimate patience :D i stuck the pieces one by one on to my page.. I found fevicryl fabric glue to best suit this coz it's thick & becomes tacky real quick..

I drew a rough outline of the tree with pencil & followed the same to adhere the dark strips..

In the retrospective, i thought i should have left some space on the borders for some darker color.. But then i remembered my film roll washi tape & i think it fit just perfect.

 I absolutely love how the colors show through the translucent vellum like surface of the tape as if they are entrapped.

For the quote i used the colors from distress mini ink kit (spun sugar,scattered straw, shaded lilac, evergreen bough) on a nightingale texrured water color paper, wrote the swirly letters with a brown & white gel pen, cut into strips, doodled around with black fineliner pen & stuck everything down.
Quote says "The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most" ~John Ruskin..

Finally i gave a coat of Liquitex matte gel medium to seal everything.

Hope you liked it.
Do lemme kno your comments. They mean a lot to me.
C u soon. Until then,
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,
http://www.hobbymela.com/hobbymela_contest/contemporary-mosaics-create-a-mosaic-effect/

http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.in/2015/07/julys-challenge.html?m=1

Art journal TRAVEL

Hi
  It's time to take the next step with my art journalling ;) layouts now in a bigger size notebook 8.5"×11".. Here's page #1.




Background:
I begun by two pasting two pages together to get a sturdy wotk surface.. Used Decupage napkin & modpodge to create the base of bg.




Gave a wash of gesso over it. Applied distress paint "picked raspberry" with fingers mostly & at places with wet baby wipe.. Added distress inks worn lipstick and fired brick all around the edges.




Doodled around the page with Brustro & pilot black fineliners.. Added highlights with Uniball signo white gel pen..





Did some random stamping with Kaisercraft bg texture stamp "Triangles" & Tim Holtz "little things" stamp set.. Added white splashes with watered down gesso..





Elements:

I drew the girl in a scrap paper first, then carbon transferred to water color paper & colored with distress inks. Then transferred the image to papericious designer paper & paper pieced the dress, shoes and head bow.
Added wink of Stella clear glitter all over. I just love that shimmer.




Followed almost the same procedure for the umbrella & added glossy accents & black enamel accents for added dimension :)




Quote is stamped with "worn text" by Tim Holtz & memento tuxedo black ink.. Finally added the border with Kaisercraft bg stamp "Morocco".

On a personal note, I love traveling the most & felt it's apt to start my new journal based on it like my mini journal here. am happy to have incorporated my craze for doodling here :D
Hit by a wave of nostalgia as i was doing so.. Dubai is always close to my heart having so many childhood memories there :)
Here are few pics.
http://rhizwana.com/vacation/071__2011_02_17.jpg.php
http://rhizwana.com/vacation/049__2011_02_04.jpg.php
http://rhizwana.com/vacation/093__2011_02_17.jpg.php

Thanks for your time & patience. Do lemme kno ur comments. They mean a lot to me. C u soon. Until then,
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,

http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.in/2015/06/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-13-year.html?m=1


I went for "THINK PINK".



http://rheddscreativespirit.blogspot.in/2015/06/our-june-challenge.html?m=1

http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.in/2015/06/062015-masculine-feminine.html?m=1
There's way too much gender discrimination here that a girl wanting to travel (that too alone) is considered close to being an alien.. Yet i choose not to give up something i love with all my heart & hoping to continue whatever comes :) i feel That is not feminisim but rather standing up for one's self rights & freedom irrespective of being male or female :)

Mixed media tag: summer splash

Hi
Here's a mixed media tag i've created for my guest designer post at The mixed media mojo blog.

I started with Ranger's Manila tag inking with DI squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, spiced marmalade to get an ombre effect.
I splashed some water droplets with hands & wiped of the excess with paper towel to add more texture.

I mixed some mulberry mica flakes by Prima (which was a gift for winning Lulupu's blog hop) with gesso & applied it with palette knife to get a raised rock like effect. I tried to bring about the textured rocks i found in Goa. After drying, i inked up the surface with gathered twigs & vintage photo.

I applied texture paste through TCW's mini tile texture. With Prima bubbles stencil, i drew some circles with yellow & white fine liners & applied glossy accents & white enamel accents over them respectively.. I din't care too much about the precision of the circles as i liked the ragged edges look..
Also applied ink through the same stencil & random script stamping with Kaisercraft bg stamp.
Sentiment is from Heidi swapp collection.
Finally added some white gesso splashes to finish off the bg..

I drew the juice glass, lemon & starfish in plain white cardstock, colored with distress inks and fussy cut leaving a white border all around.. Gave a coat of crackle accents over the glass & i just loveee the effect.
Stuck everything to the base with glue & foam tape..

After adding the eylelet in place, i made a bow out of baker's twine & added a yellow sugar dot at the center to complete the project.

{I planned to make this a pictorial but dint get to take the step by step pics :(}

Hope you liked it.Do lemme kno ur comments. They mean a lot to me.
Thanks for your time.
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,
http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2015/06/challenge-50-summer-splash-tutorial-to.html?m=1

Spread your wings MMC

Hi

Today I'll be sharing a mixed media card.





I started off with my favy watercolor paper (4"×4") & flutterby stencil. I applied
DI peacock feathers, salty ocean, worn lipstick & squeezed lemonade.



I put some clear glitter embossing powder when it is still wet & heat set it.





Embellishments are handmade.
Also added some color splashes.
Sentiment is handwritten on ledger PP from prima & fussy cut into tiles.
I inked a green satin ribbon with some mowed lawn DI & made the bow..





For the frames i've used paper & DI.. I absolutely love the green frame.. I've used Brustro's iridescent paper & inked with mowed lawn & squuezed lemonade mixture.. That sparkle is so cool isn't it?! :)



i've stuck everything on to a 5"×5" cardstock panel.. Finally Added some pearls.

Hope you liked it :)
Do lemme kno your comments. They mean a lot to me. Thanks for your time.
Create. Have fun.

Linking this to,

http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2015/05/bgc68-make-your-own-embelishments.html?m=1

http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2015/05/lulupu-challenge-49-use-wings-and-color.html?m=1


http://blog.kraftzone.in/2015/05/summer-splash-cards-challenge15.html?m=1