SDC 155 magazines and newspaper

 Happy Thursday.

I have a fun project for you NEXT WEEK.  Why NEXT WEEK?  Because I had to jump in on the (Stampotique) SDC 155 challenge that began yesterday. 

Magda is our hostess this week and I could not resist her challenge to use newspaper or magazine.  Since I have a little obsession with type I thought I'd share one of my very favorite techniques!

Daniel Torrente's Hunk is here to help, along with Amy Wellenstein's love and be loved quote.  My background shows a hint of text for added interest and texture.  Here is how I did it.

Materials:

Cardstock
Gesso
Used gift/ credit card
acrylic paint
work surface
newspaper
flat paint brush (or fingertip will do)
Modge Podge
baby wipes

1. You can begin with a sturdy sheet of cardstock, watercolor paper, or even scrapbook paper with a pattern. 

Add a few drops of acrylic paint to your gesso and scrape across your paper surface as desired.  Sometimes I like to leave ridges (right) from the credit card and not smooth out. Let dry and add another color layer if desired.

2. When prepared surface is dry, apply Modge Podge generously with flat brush or finger.  Immediately place and gently press newsprint face down on Modge Podge. Use the brush to gently burnish the image without moving it.

3. By the time you are done washing out your brush you are ready to remove the newspaper with the credit card. The backwards type is left behind.

4.  If you want to remove some areas to create a more distressed look, wrap a baby wipe around your finger and work away the area you wish to remove.

I even added a little type in Hunk's head. 

I colored Hunk with Peerless watercolors and a waterbrush.  He's raised on the surface with a little silicone glue and there is a bit of washi tape just to keep him grounded.

The randomness of the text is really fun.  I hope you try it!

Come back next week because I have a fun project that you will want to make!

Janet

Bike ride for the birds

A simple little ATC for you today. 

I was the lucky recipient of a bee sting and my eyes have an uncanny resemblance to Mr. Magoo.   Since my designing eyes are challenged I had to resort to a little ATC I had previously made and tucked away.

The background is Dylusions spray with a tad of old book page.  I thought this little illustrated bird needed to be perched on top on the bike seat of Stampotique's bicycle. "Bike ride" is an excerpt from bike ride text. 

Hope to be back on track next week! 

For all of those in the USA, have a happy fourth of July!

Janet
 

Besties

A couple of new gals have moved in on Vera Lane!  The set is called "Besties" and they are ready for instant download in my Etsy shop.
Right now we are running a 25% coupon off of a $7.00 minimum purchase.  Use coupon code:  JULY4TH  at check out.  Coupon will run through July 11th.

Summer love

I have a love-hate relationship.  I'm loving summer right up until NOW!  Arizona summers seem to last forever.  We will be entering "monsoon season", which admittedly can be fun with beautiful skies.  However, with added humidity and temps on the rise to 115 plus, the outdoors is not to be enjoyed for too long.  My love-hate Arizona summer feelings gave inspiration for this mixed-media piece.

Stampotique's Mela and Little bird are featured in  this journal page.    I began with a light application of gesso, applied with a credit card.  I smeared Gelatos into the gesso and intensified the color with an additional layer of Inktense brushed roughly with a stiff damp brush.  My sweet  husband bought me Posca pens which led to my doodles.  I loved how they took the surface.  My signature scrap bits and stitches complete the background. 

I used a white wax crayon to work around the edges of the images to create the intensity of the summer sun.  I made Mela's heart a little larger with some scrap paper to accent "summer love."



The Big Bad on Vera Lane!

The suspense is over!

Lil' Red (Riding Hood) and (not so) "Big Bad" have arrived on Vera Lane.

Quirky and right up your digital alley.  Great for art journals, cards, ATC'S, and other paper crafts.

This versatile six image set is available now in our Etsy shop for instant download. 

You can download this set immediately after purchase.  Resized, arrange and print. 

If I must say so myself, "Big Bad" is just about the cutest little character to appear on Vera Lane! 

Hope you enjoy it!

Who could it be?

Someone familiar will be arriving on Vera Lane early next week. Who could it be?
Stay tuned and check back.  It's a big birthday weekend for my hubby, so I know I will enjoy my weekend.  I hope you enjoy yours!

Besties

I have a mobile groomer outside my home working on my Labradoodle Phoebe.  The little guy, Humphrey, is howling up a storm.  I'm having a hard time putting this simple idea together, but "random acts alphabet" came out of the drawers this morning and I'm sticking with it.

I gessoed my journal page and used two shades of pale taupe to color the background.  When dry, I applied Victorian Velvet Distress stain aground the edges.  I spelled out "besties" on copy paper and soaked the surround of each letter with Copics. I used Bic water based paint pens and Pitt pens to accent.  "Little friends"  was stamped with coffee dye ink on tea stained muslin.  The image was stitched to scrap paper.  Graphite pencil scribbles are added to the negative space.  Scraps are added to help anchor the composition. 

Finally, I added a little piece of ruled paper for a journal entry.

I'm going to keep on playing with these letters before I put them away.