Chronicles of imperfection 2

Here is the first inside spread of my book. The word stamps all come from Dylusions.

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Chronicles of imperfection

Do you remember the papers I decorated a while ago? Well, I decided to us some of them to make a little book, 'Chronicles of imperfection'.

The pages were made from the papers and edged with Tim Holtz tape. The embellishments were made from brown paper that I had used as scrap to mop up any extra inks whilst spraying projects, stamping on it and tearing them out. The stamps are by Lynne Perella, from Paper Artsy.

I shall reveal one spread each day over the next few days.

Here is the cover. You will have seen the flowers in a previous post.

Two more IPad drawings

My Dad was given an IPad for Christmas and he let me have a play. Here are the results:

A (poor) copy of one of David Hockney's pictures:

 

I went with the flow ...

... and this is what I ended up with, so don't read anything into it; it's just fun!

Credits: all elements from 'Diary Declassified'  by B Rimmer @ Deviant Scrap

A new beginning

This page was created using stencils, spray inks, acrylic paint, stamping. The houses were cut from Kraft Resist paper, painted and stuck onto the page.

Striking head-gear!

Credits: all elements from 'Diary Declassified by B Rimmer @ Deviant Scrap

Are you a tea or a coffee person? I am definitely a tea person, although I do like coffee at certain times.

This is a digital collage using elements by B Rimmer.

Credits: 'Diary Declassified' & 'Journal Interrupted' by B Rimmer @ Deviant Scrap; large frame by K Lewis @ SBG

Embracing imperfection

I was playing with acrylic paint and stencils and ended up with this journal page. I really like it. What do you think?

Vintage letter - a digital piece

Credits: all elements by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap - from 'Art Therapy', 'Grunge Flowers' & 'Grunge Edges'

A second journal page with a bird

Flowers

This is another digital piece.

Credits: frame by T Baxter @ SBG; other elements from 'Flower Grunge',  'Grunge Edges' and 'Art Therapy' by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap

Pros and cons - a digital collage

Credits: grunge edges by Cryztal Rain @ Deviant Scrap; all other elements from 'Virtuosity' by T Baxter @ SBG

Three tags

I made this tags by staining it with Distress Stains, stamping on the script and numbers and adding the Tissue Tape. Having stamped  and cut out the Lynne Perella stamp, I coloured it by painting on water-soluble oil pastels with a water brush.

For the next two tags, I made the background by applying a layer of gesso and then covering it with different colours of acrylic paint. I then applied a stencil over them and dabbed off the paint with a baby white.

More Creative Chemistry

Having finished Tim Holtz's course I decided to have another play. I made these two tags in the same way, staining Kraft Resist paper, except the one on the  left  has a layer of Picket Fence Distress Stain as the first layer. You can see the subtle difference in that it is a little lighter in colour.

Flowers made from glassine paper and Perfect Pearls

These flowers are very simple to make and look so pretty.

I die cut the flower shapes and then screwed each paper up. Once flattened, I dusted on Perfect Pearls and heated them to 'set' them. I fastened them together using a brad. Voila!

Paper backgrounds

I enjoyed making these. I started off with 12 x12 inch sheets of patterned paper and sprayed Dylusions Inks through various stencils. A simple technique, but very effective! I then cut all the sheets into four ready for the next project.

Fearless ...

... another digital piece.

 Credits: all elements from 'Wren' by R McMeen @ SBG

A digital collage

Credits: overlay by 3 Hearts @ Zig Zag Scrap; all other elements from 'Virtuosity' by T Baxter @ SBG

A skinny card

The challenge from Take a Word this week is to make a Skinny card, 3 inches x 5 inches (or 7.62 x 12.70 centimetres). We are allowed to choose our own theme and create it in our own style, as long as we use some newsprint or similar in the background.

Here's mine:

 Credits: Little girl by Lisa's Altered Art; words by T Baxter @ SBG

Happy Easter!

Bird of paradise

Creative Chemistry - no. 10

And here is my completed bundle of tags.

Creative Chemistry 101 - no. 9

Rick Candy Distress Stickles:

Unfortunately, the camera hasn't picked up the sparkle, but it is there!!

Creative Chemistry 101 - no. 8

Perfect distress mist:

Perfect distress:

Perfect splatter distress:

Creative Chemistry 101 - no. 7

Paint dabber resist:

Crackle paint resist:

Crackle paint resist:

Shattered stains:

Creative Chemistry 101 - no. 6

Nostalgic batik:

Rusted enamel:

Distress powder resist: