Had a nice play today with some paint and crayons for this art journal page for ukstampers weekly challenge. The prompt for week 17 is celebration, to include:
- one special event that you have celebrated
- the letters R.S.V.P on your page
- use some sparkle somewhere on your page
I didn’t include one special event, I mean how does one choose from so many?
Celebrations are so much better when they are shared and my doodles around the border read; sharing, music, friends, good food, family and drink. For the sparkle I added glitter glue and there is mica in the spray mist.
Inks: Memento Tuxedo black
Card: watercolour paper
Stamps: Stampin up Cheer & wishes and the word celebrate, Inkadinkado Hello hummingbird, Delish Lush treats
Other: Stickles lime and yellow, bleach to remove some colour, white wax crayon, watercolour crayons, copic pens, black pen, Cosmic shimmer mist Aqua lagoon.
First of all I stamped the word celebrate and then doodled the other words around the border. I then stamped the central words and hand wrote some too. Then I scribbled the white crayon over the black writing and doodles (to act as a resist). Using the watercolour crayons I coloured the border and used an aqua brush to blend the colours together. I then stamped the humming bird and other elements in. I sprayed it lightly with water first then with the mica mist while masking the border roughly. Using a piece of parchment I ironed the page so the wax would melt and the pale paper would show up. Well that didn’t work out quite as well as it could have so I used a yellow copic pen to brighten a few of these parts up. I then lifted some of the colur from the stamped images (which would have been much easier if I hadn’t ironed it first). Once lightened I could then colour them in and I used copic pens for this. I highlighted some areas with the stickles. In real life the colour of the blue area is more aqua and the yellows are brighter.
