World of Color Journal- A page for Sox

Yeah.... We are starting another Round Robin Journal Swap. I have sent my book on its journey and I have in returned received my first one to work in. This one is for Sox. The color palette that she chose was Sepia and black.

 The front page has a tag I created using tissue paper, tissue tape and gel medium. I started by covering the tag with bits of tissue tape. I then stamped onto tissue paper and applied it with gel medium.

 

 This is a close up of the tag. I used a steam punk embellishment I got from a close friend. You know who you are  ;)



 

 

This is the back of the page. Don't you just love this paper? It's hard to tell whats printed and whats layered with this look.

 

This is a close up of the journal tag that I stamped with the completion date of my work.

It was a lot of fun to work in and I hope she likes it.

Round Robin Book Comes Home!!

 

Remember this? Back at the end of January it started its trip around the country. This is my Round Robin Journal entitled Eclectic Gentlemen.

 

This is the cover I made.

 

This was the front of the page I created.

 

And this is the back. As you can see there on the right side a bunch of blank grunge board pages just waiting for some Very Talented Artist.

 

Well Saturday the mailman brought my book back home to me.

The following images are the pages front and back. Front pages will be on the right of the screen and obviously the backs on the left.

 

 

Starting with Elena Vigil- Farinas

 

 

 

Kimberly Laws 

Eileen Bellomo

 

Mary Beth Janisse

 

 Rhea Freitag

 

Lynn Stevens 

 

Carol Sweeney

 

Gloria Alexander

Pam Austin

Socrates

 

 Deb Ring

 

The back of Debs page and the inside of my back cover.

Needless to say I am completely delighted with this one of a kind work of art. Several of the pages have pull outs and flip features that I just cant photograph well enough to do them justice.
 I will treasure it forever....  Thank you so much for making it just over the top special for me.

 

Friends

Stephen

Art Journals, An Ending and a Beginning.

 

As the Round Robin Ive been playing in comes to and end another one is beginning.

First the End.

 

 

The last journal for me to work in was for Elena. This is the 2 page spread I created for her book

 

 

 

 

Using tones of red and craft I created a French/Victorian page with a young lady in waiting.

 

On the opposing page I clustered red poppies, some bling, and a wooden word embellishment that reads Be True.

 

Below is a close up of the girl. Behind her I have a train ticket stamped with the date I finished the page and my Bearcrazyman autograph.

This swap was a lot of fun and very challenging to create so many different pieces for some very special artists.

 

 

 

Now for the Beginning. This swap is entitled World of Color.

 

Each artist was to choose 2 colors and create their pages. I picked Purple and Gold. I have always thought that combination just had an air of Royalty to it.

 

This is the front of my page that I covered with a deli paper gelli print and stamped images from

Dina Wakely. Grunge board embellishments that I embossed help the images to pop.



 

The back of the page continues with another image from Dina and a blinding gold background.



 

This is a little pocket I included inside the front cover for each artist to sign to form and index of all the players.

 I just know that this will be another amazing piece since the artist playing along are superior in their art.



A Page For Kimberly

This is the next to the last page for me in the journal round robin that I'm playing in. Kimberly wanted her pages in blue and this is my addition to her book.

 

 

I love using shadow background and then filling in the elements with 3d embellishment. It just seems to add so much to a page.

 

 

 

This is a close up of the rosette I created with a spiral quote from JRR Tolkien.

 

 

On the back of the page I use some stamps from Rubbernecker stamps. To keep the ethereal feel I stamped onto scraps of the same paper as the background. I really like how it blends but still kind of pops!

I hope Kimberly likes it.

 

 

"LWD Design Team Showcase: "Tim Holtz Dies"

Exciting News Everyone, I was chosen to be one of the New Design Team Members for 

Lone Wolf Designs.

 

If you have never heard of Lone Wolf Designs its owned by Kris Whittaker, who has a wonderful online shop where you can save up to 25% off of some of today's wonderful art supplies.
You can visit her online store here.

 

So as a design team member its my week to share some art.
Being one of the owners of the All Things Tim Yahoo Group I found it only fitting for my first outing as a DT member to feature Tim Holtz.

I was pleased to be able to show off art that I created for an online round robin I am currently playing in with several other players.
This members theme was Time for Love.

 

As you can see I used the Tim Holtz Pocket watch die, his On the Edge Steam punk die along with other embellishments from his Ideology line.
 I also included a pair of Train Tickets from 7 Gypsies that I inked and distressed.

To create the watch I cut one layer of grunge board without the Mover and Shaper sized circle for the back and cut several layers with the largest circle in place in order to get the opening and give the piece the depth I was after.
Since the Steam punk gears are all on one piece I cut them apart and painted each one a different color.
 

As I stacked and glued the pieces together I inserted one piece of the gears between the different layers so they would be all on a different levels and give the piece some real depth. I also cut a solid watch from the grunge board packaging to use as a faux crystal on the watch which I insert before the final top layer.

 

On the edge of the page I also use Tim Holtz Tissue tape

and his new Distress Paint in Barn Door Red.

 

Here is a close up of the watch gears which were also painted with Rangers Adirondak Acrylic Paint Dabbers. You can see the different layers of grunge I used to create the watch case itself.

There is also a Grunge board heart in the mix.

 On the back of the page I used Tim's Heart Wings Die cut from Grunge board that has also been covered in Tissue tape.  I like covering the grunge board with the tape first before cutting the wings so you get an already trimmed piece ready to go.
The crown and large heart I left plain and painted with the dabbers.

 

You can get all of these great supplies and more from the Lone Wolf Designs Store.

 

 

SXTH658571	Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Movers and Shapers Die - Pocket Watch Frame
SXTH656638	Sizzix - Tim Holtz Alterations - Bigz Dies - Heart Wings
SXTH657182	Sizzix - Tim Holtz Alterations - On the Edge Die - Steampunk
THTDD36357	Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Paint - Fired Brick
AVTH92829	Advantus - Tissue Tape - Symphony
AVTH92677	Advantus - Tim Holtz - Ideaology - Swivel Clasps
AVTH92776	Advantus - Tim Holtz - Ideaology - Grungeboard - Mixed Minis
THTDD36289	Ranger - Tim Holtz - Distress Paint - Metallic - Antiqued Bronze
AAAMD23197	Ranger - Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers - Metallic Gold
AAAMD23180	Ranger - Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers - Metallic Copper
7G17924	7 Gypsies - Train Tickets



A Page for Eileen

 

 

The current journal page I completed was for my online friend Eileen.  She picked "faces" as the them for her journal. I thought about this one for some time. I wanted to make a page that would make her smile and think happy thoughts.

Well what I finally came up with was the vintage faces of comedy!

 

I love this stamped phrase I thought it would be perfect for the page.



 

8 different faces of Comedy cover the front of the page. How many can you name?

 



This is the back of the page that I covered in Tim's paper which list places in NY where Eileen lives. I created a pocket and included a tag that says Laugh! I finished the page off with a Happiness embellishment.

 

I used a Laurel and Hardy stamped image as the on the back of my journal page and its kinds become a theme for my book.

 

 What better way to put my "stamp" on Eileen's book than include their comedic faces on the back of her page. I love the way it turned out and hope she does too.

Mary Beth's Journal

 

The Journal swap I'm playing in is winding down and the journal I just finished creating a page for belongs to Mary Beth.

 

Her theme is Illustrated Phrases. As you can see I used the

"A Little Birdie told me.." phrase. 

The birds I used are from K and Company.

 

 

 

Just for fun I gave the little birdie a crown from Heidi Swapp that I embossed gold.

 

 

This is the back of the page, complete with chandelier, bling, and  2 more little birdies.

 

What did the little birdie say?

Everything Happens for a Reason.

 

 

I hope she likes it. This swap has been so much fun. I hope I get the chance to do it again.