Mermaid Art Journal Tutorial!

Karla here today sharing this lovely art journal page I made using lots of mixed media supplies and the Julie Nutting Mermaid doll stamp by Prima!

Here's a little tutorial showing you how I made it-

I started off with my Dylusions Journal and used Distress Stain to rub colour across my pages. I had previously rubbed off some stencils on these pages and you can see some colours underneath.

I then used Dylusions yellow paint over a Tim Holtz sunray stencil to create my sunrise and spritzed the pages with Perfect Pearls mist to add shimmer and blend the colours slightly.

I used more Dylusions paints and stencils to create a background. I sponged the blue paints through the TH flourish stencil and then used the circle stencil to add white circles. I used bubble stamps and the purple paint to stamp on bubbles, which you'll be able to see below.

 Here's my daughter Erica working with some purple paint and stamping those fun bubbles!

I paper pieced and coloured my stamped images (I used the BoBunny Boardwalk paper for my mermaid) and then Mod Podged them onto my paper. 

I added some stamps on top of my journal and then used the Dylusions Ink Sprays to paint in my leaves. I love using the sprays this way! I wanted to distress the cute sea creature stamps a bit so I stamped a Dylusions background stamp over top using Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

You can see how the Dylusions purple paint bubbles resists the spray that I painted onto the leaves and it seems to blend into the background! I added a 4x6 journaling card with a lovely quote - another great use for journaling cards!

Lastly, I added some Distress Markers to the stamped images and then used Glossy Accents and Stickles around my page. You can see how the butterflies really pop after adding the Glossy Accents! I traced around my Mod Podged images with a brown Distress Marker and used a waterbrush to lightly blend the marker around each image.

I just love how these pages turned out! I love all the layers and the way each medium works together. This mermaid doll is one of my favourites! 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you have a lovely, crafty week!

Make and Take with Holly

Good Morning Ladies.  We had a great time at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival, but looking forward to Make and Take this Thursday with all our familiar faces.
This week we will play with the popular Crazy bird stamp and die, and coloring with tombows.

Email hollyth@shaw.ca to sign up for 10am 11am noon 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm or 5:30pm

Don't forget adhesives and a travel mug :-)

Halloween Canvas with Dianne October 20

Oh its getting to be that time of year!!! Get your spook on and come make a very scary canvas!!! You wont even believe the price for this class!!!
It is only $20!!! The cost to make this is actually more, but Dianne had so much fun making this she just had to share!!! Comes complete with 2 funky bottles of spiders (one of which  we will make ) and a few other fun trinkets from TIM HOLTZ's brand new Halloween line!!! Make it for a gift for yourself or even a grandchild!(we can even put a scary date on it!) I think Selena will be getting mine! lol

WEAR a COSTUME or BRING a HALLOWEEN treat for a prize!!!
DATE: OCTOBER 20th at 6:30
COST $20!!!!

 Email diannemahura@Hotmail.com to reserve your spot
 

TAG Class with Dianne Oct 14

TRIPLE LAYER TAGS
If you love to layer and make tags THIS IS THE CLASS FOR YOU!!! We will be making 5 tags with Dianne. Everyday tags that are so beautiful it will inspire you to make more!! Dianne will also be showing you techniques in this class so be prepared to have fun and get inspired!!! These tags are so beautiful they can even be put in her regular frames for an extra $2 per tag!  The fall tag makes a great Thanksgiving tag on a bottle of wine!!

DATE:OCT 14 at 10:30 or 6:30
COST:$32
Email diannemahura@Hotmail.com to reserve your spot

Technique Class with Dianne Oct 6

Dianne has created a great new Technique class with lots of new and products you already have in your stash!!!
ALSO as a feature bonus to this class, please bring one product that you have and don't know what to do with it!! Dianne will do her best to give you ideas of what you can use it for!!
We will be playing with the Dyan Reaveley paints that are smooth and silky and oh so fun!!!
Come play with gelatos on canvas, triple color embossing, alcohol inks on foil that give a stunning look, Tombow water coloring backgrounds and more!!!
FULL instructions are given with each sample we make!
Come prepared with technique questions as we always have fun discussions and be prepared to get just a tiny bit messy!!!

DATE OCTOBER 6 at 10:30 or 6:30
COST: $28
Email Dianne at diannemahura@Hotmail.com

New New New

 

Paper House Collections HERE

Wedding Day Collection

 

 

 

 

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Beach HERE

Red, Silver, Black, Antique, in a variety of sizes!!

Zutter wires in stock HERE

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Project Life With Karla!

Karla back today, and I'm finally feeling a little more settled with school starting back up and getting back into a routine! I found I really didn't have a lot of time over the summer to do Project Life, so I'm happy to get back to it now! I've printed off my pics for each week and now I can get them into my album.

I wanted to share some easy ways to add some extra details to your journaling cards using some paper ephemera! I used some fun die cuts from Maggie Holmes and My Mind's Eye and layered them on my Project Life cards along with some stamps to add some fun accents. I find it easiest to pull out the die cuts I think will work and then I just start layering them on until I find a position I like. Adding a few stamps over top is a nice way to anchor the design.

I used more preprinted die cuts and stamping on the second page. I find clustering the embellishments is usually an easier way to get them to work together.

On my third page I used some fun Cricut cuts from the Create A Critter cartridge and my Explore. I actually used the Write feature to write in my words, then added some Distress Inks and splatters with Dylusions Sprays. I used some Dylusions stamps to add some fun leaves to the dino cards.

On the bottom half of this page I stamped some fun Superhero images and then coloured them in with Prismacolor Markers and layered them on my Project Life Cards. I once heard someone say it made it easier for them to use stamps on their scrapbook pages by thinking of them as stickers. You simply colour in your images and then layer them on as if you were adding a sticker!

As I looked through my album I loved seeing all the journaling I had added and all the fun elements on my pages. Even though I'm a little behind I know this is something I do want to continue to do, and my kids love looking through the pages. That's what makes it all worthwhile!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed your Monday if you had a long weekend like we did here, and happy, crafty wishes for the rest of the week!

Important Date's

 **Dates to remember: Because we will need to head up to Edmonton for Carnival there will

NO MAKE AND TAKE on Sept 10 

 

Sept 24 close at noon**

Because I don't want to disappoint any online shoppers, the online store will be closed BOTH CARNIVAL WEEKENDS Thurs - Sat. This way nothing gets sold before I can check emails. Thanks for your patience.
 The online store will be up again as soon as I get home from the weekends.

COPIC COLORING WITH SHARI September 17

Join Shari in an evening of coloring and creating three beautiful cards.  You will be creating two Christmas themed cards - one featuring a Rustic Santa and another using a cute set of birds - and a card with an adorable fairy from CC Designs.
 
Please email Shari at s.mclaughlin8@shaw.ca to reserve your spot in this class.  Please note that due to the popularity of these classes, additional kits of any particular card will be available after the class is full ( a waiting list will be started).

Date - Thursday, September 17
Time - 6pm
Cost - $28.00
Location - Thorncliffe Community Center

New New New

Crystal Angel HERE

 

Penguins Stamp HERE

Autumn Stamp HERE

Fairy Twila HERE

 

 

 

Dylusions Melted Chocolate Paint HERE

Plus see MORE Color choices HERE

Watch this amazing inspirational by Dyan Reaveley



 

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