AJSS 2016 - Lesson 8

Joanne Sharpe was the teacher for lesson 8 at the Art Journal Summer School, we did painted lettering. The idea was to write the words with watercolour and then add more watercolour so that the words disappeared into the background - I didn't journal on them as I'm not very keen on what I'd done - you may see them again with some doodling on them.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely weekend - I was supposed to go to Ally Pally today but I've not felt too good this week so I'm giving it a miss - not very happy.

xxx Hazel.

Illustrated Travel Log

Marieke Blockland was the teacher for lesson 7 at the Art Journal Summer School 2016, for this lesson we had to do an Illustrated Travel Log. In 2012 we went to Ireland for a wedding and had a wonderful long weekend there, so I decided to illustrate the weekend.

I'd like to enter my travel log in this months Art Journal Journey challenge, the theme has been chosen by Gill an is Natures Wonders, Ireland is full of natures wonders.

I drew the images with pencil and coloured them with watercolour.

I think this is a lovely way to record ones travels and I hope to do more.

Thank you for visiting, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Aloha Hawaii

Hawaii it this weeks challenge theme over at Sunday Postcard Art.

I went on the internet to search for images of Hawaii, there were lots of beautiful photos, eventually I found one to use.

I used a watercolour postcard to copy the image onto and coloured it with Faber-Castell Art Grip Aquarelle pencils and a water brush. I wrote the words and added a little bit of white at the waters edge with a white marker.

Spring Watercolour

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I'd like to share a watercolour page with you. I used watercolour paper and PaperArtsy stamps.

I'm entering my project in The Artistic Stamper Springtime challenge.

I started by painting the background with watercolours.

I stamped some background flowers by colouring the stamps with Pitt pens and then I stamped the main flowers and butterfly with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white powder.

The images were coloured with Inktense pencils and a water brush, then I went round the outlines of the embossed images with a fine black marker pen.

Below are some close up photos.

I matted the page onto black card.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Watercolour Stamping

Good morning everyone, I thought it was time to start sharing some of the things that I've made over the year.
These are some cards that I made for a Watercolour Stamping Challenge at KCUK.

For the background on this card I used a JustRite stamp. I coloured the stamp with different coloured distress inks and sprayed water on it before stamping it on to the card. The image is a Judikins stamp and I used the same distress inks and water on watercolour paper as I did for the background. The sentiment is an Artistic Stamper stamp.

For this card I used a PaperArtsy stamp. I coloured the stamp with distress ink and sprayed with water then stamped the image two or three times on watercolour paper before inking it again. The sentiment is a PaperArtsy stamp.

For the background I used distress ink again but sprayed the watercolour paper with water before stamping. For the image I coloured the stamp with distress ink and sprayed water on it before stamping.
The background stamp is an Elusive Images/Chocolate Baroque stamp.
I'm not sure who made the image stamp.

Craft-Room Challenge 3

Thank you everybody that entered our altered doll challenge - all the dolls were fabulous.
This time it's Mervi's turn to choose the theme and she has chosen SUMMER BIRTHDAYS. I hope you'll all enter but don't forget to be eligible for the prize draw you must put the Craft-Room logo in your side bar with a link to the shop.

I've always loved Sweet Peas and my mind goes back to when I was a child - my dad grew them every Summer and he would give me some seeds to plant in my little bit of garden. Their scent is glorious.
I've had this Joanna Sheen stamp for a while and never used it so I decided it was time to take it out of it's packet. I started of with a white card blank and stamped the sweet peas down the right hand side of the card leaving them black and white, then I coloured the edges of the card with Distress Ink. I then stamped the sweet peas and plant pot on to some white card and coloured them with watercolour pencils and a water brush. I then coloured the edges with Distress Ink and then distressed the edges with a distressing tool before attaching it to the card. I'd stamped some butterflies and coloured them with watercolour pencil then cut them out and attached them to the card and I lastly added a bit of ribbon.

Cat Deco Pages

There's a Deco Book swap going on at KCUK and I made these pages for Anne's deco book, her theme is cats. The stamps that I used are by Craft UK. I coloured the Siamese cat with watercolour pencils and a water brush. I also used distress ink.

Again the stamps are by Craft UK and I coloured the tabby with watercolour pencils and water brush. I put stickles over the letters that spell purr. I used distress inks as well.

Less is More

I've made this card for the Less is More challenge. This week the sentiment has to be the focus.
The stamp I've used is The Secret Garden by B Line Designs. I coloured the flowers with watercolour pencils and a water brush, then I embossed the front of the card with a Cuttlebug folder and added a ribbon.

A Touch of Red

 This is my entry for the Less is More a touch of red challenge. I found it more difficult to do than I thought it would be, had a few attempts before I was more or less happy with the result. I stamped the image and words on to a white card blank and coloured part of it with a red watercolour pencil and a water brush. I added a little red gem to the flower that I've coloured.
Stamps used.
Penny Black, the main image.
Stampotique, the words.

I wasn't sure if I liked all the white card so I tried it with a red border. Not sure which one I like best.