Saturday 24 March 2012

A finished journal page!

Ink sprays by Dylusions 
Stamps: Doodle parts by Dylusions, text by Ma Vinci
Stencils: Chequered dots, number jumble, letter jumble, dotted flowers by Dylusions, Cursive alphabet by Balzer Designs

Well, I finally got round to finishing my journal page. Not sure where time goes these days.... If you remember from my previous post it started life like this:


I love the backgrounds you can create with the new Dylusions inks - I think they are even brighter than before if that's possible! I sprayed inks, then sprayed water through stencils, then sprayed inks through stencils, then spread gesso through another stencil, gradually building up the layers. LOVE layers :-)

I added some scribbly doodles around the circles, a bit of oil pastel, and then spread some hot pink paint through another stencil (this time by Balzer Designs).

The photo is one of my own - you may recognise it, I've used it quite a bit before. It is a photo of some vintage rubber glove moulds - no real body parts were involved!!


I love the new solid black stamps by Dylusions - they really make the other colours pop. I double-stamped the leaves in red then black Archival ink:


And why has it taken me so long to discover Liquid Pearls??! I am sure the rest of the world has been using these like forever. I think they make a wonderful addition to a mixed media page. You can make dots with them, scribble with them, hey, you can even write with them! Love them. I NEED more!



Well, we have had some wonderful spring weather here in the UK over the last few days. The frogs in my garden pond have been very bus(lots of baby frogs on the way soon methinks!), the clocks spring forward one hour this evening (don't forget!), and Mr Crane has even cut the lawn!! Make the most of the spring sunshine everyone and have a great weekend.

34 comments:

  1. This is gret work Kate and I love it. beautiful combination, materials and colors. Love the black stamped leaves. beautiful.
    have a nice Sunday and warm greet
    Marja

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  2. Fantastic result! Love it, Kate!

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  3. Well done to Mr Crane on his lawn work - mine will be doing likewise tomorrow!!

    Love your journal page. I love perfect pearls too

    Kathyk

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  4. Great pages Kate, love your hand !!

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  5. What a lively, beautiful spread! I use - exclusively - old materials simply because I'm refusing to allow myself anything new until what I have is gone...so there is another one out here who hasn't used Liquid Pearls! You make me want to buy some!

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  6. Hiya Kate.
    My hubby has done the garden too. Isn't it nice to get outside?
    I am selling at a craft fair in the morning (done the clock already then I don't sleep in!!)
    Hope I make some money so I can pay Ben for all my goodies I bought yesterday from AFTH!!!
    Can I ask you Kate, do you wet your page before adding the spray Dylusion Inks? I did a tag the other day and was dissapointed that the inks id dnot mix together they were very patchy/blotchy but on youtube Dyan sprayed her pages with water.
    Your page is gorgeous. Love the red leaves, aswell as the dark black, those solid leaves are gorgeous, I have the others and I love them too.
    Ha Ha the rubber glove dd make me laugh. Debbiexx

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    1. Hi Debbie. Hope the craft fair went well and you made lots of money for more craft stuff LOL!
      No, I didn't wet this page first. I sprayed on the RH side first using plenty of ink. Then I pressed the LH side over that and smoothed it with my hand which blends the inks and also means you get two inky pages. Sometimes you might need water, I think it depends on the card / paper as they all react differently. Hope that helps, Kate

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  7. Wow....love!!!! the layers! love!!!! the colours.
    This is a brilliant journal page Kate.
    Dot x

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  8. Wonderful new page Kate, love the colours. Yes those solid black stamps really bring out the colours. I have to get the other 6 inks I don't have. I just posted a page tonight you can relate to. In 20 minutes I'm going to lose an hour! arrrggg. Michelle x

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  9. What a gorgeous page! Got to meet Dyan in person for classes this week and now I am even more entranced in your style.... LOVE your layers of color and texture. And yes, you need to get yourself some Liquid Pearls!

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  10. Gorgeous page, as ever. Loving the bright colours and the solid leaves - and the Liquid Pearls are looking fab too! It's always fun to find a new technique/toy to play with. :D

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  11. Love this page Kate, especially the double stamping of the leaves. I agree about the perfect pearls. I have always loved the versatility of them. Oh and thanks for an amazing workshop yesterday, really enjoyed it! x

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  12. I love the colours and the leaves look amazing

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  13. A beautiful page Kate. I'll have to find out my liquid pearls now lol.

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  14. Love it Kate! Still havent used my liquid pearls! but hope to have a play today!!! xx

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  15. Great page.. Loving that hand.

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  16. Beautiful art as always. Looks like the workshop was a hoot too!

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  17. brill page as ever kate, Im looking forward to getting my hands on some of dyans stencils, soon hopefully, kudos to Mr Crane re the lawn, Mr B hasnt felt the need yet, even though all the neighbours were busy yesterday

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  18. Love, love,love your journal page! I like that way you used the liquid pearls. And here i only thought of making dots with them. I just got my dylusions inks yesterday... can't wait to use them. I also like how you used so many stencils, beautiful. Always look forward to seeing what you do.

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  19. Yoohoo! Isn't the weather great... the sound of whirring lawn mowers is a sure sign that winter has been banished! I also heard it could be the warmest March on record! Your page is fabuloso Kate, love love love the background :D x

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  20. another great spread Kate-and I am loving the Dylusion stamps and Balzer Design stencils I recently purchased. One of the sets I got has newsprint leaf borders and I also got a background set which is the same I believe you have used(it has numbers,letters,harlequin and dots). I love the versatility of them and hope to get in some more play time with them.Certainly they will appear somewhere on my March calendar :)

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  21. again a wonderful page. I love the colours, so bright. Seems I will have to try out these dylusions inks

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  22. Really great pages - and I SO wish I could get on with the spray inks, but I end up getting them everywhere and just making a MESS!

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  23. Love this page. I have liquid pearls but never thought of using rhem like this. Awesome

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  24. I am surprised you have found time to do anything as you always seem to be so busy - great pages as ever.

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  25. Brilliant finished page Kate, love the layers and the glove. I have still got to finish my posts for the calendar challenge and my workshop but the tendonitis in my rt hand is proving slow to heal!! Will be back soon I hope!!

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  26. Hi Kate....your finished pages look stunning. Love the fabulous colours. Thank you so much for the great workshop on Friday. I had a wonderful time and learnt so much and can't wait to get stuck in on my new mini journal. Hope to join you again soon.
    Debbie x

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  27. Hi Kate....I love your finished pages, they look wonderful. Such beautiful colours. Thank you so much for the fabulous workshop on Friday. I had a great time and learnt so much. I can't wait to get stuck in on my new mini journal with all the new techniques I learnt. I hope to see you again soon.
    Debbie x

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  28. Wow, wow, WOW!! Stunning, gorgeous pages.

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  29. Love that background and how you used the liquid pearls. Those solid stamps look great too!

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  30. such a fab page! love the bright colours and the silhouette leaves! HUgs Juls

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  31. What a gorgeous artwork Kate...so creative with all the inks and paint and gesso...great!

    greetings, Alie :-)

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