Showing posts with label Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Journal. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Frilly and Funkie - Birds & Nests

Welcome to another Frilly and Funkie challenge!  This week the theme is Birds and Nests!  I have always been fascinated by birds and have had a number of varieties as pets in past years.  I was even blessed with nestlings from a pair of lovebirds and a pair of Lady Gouldian finches.  That was exciting, and messy, but moreso exciting!  Nowadays I prefer to observe birds in nature instead of in cages.  My current fascination is a pair of Carolina Wrens that frequent my front patio!  They are the cutest!

So for my project I decided to make a bird journal.  I started with a chipboard album that I covered with an assortment of papers from my stash (Pink Paislee, Glitz and Bo Bunny).  On the cover I used Tim's Sizzix Bird Branch die, cut from grungeboard and colored with distress ink, as well as a small bird's nest embellishment.  Underneath the die cut is a distressed image from the Artistic Outpost's Birds of a Feather stamp set.  The journal label was die cut with Tim's Movers and Shapers mini labels die.


 
 
On the inside journal pages I added glassine envelopes that hold ATC sized cards.  On the backs of the cards I stamped lines for journaling about bird sightings!  Some of the envelopes also hold die cut flowers, birds and other ephemera.  The pages were also randomly stamped with various bird-related images.  On each page space has been left for photographs, or drawings, of birds.






 
 
Journals of this type are a work-in-progress for a long time with me.  I'll sit it aside and at some point when I'm working on another project I'll get an idea to add something .  Hopefully, I'll be able to share the finished journal with you in the near future!
 
I hope you like my project and that you're inspired to join in our challenge over at Frilly and Funkie! You might win a $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  And don't forget to check out all of the other fabulous projects created by my fellow design team members!

The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique! The boutique offers merchandise at up to a 20% discount from the typical retail price! That's a great deal and you should check it out!!


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Frilly and Funkie - Follow Your Muse

Hi Everyone!  Welcome to my first challenge post for Frilly and Funkie!  This is the second week of the Follow Your Muse challenge hosted by Sue.  Sue has asked us to let our 'muse' wander free and see where it takes us.  My muse took me to my journal!  I've never created a journal page before so I decided that the start of a new year should bring the start of a new journal!  I used lots of yummy Dylusions sprays and stamps on my page!


I started off by spraying the page on the right side with a mister bottle.  Then I sprayed the page with Fresh Lime, Lemon Zest and Vibrant Turquoise.  I closed the journal and pressed the pages together so that the inks blended and transferred to the other page and then dried both page swith my heat gun.

I placed the large Luscious Leaves stencil on the page and misted it with water to create the ink resist background on both pages.  Once that was dry I used the small Chequered Dots stencil across the bottom with the pitch black paint dabber.  I stamped the leaves around the sides and top with black archival ink.  The top border was stamped on white paper and sprayed with London Blue and Crushed Grape.  Once dry it was cut out and adhered to the journal pages over the leaf stamping.  I added more elements to the background with additional stencils and stamps and then doodled on the leaves using a white pen.  The page elements were stamped and colored with a combination of distress markers and colored pencils.  The sentiment is one of my favorites by Tim Holtz!  Below are close-up photos of each page.




I hope you like what I created!  Hop on over and play along with us at Frilly and Funkie!  You might win a gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

The following products that I used can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!