Joggles Art Journal Adventure Week 51 ~ Winter Solstice

Hi everyone! It's Week 51 of the Joggles Art Journal Adventure. One more week after this and we will have completed all 52 of the year's prompts. The one for this week is Winter Solstice or just plain Winter since Saturday marked the shortest day in the year for this part of the world. I am one who is really affected by the lack of light, to the point where I use a special light each day over the winter months, so I am really happy that the days will start getting longer from now on. Bring on the light! LOL

I chose a Mo's Digital Pencil image called Happiness is as the focal for this page. We have had lots of snow and very cold temps lately so that seemed like a natural fit for a page about the official start of winter. I coloured the image with a mix of Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils, fussy cutting around the sweet girl and her new friend leaving a white border and also leaving some extra white at the bottom for the snow on the ground.

I wanted to create a large ray of sunlight coming from the sun which is a Mary Engelbreit chipboard piece. I wanted the rest around the ray to be black to show that there's only a small portion of daylight and a bigger portion of darkness each day. I drew an angle on mixed media card coming from the sun and just wide enough for the image to fit. Once it was cut out, the angled section was dipped first into Antique White Distress Oxide + water on my craft sheet and then Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink + water. This was repeated a few times, drying between layers until I was happy with the build up of colour and pattern. The Scattered Straw was also applied just to the edges of the angle coming from the sun to darken them slightly.

Once the sun, ray, and image were adhered in place, a few punched snowflakes were added to the sunny part. Shading around the image and the flakes was added with Neocolor II crayon and a water brush. The lettering for Winter Solstice was added with glittery white stickers and the saying was printed onto white cardstock which was popped up with foam tape. Metallic silver sequin stars were scattered around the black areas to make it seem more like a night sky.

Thanks for joining us today. All four of us appreciate that as well as those extra few minutes of daylight we gain each day :) I hope to see you next Monday for the final Art Journal Adventure post!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Joggles Art Journal Adventure Week 42 ~ Whoopee!

Hi everyone! It's Week 42 of the Joggles Art Journal Adventure and, in honour of my b-day yesterday and everyone else who has or will have a birthday this year, the prompt is Celebrate. The prompt is not limited to birthdays but anything that can be celebrated like reaching a milestone or goal or even the everyday. I have birthdays on my mind so that's where I went with this prompt using a Mo Manning (Mo's Digital Pencil) image called Whoopee to star on this art journal page. She cracks me up, looking as thrilled as she does...LOL.

I coloured her using Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils, adding gesso dots to her hat and flat back pearls for her shirt buttons. She was then fussy cut leaving a narrow white border, matting with black, and fussy cutting a second time leaving a narrow black border. Foam tape was added to the back to add dimension when she was adhered to the background.

The 6x8 inch mixed media paper background was spritzed with Lindy's Yellow Rose of Texas and California Poppy Gold Starburst Sprays were added to the background, allowing lots of splattery dots to dry as well. To make the background look like confetti was being thrown, several other colours of Lindy's were added by flicking the pick up tube over the page. The colours used were Hottie Pattotie Hot Pink, Bachelor Button Blue, Freaky Frankenlime, and Witch's Potion Purple. Large shiny metallic stars and tiny silver stars were added to the mix to make it look more festive and create some shine.

The wording at the bottom comes from a Create With TLC download which was matted with sparkly pink paper. A smaller pink metallic star was added to tie it to the background.

The title was created with chipboard letters which were edged with black Big Brush Pen. A border was doodled around the outside of the page and Magenta Hue was added to the edges as well as Black Big Brush Pen. The background was then adhered to the black background common to all the pages in this journal.

Thanks for popping by today to celebrate with us today. We appreciate that. It's not too late to join the Joggles Art Journal Adventure group. It's an awesome place to hang out!

Life is good; so is art.

Bonnie

I'm so grumpy ~ Inspired by a Mo's Digital Pencil image

Hi everyone! I have had this image sitting on my desk partially coloured for ages...no wonder she looks so annoyed! Anyway, I decided that today was the day to finish her and give her an art journal page to express her feelings. She is called Just Sylvia and is found at Mo's Digital Pencil. Clearly she has had better days!

I coloured Sylvia with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils. She was then fussy cut leaving a narrow white border, matted with black cardstock, and trimmed out leaving a narrow black border. This helps her stand out against any background no matter how carried away I get.

The 6x8 inch mixed media paper background was spritzed with Lindy's Dephinium Turquoise and Sweet Violet Purple Teal Starburst sprays. Once dry, white gesso was stencilled through Studio Light Mask L13 to break up the more heavily sprayed places. White Posca pen and Black Pitt pen were used to emphasize some of the circles. Cactus Flower Archival Ink was applied to a grid stamp from Studio Light Tropical Jungle set and Jet Black Archival was used on a Crafty Individuals script stamp.

To give Sylvia a place to sit, a torn scrap of pink gel printed paper was layered over a strip from the top of a watercolour page which was layered over the blank part of an old book page. Black pen was used to doodle around these layers as well as add a simple border to the page. Other pieces of the watercolour page topper were added to the mid left and upper right corner of the page to create a visual triangle as well as adding texture and brightness. A punched photo corner was added to the bottom left corner.

The sentiment (which I will continue to relate to until allergy season passes) was printed onto white cardstock, cut into sections, and matted with black. Like Sylvia, the words were popped up with foam tape to create dimension and shadow. To add emphasis to the first part of the saying as well as repeating the black from the photo corner, a punched scalloped border was adhered just below it. Black Big Brush Pen was used to edge the page before it was matted with black cardstock to frame it.

Thanks for joining Sylvia and me today. We are delighted that you did even though we are too grumpy to show that :)  Be sure to pop by Mo's Digital Pencil to check out the other amazing images she has. There are so many stories they want to tell :)

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Joggles Art Journal Adventure ~ Week 24 ~ A is for Alice

Hi everyone! One of my favourite classic stories ever is Alice in Wonderland so when I found out the prompt for Week 24 of the Joggles Art Journal Adventure was the letter A, I knew exactly where I was going with this one. I chose an image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Alice with Baby. I love the way Mo depicts Alice...and her facial expression makes me laugh.

I coloured Alice and her wee pig friend with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils, sticking to a very traditional colour palette for Alice. They were fussy cut leaving the narrow white border, matted with a narrow black border, and popped up on foam tape to create dimension.

The background for the page is a copy of the Duchess page from one of my many AIW books. I printed it on tea dyed copy paper to give it an aged look. To tie the background into the image palette, pink, blue, and teal Neocolor II crayons were applied here and there using a water brush. The first of several circle elements were added using one of the AALL & Create Dot Matrix stamps and Jet Black Archival Ink. Dots were added by sponging Coffee Archival Ink through AALL & Create Lotza Dotz stencil. A third set of circular elements was added by scarping Ranger Texture Paste through TCW Tiny Dots stencil. Black splatter dots came from Jet Black Archival Ink on a TH stamp.

Black checkerboard pattern always springs to mind when I think of Alice in Wonderland so a frame of black and white checked washi tape was adhered to the outside edges of the page. The letter A alphabet card from the TH set was inked around the edge with Black Big Brush Pen before it was attached to the right side of the page with embroidery floss cross stitches. Two more of the stitches were added to the left side to repeat the detail. A bright teal button, which reminded me of those flowers with the faces, was threaded with black embroidery floss and adhered to the top left corner of the page over a scrap of cheesecloth.

To balance the piece and add another little black detail, a punched scalloped border section was added to the bottom right corner. Black pen was used to outline the book title which had disappeared a little in the busy background. A simple outlining of the washi border added a little more depth and drew attention to it.

Thanks for joining Alice, the Duchess' baby, and me today. With an open-ended prompt such as the Letter A, I am curiouser and curiouser to see what direction others in our AJA Facebook group go. We would love to have you join us!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Joggles Art Journal Adventure Week 11 ~ Change

Hi everyone! It's Week 11 of the Joggles Art Journal Adventure and since Wednesday marks the change of season, we are celebrating with a prompt of Change. I am going with an image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Big Girl Pants. She was the ideal image for the saying about change that I wanted to illustrate. There were many sayings to choose from but this one made me laugh and that clinched it :)

I coloured this little sweetie with a mix of Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils, adding some white dots to her bloomers with a Posca Paint Pen. She was fussy cut leaving a narrow white border, matted with black cardstock, and fussy cut again leaving a narrow black border. Foam Tape was added to the back of the image to pop her up and create natural shadow.

I wanted a variegated background that changed from vivid colour to a much lighter version. Using a brayer, Dina Wakley Blushing paint was spread on one side of the 6x8 background and then white was added to the right side until it blended with the still wet Blushing. More Blushing was brayered onto a 5x7 gel plate and then loaded onto Joggles /Cat Kerr Reinforcements foam stamp in order to transfer it to the lighter side of the background. The darker half was printed with white paint using the same gel plate transfer method. A mask was cut from a piece of cardstock, blocking all but .5 inches all the way around the page. Script stamping was added using Jet Black Archival Ink and one of the Indigo Blu Tasty Textures set to form a border. This border was doodled around with a black pen to separate it from the main part of the background.

Subtle tone on tone pattern was added one of the Studio Light Rainbow Design stamps (MB11) and Brilliance Rocket Red Gold Ink. Ranger Texture Paste was scraped through TCW Mini Elliptic stencil and, once dry, was shaded next to using a Neocolor II crayon spread with a water brush. More of the same shading was added next to the doodled border. Barn Red Oxide Ink was used to apply another stamp from the same set to several areas. White ink was added with one of Carabelle Studio Grungy Patterns stamps. Jet Black Archival was used to apply the numbers from Studio Light Post Card stamp set as well as a TH splatter stamp.

The wording was printed onto white cardstock, matted with black, and popped up on foam tape. To add a few more black touches, black acrylic paint was added with a gift card and Black Big Brush Pen was used to darken the white edges of the page. It was then adhered to the black background common to all of the pages in this journal which seems to frame the pages and unite them all.

Thanks for stopping by today. You know, we love when you do that :) To see the awesome creations from others in our Joggles AJA community, be sure to join our Facebook group. It's a wonderful place to hang out and soak up the friendship and inspiration. Hope to see you there!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Joggles Art Journal Adventure - Week 9 (use black)

Hi everyone! It's time for the next prompt in the Joggles Art Journal Adventure (Week 9) and this one is an absolute no-brainer for me. The prompt is : Well, aren't you a little ray of pitch black...so we are meant to use black in our creation. Hello...I always include at least a touch of black in my creations and in the rooms I'm decorating. I love how it sets off the other colours, how dramatic it is, and how it can move the eye around the page or the room...contrast, love it! To make this prompt more of a challenge for myself, I decided to go with black moods and the idea of melodrama and pity parties because that makes me smile (just my weird sense of humour). I found the ideal digital image at Mo's Digital Pencil called Woe is Fay...she's just the adorable drama queen I needed.

I coloured Fay and her doll with a mix of Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils. They were fussy cut leaving a narrow white border, matted with black cardstock, and fussy cut a second time leaving a narrow black border. Foam tape was used to adhere them, adding dimension and natural shadowing.

For the background, I tore a page out of the dictionary with the words melodrama and melodramatic at the bottom. The page was torn in half to fit the height of the background base. Before adhering it to the white base, Jet Black Archival was used to stamp an Inkadinkado image from the Bloody Scene stamp set several times across the top of the dictionary paper. Once it was adhered, two different washi tapes were layered as a frame, overlapping the edges of the dictionary paper. Black pen was used to outline the inside of the dotty tape.

To draw the eye to the word melodrama, and its definition, red Posca Paint pen was used to draw a box around it. This also helped pull some of the red from the image into the background, helping with continuity and repetition.

The wording was printed onto white cardstock and the open areas of the font were coloured with red coloured pencil, making a third spot of red and completing the visual triangle. The saying was cut into individual words which were then matted with black and adhered to the page with foam tape. Three purple pearls were added after the quote to indicate the three dots. Black enamel dots were adhered to the corners of the narrow washi tape. The background was adhered to the black page of my art journal which framed the entire page and added yet another pop of black.

Thanks for joining Fay, Dolly, and me today. We appreciate that. To see what the others in our fabulous Joggles Art Journal Adventure Facebook group create as a response to use black Prompt 9, be sure to pop over to the page. We would love to see you there!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie

Joggles Art Journal Adventure ~ Week 8 Fire

Hi everyone! It's Week 8 of the Joggles Art Journal Adventure and the prompt this week is Fire. We can feature flames, a colour palette based on fire, or anything else this prompt stirs up.The page I chose to create took me ages to complete because it was filled with intricate images to colour as well as layers and layers in the background. However, I love the outcome and enjoyed the process so I have no complaints. The page stars two digital images by Mo Manning (Mo's Digital Pencil) called Jerry and Mags. I love their joy and exuberance.

I coloured Mags and Jerry with a mix of Polychromos and Prismacolor pencils.

They were fussy cut leaving a narrow white border, matted with black, and trimmed out again leaving a narrow black border. Foam tape was applied to the back to pop them up and create a natural shadow.

The campfire was a free clip art image which was printed onto white cardstock and then completely re-coloured with the same brand of coloured pencils used above. It was fussy cut and matted the same as Mags and Jerry. The tops of the flames were given a shine with Clear Wink of Stella. The background began as a 6x8 inch rectangle of mixed media paper which was spritzed with Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim (mostly) and Sweet Violet Purple Teal, spraying heavier on the top half and much lighter on the bottom where the ground would be.

Once that was dry, a paper was used to mask off the sky area, leaving the grass open for inking with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide and then Library Green Archival Ink. The sky was stamped using a Viva Las Vegas starry sky stamp and white Brilliance Ink.

To create the glow from the fire, a circle template was used as a stencil. Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed Oxide Inks were stencilled through the circle opening. Inktense Pencils and Gelatos spread with a waterbrush were also used to deepen the glow.

To give Mags and Jerry a full moon to dance by the light of... a semi circle was punched from a piece of mop up paper covered with spray inks. The edges were inked with Cornflower Blue Archival ink, glued to the corner and trimmed to shape. Clear Wink of Stella was used to give the moon a shine. A scrap of cheesecloth was used to create a cloud. Silver star sequins were adhered in several places once the fire was adhered flat to the page. The wording was printed onto white cardstock, trimmed into sections, and matted with black cardstock. Foam tape was used to pop up the wording. The outer edges of the page were darkened with black Big Brush Pen before the page was matted with red cardstock, and then adhered to the black background, common to all the pages.

Thanks for stopping by today. Mags, Jerry, and I are happy that you did. To see what the others in our Joggles Art Journal Adventure Facebook group create as a response to Prompt 8, be sure to pop over to the page. We would love to see you there!

Life is good; so is art.
Bonnie