Jane Girls: Under the Sea

I have the entire tutorial including all of the supplies I used available for you at Artistcellar.  I would love it if you leave a comment for me there.  xoxoxox

My Hope is in You: Intricate Doodle Tutorial

I enjoy making intricate doodles and I love the Cathedral Series Stencils so I decided to combine these two loves to create today's project.

Techniques for creating the Paris Cathedral Intricate Doodle: 1. Trace the Paris Cathedral Stencil onto an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper using a black pen.  (I decided to use an 8.5" x 11" inch piece of paper so that I could easily print out copies of of my finished artwork to use for homemade calendars or other projects.)

2. Color the page using water soluble pencils and blend the colors with a Sekura Koi WaterBrush.

3. Add doodles using black and white pens.

4. Finish the project by adding a title strip.  I made mine using Photoshop.  I used http://translate.google.com/ to translate my title into French to go with the Paris theme.

Artistcellar: Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

Technique for Creating Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

1. Spray water color paper with the Silks Acrylic Glazes home made spray (tutorial is included below...click on the image for a larger view), dry.
2. Use the Flower of Life Stencil and Matte Gel Medium to stencil over a strip of water color paper, dry.
3. Apply Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter over the dried Matte Gel Medium.
4. Use the Ranger Archival Ink Pad and a border stamp to stamp around the entire border of the art journal page.
5. Apply Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Brushed Pewter lightly over the stamped border.
6. Use the Flower of Life Stencil and a Silks Acrylic Glaze to stencil on the bottom right side of the page as shown.
7. Use the Ranger Archival Ink Pad and letter stamps to stamp the title "Joy" on tissue paper
8. Adhere the title with Matte Gel Medium as shown
9. Select photo and mat with metallic card stock.  Adhere to page as shown.
10. Spray a strip of water color paper with Silks Acrylic Glazes home made spray and dry.
11. Use a Faber-Castell Pitt Pen to write out "...comes in the morning." and adhere to the page
12. Use the Viva Decor Pearl Pen to add pearls as shown.
13. Use a silver pen to add accents around the page as shown.

Close Up View of Joy Comes in the Morning Art Journal Page

Tutorial for creating your own Silks Acrylic Glazes Spray Paints