Art Journal Page by Marjie Kemper

The month has flown and I'm back with my last piece as Guest Designer.  I went with an art journal page for my this project.  I started the page with layers and layers of blues:  multiple shades of different paints, distress inks, and archival inks. 

Having been on a bit of a 'sun' kick lately, I used a masking tape roll to draw an outline, and the numbers background from the Family Values set to fill it in.  I stamped the Hold Fast sentiment onto manila card stock, inked it with distress inks and cut it up to form my version of rays coming from the sun.

I used three of the stamps from Borders A5 as a partial frame around the left and bottom of the page,  as well as random spots and dots across the page. The branch is a cutting from the Sizzix tree die, and the clear acrylic bird is from Heidi Swapp.  I stamped it with the Grid Background to give it some weight and gave it an eye with Enamel Accents.  

I also used the Grid Background on my diecut "Fly" letters, which were also inked with several inks and paints. The finishing touches were made with  Crafters' Workshop stencils.

Thanks very much to Jennie and Emma for the opportunity this month!  I really enjoyed meeting so many of The Artistic Stamper blog readers through this endeavor and hope we'll keep in contact going forward.  You can find me here, usually with new posts three days a week.

Marjie

Bright Ideas Notebook by Marjie Kemper

Today I'm sharing a little notebook I made with the Inspiration Lightbulb stamps.  I stamped the blank bulb twice on manila cardstock and then 'filled' one bulb with mini gears from Borders A6 and another with the Notebook background stamp.  I stamped the bases of the bulbs onto Ranger's metal foil tape and popped the bulbs up on cardboard.  

The main tag is inked with distress inks and covered with the mini gears again.  Can you tell what I used for the frame around the tag? They're the rooftops and doors from Kat's Creations Our House plate.  I couldn't stop playing with them after making my first AS piece back at the beginning of the month.   The inside is filled with a combination of blank tags and notebook tags. 

I've used heavy black cardstock to reinforce my covers and Dylusions ink sprays, distress inks, black archival ink, and distress markers for my coloring.  

I'd love it if you'd visit my blog (and please let me know you came by so I can come see yours, too.)

Hope you have a wonderful day, and find some time for creative play!

Marjie

Kathryn Wheel Project, by Marjie Kemper

I'm very excited to be guesting here at The Artistic Stamper this month... thanks so much to Jennie and Emma for the invitation!

I chose Kat's Creations house stamps as the focus for my August calendar page.  These funky house stamps are available in several different sizes and combinations ~ I used the set called Our House A6. I stamped the houses repeatedly on manila cardstock and cut and colored them before adhering to the page. I also cut some of the stamped images apart and regrouped them so my little town would have some variety in the way the buildings are positioned.  They are all colored with Ranger Distress Markers and edged with black soot Distress Ink.

For the background, I sprayed my large watercolor paper with Dylusions Ink Sprays (lemon zest, pure sunshine, and postbox red), spritzed with water, and let all the colors run a bit.  I then stamped and stenciled using loads of Crafters' Workshop stencils (mini circle explosion, large circles, chicken wire, punchinella, mini harlequin, chevron) and Distress Inks (barn door, spiced marmalade, wild honey, mustard seed, gathered twigs and black soot).  

The background stamps are a mix of Tim Holtz's (Ultimate Grunge), this bubble border stamp, the numbers stamp from the Family Values set, and a few unmarked ones from my stash.  The banner is by Dyan Reaveley, stamped on manila and colored with her Dylusions ink sprays.  I used a square punch for my dates and wrote August spanning the width of the page. 

My date format is irregular but that's been a great part of the fun of participating in the Kathryn Wheel project... seeing how many ways one really can make a calendar page.

I'd love it if you'd visit my blog (and please let me know you came by so I can repay the visit!) You can find out more about the Kathryn Wheel Project on Kate Crane's blog.  Nearly a hundred people play along each month from all different parts of the world and all the different styles are just mind boggling. 

Hope you have a terrific day, and find some time for creative play!

Marjie