MIXED MEDIA MAYHEM - GLITTER BIRDS

When my shipment of Dylusions Spray Ink arrived, I couldn't stop spritzing it here and there. This journal page began with random sprays of turquoise and blues.

I had some lazer cut wood birdcages from Michaels that I was eager to turn into stamps so I made the stamped images on gelli printed deli paper and cut and pasted them to the page.

As usual, I had no real plan so I browsed through my stash and found scrapbook paper that I could use as a stencil.  I applied light weight molding paste through the swirls and placed the birds on opposing locations.  I stained the paste with Marvy markers to get precise placement.

I added the foliage through an old stencil with paint and markers and finished with the words stamped on Gelli printed deli paper. Oops...not yet.  I had to add the glitter to the birds to make them stand out.

Oops...not yet.  I had to add the glitter to the birds to make them stand out.

Mixed Media Mayhem - Tribal Patterns

I enjoyed watching JournalArtista, http://www.journalartista.com/, Paula Phillips, work through her journal pages.  I was particularly inspired by her video,  Art Journaling Fast Forward 3 Bright Collage at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laO36tC_24Q#t=144.

  

I followed her example by spreading a blue acrylic with the credit card palette knife and stamping number 9 over a gessoed background. For papers to collage I looked through my Gelli stash and found some beautiful multi layered deli papers.  Then I went in a new direction.  Stamping on the Gelli papers gave me translucent images of tribal masks to cut and glue with gel medium, stenciling with Stazon insured vine images would adhere to the background. My clip art collection of West African images provided the round graphic which I printed on transparency.