I know it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted anything, but I was busy acing my Stats final exam (99%!!!). I am back, the semester is over and I have a new video for you!!!
This art journal page took me a little over a month from start to finish to make. I started with some pumice gel and an UmWow Studio stencil. After many, many, many layers of acrylic paint, Inka Gold, Wink of Stella, and so much more, this page finally came together. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!
This is a simple ICAD that allowed me to clean up some of the scraps I had lying on my table and around my studio. This just goes to show you don’t have to spend hours on something to make it beautiful!
Right now, this is the last video I have edited. Hopefully I’ll have time this week to get some more edited and ready for your viewing pleasure! Keep your fingers crossed for me! I haven’t missed a Sunday yet this semester (okay, I have missed a Sunday or two on my blog, but not on YouTube)!
This page is the back side from my Young at Heart art journal page and because of the machine stitching, the paper had been weakened, so in order to make it sturdier, I used Mod Podge matte to glue some deli paper down, then added some gesso, watercolor (including Distress Ink) and acrylic paint to make the background. I think I love the background more than I love that butterfly image. Though, I must say, that butterfly image was pretty dang cool! Hope you love the page!
Hello, all! I’m so sorry I haven’t posted this video on my blog until just now. I’ve been so busy this semester (next semester is supposed to be light in comparison–YAY!).
This art journal page was a fun one to make. There’s lots of machine stitching, acrylic paint, Distress Ink, stamping, and more!
New spooky art journal page!!! I had some fun altering a Mona Lisa face stamp to create a witch on this page. Distress Ink, collage, textile paint, and acrylic paint all came together to create a cool little page. I really love elements of this page, but as a whole it’s not my favorite. Hope you enjoy the techniques I used!
Okay, so this is one of the simplest (simplest-looking, anyway) pages I’ve ever created. I am a HUGE American Horror Story fan and was so excited about the new season called “Freakshow”. A lot of the ads had women in corsets and I’ve always loved the image of the corset. In an effort to remember my excitement for American Horror Story and, of course, Halloween, I decided to make this entire page just a giant laced-up corset. Hope you enjoyed this technique…Imagine how you can use this technique in all sorts of projects…ATC’s, smaller elements on art journal pages, scrapbook pages, etc.
Why not use the materials and supplies we use in our craft rooms in ways which will help us in real life?! I bought a Kindle Paperwhite (WHICH I LOVE, by the way!) so that I could get most of my textbooks in digital format which will help with transportation, switching between books, and reading in the dark. I needed a case, so I bought one from Amazon…for $45.00. My wife was not overly happy about that. So, I told her I would cancel the order and MAKE ONE!
I used a canvas dropcloth (from the hardware store) to sew a simple pocket case with a piece of grungeboard in it to act as a stabilizer. I then added a small magnet in the bottom right corner so that the Kindle would turn on and off as I put it in and took it out of the case (a cool feature that they don’t tell you about unless you buy the case from them.
Then I added some acrylic paint, some stamping, and glued some embellishments on. I’m really happy with how it came out and know it’s safe in its canvas house with the grungeboard backing! Hope you enjoy this and get inspired to use your art on something in your every day life!
This ICAD (Index Card a Day) was made upon request, uh…demand is actually more appropriate, by my best friend. We were sitting in my craft room testing out new stamps from Viva Las Vegastamps and she turned to me and said, “Make me an ICAD.” So, I did! I wrote a naughty word on it because we’re a couple of sailors, but covered it up so that she knows the naughty word is there, but can’t see it. The card was made using Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Donna Salazar Mix’d Media Inx, UmWow Studio stencils, Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, and a black Stabilo pen.
While my best friend was at my house, she absconded with one of my other ICADs and I am searching desperately for the footage because it came out very pretty and soft. Oh, well…guess I’ll have to try to duplicate the results!
I am running out of room in my Prima Art Journal. I really don’t want to destroy the gorgeous binding on this journal, so I needed to think of a way of using up a bunch of the pages without adding extra thickness on each page. My solution? Glue them together and make a super thick art journal page!
I used mostly distress ink, collage, some acrylic paint, and microbeads! This page is too much fun! It was fun to make and it’s fun to play with now that it’s done!
Imperfect Impulses with Aaron 