I had the Hex Set Small and Solid Hex Small rubber stamps printed on a different piece of old ledger paper and I cut it out to paste into this one, turning around some pieces to show the writing on the other side.
I used the ATC Mixup stencil to trace some patterns with a Signo Gel Pen and realized that the pattern fit perfectly into the hexagon openings so there you have it! LOL
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While packing up some stuff I found this photo from our old apartment in Hamburg, Germany and I got a little melancholic. I had a great time in Hamburg and miss it a lot – I cannot wait to hop on a plane once things ease up more (I am not ready yet for a long haul flight and the uncertainties that go with international travel and a pandemic and regulations).
I used a piece of wallpaper I had designed for my studio bathroom a while ago as well as some collage paper I had created with distress ink pads and my Funky and Far Out ArtFoamies. I also used the small Broadway Fan stamp – the leaves of our Maple tree on the roof terrace reminded me of the shapes in the Broadway stamp …shapes are a funny thing :)
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I miss going to NY as we are still limiting our trips to the City during the pandemic, but I do miss it. We usually would go in several times a week, living just across the river and a couple PATH stops away.
When I am in the city nowadays either for errands, visiting the doctor or even the one or other restaurant visit, I know the city will be ok… it always will be and that is why we love NY.
I used a copy of an old painting I made of the Flat Iron Building along with some Caran D’ache Museum Aquarelle pencils on top of the black and white copy, and inside some of the circles (made with pencil). The stamp is one of my Fan-fare stamps used with archival ink. I did my journaling with a Sharpie S-Gel Pen.
In addition to collage elements and my black and white copy, here are some of the supplies I used:
“I am not everybody’s cup of tea… that’s fine… I am a cup of coffee anyway!”
Kind of a hot mess but oh well – the gold spray paint was still wet in spots and so it muddled with the next layers…
I used acrylic paints and did some stenciling with my new ATC Mixup stencil. I also grabbed my Manhattan stencil and used that with gold MTN spray paint. You’ll also see in the mix my Small Circle Jumble rubber stamps, a Posca marker for journaling, and a postage stamp.
Is it great? Nope. Did I learn something? Only to be more patient. Did I have fun? Yep. It was good to step away from house reno and administrative workshop task for a couple minutes :)
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Love the colors and the sentiment Nat!
“It only takes a little bit of willpower to see the beauty around us.”
For this page in my vintage ledger art journal I used archival ink with my Stroll Through the Hood 1 and Hydrant rubber stamps. Then I added some color with acrylic markers and collaged in one of the Artist Almanac calendar pages that had my painting on it. As you may know, that super popular Almanac is sold out.
It is fun to use some of my old artwork as a starting point for something new. This painting is called Pencil #2 and is still available here in my online shop.
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“Art can confront and raise the consciousness of others in the most plain and gentle way.” -Ai Weiwei
Hold your horses- I finally did something creative ;) It’s certainly been difficult juggling so many things right now but wow it feels good to just spend some time creating.
This was a not so blank page in my ledger art journal as I had used the excess spray paint from my Art Deco Wallpaper stencil (used in my Beautiful Feelings art journal page) and made an imprint on it first. That was a great starting point. I just grabbed a lot of collage material and stuff I had on my work bench – the Lady Liberty which I had used as a mask for my Creative JumpStart class, a page of my artwork from the Artist Almanac Calendar (unfortunately sold out), an ATC I had made with my new ATC Mixup stencil, and I just used the Embroidery stamps and pens that I had laying around.
And the quote – well the quote was on a piece of paper where I had jotted it down when I found it a while ago and it fell into my hand! The whole process was not at all very conscious but I sure felt better to have spent some time playing around and the quote nonetheless is a good one …so it is a gentle way to incorporate it in my creative play.
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Grow beautiful feelings in your heart’s garden!
I used my Art Deco Wallpaper Stencil with golden Mtn spray paint and then a Versafine ink pad with one of the Fanfare stamps. I stamped my LOVE foam stamp with copper acrylic paint and then created an offset print with pink acrylic paint.
Finally I used a Sharpie ballpoint pen for outlining and journaling. Simple but love doesn’t need to be complex ;)
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“What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.” – Brene Brown
This is just a simple art journal page: I had some leftover paint on the ledger and then I used my Amsterdam Stencil with new spray paint – Mtn water-based gold spray paint. I wanted to try it out and was pleasantly surprised by how the metallic spray paint actually created some real texture.
I finished up the page with a Fude pen for the journaling.
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“Come Visit” – and then some journaling reminiscing about how little I knew a while ago how much I love to say those words. I miss my friends in Germany and further away. Two little words – so much weight.
The “come visit” were a leftover from an old letter that I had used as collage material and the two words were in different sentences on top of each other and it was like a sign (wwahhhahaa – insert glorious music and sunshine here ;) ).
The background was stamped with my Mini Motifs and Fan-fare rubber stamps. Then I added a piece of deli paper on which I had “cleaned” a stencil that had spray-paint on it from an earlier page, creating a nice textured print of the Versailles stencil. I adhered it over the background with liquid matte medium and then sketched the lady on top.
I actually liked her better in pencil but was afraid it might not be visible enough so I added some color with acrylic paints. I am not too happy with that, as I did not think about how the acrylic paint would be taken by the glossy side of the deli paper. Oh well, it is what it is and a good reminder to think ahead sometimes. Or… just go with it… I can revisit this another time ;)
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jjhere
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I love the simplicity of the geometric look to this. Beautiful and life IS a puzzle!
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