October 3
October Theme: Translucent Papers
Art Challenge: Deli Paper
Journal Prompt: You Had Me At Hello

I used deli paper with my gelli plate and glued the monoprint on the background.

October 10
October Theme: Translucent Papers
Art Challenge: Tissue Paper
Journal Prompt: The Disappearing Trick

For this page, I colored tissue paper with red spray ink. I made a mistake by varnishing the page with bookbind glue instead of matte mod podge (the two cups stood next to each other on my desk and I noticed too late that I put my brush in the wrong can…) This page is very glossy now – that’s not what I wanted but it’s done now.

October 17
October Theme: Translucent Papers
Art Challenge: Vellum
Journal Prompt: Sheer Genius

I cleaned, decluttered and redecorated my atelier in September and came across a lot of scrap-booking paper. I remembered that there was a sheet of vellum with clouds-print in my stack and I used it on the silhouette of the head. The silhouette was cut out of a mono-print and the total page is glued in my journal. You can see the background (an old book page) shimmer through.

October 24
October Theme: Translucent Papers
Art Challenge: Glassine
Journal Prompt: Windows of My Mind

I could not figure out what ‘glassine’ is but looking at the examples that the DLP-team showed, I thought it would be OK to use this paper. I don’t know what the name is, but it’s used in photo-albums between the pages. I blind-drew a face, put the translucent paper over it and painted it black so that only the eyes show through. You can lift the top page to see the original drawing.

October 31
October Theme: Translucent Papers
Art Challenge: Tea Bags, Dryer Sheets, Fibrous Papers
Journal Prompt: Just Create!

I let used teabags sit on watercolor-paper all night and these stains is what came out of it. Looking at the stains I got drawn to the top left shape, I thought it looked like a figure and “Le Petit Prince” came to mind, so I tore out that particular part to use on my page.

Thanks for visiting me today, see you later this week!

February 28
February Theme: Layers You Will Love!
Art Challenge: Using at Least Five Layers
Journal Prompt: Give Me a High Five

Layer 1: The ‘blank’ page is not blank because I work on old book pages. I used machine stitching on the former page (DLP #8, see this post) and so my first layer is already there!

Layer 2: I used some bright colors of acrylic paint to fill in the stitched rectangles.

Layer 3: I glued rice paper on the page and scratched some of the paper away with a craft knife.

Layer 4: I grabbed my new stencil and sprayed with yellow, red and green (dylusions) spray ink. The absorbent rice paper made the ink run which resulted in blurred lines.

Layer 5: The stenciled images were just too much, so I covered part of it under a layer of gesso.

Layer 6: Next I glued some left over pieces from a gelatin mono-print to the page.

Layer 7: I smeared some white paint through a dotted stencil to add more texture. (The underneath ink made the paint turn a bit green, an effect I like.)

Layer 8: Then I stamped a border to the left and some spirals with my hand-carved stamps.

Nearly done… the page needed some contrast so I doodled some extra circles with a marker and outlined the stenciled images. Finally, I wrote text around the big circle. (part of a quote by Ellen DeGeneres “It’s our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting.”

So – how many layers are there on this page? Does the doodling and writing count as a layer? It’s 9 then! Here’s the finished page.

As I said, I finished more pages but I show you those some other time. Wednesday maybe? Stay tuned!