I just realized that it's been a while since I did a round-up of the pages in my Inspiration Wednesday art journal, so I thought I'd post the new ones since my last IW2015 post. All but the most recent one have been shared on Instagram & Facebook, but I have a few additional views below, and week 7 is hot off the press!
First up, week 4 - working on book paper with stamping, molding paste, and glazing.
I had picked up a book of vintage French comics at the Create vendor fair last summer (I'm so sad that Create isn't happening anymore!) and I used some of those in the background. The stamps are a set by Donna Downey, and the stencil is Rembrandt's Words by Carolyn Dube.
And the other side with the inclusion flipped:
Next up, week 5. This one was lots of fun - I didn't realize you could make skins from molding paste the way you can from acrylics, and I loved learning a new technique! This week really has my brain going on other ways to experiment with my supplies.
There's lots of texture gel in the background, plus the dimension from the molding paste skin seahorses, and I crumpled and collaged on some black paper ribbon at the bottom to kind of suggest coral and then painted and glazed it. I added some turquoise Inka Gold around the edges so it's a bit metallic. The seahorses were done based off of one of my favorite stencils by June Pfaff Daley. I traced the outline onto some thin chipboard and then used that to make masks to create my skins and then stenciled on a few details.
Moving on to week 6; I didn't have any of the tags Donna was using in her background - I had a punch if I wanted to make them myself, but I decided to go with the inspiration she used for this - use up something in your stash. I had a bunch of old Making Memories vellum metal-rimmed tags, so I used all of my circle and oval vellum tags. It gave me some interesting texture that was a bit challenging to work with, but in the end I like it, and I used some tags that I think I've had for 10+ years!
For the inclusion, I used the Wall of Words stencil by Carolyn Dube - another favorite that's been getting a lot of use lately.
And finally, the challenge from last week involved using some of those rolls of gorgeous decorative paper that you get at Paper Source or the art supply store. Yeah... like I have any of those sitting around. (Patty can testify from a trip to Jerry's last year that the previous statement is 100% untrue. My basket of rolled paper is sitting right next to me and there must be 50 of them... some that I've had for 10-12 years!)
I picked one that I thought would work on this (read that as: I picked a roll of paper that I could bear to cut in to) and got to work.
The words I highlighted on the book text are: gratified, shining eyes, happiness, bloom, flourish, enthusiastic, and indulgence. The test of the text is a bit odd, especially out of context! I might go back and obscure it a bit.
And once again, the Wall of Words stencil is making an appearance, looking quite nice with more molding paste and acrylic glazing.
So with that, I'm all caught up on Inspiration Wednesday! I've been keeping up with my challenges really well so far (I'm up to date on Documented Life too and will share an update soon.) And I'm even catching up on some online classes!
Anyway, I hope everyone is having a Happy Easter (or Passover, or just a lovely Sunday!) I'm just enjoying some playtime in my studio between sessions of General Conference... I have some more fun projects that I'll share soon. And with that, I'm back to playing!
I absolutely love each and every one of these pages Gwen. Would be great to be able to turn the pages of this book in person!
Posted by: Seth | April 06, 2015 at 08:38 PM
Thanks Seth! I've had a lot of fun keeping up with the challenges this year, but I have to say... being able to flip through the book when it's done is probably my driving motivation :D
Posted by: Gwen Lafleur | April 08, 2015 at 08:22 AM
These pages have really inspired me to get my PT going so I can get back in my art journal. Just had knee replacement surgery and can't be on my feet as much.
Posted by: Marie | April 22, 2015 at 02:19 PM
Ouch! My mom just had that same surgery - that's not a fun one! But I'm glad you're feeling inspired... thank you! I hope you're able to get back to your art journal soon!
Posted by: Gwen Lafleur | April 22, 2015 at 07:26 PM