2015 Photo Folio

Hello and a very Happy New Year.  Starting off 2016 today we feature Creative Team Member Buffy St John who has created a truly memorable Photo Folio to commemorate 2015 and she shares with us not only pictures but a video too!.

Buffy says: 

Well it looks like another year has come and gone...where does the time go?

Every year I create a photo journal of the year that is ending; to record memories, visits with family, my gardens and the classes that I have taught as well as taken...(yes, I take a lot of classes!)

Today I would like to share a Photo Folio that I have created using

Ken Oliver's Studio 12x12 Collection Pack papers, stamps and Ink.

I love this collection pack, it has 2 sheets each of beautiful images plus 2 sheets of double sided 4x6 cards for journaling PLUS a sheet of beautiful matching ephemera!

I backed the ephemera sheet with a sheet of Stick It and cut out the pieces to use within the project.

 I used every scrap of this collection in this project.

The stamps in these sets are beautiful and crisp, and I use Lamp Black Click It to insure a perfectly stamped image.

To read Buffy's Blog, please visit:

Lets Go Paint Something: Photo Folio 2015

To view the photo slideshow of this project, please visit:

https://youtu.be/HMh8e6RBn30

Mixed Media Techniques for Art Journaling with Julie Nutting Stamps from Prima Marketing Inc.

This summer I've been teaching a mixed media class where we focus on technique...we've misted, sprayed, painted, used stencils, used modeling paste, inks, acrylic paints...we've spattered and splashed and layered...

 

And until now we've really focused on creating layered backgrounds...This week we're going to incorporate Julie Nutting Cling Stamps from Prima Marketing Inc.  

The stamps are great and perfect for mixed media techniques...I've stamped a few images to get started.

 



 

On this journal page, I stamped directly on the page and colored over the background...it gives a cool look and you can still somewhat see the background layer through the colored stamp. 

 

 

For next week's class, we're using quotes that are about self affirmation and joy, after all art should be a joyful activity! 

 

 

As you can see our background pages all turned out really cool with lots of layers. 

 

I am looking forward to sharing the techniques with our group...and I am happy to see some of the pages coming together so nicely. 

 

 

 

 We meet once a month, on the second Tuesday, at Mary's Scrapden in Evansville, Indiana...we usually have a full house and have a lot of fun...I always look forward to our Mixed Media for Art Journaling class...it's always awesome!