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Nathalie's Junque Journal Summer Camp June Prompts Highlights

It's Friday!  It's Fri-yay!!!!

Long weekend is here!  School is out.  The sun in shining and all is right in the world of my backyard!  I have big creating plans for this weekend and coming week!  As well as a huge house and craft purge and clean out!  This is my slow time of the year and I need to get everything in order before I head out in the fall teaching!  It will be so good!!

Some stuff to share...July Prompts for the Junque Journal Summer Camp are on their way!  It is going to be so much fun!!!  Also...head over to my Artist Page on Facebook...there may be a BIG giveaway!!!  Facebook Live TONIGHT at 8pm EST!!!!  We will be working in Black and White!

Today is a VERY exciting day on my blog!  The pages Nathalie has to share are STUNNING!!!!  Totally in love with the Black, Grey & White one!!!  Take a look....

 

Hi there!  Nathalie back with you today with a look back at my interpretation of the June Junque Journal Homework Prompts.  It is amazing how fast the month has passed, honestly, it feels like we just started Vicki’s Junque Journal challenge a few days ago.  Time really flies when you are having fun!

Before showing the prompts for week 3 and 4, first let me show you a few of the pages that were missed in the previous share.  This page is  for the Neutral prompt, and it was created by running some gesso through the flower stencil , followed by some neutral art crayon.   A baby wipe help to buff the gesso (thus bringing out the white color of the gesso), and then the page was finished with some navy art crayon splatters.

Copy Cat:  for this I used a gessoed insert, and added white and fuchsia art crayon using the stencil brush to the entire page.  A baby wipe was then used to pick up some of the color of the page through the circle stencil.  The circle stamp set was then used to create a series of  ‘flowers’; the flowers were then cut using the dies that come included in the set.  Love the texture and dimension on the page.

Part of my set up was to divide the prompts into weeks, so that they would be easier to manage.  For my week 3 dashboard, I used the Mix it prompt as inspiration. I started creating drips on the page using the dark maroon art crayon. Once that dried, I added a few rose gold glaze stars to the top of the page (used a stencil to create the shapes)

For the Mix it prompt, I used a combination of the purple, violet and gray art crayons to  create the background of the page (this is a paper from the 7x10 paper pad that has been gessoed).  The same crayon colors was then mixed with some rose gold glaze, and then run through a stencil to create the glazed impression on the page ( I saved the left over glaze, to create a few more prompts!)

This prompt  is  a combination of mix it, and stencil. First I used a baby wipe to clean a stencil  on top of one of the inserts.  This creates a ghost effect of the stencil on the page.  Next, I used the brownish art crayon, circle stencil and stencil brush to create the impression on top of the star shapes.  Next I used the dangle stencil, gold glaze and the brush add the shapes to the page.  Love how easy this came together!

For the Mix it again,  I chose to mix the medium blue art crayon and some gold glaze to create the watercolor background. Next I used the stencil brush to create a soft impression of the script image using a bit of gold glaze.  The watercolor background was the perfect set up to document a picture of my daughter.  All I kept in mind is to stay with the two colors and used them throughout the page.

I tried at best to utilize both sides of the page. So I chose to use the stencil brush to add yellow art crayon to the page, then followed with some maroon crayon through a stencil.  A bit of rose gold glaze was then used to add a few flower impression to the page.

This page is my take on Vicki’s latest Facebook Live episode,  This time, I used the blue and grey crayons to add drops of paint to the page.  Then a bit of stencil creates the look of a flower branch on top of the drops.   Then I used the same crayons to stamp the flower images on the page.  Love how this turned out!

This is a combination of some of the prompts.  It all stared with adding some light green crayon to the page using the stencil brush.  Then I used a baby wipe to clean a previously used stencil thus creating the impression on this page.  To finish, a few drips of gold glaze were added.

Now we are going to look at week 4.  I used the ‘kiss it’ prompt to create the watercolor look of the dashboard. Once it dried, a few images were stamped using black art crayon.  Super easy and fun page!

Rainbow time, and this is my take on the prompt.  I was inspired by Vicki’s page. This time, I chose to create a ghost image of an stencil , and then used some stamped images to add the color on the page.

These two are formed using the Kraft prompt.  I chose to use the white crayon and the circle stamp set to create the shapes on the paper.  Next the stencil brush was used to add color to the center of the stamped circles, and then I stamped the center of the circles using some diluted gold glaze.  

Love how easy this was to put together, and then decided to copy the technique but create a complete scrapbook page.  The only change is that I used some rose gold glaze to the page (using the flower stencil), and then went ahead and finished the page with a picture of my kids.

This is probably my most favorite prompt of the month.  Just like the title says, I used only the black crayon to add a few drops to the page, and set it aside to dry.  A few flower and butterfly were stamped on vellum; these were fussy cut and ready to complete the page.  

Using some black ink, I added a few stem images from the flower stamp set, and then created a large cluster with the flowers that were just created.

Finally the last post for June is all about Shine/Sparkle.   This was a fun one to create, first I water down some of the glaze left over from one of the pages, and used this to cover the entire page.  Those circle stamps sure are a favorite, and were the ones used to create the shapes in the background.  Then I mixed acrylic gel and glitter and add it to the center of the images.  A few more stamped images complete this page.

Well that was a bit of information.  Honestly time flies when you are having fun!  The following video will show you a complete look of the June prompts in my Junque Journal:

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Now it is your time to get to work on some or all the prompts.  July is about to come, and I cannot wait to see what Vicki has in store. Remember to join the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media community on facebook to see the prompts, and so much inspiration being shared there.

XO

Materials Used
All the Good Things collection – 7x10 paper pad, finishing embellishments, watercolor stickers, foam glitter stickers

Mixed media collection:

Junque Journal

Junque Journal inserts (mixed media, watercolor, kraft, printed)

Gesso

Art crayons – warm, cool ,neutral- sets

Gold, Rose Gold glaze

Stencil brush

All stencil

All stamp die sets

Waterbrushes

Mister

Mixology – gold

Matte Acrylic gel

 

 

Thanks, Nathalie!!!  Gorgeous stuff!

 

 

                                   

From Junque Journal to Scrapbook Page with Mandy

Today's project from DT Member Mandy is a real stunner!  Her combination of Gesso, Matte Acrylic Gel and Art Crayon came together to create a GORGEOUS page!  Take a look..

 

Mandy here today to share a new layout with you! This one is a very ‘girly’ page, featuring beautiful shades of pink and purple from the ‘All the Good Things’ collection. On this layout, I documented a photo of me with my youngest daughter Eleanor, and I wanted to journal about how proud I am of the little person that she is.

 

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been having so much fun playing along with the Junque Journal Summer Camp prompts, and so I thought this week, that I would show you how I transfer the techniques that I’m practising in my junque journal, onto a scrapbook layout. So to create the background for this page, I used the exact same techniques and method that I used to create the junque journal spread that I shared here on Vicki’s blog last week (the one titled ‘Selfies’).

 

Here’s a look at my layout…

 

 

This is how I created my background…

• I started off with a sheet of the Vicki Boutin Foundations Paper, and I primed it with gesso first, before adding any of the mediums.
• Next I applied some Vicki Boutin matte acrylic gel through the circle stencil using a palette knife. This added some great texture to the background behind where I wanted to add my watercolour.
• Once that was dry, I applied the art crayon over the top using the ‘kissing’ technique. To get the colours that I wanted, I mixed the art crayons together on the plastic packaging with a little water. I love the bright shades of pink and purple!
• Lastly I added some stamping using the circle stamps and Color Wheel pigment inks.

 

I love how this background turned out!

 

 

Once I was finished with my background, I was ready to add my photo and embellishments! I matted my photo with the reverse side of theBirds of a Featherpatterned paper and adhered it using craft foam for added dimension. I created my title using a combination of the foam and chipboard Thickers from the ‘All the Good Things’ collection, and then added a beautiful die cut butterfly above the title.

 

 

I created a floral cluster under the top left hand corner of the photo using die cuts from the collection, and I also added a little chipboard banner from the Finishing Embellishmentspack on the top corner of the photo.

 

 

To balance out the main photo cluster, I created a smaller one down in the bottom right hand corner of the layout. This cluster includes another floral die cut, and a label, which I adhered using craft foam. I used this to add my journaling to. I finished the page off with a couple of gold glitter hearts from the foam Thickers pack, to tie in with the gold that I’d used in the title.

 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope that you enjoyed taking a look at my layout! If you’d like to see how it came together, you can check out my process video over on my YouTube channel…

 

Video

 

Supplies Used:

Foundations Paper

Gesso

Acrylic Gel Matte

Art Crayons #1 – Warm

Art Crayons #2 – Cool

Color Wheel Pigment Inks – Warm Tones

Stencils

Stamps & Dies – Set 3

Waterbrushes

Brushes

Thickers – Alpha/B&W Chipboard

Thickers – Phrase/Glitter Foam

Cardstock Die Cuts – Icons

Cardstock Die Cuts – Frames

Self-Adhesive Finishing Embellishments

Double-sided Patterned Paper – Birds of a Feather

 

 

Thanks, Mandy!!!!

 

 

 

 

Junque Journal Summer Camp Prompts #22 Drips and Magic with Jana

Happy Monday!  I hope you had  great weekend!  I had a very relaxing Sunday with the family.  It rained all weekend here.  That kind of weather makes for lazy days.  But the sun is shining today and that sure does brighten the day.

How are your Junque Journal Summer Camp Prompts coming along?  I had so much fun with #22 Drips on my Friday Night Live on Facebook.  It just kept getting better as I played!  Love how that works!  Like I say...the learning is in the experimenting!  Take a look...

 

Look at what Jana discovered through a little play and experimenting on todays post...she IS a card maker!!!  I love how that works.  We are capable of so much more than we think we are!  You just need to give it a try.  Take a look at what Jana created...

 

 

Hi everyone, Jana here with you today with a bunch of cards! I am not that card making person, but when I have the time and the mood for cards; I am going big. I am making a bunch of the Cards (up to 10…) and yes, they´re looking similar to each other. Same Colors, same technique but not one of the Cards is looking like the same. And this is what I´ve done today. The Cards are totally inspired by my last Junque Journal Pages, with the layered Elements (Circles and negatives from DieCuts) but today I added a lot of Butterflies and some leaves.

But let´s have a look at the things I am using today. I have Art Crayons and Watercolors on my desk, mixed with some stamped images and also some DieCuts (Silhouette Cuts and DieCuts from the Circle Stamp Set). Different papers, piece of plastic, thread, ink, Stamp Sets and Gesso…

I want to create some 4 x 6 Cards and I started with cutting one of the Foundation Papers into 3,8 x 5,8 pieces. I also have some black Cardstock cut in the same size and some of the patterned papers from the 7 x 10 Paper Pad  (used as my Cards, resized to 8 x 6 and folded in half). But most of the Card “toppings” will be adhered on black cards, just because of the contrast to the bright colors and it is looking awesome!

The first layer of Watercolors was added with a lot of water and a piece of plastic; kissing technique! I used two different Watercolors here, a purple and a blue. I love it!

The second bunch of the cards got the colors blue and green. They always remind me of water, so nicely mixed together… or the sky!

But I also added some nice drops (Summer School Prompt #22 - drops) and this site was totally inspired by Vicki Boutin, she had a Facebook Live on Friday Night and she was creating a stunning Background and showed a nice technique for nice drops…  These were made with the Art Crayons and the Watercolors…. BIG LOVE!

Here you can both of the Junque Journal Pages I have made today. I used the same techniques as for the Cards (Summer School Prompt #25 – kiss it). Really love how they are looking!

And a little close up... I used the kissing technique here and some layered elements.

Now I’ll show some close ups from the Card toppings I’ve made. You can watch my process Video for the detailed How-To, if you want.
These are my favorites!!

I also added some black toppings to the mix, with some white Gesso on top. It´s such a striking color combination, right?

 

Here is the link to my process Video, enjoy watching it!
  

Video

 

 

Thanks for stopping by
Jana

Supply List:

Foundation Paper
Perfect Gesso
Watercolors
Art Crayons
7x10 Paper Pad
Circle Stamp and Die Set

 

Thanks, Jana!!!

 

 

Vellum Magic with DT Member Nathalie

It's Friday!!!  Yay!  Kids are almost done school and the summer fun planning has started!  I'm thinking of Glamping...have you tried it?  Looks like fun!  I did book tickets to see the Steve Miller Band...it will be a great date night!  Lots of pool time and BBQ's this summer, too!!  What summer plan do you have?

On the crafting front, I have been busy working on the June Junque Journal Summer Camp Prompts!  On tonight's Friday Facebook Live we are going to talk about crafting on the go and packing for vacation/cottage crafting.  Come and join me at 8pm EST on the VB Artist page.

Today I am SUPER excited to share this scrapbook page from DT member Nathalie!  It is a STUNNER!!!!  Love the Vellum idea!!!!  Check it out...

 

Hello everyone!

Nathalie with you today bringing you a new layout using Vicki’s awesome mixed media and paper goodies.   Before I show you what I have created, I wanted to ask you if you have joined Vicki’s Mixed Media community on Facebook.  Well there is so much inspiration always shared by the members, and it was part of the inspiration for this page.

The background of this page was created using watercolors #12 and #13 (as per location in box) on a gessoed foundation paper

I made sure that the watercolor background will peek behind the die cuts (Inna Moreva design – Handipaper store in Etsy) and picture being documented.  The color contrast brings out all the details of the die cuts.

Like I mentioned, Vicki’s Mixed Media Community Facebook page is filled with inspiration, and the printed vellum in this page was an idea inspired by Shannon Pavlovic Edwards, one of the group’s members.

While the watercolor dried, a thin coat of gold glaze was added to vellum using the script stencil and a stencil brush.   By applying the glaze with this technique, there is no much moisture being added to vellum thus avoiding the vellum to buckle and roll, which is what, happens to vellum when moisture is added.  The impression dried really fast since the application is so fine, and now I have so many ideas on what to create with this technique.

Once the background dried,   a few stamped details were added using the butterfly/flower stamp and die set.  The butterflies were added to the page using black archival ink, while some of the leaf images were added in matching colors from the ink wheel.

To add some detail and color to the stamped images, a bit of gold and iridescent glaze were mixed with some of the diluted watercolor, and then used to bring some shine and texture to the page.

For the title of this page, I used a bit of matte acrylic get to coat the black chipboard alphas with fine gold glitter.  Also a small die cut butterfly (Inna Moreva cut file) was then colored with some of the paint in the palette (so that it ties the title to the background) and then glued to the title.

The picture was matted and layered with papers from Vicki’s collection.   A few stickers and embellishments were then added in clusters that help make the picture the focal point of this page.

I love how this turned out.  The idea of creating my own vellum is one that I will use for other projects!  The following video will show you how this page came together:

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I really hope that this serves as inspiration to try a new technique and to come join the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Facebook page, there is so much inspiration always being shared, plus you get to see what everyone is creating for their Junque Journal prompts!

Till next time,

Nathalie

Materials used:

All the Good Things collection:

7x10 paper pad

Finishing embellishments

Watercolor stickers

Cardstock stickers

Foam glitter thickers

Chipboard alphas

Mixed media collection:

Gesso

Foundation paper

Mister

Water brushes

Watercolor set

Watercolor brush set

Art crayon cool set

Gold and Iridescent glaze

Stencil brush

Junque Journal Mixed Media insert

Butterfly/flower stamp and die set

Script Stencil

Matte Acrylic Gel

Color wheel cool set

 

 

Thanks, Nat!!  Love it!

 

 

 

June Junque Journal Prompts with Mandy

Hey there Friends!  Mandy is up today with a combo of the June Junque Journal Summer Camp prompts!  I love how this page turned out and Mandy's interpretation of the prompts for a mini book.  Take a closer look...

 

Mandy here with you today to share a new entry for my junque journal! Are you playing along with Vicki’s Junque Journal Summer Camp challenge? It’s so much fun, and I’m loving being able to play and experiment with all of my Vicki Boutin mixed media goodies in my junque journal! I’m using my journal as a mini album to document photos from last Summer (which is providing a nice distraction from the very cold weather that we’re having here in Australia at the moment!).

 

I’ve combined quite a few of the June prompts on these pages, and created a few layers on my background. But don’t feel intimidated if you’re just getting started with mixed media… Keep it simple and just do one prompt at a time. Then once you feel comfortable with each one, then you can start using them together to build up layers.

 

So the prompts that I used on these pages were…

• #7 Copycat – I loved the colours that Nathalie used on one of her pages that she shared last week, and so I used this as inspiration for the colours that I used on these pages.
• #10 Matte Gel Medium – I applied the Matte Gel Medium through a stencil.
• #16 Mix It – I mixed my art crayons to create new colours.
• #19 Stencil
• #20 Stamps
• #21 Layers
• #25 Kiss It – I applied my art crayons using the ‘kissing’ technique

 

Here are the pages that I created…

 

 

Here’s how I created my background…

 

• First I taped the two pages together with washi tape at the back, and then I applied a thin coat of gesso to the background to prime it for the wet mediums.

 

• Next I applied the matte gel medium through the circle stencil using a palette knife. I didn’t apply it to my whole background, just to various areas, so that it would create some texture and interest.

 

 

• Once the matte gel medium was dry, I applied the art crayons using the ‘kissing’ technique. To do this, you simply scribble the art crayons onto some plastic packaging, or a sheet of acetate, and then using your water brush add a little water and mix the pigment with the water to create a watercolour. To apply it to your page, you just gently ‘kiss’ the packaging to your cardstock. I also used my water brush to move the colour around a little on the background. Because I was using both warm and cool colours on this page, I made sure that the warm colours were completely dry before applying the cool colours.That way I avoided making ‘muddy’ colours when they mix together.

 

 

• For the final layer on my background, I added some stamping using the Vicki Boutin circle stamps with the Color Wheel pigment inks. I wanted a tone-on-tone look, so I stamped using the same colours that I’d already used on my background with the art crayons.

 

 

And that was it for the background! It was really just three layers of mixed media to create a fun, colourful and textured background! It’s easy once you know how to do each of those layers!

 

So once I was done with the background, I was ready to add my photos and start embellishing! I decided on documenting two fun selfies of me with my three kids on this page, as I thought the colourful background would really complement them! I added them to the left hand page, and I adhered the bottom one using craft foam to give it some extra dimension.

 

 

I fussy cut some of the gorgeous butterflies out of the ‘Social Butterfly’patterned paper to use on my pages. I added one to the left of the top photo, just adding glue to the centre of the butterfly so that the wings would lift off the page. I then added my title at the top of the page, using the Vicki Boutin chipboard Thickers.

 

 

Here’s a closer look at the right hand page, where you can see all of that gorgeous colour and texture on the background.

 

 

I added my journaling to this page, using one of the journaling tags from the ‘All the Good Things’ die cut frames pack. I also layered a cardstock sticker across the bottom of it, and tucked a fussy-cut butterfly under the sticker to create a little cluster.

 

 

I finished the page off with a couple more butterflies, and some enamel dots.

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed taking a closer look at my pages. If you’d like to watch how I created them you can check out my process video over on my YouTube channel…

 

VIDEO

 

Supplies Used:

Junque Journal

Junque Journal Refills – White Paper

Gesso

Acrylic Gel - Matte

Art Crayons #1 – Warm

Art Crayons #2 – Cool

Color Wheel Pigment Inks – Cool Tones

Color Wheel Pigment Inks – Warm Tones

Stencils

Stamp & Dies – Set 3

Watercolor Brushes

Cardstock Stickers

Self-Adhesive Finishing Embellishments

Thickers – Alpha/B&W Chipboard

Cardstock Die-Cuts – Frames

Double-sided patterned paper – Social Butterfly

 

Mandy x

 

 

Thanks, Mandy!!!!!

 

 

Watercolor and Gesso with Jana!

It's Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend!!!  I am so excited to share this amazingly textured page by DT member Jana!  I am in LOVE with the simple nature theme!  Check it out...

 

Hi everyone, Jana here with you today. I have a new Layout to share. This page started with a picture. I was sorting through my photos and found two cute ones from my oldest son, when he was 5 or 6 years old. He was climbing in the trees, one of his favorite’s hobbies when he was little. I saw the picture and was thinking on a CutFile I have, a tree trunk. I immediately had to think about painting the tree trunk with gesso and watercolor/Art Crayons.

Here you can see some of my Supplies for today; Perfect Gesso, Foundation Paper and Art Crayons. But I will also bring in some Watercolors, Junque Journal Mixed Media Paper and some stamps.

So, I started this page by cutting three of the tree trunk shape with my Cameo. I was not sure about layering or using different colors together. The white cut got a thick layer of Gesso. Irregular so it gets some texture right away. I also painted a Junque Journal Mixed Media Paper with Gesso because I wanted to try some Watercolors/Art Crayons on it.

I decided to use five different brown tones for my painting. I grabbed a piece of plastic and added watercolors and art crayons to it, mixed with some water, ready to paint.

But before I started I wanted to stamp or bring the colors on the Junque Journal Page. I just wanted to try and see how the colors are changing with more or less water. Sometimes this can be very helpful, especially if you are using the colors for the first time or on other backgrounds or materials as usual.

I really love how the colors are looking together and due to the different covering power, it looks alive and not flat. Now I knew how the colors are looking and was pretty sure that I wanted my tree trunk in these colors. I started with the outer area, in dark brown. Up to the inside I was getting brighter with the colors and used more water. But I have used several layers of color and at the end I have added splashes of paint. I am so happy how this turned out. I also loved the negative from the tree trunk so I wanted to use it too. I loosely cut around the shape and layered it under the original piece. Love how this is looking! I added some stitches with my sewing machine.

I already knew in advance that I did not want to use much decoration next to the photo. I punched out some butterflies from various VB papers and a thin paper bag and sewed them together with the sewing machine. I wanted to have the tree trunk as my main focus on this Layout.

I added two pieces from the Frames Pack to my picture and because I had no Idea what to add next I decided to punch out some leaves from one of the 7x10 Paper Pad. I put some of the leaves under the butterfly; the others are lying around on the paper almost loosely. My title is a mix from the Chipboard Alpha and the Foam Words…

My final touch here, I adapted my journaling to the contours of the tree trunk.

I really had fun here and I am totally happy about this layout.

Here is also a little process video for you to watch:

Video

Thanks for stopping by
Jana

Supply List:
Perfect Gesso
Foundation Paper
Art Crayons – Neutral Set
Watercolors
Junque Journal Mixed Media Paper Re-Fill
Circle Stamp Set
7x10 Paper Pad “All the good things”
Chipboard Alpha
All the Good Things – Ephemera Frames
Thicker – Foam – Phrases

Thanks, Jana!!!  This is FABULOUS!

 

 

 

Junque Journal Summer Camp Creative with Nathalie!

 You better grab a nice cold drink for this one!!!  DT member Nathalie has been hard at work with the Junque Journal Summer Camp Creative Prompts!  Wow!  There is a ton of gorgeousness going on here!  I especially love the pinks and yellow on the feather page!!!!  And the photo with the doggie in the sunglasses...LOVE it!  Go on, take a gander....

 

Nathalie back with you today with a few more entries for the second week of Vicki’s Summer Junque Journal mixed media adventure (it has taken so many names, but at the end it is a colorful adventure!).    I hope you all are working on some or all the prompts, remember to enjoy the process and not rush.  Now it is time to show you what I have created:

Blend it- This prompt is all about using the amazing stencil brushes. I chose to mix a bit of art crayon and glaze in one page.

For this entry, I am using a feather cut file from the Silhouette store, and a mixed media page.  First, I used the stencil brush to add a coat of beige crayon to the entire page (love how it looks like kraft paper!)

Next, using different shades of art crayon, stencil brushes and the cut out, I added a few of the feather impressions onto the page.  I made sure that the images did not overlap; this also avoids muddling the colors of the feather impressions.

Using a stencil from my stash (Heidi Swapp), gold glaze and a stencil brush, a few gold polka dot impressions were added to the negative part in between the feather images.

Finally I added a picture of my 3 kids with some ephemera, and the colored feather to complete the entry.   Love how easy and colorful this turned out.

Gesso -This entry is a play on a few techniques using gesso.  Since I want to maximize the space of my junque journal, the entry was created on a piece of patterned paper from the 7x10 pad.

First a thin coat of gesso was added to the page using a brayer. While the gesso dried, I mixed some art crayon with gesso (created colored gesso) and then run it through the script stencil onto the prepped page.

Once it all dried, a bit of navy and gray diluted art crayon was used to give the impression of watercolor on top of the scripted gesso.

 

To bring out the color of the script impression, a baby wipe was used to buff the impression, thus revealing the color of the gesso. This was set aside to dry completely. 

I chose to add a picture of my daughter and me to complete this page.   Love the color combo, and the texture the gesso adds to the page.

Pool it- This is probably one of my favorite prompts as I love watercolors.  Plus I went for a simple technique and contrasting/complementing colors to finish the page.

I chose to use a watercolor insert for this page, and a mister to make sure the diluted art crayon flooded and combined on the page.   I set this aside to dry completely before starting the next step.

To pop the colors, I chose to add a few stamped images using the color wheels and the circles and arrow stamps on the page.  Once again, I made sure to color block the images on the page.

Love how this turned out.   All the color in the background was perfect for the cheeky picture of my baby and his love for car rides.

Matte Gel/Resistit -   I combined the two prompts in one single entry, as I wanted to show you how fun gel acrylic can be.

I reached for a mixed media insert, and used a polka dot stencil (Heidi Swapp) to create an impression with matte acrylic gel. I set this to dry completely before the next step.

Blue Hawaiian acrylic paint was diluted to watercolor consistency, and then added on top of the polka dot impression using a brayer. A baby wipe was then used to clean only the acrylic gel impression (as it resists the paint)

Once it dried, a thin layer of the acrylic gel was then applied using a brush, and set to dry once again.  Using two shades of blue crayon and a stencil brush the page was completely covered once it dried.    The circle stencil was then used to create the pattern on the page; this time a baby wipe was used to buff away some of the crayon, but then switched to the stencil brush –dipped in some water- to finish the job.

To continue the monochrome look of the entry, I used some ephemera and stickers to bring the picture of my littles playing in the yard’s sprinkler.

I have had so much fun creating all this entries, they were rather quick, simple and easy to create, and the following video will showcase how they were put together:

VIDEO

I hope this inspires you to join us in Vicki’s Summer Junque Journal Advemture.  If you are not a member of the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Community on Facebook, then come join us.  You would find so much inspiration on all the beautiful work that is continually popping up on the page.

As always remember you can reach me with any questions or concerns on how these were created.

‘Til next time,

Nathalie

Supply List:

Junque Journal

Mixed media inserts

Watercolor inserts

Art crayon- warm, cool and neutral sets

Water brushes

Gesso

Matte Acrylic Gel

Gold and Rose Gold glaze

Mister

Stencil- circles, script

Stencil Brushes

All the Good Things collection

Ephemera – icons and frames

Cardstock stickers

Watercolor stickers

On the Edge embellishments

7x10 Paper pad

Finishing Embellishments

 

 

Thanks a million, Nathalie!!!  I am off to give these a try!!!

 

 

Junque Journal Summer Camp with Mandy- Mixed Pages

I have Mandy up today with her interpretation of the June Prompts for the Junque Journal Summer Camp Creative!  I am digging the techniques mixed with mini book pages.  Like I say...do what you can, just make the time to feed your creative soul!  I am setting up a bunch of stuff this afternoon and I am MAKING!  Can't wait to share!

 

Mandy here with you today to share two new pages in my junque journal! I’m loving playing along with the June prompts for Vicki’s Junque Journal Summer Camp! I decided to combine a few of the prompts on each page because I know that I won’t have the time to be able to get messy every day of the month. That’s the fun about this though – You can make it work for you! The important thing is that you’re having fun with mixed media and learning some new techniques along the way!

 

So for my first page, I’ve used the cool art crayon pack (prompt #4), along with the Iridescent glaze (prompt #8), and I used the watercolour kissing technique to apply the crayons (prompt #25)! Here’s a look at my finished page…

 

 

And here’s my process for creating the background for this page…

 

• First I scribbled the art crayon onto some plastic packaging, added a little water, and then applied the watercolour to my cardstock using the ‘kissing’/packaging technique. I also used a waterbrush to move the colour around on the page, and to blend the colours.

 

 

• Once that was dry, I added some stencilling using the art crayons and a stencil brush.

 

 

• Next I decided to use the Iridescent glaze with the circle stamps. I wanted to create the look of bubbles to tie in with the photo that I was documenting. I simply put a little bit of the glaze onto my craft mat, spritzed some water onto it to dilute it, and then stamped into the glaze then onto my page. It doesn’t give a perfect image, but that was the look I was going for! I also added some splatters using the glaze.

 

 

• Lastly I added some stamping using another one of the circle stamps with and an ink from the cool color wheel. Here’s a look at the completed background…

 

 

As I mentioned, I wanted to document a photo of my youngest daughter playing with bubbles on this page, so I decided to use lots of circular elements, both on the background and in my embellishing.

 

 

I matted my photo with one of the patterned papers from the ‘All the Good Things’ collection, and then I also tucked a frame and a circle die cut behind the photo as well.

 

 

I added my title using the fabulous Vicki Boutin chipboard Thickers. I also used a few of the watercolor stickers on this page, and I adhered them using foam tape to give them some extra dimension. I finished the page off with some stamped hearts, and black enamel dots.

 

 

 

For my next page, I was inspired by prompt #13, which was to use either gesso or matte gel medium as a resist, as well as prompt #11, which was to blend using the stencil brush. These techniques were really fun, and I love how this turned out! Here’s a look at my page…

 

 

This is how I created the background…

 

• First I applied gesso, using a palette knife, through the Vicki Boutin butterfly stencil

 

 

• Once that was dry, I used my stencil brush to apply three different colours of art crayons to the entire background. I then took a baby wipe and simple wiped clean the areas where I had applied the gesso through the stencil. Because the gesso resists the art crayons, the colour wipes off easily, bring it back to white again.

 

 

• Next I used the smaller stencil brush, along with the script stencil, to apply some stencilling just to the blue areas on the background. I wanted it to have a tone-on-tone look, so I chose a darker blue than what I had used on the background.

 

 

• Lastly I watered down the purple art crayon, and used a small paint brush to add some splatters to the background.

 

 

I documented a photo of my eldest daughter with my nephew on this page. I created some layers behind the photo using a patterned paper from the 7x10 inch paper pad, as well as a die cut from the frames pack. Under the left hand side of the photo I tucked some die cut flowers and leaves. I adhered the photo using foam tape, to help it to really pop off the page.

 

 

I added my title, once again using the ‘All the Good Things’ chipboard Thickers, and then I finished the page off with a few black hearts from the foam Thickers pack.

 

 

Thanks so much for joining me here today! I’ll be back next week with some more inspiration to share with you!

 

Supplies Used:

Junque Journal

Junque Journal Refills – White Paper

Gesso

Art Crayons #1 – Warm

Art Crayons #2 – Cool

Creative FX Glaze – Iridescent

Color Wheel Pigment Ink – Cool Tones

Stamps & Dies – Set 1

Stamps & Dies – Set 3

Stencils

Watercolor Brushes

Stencil Brush Set

Mister Bottles

Single-sided Card Pad 7”x10”

Cardstock Stickers

Thickers – Alpha/B&W Chipboard

Thickers – Phrase/Glitter Foam

Cardstock Die-Cuts – Icons

Cardstock Die-Cuts – Frames

Watercolor Stickers

Double-sided Patterned Paper – Soul Food

 

Mandy x

 

 

Thanks Mandy!!!!!

 

 

Junque Journal Summer Camp with DT Member Nathalie

I have to say that Nathalie out did herself with this post!  I am so glad to see Nat is as excited about this Junque Journal Challenge as I am.  The PROMPTS just take the guess work out of what to create.  Like I keep saying...June is a warm up month!  Just play, practice and learn!!  And don't forget to come and see what we are making in the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Community Group.

 

Hello there! Nathalie with you today.  By now, I hope you all have gathered all the supplies to join us in Vicki’s Summer Camp adventure.   If you haven’t heard of it, or would like to see the prompts, please come join us in the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Community on Facebook;  you can find all the month’s prompts as well as lots of inspiration from the members.   Now, the line "time flies when you are having fun" suits this week to a tee!  So I thought I would share a few entries of my Junque Journal and how I created them.

• Set up:   I decide to break my Junque Journal in weekly sections, which means I will be creating a tab at the beginning of each week.

First I cut a piece of one of the 7x10 papers from the pad, and glued it straight to the cover page.  Here I used some vellum and machine stitching to create a pocket where I can house the list of the challenges for June.  A few pieces of ephemera complete this page.

When creating the cover,  I mixed iridescent and gold glaze to add a few  details to the cover, and used the left over glaze to add the impression of the script to the first tab of the junque journal.  Next, I used warm art crayons to create the watercolor look of the background.  I simply scribbled the crayons on my mat, water them down, then add them to the page by sprinkling droplets on top of the glaze, and finally used a brush to join the drops  together.  I chose to use the roller date stamp to add the dates to the tab of the page, and then a few details from Vicki’s paper collections.

• Cool: How about using the entries to work  on some art journaling!?! Well for the Cool prompt, I chose to work with the cool art crayons and ink pad wheel.  

For this I started with a well gessoed mixed media insert.  Then scribbled the cool art crayons (in  rainbow order) on my craft mat so that they will fit the dimension of the  page, water each one of them  so that they become watercolors, and then pressed the page onto the cool watercolor rainbow on the mat.  I set this aside to dry completely.  I used a second insert (in the same fashion) to create a second impression onto it.

Onto the next layer, and this time, I chose to add the cool art crayons in a dry form using the circle stencil and the stencil brush.  So once again, I scribbled the art crayon on the mat, used the stencil brush to pick up the color, and then used the brush to create the impression through the stencil just to the border of the page.  I used a bit of the leftover crayon on the brush to create a very faint impression of the stencil to the center of the page.

Next, I chose to add a series of stamped images of the dotted circles (Vicki’s latest stamp release) in their corresponding color using the cool ink pad wheel.  Then used the larger thin sunburst stamp –from the same set-  to add a few images just to the center of the page.

I used a set of dies (Altenew) to create the word “COOL” on a  piece of the second watercolored paper.  Then used some foam adhesive to add the detail  to the page.  LOVE how this turned out!

• Glaze: Today’s prompt is all about “Glaze”, so I chose to play with a few techniques to create this  super shimmery page.

This time,  I chose to use a brayer to add a thin layer of iridescent glaze to a mixed media insert instead of gesso.  This means, I primed my page with iridescent glaze instead of gesso.

By adding iridescent glaze as a base coat, I created this super shimmery background for my page. Though it does react with water, I wanted a shimmery base to the paper, and knew that even if I added water next, all I would create would be a shimmery watercolor look on the page.

Next I pulled the purple and fuchsia art crayons, scribbled them down on the craft mat, used some water to dilute them, and then used a brayer to add the colors onto the dried glazed insert.   Next I added a few splatters of the art crayons, and set it aside to dry completely. Though I added water to the page, the glaze  hardly moved in the background, and can easily be seen as the base on the watercolor splatters on the page.

Once the layer was dried, I created the flower impression on the page by adding rose gold glaze to the page using the flower stencil, and the stencil brush.

I wanted to add a bit of extra texture, and create a soft detail on the background, so I pulled a stencil from my stash (Echo Park) and used a mixture of gold and iridescent glaze to create a soft trail of dots on the page.

Here I added a selfie taken a few days ago. I added a few pieces of ephemera that match the colors of the watercolor, and then used the rose gold glaze to add a few extra shimmer to some butterflies from the watercolor sticker set.

Now I think that is it for this week!  It was so much fun to create all these pages, and a great format to practice new techniques. The following video will showcase how all these were created:

That is all for me! Remember to come join us in the Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Community Facebook page to see all the details of the Summer challenge, and remember to share your creations with us all.

XO

Materials Used:

Junque Journal

Junque Journal Mixed Media Entries

Gesso

Iridescent, gold and rose gold glaze

Art Crayons: cool, warm, and neutral sets

Waterbrushes

Misters

Circle stamp and die set

Script, circle, flower stencil

Cool and Warm Ink pad color wheels

Stencil brush

All the Good Things collection:

Rotary stamp

7x10 paper pad

Ephemera: icons and frames

Cardstock stickers

Watercolor stickers

Finishing embellishments

On the Edge embellishments

 

 

Thanks a million, Nathalie!!!  This is so inspiring!  Off to play!

 

 

Art Crayon Junque Journal Prompts with Jana and a Visit to Two Scrapbook Friends!

Did you have a good weekend, my friends?  My momma and I hoped in the car and headed to Two Scrapbook Friends in Waterloo, ON on Friday.  I taught two workshops over the weekend and we had such a great time creating and laughing.  There is something awfully special about spending time with people who enjoy making art and share your passion for crafting!  

 

 

Gel Plate Printing Workshop

 

 

 

Mixed Media Backgrounds Transformed into a mini book.

 

Thanks so much to Carolyn, her momma, my momma and all the ladies who joined us this weekend.

 

Very excited to dive into the Junque Journal Summer Camp Creative Prompts now that my workshops are done!!!  My next Vicki Boutin release with American Crafts will debut in August!!!  That is exciting!  Just started developing ideas for the next release!  Time to get creative!!!  It is so awesome to see all of the people who have started, sharing their work.  Inspires me to make!!!

Today DT member Jana has some amazing pages for her Junque Journal to share!  Take a look...they are fabulous!!!!

 

Hi there, Jana here with three more pages for my Summer School Junque Journal. I swatched all the colors last week, and this week I focused on the Art Crayons – all three Sets, for sure!

I started with the Cool Set from the Art Crayons; I think it is the favorite Set from me… I love the bright blue and green tones. I grabbed the Watercolor re-fill Papers and started with a layer of white Gesso. I used a pallet knife for it and it is textured layer. I was not looking for perfect and thin; otherwise I had used my brayer for it. Oh no, wait… I started with stamping; the Circle Stamps and Dies with black Ink on white Cardstock. I used the biggest stamps and the middle sized die, so that I will still have a circle on the Cardstock, the outlines from it.

I used the “kissing” technique, mixed with splatters and brush work. I love how the different colors are matching and mixing! The background is already done and you can see my perfect new Art Crayons holder and the stamped circles… I am in LOVE!

I wanted to add some different textures, some dimension and a messy look. The negative from the stamps are my elements here. I added some wonky messy looking scribbled circles, some black thread and some machine stitching. I also grabbed a brush and the same colors I added before to blend the white cardstock into the background, I really love this effect. The last thing I added here was the heat embossed word “cool” – I used an embossing Ink Pen for writing and a blue embossing powder. Looks cool, right?!

I am totally happy and satisfied with this result!

The Neutral Art Crayons were used for my second page. I also used some stamped circles and messy stitching. The background was also made with the “kissing” technique, the same paper was used – but without Gesso/Gel on it. I used the same black pen (Silhouette Sketch Pen) for the scribbled lines, or in this case, flower stems and leaves.

I added stitching with my sewing machine, used golden thread for the flower details. I really love to use my sewing machine for details like this; It´s giving some texture and a great look.

What is a flower without a Butterfly?! I grabbed some Butterfly Stamps and black Ink and added some butterflies over the flowers. The last thing I have added here was also an embossed title; this time in gold. I really love the embossing pen!!

For the warm Set I wanted to create a heart background. I always have some self-made/Silhouette stencils on my desk; this one I grabbed and used is from Paige Evans.  I am working on the Mixed Media Paper again and I don´t have Gesso on it. I placed the big stencil over the paper and started to fill the inside with Art Crayons and the big stencil brush.

This is a great technique when you want to add some soft colors to your paper. I added two layers of the Crayons and on the second turn the brush was a bit wet and so the colors turned out more vibrant and darker. I love it!

I wanted to add some liquid Art Crayons, like I did on the last two pages. Mixed with water on a piece of plastic and because of that (the water) I added a thin layer of the Matte Acrylic Gel with my brayer. I wanted to have the brush-stencil-work to be crisp and clear and not smudged with the other colors…

I also added some messy stitching to this page. I filled some of the hearts or stitched around it. I used four different colors here and I really like how it looks.

The last things I added here are some messy looking circles; added with the Vicki Boutin Markers in the same colors like the Art Crayons and the word “warm”

 

 

I also have a little Process Video for you to watch - https://youtu.be/kLnq3O72IZk

Thanks for stopping by

Supply List:
Junque Journal
Mixed Media Paper Re-Fill
Art Crayons (Set warm, neutral and cool)
Color Marker
Matte Acrylic Gel
Perfect Gesso
Stencil Brush Set
Circle Stamp Set
All the Good Things – Stamp and Die Set No.2
Chipboard Alpha

 

 

Thanks, Jana!  Such great ideas!!!