From Jen's Tute

This has been one of my favorite tutes for layering. I began the process with white card stock covered with torn paper. It was so fun choosing what papers I wanted to combine.



Next step, I added white and cream colored lace and covered the whole thing with gel medium and let dry.

After it dries completely, I then add watercolor crayons in groves and on top of lace, well...everywhere and then pressed colored areas with fingers to smooth and smudge. I also dabbed on glitter glue. Then sprayed with a fixative.

After dry, add layer of acrylic white paint mixed with a little water and let dry.

I painted on another layer of white acrylic paint mixed with water. First layer was not enough for me, and let dry.

This is one of the ATC backgrounds I cut from paper.

Below is one of two cards made by using backgrounds above . This was a trade theme in my wonderful and fun group ATCforbeginners, located here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATCforbeginners/

Always like to mention its very kind and great moderator Leslie Dupont and of course Jen for the tute, which you can find at her blog here

http://jenxo.blogspot.com/

Second card for friend and trade partner, Barbara in our group.

A Peek At My Art Journals

Here are some of my art journals/books. I show pics from each one. I stayed away from photos of pages I had written a lot, kinda personal you understand. The little punch you may notice in some of the pages is to hold the page open while I took the photo ;). If you guys have questions ask here or on our group, ATCs for Beginners-have fun.


One of my book art journals. Below are pages inside.

Prep pages with a coat of gesso.

A new background I am working on.

" Life is a bowl of pits"...by Rodney Dangerfield

8 1/2 x 11 watercolor paper spiral book

Examples of some new ideas I wanted to try

Just your cheap composition book (upper two photos)

A $2.59 Sketch Diary from Hobby Lobby

This book is 9.5 x 6 medium weight paper, good for ink, pastels, crayons, and just about anything you want to add.