Mixed Media Collage material

Today's inspiration from me (Ellie) will be creating a basic surface for your stash to easily tear and use as collage material on any project.  

What am I talking about? 

Creating background papers for collage. I saw a You Tube video from Susanne Rose, the owner of Rubber Dance as you certainly know, creating background papers on rice paper on the gelliplate. 

I had an 'aha' moment and decided to share this way of making collage papers. 

Basically you need a very thin paper, rice paper, or even thinner: tissue paper. The better it collages without showing an edge where it gets decoupaged to, the better it is to use in collages.   

I mostly chose background and script stamps as they can easily be used in a background as collage material. 

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To show you how I use this on a project, I've made a collage in an art journal with gesso and color.  

Tear the paper to pieces, easy way is to use a thin wet brush and mark the line you want it to tear, then tear along that line. 
Use (water diluted) decoupage glue to adhere some of the tissue paper to the page. 
Leave to dry.

Scribble with Neocolor II crayons onto the page as shown. 

Use gesso on a brush to blend the colors. Clean the brush when the gesso gets too colored. Leave to dry.
Add a layer of white gesso to tone certain areas down.
I also scribble in the wet gesso with one of the used colors. 

When happy with the result, dry it thoroughly. Add white marks with an acrylic marker and tiny black spatters (watered down black gesso) to the background. 

Color the focal point, adhere them to the page and add a sentiment.. 

Voila.. another colorful page in this Neocolor II designated art journal of mine. 

Rubber Dance Stamps:
The Rubber Dance Webshop

Flowers Gone Wild

Inky Friends


Mix A Sentiment 1

Art Defined


Grungy Borders


Grungy Sequins


Mixed Media Marks


Mixed Media Marks #2

Old Book Page

Pencil Marks #1

How to Give a Book a New Life as Bookbox !!

Today is the last time I will be posting as a design team member for Art Anthology!  yes, sadly, as I step down from the design team after being there for a year..

...but don't be sad, there are very talented new design team members already there!

Thanks Stayce for having me, I really had fun working (playing) with your beautiful product! They will stay in my stash and I am sure I will USE them!

I am entering this in the challenge on
1. Mini Album Makers Challenge
2. SSS Monday challenge : Not a card

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This time I chose to alter a book into a bookbox. 
It was a looooooot of work!

I gave myself some homework: and I must say: mission accomplished...

I wanted to know whether I like to work on a white or black surface better?! I still don't know the answer.. I like them both.

 I chose to use the colors from the current moodboard:

For a step-by-step of the process: SNAPGUIDE!!

Check out How to Give a Book a New Life as Bookbox by Art Anthology on Snapguide.

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Some photo's of the project: I had fun!

     

 

 

Have a play and show it to us on our Facebook group Art Anthology’s Adventures in Art !

HAVE FUN!!

Art Journal page with theme - Circles

 Last page for Journal 52 - week 52 - circles 

Ready to bind all 52 pages! 

I am going to use the coptic binding technique, first time for me! 

12 Tags of 2013 - November

 

 I did not make a tag this time around, but did use Tim's November techniques to start off with, and then gave it my own twist! I used pearl-ex powder instead of chalks. 

 

I am entering this in the challenge on :

1. 12 tags of 2013 - November

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STAMPS USED: 

Hero Arts, 

and Sissix flower die.