Everyday Creativity

I have neglected my blog for a very long time.  That makes me incredibly sad because I really love to BLOG!  It has been my intention for some time now to start blogging regularly again.  And so here I am today with a little bit of inspiration for you.....

These are some doodles I did in various different journals/watercolour pads.  Two were done intentionally for use as journalling embellishments and the very "busy" one was done just as an adventure in doodling.

I then took my sketch book to the local computer place and asked them to print my designs onto sticker paper.  (You can of course do this yourself if you have a good scanner and some coloured ink in your printer -which I dont at present).  I was thrilled with the quality of the prints.  When I had some spare time I sat and cut the sheets into the required strips and shapes.
These are journalling tags, which can now be added to my  Paint and Chronicle journal to brighten up the pages and I can write quotes or reminders or whatever onto them......

These are border strips and can be used to add borders to my journal pages or used in any way one would normally use decorative border stickers or washi tape:

These are from the very "busy" doodle sheet which I just cut up randomly and will use as stickers and borders to cheer up any dreary looking pages or corners:

Visit me here tomorrow  when I will  show some examples of  how I use these items on journal pages and in other interesting ways!

HAVE A SUPER CREATIVE WEEK!

much love
Angella

Hand-made art journal fun...

Hello everyone!!!
soooooo.... what have I been up to lately?
Mostly art journals, art journals, art journals...
Here is a mini art journal I made over the weekend (acutally I made 3 - 2 were gifts for friends and 1 for me)
The cover is made with fabric, ribbons, braid etc sewn onto a firm cardboard.
The pages are all different kinds of paper ie: scrapbook paper, sugar paper, pages from old dictionaries, pages from an old atlas etc etc.... The book is hand-bound (sewn at the spine with strong thread) and the "fluffies" on the spine are tied onto the binding stitches.

finished journal -cover

finished journal -pages

the 3 journals in progress

but that's not the end . . .  all the pages still have to be decorated and journalled on!
Here are some pages that I  have made a start on:

 machine sewn  heart.

 fabric heart sewed on with sewing machine , stamped background

 Favourite cartoon strip and a dictionary page decorated with word stickers

 atlas page (still to be decorated) and a page with a polka dot ribbon and large flower sticker (incomplete)

page with a pocket made from a tiny envelope plus a tag, an acetate butterfly and "love" sticker


This is another   art journal    that I made recently from scratch.  I used white cardboard for the pages - but folded some pages in , cut some pages shorter than others etc.  This one is also hand-bound the same as the others.The cover is covered with fabric which is then painted and stencilled onto with acrylic paint. It is decorated with a  stamped butterfly, lace,  vintage flowers and handmade beaded flowers. I added stickers and definitions that I cut out of an old dictionary.  It contains scraps of fabric on all the pages at the spine to reinforce it so that the pages wont tear out.

Some of  the inside pages that I have been working on:

 This page was hand painted by me - inspired by the Flora Bowley art book that I just bought - delicious book!!!

I painted this sweet lady straight onto the journal page -just love painting lady faces.

And then. . .

I have also been playing around with some DOODLING  - I love doodling (didnt know that it is an actual art-form until just recently -  how interesting!) I hand painted the backgrounds using fluid acrylic paints and a "credit card" technique - doodling done with a black Sharpie pen:

 

"Anything you're good at contributes to happiness."
-Bertrand Russell-