Passport to Art Day 16

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Here on this blog I am going to share how I made the page for today's prompt.  Today's virtual visit is to Smyrna.  The challenge today is to use stripes on the page.

This is the next page in my book.

I decided I would use the rest of the page on the left and all of the next page.  I covered it all with gesso.

I folded the fold back down on the right hand side and put the masking tape across and put gesso on that small part also.

I coloured the pages with Distress Ink and then put double sided tape to form a pocket.

I used 3 different types of washi tape to form the stripes.  I also attached the quote and the verse.  The ink needs to be dry before you attach washi tape otherwise it doesn't stick.  If you have problems use a small amount of gel medium to hold the tape in place.

I thought it all looked a bit bare so I inked through a stencil.

I used the same stencil on one side of the tag before journaling on the other side.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Passport to Art Day 15

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Here on this blog I am going to share how I made the page for today's prompt.  We are on a Virtual Journey for the next 5 days and the we are visiting Ephesus today.  The art challenge is to stamp with an embossing folder.

Here's today's page with the making tape on.

And this is the other side.  The left hand part will fold over onto the page shown above.

I covered the page in gesso and then used three colours of distress inks to colour the page.

I used Salt Ocean Distress Ink on the piece to be folded over through a map stencil.

At the top of the page I stamped with the embossing folder using water which looks like the page has been bleached.  At the bottom I used another embossing folder and black Archival ink.

I removed the masking tape and wrote my journaling.  I cut up the quote and stuck it on.

I put the Bible verse on the folded piece.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Passport to Art Day 14

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Here on this blog I am going to share how I made the page for today's prompt.    Today's inspiration is the poem 'Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost and it is one of my most favourite poems.   The technique challenge is to add texture to the page.

Here are the next few pages in my book.

This is today's page folded.

And here it is opened out.

And the side that will show with the masking tape on.

I sprayed the blue Dylusions ink and the White Linen through a large stencil.

Then I used some Golden Clear Granular Gel through a snowflake stencil.  It has lumps in it!

Here's a closeup.

When that had dried, I turned to the back of the page and drew round the tag.

I cut lines across the drawn shape to be able to weave the tag through.  I learned this in a workshop with Dyan Reaveley.  Thanks Dyan.

Here's the other side.

I put double sided tape on the page to hold it down.

I cut a tag out of a piece of white card and did my journaling.  I put the verse on this side.

On the back I stamped some trees and put the quote.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice