Walk Alone In Darkness

Hello everyone!

This is one more page on the black journal I created for 2 Crafty Chipboard.

I like making pages with quotes I love in my black journal.

For this one I used some small butterflies of the Butterflies set to represent the crowd and one big Marianne's Butterfly to be main character of the quote.

I also used some pieces of the Circle Lace Panel - I think it matches so beautifully with the butterflies.

First I glued all the chipboard pieces on the page and then I painted them with black and white Gesso to create a light and dark shading all over the page...

For the small butterflies I used ColourArte sprays to color them and Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powders with stamps on them and also on the background to embody them on it.

For the big butterfly I used iridescent silks to color it. They really make the perfect paint for black surface. I also used a White UniBall pen to make some doodling on it and also write the quote.

2Crafty chipboard Used

Butterflies

Marianne's Butterflies

Circle Lace Panel

     

Thank you for visiting!
Have a lovely crafty day!
xxx
Athanasia

Trust your own madness

Καλή χρονιά σε όλους!

Εύχομαι το 2016 να είναι μια υπέροχη και δημιουργική χρονιά γεμάτη χαρά και υγεία!

Όπως κάθε μήνα, στο Scraps N pieces σας έχουμε μία ολοκαίνουρια προκληση:

We are all mad here

 Βρείτε μία τρελή, αστεία, παλαβή φωτογραφία! Θυμηθείτε μια τρελή στιγμή, κάτι παλαβό που κάνατε... Journal a quote για την τρέλα... ή εμπνευστείτε από την Αλίκη στη χώρα των θαυμάτων... τραπουλόχαρτα, τρελές γάτες... τσαγιέρες... ;)
O τίτλος ελεύθερος 

Φτιάχνετε ότι θέλετε όπως πάντα, είτε σύνθεση, κάρτα, art journal σελίδα,
mixed media καμβά, altered item...

Για τη σελίδα μου στο Μαύρο Journal χρησιμοποίησα:

 2Crafty Chipboard για τη λέξη MAD, Finnabair βίδες - διπλόκαρφα, και πλαστικό χόρτο.

Αφού το κόλλησα πρώτα, τα έβαψα με ιριδίζοντα silks της ColourArte.

Επίσης χρησιμοποίησα μάυρη Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder και Finnabair Glass Glitter τα οποία κόλλησα με  3D Gloss Gel. 

Για να γράψω τον τίτλο χρησιμοποίησα το Uni-ball άσπρο στυλό, με το οποίο έκανα και μερικά doodles (πώς είναι αυτό βρε παιδιά στα ελληνικά; χαχα) γύρω από τις βίδες
-οι βιδες ειναι συμβολικές όπως ελπίζω να καταλάβατε, χαχα- 

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Hello dear friends and Happy New Year!

This is our brand new challenge at Scraps N pieces.

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I made a page at my black journal about the madness some of us have in our personality.

Of course I mean the good madness, the kind of madness all artists have :)

If you can trust your own madness, you can do amazing things while you creating, don't you think?

For my project I used 2Crafty Chipboard letters, some Finnabair screw brads and plastic grass.

I painted all with Iridescent silks by ColourArte.

I also used a little bit of Lindy's Stamp Gang black embossing powder here and there, as well some Finnabair Glass Glitter with 3D Gloss Gel. 

For the tittle and the doodling I used the Uni-ball white pen. 

Here are some details...

***Μπορείτε να βρείτε όλα τα υλικά στο Scraps&Pieces Emporium

***You can find all supplies of this project at Scraps&Pieces Emporium

I hope you will play at our MAD challenge!

I can;t wait to see your mad projects :)

Λοιπόν, τι λέτε? Θα παίξετε στην τρελή πρόκλησή μας?

Περιμένω να δω τις όμορφες δημιουργίες σας!

xxx

Athanasia

Don't be scared to be alone

Hello mixed media friends! 

Today I'm sharing a page on my black journal Ι created for Mixed Media Place. 

The purpose of this journal-book is to keep all the inspiring quotes I find on internet. I always try to make flat pages because I want to keep it thin, as it has quite a lot pages to fill in... 

This time I used silks, primary elements, 3D Gloss Gel, two stencils, two knitted flowers, a photo and black permanent pen with white paper to write the quote: 

Don't be scared to be alone. Don't be scared to like it. 

People say that artist are lonely creatures who love being alone with their thoughts and making art. Well, I think some times we all need to be alone for a while, even just to hang out with ourselves, at least that is something I love to do very often.

I found this photo on Pinterest. While printing my photo, I didn't notice that the black ink of the printer was finished. I was very disappointed  when I saw the printed photo looking not right.  Nonetheless, after a while I had some second thoughts about it... The photo didn't look bad anymore, instead it looked to me very very interested, so I decided to use it as it was :)

To create the background, first I made a custom paste with the 3D Gloss Gel Finnabair Art Basics and the Sunflower silk and used it with the rhombus stencil.  When it was dry, I used the script stencil with the Guatemala Green silk and let it dry. After that, I used the Iridescent Green and Gold silks with the old credit card. I think that iridescent paints are the best choice for dark background. They shine beautifully and create a unique effect on your projects! When the paints were all dry, I glued the photo and the white pieces of paper with the handwritten quote.

Last thing to do was to glue two small knitted flowers to give a little bit of dimension to the composition. I spread some Black Emerald primary element on them and also on some desired spots of the page. I sprayed them with water and just let the magic happen :)

(In the photo above you can see my little friend keeping company to me while I was taking the photos lol - I always take my photos outside because of the better light)

***all products by Mixed Media Place store

***see full products list on this post

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With this page I'm playing at Fashionable Hobbies challenge 'My favorite Material'

Iridescent silks are my favorite ever product to use when I'm working on my black journal. They shine so beautifully and I think they are the best choice for dark background!

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I hope you got some ideas today on how to use colors on dark surface.

Till next time,

Have a lovely crafty day!