Follow Your Dreams ~ Boundless Art Journal

Thanks for visiting...

I've been busy in my craft area for the new anything goes challenge on the blog today...

so, I treated myself to Paula Pascual fabulous boundless journal dies and decided to create a portrait page in my new art journal. What a clever concept, I love that I can add and mix up the pages, this is a w.i.p journal and I hope to add many more paperbabe portraits.

I so enjoyed putting my dinky portrait together using the 3/4 view female face stamps I opted for the blank version so I could add her lashes.

Along with the dinky hands stamp set and the coordinating template really helped for masking her elegant hand pose.

Then her pink curly crown was created using the fun Willow Jpad hair template.

Here's the copics colours I used as I didn't photograph them:

Skin; E11, 13, 33, 39, R32 Eyes; E97, 70, B60

Hair; R21, 37, 43, 89 Top; BG11, 70, 72, 75

and I would love to enter my project to these wonderful challenges too...

Simon says stamp ~ Add sentiment

A Perfect Time to Craft ~ Anything Goes

Polkadoodles 24 ~ Anything Goes

Creative fingers ~ Anything Goes

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Thank you so much for stopping by,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative

weekend ♥ HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #103 ~ Autumnal Conkers ~ Art Journal

Good morning, thank you so much for stopping by, we have a new challenge on the paperbabe stamps blog today...

And I decided to add to my art journal with a double page autumnal piece inspired by the challenge image.

Firstly I created a very cosy looking girl using the female face stamp set with mixed media templates, Head & Torso and the beanie hat. I love that you can change the position of the eyes so she can be looking anywhere. I painted an under layer using very watered down gouache, it's like a permanent watercolour effect. I've added more layers using coloured pencils, pens and free drew her lashes. Her hair I've tucked into the top of her jumper, I used copics for colouring that with a few wispy bits..

You can see how the hat templates are used here, slightly tilted and raised up as I wanted a tall hat. I've used the Design A Knit stamp set and ribbed knit stamps freely in my hands and not on a block to get the different mix of textures.

I can not tell you how many ways I tried making a design with these conkers, I had the idea to have them hanging on strings a bit like a bead curtain, hahaha, I've actually stamped these onto sticker sheet and cut them out individually, this way I had more room to play with placement. I also thought they would look awesome as a conker polka dot background but in the end I went for a heart, I could well imagine a child putting them in to this heart formation for their mum.

I've added more stamping on the background with words and knit, a little (messy)handwriting then inked the edges. The actual colour of the background dried a hell of a lot darker then I had intended, I did put a gesso wash over but it didn't knock it back as well as I had hoped. I guess that's where an art journal really comes into it's own, try to be a little less precious.

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Thanks so much for visiting, enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend

HuGs Kim ♥

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #102 ~ Anything Goes

 Good morning, thank you so much for stopping by, school has started, yay!

We have a new challenge on the paperbabe stamps blog today...

I created a double mixed media page in my art journal. My go to is the fabulous head & torso template with the female face and I've mixed it up with rabbit ears. The background was a great chance to use the stripes & gears stencil, the outfit completed in flock dots.

I will be sharing the video for it tomorrow, so pop back to see.

Thanks so much for stopping by

See you tomorrow, enjoy a wonderfully creative Friday the 13th

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #97 ~ Sketch!!!

This Fortnight's challenge is a simple little sketch,

I used it as the cover to my mini little journal, I use the term 'journal' very loosely as really it's twelve pieces of watercolour paper washi taped together. I wanted to have a little space that I could try out some of my many ideas without getting my larger art journal out. 

I replicated my experiment that I created on my Hochanda show, for the main cover(when you have an idea you might as well run with it lol...) and the floral edge I inked, masked, stamped and fussy cut out. 

And it's worked as I managed to keep going and have two of the pages with some arty stuff on already, yay! The left is a very illustrative graphic look using pen, and copic markers.

The right I went straight in with watercolours, painty flowy with just an impression of the hair.

I used a resist technique with some microglaze, on her top which worked out beautifully, and below you might just see a hint of sparkle that's in the metallic watercolour.

Maybe you'll get a chance to join in the fun!

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Thank you so much for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x