Monday, January 5, 2015

New Places Old Things Art Journal

Hello all! We are kicking off the new year with a Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, focusing on old and new. There are many options: use old and new products or techniques, focus on old and new as a theme, or anything else you can think of.

I made an art journal page about new places and old things, and about handling things that are new. I also used a mix of newer and older stamps by Tim Holtz. This spread is also the first page in my new Small Creative Journal. I started by glueing three columns of old dictionary paper to the background, among others containing the word 'Columbus'. The background was coated with a layer of gesso. 
 
When the gesso was dry, I painted the pages with Distress Paints (Dried Marigold, Pumice Stone, Tumbled Glass and Broken China), adding some black drops at the top. Most of the stamping was done on tissue paper, so that I could move it around and decide where to place everything.
 
The stamped tissue images were applied by adding a thin layer of gloss multi medium on the background, placing the tissue image into the medium and giving it a thin layer of multi medium on top. When dry, the images were given some colour with Distress Paints, using the same colours as on the background. 

I stamped the title using a set by Tim Holtz as well as one of my older and most used alphabet stamps by Hero Arts. It is probably the stamp set that I have used the most ever.

The elephant is shouting 'I love new', but even though new is fun and interesting, I do love old places and things too.

This city stamp is a favourite of mine and worked well for this project. The background was stamped with a cracks stamp and splattered with some black paint.
 
I hope you will join us in our first challenge of the year. As always, one random participant wins a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. I am looking forward to seeing all the creations.

http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/
 

Thank you for stopping by today!
 
Happy stamping!
 
Anna-Karin
 
Supplies:
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black
Embellishments: Tim Holtz idea-ology: Laboratorie Tissue Tape

24 comments:

  1. Fantastic piece of art.Love the elephant and the cityscape and the background,basically everything.:-).Wish youi a very very happy new year to you.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I meant wish you a happy new year.Typos and me..aargh.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Incredible pages! There is so much to see on here and you've mixed the sentiments and images beautifully.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Magnificent page spread, Anna-Karin - so full of energy and movement. Hope you are finding your way round in your new place, and enjoying all lots of new adventures.
    Alison xx

    ReplyDelete
  5. Love these pages!! All the texture, color, and stamping is just FAB!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

    ReplyDelete
  6. these are amazing!!! so elegant and full of details! :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Had to jump over from Simon's page to say that I love the journal! Thanks for sharing all the details.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Smashing start to your journal, love it :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Wow, Anna-Karin! Love this spread! So very pretty! Love everything about it! Hugs, Sandra

    ReplyDelete
  10. Fantastic pages Anna-Karin! Love the beautiful scene that you created! The mix of colors and stamps is incredible!

    ReplyDelete
  11. As always, I enjoy seeing the quotes you included. I also really loved the sections of crackle!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Love it as a whole, then I look deeper into the details and see that amazing crackle, the words...wonderful!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Such beautiful pages! Love the fabulous colors and details you created. :)

    ReplyDelete
  14. I love your pages! I really admire how you can tie all your elements together into a whole. Hope you are doing well in your new home, and I hope that container arrived with all your craft supplies. :-))

    ReplyDelete
  15. Such beautiful pages and so much beautiful detail to look at and admire ~ they are really stunning, Anna-Karin! Hugs...

    ReplyDelete
  16. I'm also a fan of the cityscape stamp (wish I had one) and appreciate how you used it here. Tim's just released some new ones (which I'm sure you already know about). Great job, this is a really fun journal page!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Happy New Year! What an appropriate journal page for you with with all the new things happening for you and a new journey! Beautiful pages!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Beautiful page, rich of wonderful details! barbarayaya

    ReplyDelete
  19. Great page. Very inspiring. Anneke.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Stunning journal page. I love the dictionary pages just peeping through and the stamps you've used to tell a story. Really really love this. Thanks for sharing your techniques. :)

    ReplyDelete

Thank you so much for leaving a comment! Happy Crafting!