Make your own color mists...

I have been having some extra fun this past week playing with color mists and stencils. I saved some money by making my own mists and so far I feel they work just wonderfully. 

I know there are many ways to make your own mists, such as using water colors and acrylics, but I tried something I haven't tried before. Easter Egg dyes. A few years ago I bought a Easter Egg Dye kit. I never used it and when we were simplifying our lives to get ready to go on the road I threw out the whole kit except the little dye tablets. It had 5 little tablets: pink, orange, yellow, blue, and green. 

You can buy these little 2 oz finger tip sprayers for about a buck. Fill them about halfway with water and drop a tablet in. Shake well and you are ready to go. You can add more or less water depending on how intense you want the colors. I only had the one pack of tablets, but I plan on raiding the grocery stores once the Easter Egg Dye kits hit the shelves again. 

For stecils I used a few found and a few bought. Alphabet stencils are always fun and make for a cool prepared background. And of course sequin waste looks great on almost any page. My favorite stencils though are the found ones. I like to use plastic canvas, especially the circles. Those are fun and if you layer them you can get some cool effects. This week I also used some of my many silk flowers. Pull them apart so the leaves and petals can be flat on your paper and spray away. 

It the photo at the top I used silk flower petals. I first layered a few different flowers and sprayed with the blue mist, then removed the petals and added a few sprays of pink and yellow.

Here are a few more pages that are now ready for more fun (collage, paint, journaling, etc).

Do you make your own color mists? Want to share your recipe? Please feel free to leave a comment, we would love to hear from you!

Word Droppings - FREEBIE

I shared these Word Droppings a few months ago, but thought I would share them again with those who didn't have access to them before.

There are a total of 4 different Word Droppings. Each come in both black and white.

You can use these for some of the challenged posted here on the blog. 

[DOWNLOAD HERE]

Sharing pages...

We had a quiet New Years Eve here at the park. We played board games during the day, ate some good food, and then watched DVD's at night. The new year started with us all getting colds, sore throats, and coughs. Rudy and Ben are doing great but I am still dealing with a cough. Oh well. We are all doing much better though and that is all that counts.

Since the New Year, I havent had much energy for art journaling, but I do have a few pages I made just a few days before that I would like to share with you.


Peace - Just a simple page made with watercolors, collage, and plenty glitter.


Chaos - This page started out with a bunch of colored dots. Then I painted over with watercolors. Added a doily, and wrote 'Chaos' in chunky letters.


Proof - Not really sure where I was going with this one.


Dream - I used a lot glitter glue on this one. Doesnt show much in the photo though.


Smile - When life gives you a thousand reasons to cry, show life you have a thousand reasons to smile.

These pages are all from my little 'owl journal'. They are more like doodle pages really. Some of were made on a previously made background, some not. Mostly I am just trying out tools. Various coloring pencils and crayons. My favorite tools are still watercolor pencils and crayons, but I am also starting to enjoy using wax and oil based crayons.

Have you done any art journaling, visiual journaling, mixed media or doodle journaling in 2013? Would you like to share? You can share your image (digital, hands on, AND/OR hybrid) at our Flickr group.
You can also find some inspiration in my online store Twisted Scrapper Boutique.

These posts are made from my Android Tab, and photos are taken using my Android phone. I am without a computer at the moment, but trying to get back to "normal" using the tools I have :)