Kick Start Your Art Day 3

So far, so good! 

I'm back for day 3 of this fun art journal challenge,

organized by the cool chicks at Smeared and Smudged.

They give a daily prompt, and then you have 24 hours to complete a 

journal page and enter it to win daily prizes, and a killer rubber

grand prize at the end. Nice.

Today's prompt is

Easy Found Objects Background Technique.

Sounds easy enough, right?

I started my journal page using Dylusions Spray Inks.

I am loving how vivid the colors are, compared to my homemade stuff.

I never have a shortage of bubble wrap, so I figured it

was a good item to begin creating the background with.

Dylusions spray cap. Perfect for circles, bubbles, abstract dots.

I have a ton of these lying around. Most with paint on them. 

I can never seem to find the one with paint already on it, so I

grab another one.

I have also amassed a weird amount of air pillows used for shipping.

I rarely re-use them, but hate to throw them out, just in case....

So, I cut up one of the air pillows, smooshed it up,

dipped it into some Deco Art aqua glitter paint, and voila!

Instant art tool!

I pounced the smooshed plastic onto my page to create some

depth and added glittery goodness.

Lastly, I used a defunct credit card to smear some DA glittery orange paint

onto my page. 

 Once, the paint is dry, it gives a really nice, shiny sheen.

Oh, and some sparkle, too!  

I had this great digi image from Rick St. Dennis colored up to match.

I love these guys!

Added a witty sentiment from Ginger's House.

And some Orange Peel Stickles to match.

And here you have my journal page for Day 3!!

See ya tomorrow!

Gloomsville, man! Gloomsville.

The calendar tells me it's September, but the weather

says, "It's still summer!" It's supposed to be over 100 degrees today,

which means it's a good day to watch paint dry. 

I'm working on some new projects for my Etsy shop. 

Think Haunted Houses.  

Speaking of Haunted (Design) Houses, it's the 

beginning of the second week for our,

"Hallowe'en in your face!" 

challenge sponsored by The Octopode Factory.

I made a new addition to my Hallowe'en themed, paper bag book.

This is the cover. I still need to add all of the ribbons to the

binding side, but I'll wait until the book is complete first.

I have a bunch of charms. I rarely remember to use them though.

This time I used three in one shot. I popped some Firefly Stickles into the

eyes of the skeleton key for a nice, eerie glow. I love the newer neon Stickles! 

I made a little scene of sorts using the new Gloomsville spider and web,

along with the Terrence and the door from The Octopode Factory.

I'm finally starting to get the hang of using Gimp.

One of the cool things about these paper bag books is that they have

pockets for inserts. I made this one using the tab punch from Stampin' Up

and a spider brad with a purple rhinestone on it. Oh, and some fancy

coordinating ribbons, too. It just kind of screams, "Pull me!", doesn't it?

Not quite sure what I will be doing on the insert, but it looks pretty 

cool so far. 

A quick shot of the spider webbing I extended out from the

original image, using a Stardust Gellyroll pen. I just eyeballed it.

I wanted it to look like the spider had webbed over the door.

I don't think Terrence gets many visitors....

Stop by HDH and see what the Minions have made for this

fun and easy challenge. We are offering a $10 gift cert to 

The Octopode Factory to one lucky winner!!!

And I totally forgot to post this on Saturday, but the current challenge

over at Wicked Wednesday ATC is to celebrate our 

100th challenge!

We have multiple sponsors as well. Lots of goodies to be won if you play 

along and help us celebrate this milestone.

Don't these guys look like they're having a party?

Or maybe they're crashing one?

This is another of my favorite images from

Rick St. Dennis. I'm not sure it's available anymore,

but he has a TON of awesome images to choose from!!