Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #14

 


Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop 2020
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Join our 2 month "Anything Goes" hop & stay inspired, creative & safe while crafting to your hearts content @ home!
See HOP POST for details and rules!
Play fair and have lots of fun!
Stay Inspired & Stay Safe!

A comment that registered with me in the online journal workshop with Sharon Everett
at The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin
was that often we don't get around to decorating out journal covers...
so I thought I better rectify this with this A5 one...


Initially I used similar techniques as with Sharon's class...




However I then started decorating my die cuts using some techniques mentioned in a 'Live' at Hillbilly Scrappin
I added extra colour around the edges of the die cuts using a wash of spritzed Distress Crayon.


I then added Distress Crayon through a Tim Holtz stencil...


...and spread it into the shapes with a dryish baby wipe.


I used a silver paint pen to emphasize these.


And as a final touch, I added gesso through another Tim Holtz stencil.


When dry I arranged the pieces on my cover - and this is when things went awry...
I had a bit of trouble with my dots from the black Perlen Pen.



 I used that Tim Holtz create die again...


So - apart from my dots - quite happy...




I will add this to Leigh's Linky.



Happy Crafting!





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4 comments:

  1. My Side of Oz20 August 2020 at 03:50

    I think the dots are perfect! I love the techniques you used and the "create" die is awesome! I will be catching up on commenting...the kids and I have been having a stay at home vacation watching movies and playing lots of video games! Everyone is back to work tomorrow so my crafty games can begin :)

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  2. Crafting With Jack20 August 2020 at 05:29

    This is amazing, love everything about it x

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  3. valscraftings24 August 2020 at 04:03

    Love your cover using the hearts, love the colours too!

    Val S - LeighSBDesigns DT
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  4. Leigh S-B - The Sharpie Domino Queen25 August 2020 at 04:52

    Fabulous mixed media journal cover!
    So happy to have you playing in my Stay Crafty @ Home blog hop!
    Stay Safe!
    Leigh
    www.LeighSBDesigns.com
    www.etsy.com/shop/LeighSBDesigns
    https://LeighSBDesigns.blogspot.com

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