I've made a mini art journal for Aall & Create using a whole lot of their flower themed stamps. I've also used some stencils to create som funky backgrounds.
I started creating some background pages with a gelli print plate, acrylic paints, stencils and stamps.
I've used the
Lotsa dots stencil.
I focused on flowers and sentiments in this mini album.
You can find these wonderful lollipop flowers in the stampset
#199 (
Eclectic stems).
The texts (
Today is a new beginning and
Be the change that makes a difference) comes from stampset
#213 (
Flourishing vase).
I stamped the gorgeous lollipop flowers on the pattern paper and then continued colouring them in, with distress inks.
I've stamped the saying "Today is a new beginning" with pastel inks (Distress inks), just to let you see them a little bit.
I made the album in a Cinch.
Here's the first page, inside the mini album.
Here you can get a sneak peek at the other pages in the album.
I made a background paper with two stencils (
Parched earth #69, and
Sunflower power
#77) and that wonderful
Bouquet border stamp #162.
I stamped the flower on the paper and then again, on another piece of paper, where I continued colouring it in with distress inks.
I fussy cut it and glued it to the paper.
The sentiment "Believe in yourself" can be found in stampset #200 (Hope).
Here you can also see parts of the grungyness on the edges, that I've gotten from stamp set #10.
Here's a pretty colourful page with a wonderful flower.
I've brushed on some pink ink through a Flower
Bouquet stencil (
#73).
I continued stamping with the big frame stamp from stamp set
#159 (
XXX), which is one of my favourite stamp sets from Aaal & Create :). I've also stamped a part of another stamp in pink ink (
#202 Gears and elements)
I stamped the flower on a gel plate created page with lots of acrylic paints. I continued colouring it in with distress inks and added on some stickles to givet some extra sparkle.
You can find both the flower and the text stamp:
Don't let someone dull your sparkle simply because it's shining in their eyes in the same stamp set
#195 Flowers and gears.
On this page I'm combining both a flower and some cog wheels. You can find the flower in the same stamp set that I've mentioned before,
#199 (
Eclectic stems). The text It's your time to bloom comes from another stamp set:
#140 Doodled blooms, where you also can find the same flower, but in a different size :).
You can find the text stamp "Take each day one step at a time" in the stamp set
#199 (
Eclectic stems).
I've brushed on some green ink, through a cog wheel stencil (
Steam cogs #71) as well as stamped a part of the
Gears & Elements border stamp
#202.
I've also made use of the wonderful texture stamp from stamp set
#198 Voyager. I stamped it a couple of times to make the pattern a bit bigger :).
Here's an in-between page, that I'm planning on keeping as it is, just because I find it so beautiful :).
Here's something to break off the flowery theme. I love the colour combo of yellow red and teal - that turns a bit green :).
I've used the
Paris stencil
#83.
Here you can see the wonderful tree trunks from the stencil
Wood pile #63.
Here's the final page...
I kept it a bit simpler this time...
There's a hint of green through a Diamond life stencil #10. I stamped the flower vase on top of that and coloured in the flowers and the vase with distress inks. The quote stamp "Today is a new beginning" comes from the same stamp set :).
I've also used the stem parts of some flower stamps to create a bit of texture on the edges... Hope #200. Tracy Evans has been clever enough to incorporate some words on the stems :)... Dream and Imagine.