Glue it Tuesday and a Sneak Peek!

Hi friends, hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! Sorry for being MIA but I have been busy with work and family and life in general! I want to say a special thank you to Mimi for being such a great host while I was in California! I hope you all enjoyed her tutorial as much as I did! Alright on to Glue it Tuesday!

Her is my page for this week and then last weeks as well!

I also started ICAD I already shared the first card with yo, but let me tell you I am WAY behind!!! But I am going to stick with it! Here is what I have so far

And lastly a journal page I finished yesterday! I like how the page turned out! Alright well I promised you a sneak peek to something and that something is a fun summer art journaling class that I will be announcing tomorrow! The best part? It only costs $15usd !!! So come back tomorrow to check out the details and sign up! Have a great Tuesday!

Hi everyone. My name is MiMi Dibble.  I am happy to be guest posting for Rebecca today.  I am a stay at home mom for two middle school boys who I chase around all year, from sporting event to sporting event.  When I am not doing that, I find time to get messy and create.  I love journaling, recycling, and making books to put all my pictures in.  Today, I thought we'd make a canvas.

Have you ever seen a really pretty canvas that someone made and then you stop and think ... man, I wish I could make one of those?  Well you can. It's super easy and I promise, you do not have to know how to draw to make one.  All you need is a few simple supplies and a little bit of time.

Here is a list of supplies I used:

• Gesso prepped canvas, mine measures 6 x 6 
• old sewing patterns or tissue paper
• 6 x 6 pattern papers  (2 or 3 different ones)
• Mod Podge or other medium
• 3 colors of coordinating paints
• rubber stamps and Archival Ink
• a texture stencil
• rub-ons if you have them
• molding paste
• pallet knife
• larger stencil for your focal point such as a bird or flower
• markers for doodling

There are 3 easy steps to making a canvas:  create a background, add color and texture, create a focal point.  

Step 1:  Backgrounds

The first thing I did was to use Mod Podge and put down a layer of old sewing patterns.  I added some ripped pattern papers over the top of that.

Step 2: Color and textures

I bought these new craft paints because they were on sale.  I have never tried this brand before.  Usually craft paints are opaque but I was pleasantly surprised that they are a bit transparent.  That's a great thing when creating a canvas. You can add color without covering up the layers you already have.

I first added some red as the main color and then little accents of green. I used my finders to apply the paint.

Next, I used some rubber stamps to create some depth.  I used a background grid stamp as well as a couple roller stamps with a fun patterns.  Archival Ink is great for projects like this because it dries quick and won't smear.  

Punchinella with some paint is a fun way to add some contrasting paint patterns to your canvas.  

The next thing I did was add some rub-ons. I got this idea from the wonderful Christy Tomlinson.  They used to be really popular several years ago and I have a drawer full of them.  I used some fun sewing border ones.    If you don't have rub-ons, you can use a fine point sharpie to make some doodles.

Step 3:  Focal Point

So this is the part that makes most people stop from making a canvas.  People think they have to be able to draw an image for the focal point. You don't have to be able to draw girls or flowers or houses or scenery.  You just need a stencil.   

I mixed a little of the same red paint with some molding paste.  It doesn't cost very much for a tube and it lasts forever. I've had mine for over two years.  I got my tube with a coupon for $5.00 at Michaels.  

I chose a stencil with a bird on a branch. I first used my pallet knife to spread the red molding paste to make the bird.

Once that was really dry, I placed the stencil back on the canvas and lined it up with the bird. This time I used the green paint with molding paste and added the branches and leaves from the stencil.

See the big blob of green on the bottom left corner? That's some molding paste that got under the stencil.  All I did to clean it up was to scrape it off immediately, before it sets.  

Next is doodling to add some touches of shading.  Just get out some markers, any markers and create some more lines.  I love these Faber-Castell pens. They have some really good open time to work with.  I shaded around the branches and leaves, put some red dots in the berries and highlighted some of my blue punchinella circles.

See, the big green blob on the bottom is gone...no problem.

I decided the bird needed a wing but I didn't want to just draw one. I used the Tim Holtz die, Caged Bird and cut out the wing using some extra grunge board I had left over from another project.  I painted it red and outlined it in the black Pitt pen.  I also added some black out line doodles around the whole bird.

All done...see, wasn't that easy?

If you'd like to see more of my work, you can find me at www.thescrapinator5000.weebly.com. Check out my junk journal series.  It's full of mixed media fun!   Hope to see you there.

Thanks again and I do hope you leave a comment and let me know what you think of the canvas.

MiMi Dibble
THEscrapinator5000.weebly.com

Glue it Tuesday and the big 33!

Well today is my birthday and I am 33 wow how did I get to be 33? I feel like I am still 25 and look more like 21, (I get carded all the time and here the wow you don't look like you are in your thirties!) I have a lot of things I want to accomplish before 34 so I better get started! Alright on to Glue it Tuesday! I did this page in less then 15 minutes, I love collage it's such a quick and easy way to express yourself! Not to mention I am using up all of these papers and magazines I have had forever!  I also have my day 2 ICAD (I have more just no pictures yet!) 

Alright well I hope everyone has a great Tuesday and I will talk to you soon! 

Making Art with Kids!

Hi there hope everyone is having a great Monday so far! Wow I am posting this way late again! Sorry! So today my niece Bella came over to paint, she is 3 and well my craft room is like the magical sacred place and she just has to touch everything! So I like to have her come over and be crafty with me and today we did some art journaling in a little mini journal I made her from file folders! She loved cutting and gluing and painting and using my "special" stickers! Here are a few pictures!

Alright that is all for me tonight but I will see you tomorrow for Glue it Tuesday!

Scraobook Sunday mini album style!

Hi friends I  hope everyone had a good weekend! Sorry this is coming in so late but I had SO many technical difficulties that caused me to almost give up! Well two hours later here I am with a fun mini album I made for a swap! I really love how it turned out and was SO sad to give it away! I don't have a picture of every page but you get the idea!

  

Alright that is it for me today, talk to you soon!

ICAD Day One yay!!!

Hi guys just a quick hello and then I am off to my birthday dinner (even though my birthday isn't until Tuesday) But anyhoo here is my first card. Today she put up some prompts for this week and the first one was Zebra so I grabbed my zebra print fabric and made some fun ruffles! If you don't know about ICAD go check out Daisy Yellow's blog for all the info! Have a great Saturday night!

Friday Video Tutorial!

Hi friends I hope everyone is having a great week and having a great start to their weekend! Alright well I am here with another fun tutorial for you this week! It's super easy, super fun and super cheap! We are using transparencies to make fun backgrounds and fun papers! I love doing this technique, I could probably sit and do this for hours! There are so many possibilities! Alright onto the video!

So here are some pics of all the papers I covered!

If you guys give this a try feel free to let me know I would love to see your results as well!
Alright so for June I am giving myself a few challenges, number one means a post EVERYDAY in the month of June, I know I can do it and well so I will! Second I am finally going to participate in ICAD over on Daisy Yellow's blog (it starts tomorrow!!!) I am dedicating myself to do at least 33 cards! Why 33 you ask? Because it's over half way and I am turning 33 in a few days! So hop on over to her blog and check it out! In the meantime I will see you tomorrow!!!

Glue it Tuesday (the rectangle edition) !!!

Hi friends I hope everyone is having a great week so far! I am back with another page for Glue it Tuesday as well as a few new journal pages! So this week I went on a rectangle rampage and just cut up a bunch of rectangles, which was fun but different.... Anyways I am happy with the way it turned out, I mean I have Darth Vader on this page. I think this week was just a reminder to have fun with your art and to not take yourself to seriously!

So yea it's a little crazy but I like it!!!

Loving this journal page, considering making it into a print to sell, what do you think?

And another journal page! It is a little busy but I like it!

 I hope everyone has a great Tuesday and I will see you again soon!

Glue it Tuesday!

Hi friends, I hope you are having great start to your week, I know I am! Well it Tuesday and lately Tuesday has become one of my favorite days, mainly because of Glue it Tuesday! I am really loving collage right now so the chance to get to do it weekly is lots of fun! Here is this weeks page!

I had a lot of fun putting this page together! The page was painted a couple days ago so that made it much easier to get started! I have sheets upon sheets of chipboard letters so I thought this would be a fun way to use them up! Happy Glue it Tuesday everyone!

Oooh and hey that's me! I finally got new glasses! I have had the same black and red glasses for probably five years now so it was about time, I love these!

I will be back soon with some fun projects and such, I hope everyone has a great week!!!

Scrappin Sunday!

So I have been bit by the scrapbooking bug again (it comes and goes) but right now I am addicted to making mini albums! So here is one I made earlier this week, I am thinking it might be fun for a Mothers Day gift!

It comes in this cute little box!

The whole album is made out of file folders!

love this page!

Almost all of the flip pages and pockets are made out of the extra pieces of file folder!

This mini album is really really easy to make, you could even make this into a travel journal of some sort, lots of possibilities! Here is the tutorial for the book,mine is tweaked a bit to my liking (I have one more page then she does for instance) Let me know if you guys make one, its a lot of fun! Have a great Sunday, see you soon!