Queen Bee Art Journal Page with Pink Ink Designs

 I wanted to create something fabulous with this huge beautoiful Queen Bee stamp set from Pink Ink Designs (huge fan here), so I created this art journal page.

Thi is a 5 x 7 art journal page on Canson XL mixed media paper.  I created the background using Tim Holtz Tissue paper and added the color with Distress Crayons in Chipped Sapphire and Mermaid Lagoon.  The star of the show though is that wonderful bee image.  

The wings are a separate image, so you can color them and attach them to create dimension like I have done here.  I added the Bee house and printed the sentiment on regular paper to glue on my page.  Lastly, I added some black around the sentiment to make it stand out using a Sharpie marker. 

A sweet reminder to always be true to yourself.  See you again soon my friends :)

A Little Mixed Media (SAY WHAT?!)

Hahaha yes, I am playing with mixed media!

I am also working with a new company out of New York State called OOAK Artisan Showcase.  It's a great company that wants to promote and encourage artists all over the world.  The owner of the company is Shelley Graham Turner, and I have known Shelley online for quite a few years, way back to when we were both creating jewelry:)

So, for my first project post for OOAK, I have created a mixed media project, aptly named "Dreams and Dedication".  I used a fabulous quote in my piece that speaks to my heart.

This project started out as a 6x6 piece of watercolor paper from the Prima Marketing Paintables pad. I watercolored it with Distress Crayons and then it sat on my desk for a few months.  I just didn't know what to do with it, lol.  Finally I sat down with it one night and just decided to play around.

I added some stencils and molding paste, then I added some acrylic paint, and black gesso.  I looked for a quote and found this one that I loved, so I printed it out and added it to the paper.  I got out my magic marker and started adding lines.

Then I decided it was way too small, and found a wooden artist board (from the dollar store!) and painted it with black gesso.  I added the paper to it and decided it needed even more color (go figure!).  I mixed some distress crayon with white acrylic paint and had a little finger painting fun.  Then I added flowers that I distressed with the black gesso, some cardboard embellishments that I heat embossed and some metal embellishments.  Lastly, I decided it needed something special and I dug out my bronze acrylic paint and my fingers went to work again!

I am excited about this piece, and it has given me inspiration for other pieces which I hope to show you soon!

Thank you for visiting, and I hope ou will also visit the OOAK Artisan Showcase blog for more inspiration every week!  We will also be featuring OOAK members, so if you would like to be a member, please go to ooakartisanshowcase.com and join us!