A cup of coffee on a rainy day - Art Journal TTC#2

Hi Friends,

We are back with challenge 2 on The Twisted Challenges blog. The theme for TTC#2 is "Coffee/ Tea+Rains". The rains have arrived in Mumbai and when Saumya came up with the theme, I was super excited but at the same time super confused as to what I was going to create. After a lot of discussion with Tejal & Saumya and lot of deliberation, I decided to do an art journal page.

As I am a coffee lover, I decided to go with coffee + rains. A piping hot cup of coffee makes any gloomy rainy day bright and warm and thats what I have presented on my page. Also, I have been wanting to try may hand at painting with coffee for ages and hence, I used actually coffee powder to colour the coffee cups.

Coffee + Rains Art Journal Page

Supplies used:

• Little Birdie Mixed Media Journal
• Ranger Dylusions Paint: Calypso Teal & After Midnight
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink: Faded Jeans
• Ranger Distress Ink: Black Soot
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Stencil
• Ranger Texture Paste 
• Concord & 9th Stamp: Perfectly Penned
• iCraft Floral Natura card stock
• Coffee powder
• Steadtler Black Luna Pencil 
• Palette knife, blending tool, paint brush, Steadtler Luna Micro-tip brown pen, Sakura Micron, scissor & glue

Steps to Create:

• Colour a page in the art journal using Dylusion paints.
• Once the paint is dry, draw some water droplets with black pencil colour & apply texture paste through stencil. Set aside to draw.
• Draw 2 coffee cups free hand and fussy cut.
• Colour the cups using Coffee powder. Use black pencil for extra shading & depth. Write inscriptions on cup using Micro-tip pen.
• Distress the edges of the page with Black Soot ink.
• Stamp the sentiment on card stock using Faded Jeans ink and distress edges with help of a scissor.
• To finish the page, adhere sentiment and coffee cups to the page with glue & draw "+" and "=" signs using Microns.

I hope you loved this simple page & my interpretation of our theme.. Hop on the "The Twisted Challenges" to read all about the challenge, rules & some stunning inspiration from other design team members. 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

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Checkered Florals Art Journal Page

Hi Friends,

I used to tangle & practice Zentangle - the meditative art form before I got into stamping & mixed media. I had a long discussion on Zentangle with Tejal recently and hence, when I wanted to  create the mid-month inspiration for The Twisted Challenges June challenge "Checkered Florals", I decided that my focal points need to be inspired by tangle "Knightsbridge" which is a checkered tangle. I did use die cuts for the flowers, but you can cut them free hand too.

Art Journal With Checked Florals

In my art journal, to create the background, I applied Ranger Dylusions paint: Calypso Teal & Cut Grass with blending tool. Once the background colours were dry, I stamped randomly Simon Says Stamp Ornate Background using Ranger Black Archival Ink.

Art Journal With Checked Florals

For the Focal Point, I drew check pattern using Steadtler fine point red pen. Thereafter I coloured every alternate square using Steadtler Luna Water Colour pencils in shades of red, orange & yellow and blended it with water brush. For leaves, I gave a very light wash of green on die cuts and highlighted veins with a darker green pencil.

Art Journal With Checkered Floral

I adhered with leaves and flowers to the journal using glue. To finish the page, I added some quotes from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Stickers Small Talk.

Art Journal With Checkered Florals

I hope you are inspired by this simple and easy to do checkered florals page. Do participate in our ongoing challenge & win amazing prizes.

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations
The Twisted Challenges

Dotted Floral Cards

Hi All,

Dot painting or painting with small little dots of various size has always attracted me and I have been wanting to try it for a long long time. Finally, when I recently brought the Dylusion Paints the vibrancy of the colors compelled me to finally take up dot painting. Though I have a long long way to go, I had great fun creating these cards using Dylusion Paints. I also got inspired by the colours (orange, blue, pink, green) and image of flowers at the Catchy Challenges to create this card.

Dot Painting On Cards

Dot Painting On Card

Dot Painting On Card

Supplies Used:

• iCraft Floral Natura Card Stock 
• iCraft Floral Die & Leaf Die
• Mudra Thank you stamp set
• Catherine Pooler Ink: Tutti Fruti
• Dylusion paints: Tangerine Dream, Cherry Pie, Funky Fuchsia,  Squeezed Orange, Cut Grass, Dirty Martini , After Midnight
• Distress Ink: Cracked Pistachio, Spun Sugar
• Ball Tools or paint brush, Blending Tool & Foam, glue  
• Dew Drops 0.25 mm 

Steps to Create:

• Cut and score a card stock to create a top folding 4.25" by 5.5" card base.
• Cut flower and leaf shapes using dies. Color  flowers using Squeezed Orange paint or Spun sugar ink and leaves using Dirty Martini Paint or Cracked Pistachio ink.
• Paint dots of various sizes on flowers and leaf using ball tools or paint brush.
• Stamp thank you on card base. 
• Stack 2 white flower die cut and adhere painted flower on top to add dimensions. 
• Stick flowers and leaves on the card. 
• Adhere dew drops to finish the card.

Hope you loved this funky floral card. 

I would like to enter this card at the Catchy Challenges #4. Theme: Let's Get Pinspired 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

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