Be a gold - Art Journal Page - #TTC3

Hi friends,

I am back with mid-month inspiration at The Twisted Challenges blog. The theme for August as you know is "Go Bold + Replace Me". So when I opened my art journal to create this page, I didn't start with an idea. Yeah yeah, I was sort of blank and all I knew was that I need to create a mid-month inspiration. But the moment I started applying gesso on  the pages, the spread just unfolded in my mind. 

Be A Gold - Art Journal Page. The Twisted Challenges 3 Inspiration

I am not sure if this saying has been quoted before as I havent read it anywhere and it sort of came up in my mind while I was coloring the background and it made so much sense to me. I often meet so many women who prioritize everyone else in family before them be it parents, spouse or kids. They give importance to everyone else around they and try to find happiness in others happiness. There is nothing wrong in this, however, in all this scheme, where are you? What's your position in their life? Are you their priority? Even if you are, should you not prioritize yourself and do things for just yourself? Don't you have the right to be happy and do things just for yourself? Even some men now a days I see they keep struggling and slogging all day to fulfill wishes of everyone around them, be it their boss (well that's essential part of job), parents, wives or kids.  They forget to give themselves the much needed break and they never do anything just for themselves. So this page is dedicated to all those men and women, who need to take a break, think a little and start giving priority to their own self. 

Steps to Create: 

I applied a coat of Little Birdie 2 in 1 texture paste (as gesso) on the Mixed Media Art journal from Little Birdie. Once the gesso was dry, I colored the page using Prima Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint - Metallique Ancient Coin and Color Bloom Ginger Colral Spray Mist. I didnt cover the whole page with paints and kept it very rustic. 

Once the paints were dry, I stamped the sentiment using We R Memory Keepers stamps and Ranger Black Archival Ink.

I colored the jewels using the coloring tutorial by Sarah Renae Clark using the free Gem Practice Sheet by her with my Creta color pencils. I outlined facet markings on the jewel using white jewel pen and fussy cut the 2 jewels. 

Be A Gold - Art Journal Page. The Twisted Challenges 3 Inspiration

I adhered the jewels on to the page. I stamped the rest of sentiment on white card stock using Concord & 9th Perfectly Penned set and black archival ink. I fussy cut the quote and adhere it to my journal page. I colored in the "G,L,D" in gold and "B,R" in bronze using Sakura Brush Micron to make the alphabets solid black. I added some Nuvo Copper Embellishment mouse through Pie lane stencils to finish my art journal spread.

I hope you are inspired to create and join our The Twisted Challenge 3: Go Bold + Replace Me. Hop on to our blog for rules and more inspiration from my fellow team mates and our guest DT. Last date to participate in August challenge is 31st August 2018. 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

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The Twisted Challenges 

Word Cloud - Art Journal Page

Hi,

I am here today sharing another page from the art journal I made for Tejal. While making this journal, I wanted to make a word cloud with words that best describe Tejal. Tejal is many things to me - a friend, a philosopher, a crafter, an inspiration and much more. I wanted to capture some of these feelings. So I got brain storming with Saumya about words that can best describe Tejal and some of the words that Saumya suggested were "Cheese-licious" & "Tea-rrific" as Tejal loves cheese & tea. Tejal also loves Amish, the writer, hence Amish Lover with a heart ;) She is an amazing card maker and very very frank. So putting together these and a few more words, I created a word cloud on MS PowerPoint and used it as a focal point on this page.

Word Cloud Art Journal

Saumya had told me that Khushboo's favorite motif was anything that was colorful and around the same time that I was making this art journal, I had purchased the Dylusions Paint Pens and the Simon Says Stamp Ornate Background Stamp. So instantly I decided that I am going to use the stamp to create a colorful motif and color it in using the Dylusions Paint Pens to create the background for this page. This background was so beautiful in itself, that I didnt have the heart to adhere the word cloud directly on this stunning background. Hence, I used a vellum paper to adhere the word cloud over this stunning background.

Word Cloud Art Journal

List of Supplies:

• 6 by 7" card stock/ chipboard
• Little Birdie 2 in 1 texture paste (used as gesso)
• Simon Says Stamp Ornate Background Stamp
• VersaMark Ink
• Ranger Black Embossing Powder
• Dylusions Paint Pen
• Vellum paper 
• Pie lane flourish stencil
• Ranger texture paste
• White pixie dust
• Word cloud printout
• Heat gun, palette knife

Word Cloud Art Journal

Steps to Create:

• Create Word cloud in Powerpoint and take a print on 300 gsm card stock. 
• Apply gesso on card stock/ chipboard base and set aside to dry.
• Once the gesso is dry, stamp the Ornate stamp with VersaMark ink, cover with black embossing powder and heat set it. 
• Color the design using paint pens. Make sure all the powder is set and wipe the surface with a dry cloth before coloring as any powder residue will block the paint pens. 
• Cut Vellum to the size of base chipboard. Apply texture paste through stencil with help of palette knife and sprinkle with pixie dust.
• Adhere the word cloud on vellum with glue.
• To finish the page, adhere vellum to the base page on one side. 

Word Cloud Art Journal

This is page number 8, so 2 more to go after this. You can view other pages by clicking on caption below each image.

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Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

I hope you all like this word cloud page.

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations

A single rose can be a garden - Art Journal Page

Hi Friends,

Life is a balance of good and bad times. Happy & sad moments. We may rejoice one moment whereas in the other moment we may be faced with a difficult situation. And only those friends who stand by you and be with you in the most difficult times of life pass the test of friendship. True friends never leave your side in either good or bad times. They are always there for you and they become an integral part of the world. 

The page 2 in the art book that I make for my friend Tejal revolves around this truth of life. Though I have never met her in real life, she has been my constant support & true friend in both thick & thin times of life over the last 1 year. We chat almost daily and I cant thank her enough for the amazing friendship. I choose another one of Tejal's favorite flowers "Roses" for this page as a rose depicts these feelings in true sense. The beautiful, fragrant rose flower depicts the beautiful moments of life whereas the thorns depict the difficult times of life. 

I used 2 different styles and colors of roses (red to depict happy times and black to depict difficult times) to build this page. Red is also one of Khushboo's (Tejal's friend) favorite color and black Tejal and my favorite color. I used glitter & shine on the red side to give an extra edge of happiness to good times of life. 

Supplies used:

• 6 by 7" card stock/ chipboard 
• iCraft rose & circular rose stencil
• iCraft kraft card stock
• Ranger texture paste
• Pie Lane red pixie dust
• VersaMark Ink
• Ranger Black Embossing Powder
• Distress ink: Black Soot, Candied Apple 
• Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust 
• Itsy Bitsy 2 in 1 texture paste (used as gesso) 
• Circle cutter or die 
• Finger dauber, palette knife, foam tape, glue, water mister, blending tool, heat gun 
• Printed sentiment/ quote 

Steps to create:

• Apply gesso on the card stock/ chipboard base and let it dry. Blend Candied Apple Ink, mist with water and dab with cloth (this ensures very light shade of ink on the base).
• Apply texture paste through stencil on the right upper half of the page, sprinkle red pixie dust and set aside to dry.
• Cut circles (2" diameter) from kraft card stock. Apply VersaMark ink through stencil using finger dauber and heat set using black embossing powder.
• Adhere the heat embossed circles on the page using glue & foam tape for dimension. 
• Apply glue on the right edges of the page and sprinkle with Sparkling Dust.
• Finish the page by adhering the printed sentiment/ quote.

Please do let me know what you think of this page. I hope you like it as much as I loved making this. 

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I would like to enter this art page at 

• Art Journal Journey. Theme: Flora & Fauna

I shall be soon back with Page 3 of this art journal.

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

Crafty Flirtations