Soldiers Are True Heroes - Art Journal - #TTC9

Hi Friends,

Its a new month and a new challenge at The Twisted Challenges. #TTC9 is a very colorful challenge: Thankful/ Grateful + Use All 7 Colors of Rainbow.

A lot has been happening at India's border over the last few weeks and it made me realize the amount of sacrifice the soldiers do for the safety of the country. As a citizen, we should acknowledge their unrelenting hard work and we should be thankful to all of them for being our saviors. Hence, I created an art journal as a dedication to these brave soldiers and to thank them for their selfless duty.

Soldiers Are True Heroes - Art Journal Page

List of Supplies:

• Ranger Distress Ink: Candied Apple, Faded Jeans, Pine Needles, Black Soot
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink: Broken China, Wilted Violet 
• Artisty Inks: Orange Popsicle, Lime Kiss
• Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black, Cobalt 
• Concord & 9th: Perfectly Penned Stamp Set
• Just Rite: Vintage Travel Stamp Set 
• Stencil: India Map
• Sakura White Gel Pen
• Sakura Micron 08 Black, Sakura Micron Black Brush Pen
• Blending tool, Water mister 

Steps to create:

• Outline India map and color it using Sakura brush pen & Black Soot ink.
• Blend the inks in rainbow colors and spray with water mister.
• Once dry, do a second generation stamping using Vintage Travel stamp and Cobalt Ink. 
• Stamp the sentiment using Concord & 9th stamp and Jet Black Ink.
• Doodle dots around the ink map using white gel pen.
• Doodle a border using Sakura Micron and distress the edge of page using Black Soot Ink. 

I hope you liked my heartfelt dedication.

For more inspiration and details of challenge, hop on to The Twisted Challenges blog. Last date for participation is 31st March.

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

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

Crafty Flirtations

&

The Twisted Challenges