Art and the Kitchen Sink

Monday, January 29, 2024

Nope

I played around with some ATCs tonight. Here's one to feast your eyes on!

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Lots to look at, lots to enjoy! Come back soon!

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Speak Up

It's kinda funny...I have lots of different kinds of adhesives. I've got tapes, dots, foam squares in different sizes, fabric glue, tacky glue, as well as gel medium. They all have their uses. Art journaling, scrapbooking, mixed media. And I find myself using at least a few in any project I'm working on. But my current obsession has got to be gel medium. Granted I have to brush it on, but it's great for working with so many different types of elements and dried pretty quickly so you can keep working.

Seriously, this stuff is amazing! It works for tissue paper, book paper, magazine cut outs, mixing with paint for texture or using through stencils. So well worth the price!

My previous ATC used tissue paper and I used The Crafter's Workshop Gel Medium to attach the tissue paper. It worked great, both to adhere the paper and cover the edges so I could work on top without issue. I used it again on this ATC with the same tissue paper, though it's hard to see. There's a peek of it near the bottom by the words "SPEAK UP." I also added some Craftsmart acrylic paint in Ocean Breeze; just swiping it on with my finger. Plus some drips from Liquitex Carbon Black Liquid Ink.

The heart is cardstock I ran through my Cuttlebug in a Tim Holtz embossing folder. I grabbed some lime green paint and my brayer, intending to add the paint to the raised image on the cardstock. It picked up some of the OCean Breeze, so I added more then drew and cut out a heart. I also stamped a Dylusions border stamp on the left.

I stamped the sentiments on cardstock and used a paint pen to fill in the larger letters. And I used my Sharpie and paint pens to add the doodles and splatters. My unicorn girl id a digi stamp from Oddball Art colored with colored pencils, as well as Tombow and Artist's Loft markers.

I'm also entering my tag in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Creative Fingers Challenge

There's obviously lots of elements to this ATC, hehe. Which one's your favorite? Let me know in the comments! And stop by again!

Saturday, January 27, 2024

What Attitude?

Anyone have a teenager in your life? If so, then you can definitely relate to this tag, heh. I think at some point in adolescence, everyone has to deal with a moody teenager. Not that attitude is limited to teenagers, far from it! So I wanted to pay a little homage to the sass we all can exhibit from time to time.

I covered a vintage tag in gesso and used my Dylusions sprays and my stencils to start a nice background. Then I used more stencils and paint to add some more patterns. I also smeared some watered down orange paint then added my other elements. Inspired by my Dylusions border stamps, I doodled the border. I grabbed some tissue paper from a package I had received and hand cut a star, and used The Crafter's Workshop Gel Medium to adhere the tissue paper star. I stamped the word "ATTITUDE" with my alpha stamp and my Archival Black Ink, and colored an Oddball Art boy digi stamp with my Tombow markers. I also adhered a couple Tim Holtz gears and colored some little chipboard alphas with my Uni Posca green paint pen and adhered them as well. I threaded some yarn through the top and my tag was finished.

I'm also entering my tag in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Through the Purple Haze Challenge

What do you think of the tag? Let me know in the comments and thank you for stopping by!

Friday, January 26, 2024

Neon Love Part 2

What's better than saying goodnight with a little art? Doing it again. With more neon. Neon is just awesome, isn't it?

This is another of the ATCs that has a starting layer and I'm trying to figure out the next step. This is gesso through a stencil and then neon paint watered down for a nice wash. I really like it so far.

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What do you think? Do you love neon? Comment below yay or nay and tell me why! THanks for visiting!

Thursday, January 25, 2024

I Really Like Gesso

I really liked a bunch of ATCs that I found with gesso smeared through stencils and then color added to them. So I grabbed a bunch of blank tags and a bunch of stencils and went to town.

I've done this with paint, and I don't mind it, but depending on the thickness of the paint, it seep through. Now that's not necessarily bad, but it's not always the look I'm going for. So in this case I went back to my gesso, which is definitely thick enough to make a great impression but not seep through. Above you'll find three of my tags. From left to right, I used a chevron stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, a Dylusions circles stencil, and a raindrop stencil from Prima Marketing.

And yes, I purposely didn't cover the entirety of each tag. It's more fun that way.

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How do you add texture to your projects? Thank you for visiting and hurry back!!

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Head in the Clouds

Do you daydream? Did you daydream as a child and slowly fall out of the habit as an adult? I can understand that, for sure. It can seem silly to daydream as an adult, but I don't think so. I find I can daydream when listening to music, reading a book, or just relaxing.

This tag is about daydreaming, and the fun that can be had when you're off in the clouds. I pushed gesso through a stencil, then diluted Artist's Loft Turquoise and Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon paint with water and used paintbrushes to put a wash of both colors on the tag. Then I used a brayer to put black paint on the gesso circles from the stencil. After that it was a simply matter of adhering all the elements: punchinella, a die-cut star from Oddball Art, and two handdrawn clouds made from underpaper and gelli prints. I added a few beads to the end of the string as well. I finished with Sharpie pen doodle outlining and white paint splatters.

Does anything catch your eye with tag? Let me now in the comments! I'm really glad you came by?

Monday, January 22, 2024

Sarcasm, Anyone?

How often have you had different pieces that you weren't sure how to put them together? Did you freeze or did you work through it? Did it work or maybe you're not sure. That happened to me with this and my die-cuts.

I had this ATC that I had smeared gesso on through a stencil, then added color. So I had a base of red and orange to work off of, but I still had to figure out how to add the die-cuts to my liking. Thankfully it worked out well and I really like this ATC.

What do you like about this ATC? What's your favorite part? I'm so glad that you visited! Come back to visit soon!