Tuesday 18 December 2012

Angel Muse

Hello everyone, thanks for visiting at this busy time of year and a very warm welcome to my new followers.
Today I am sharing a quick further journal page in my Prima mixed media album, which was a wonderful gift from Val and Don, our wonderful bosses at Snazzys


When life gets stressful I have found again and again the best remedy is to do some playing in a journal, I always feel so much better afterwards.  Earlier pages can be viewed here and here. The cover of the album is here
Anyway, here is the result, it was a canvas page. I played with various acrylic paints and the angel was created with one of the wonderful La Blanche stamps, stamped on tissue and then adhered to the background with matte medium. The gold swirly bits are also La Blanche stamps, love these, they always stamp so well! Here are few details still:

 The text was computer generated and I shaded around it with a charcoal pencil, blending it in (more or less) with a stubby, not so easy on the canvas.
 I added some little gold stars just for fun.
 Embossed with Wow gold embossing powder


All the best with your preparations for the big day!! Tomorrow I am having a give away, so make sure to come back!

28 comments:

Maryann Laursen said...

Another stunning page here Astrid. Gorgeous work as always hun. Love the colors used too.

Gitte said...

Beautiful page.

Anjas-Artefaktotum said...

WOW I'm excieted, what a magnificent page, love all elements, colors and textures you've added!

Paula Whittaker said...

looks stunning

jennifer berkhahn said...

I love this piece so calming. I really appreciate the little stars you added they are so much fun.

froebelsternchen said...

amazing .. such a calming piece!

Unknown said...

This piece turned out beautiful. A piece of art all on its own. I love how you have it blended in together so it all looks like on fluid piece..
The stars are perfect and I love the font you used for the written words.

Can't wait to see what you give away is....lol

Happy Holidays
Tracie

Words and Pictures said...

What a glorious piece of work... it looks like a piece of a mural from the Renaissance - extraordinary textures and (oh go on I'm going to say it, given the text!) chiaroscuro. Breathtakingly beautiful.
Alison xx

fairyrocks said...

WOW what a gorgeous piece, it brings to mind the work of the master painters and platerers of days gone by.

Sarah said...

This is heavenly!

Ephemera said...

Hi Astrid, AMAZING, I love the 'painterly' feel to your journal page. It's so ethereal and beautiful. I am a big fan of La Blanche stamps too and you show them of to perfection.xx

roc said...

Great job astrid!

Robin said...

This is amazing! I agree with butterfly, it does look like a piece of a mural from the Renaissance.

Hugs,
Robin

Netty said...

This is definitely my favourite page of your journal Astrid, love every single thing about it. Annette x

Marisa Job said...

Such a beautiful project!! It reminds me of a famous painting in a museum!!

Margie said...

Just beautiful. I love the cherub and the gold embossing. I would feel really proud to have created something like this. Thanks for sharing it.

annemarks said...

So inspiring and beautiful, i haven't done any journaling yet but it looks very tempting :)

Helen Hapsi said...

..this is sooooo beautiful....I can't get my eyes off of it!!!

craftimamma said...

This is absolutely stunning Astrid. I was looking at my journal the other day and thinking 2013 has to be the year I get started in it. I've never done any journaling so it won't come anywhere near up to your standard but I hope I can do some justice to the beautiful Prima journal from the Bosses as have you.

Hugs
Lesley Xx

Jenny Marples said...

Jaw-droppingly amazing work Astrid. When you play like this it becomes a masterpiece with so much to inspire us mere mortals. Thank you for sharing. Hugs, Jenny x

LynnF said...

Your work is simply brilliant, Astrid. I simply love it. Bravo over and over!

Sandy said...

Astrid I´ve missed my words.
Wow what a unbelievable page.
Facinating.
Love them.
xoxo

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

PINNED!!! Amazing work...WOW!!! Love every textural bit and the warm deep tones are a PLUS!!! WOW again!!!

Anke said...

WOW liebe Astrid was für ein zauberhaftes Werk, unglaublich schön.

Herzliche Grüße
von Anke

Shirl said...

Off home soon and I am hoping to have lots of playtime with my granddaughter. Can't wait to show her your blog especially this page she will adore it.

Hugs Shirley x x

Healing Woman said...

I've never been able to get the embossing powder to do anything for me but you sure have done a great job with it. Wow! Thanks for posting.

Marjie Kemper said...

Oh, Astrid, what a gorgeous journal page! I love everything about it. Off to peek at your others...

Dragonlady said...

Wow this is totally stunning, love your art journal de stressing.

Hugs Ali x

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