Monday 9 June 2014

Compendium of Curiosities Layering Stencils and Texture Paste

Hello everyone, thanks so much for dropping by! A warm welcome to you all!!
Just a quick post from me today to show you my project for challenge 4 of Linda Ledbetter's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge.

I love working with layering stencils and texture paste and decided to do another page in my journal:
I had great fun basically playing around with bits and pieces that were flying around on my desk.
The blue page was waiting in my journal already, so I grabbed some of my layering stencils and some Dreamweaver texture paste. I decided to leave the texture white as I quite liked the contrast with the blue.
I did some more stenciling in various corners with different Archival Inks: Maroon, Plum and Jet Black. Above you can see how I also used some stamps from the Mercantile set.
Here is another little corner using a rub on from my stash.
The word Fly was added with the little chip board letters and for the center of my page I used a mop up tag and some other bits and pieces that were flying around my desk and just added some further stenciling to tie it all together. The butterfly was made from paper clay.
I added some shading around the edges with a dark brown Gelato and that was pretty much it.
This fourtnight the challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and the over all winner will get loads of goodies which Tim and Mario have donated, how generous is that?
Anyway, hope you like my page, I had great fun playing in my journal, it's been far to long since I did some journaling.....

Thank you so much for visiting and see you next time! Have a good and creative week!!

38 comments:

Meihsia Liu said...

Such a beautiful page, Astrid. Love the pretty colors and texture you created. Great textures, too. :)

Nicole Wright Designs said...

Stunning as always! Love it all

Unknown said...

Lovely Journal page Astrid... I haven't journaled in a long time either... oh well... love the blue and whites on this page... very nice... love it all though.. Love,Light and Peace...Bonnie

Maryann Laursen said...

Well even you say, it´s been long, you certainly haven´t forgotten it, as this is absolutely gorgeous work as always Astrid. Just lovely work again.

Anonymous said...

So gorgeous! I love all the different layers of colour & texture.

Ruth said...

Beautiful page Astrid and beautiful colours, great textures and layering!

Valerie-Jael said...

A beautiful page, love the colours, too. Hugs, Valerie

Redanne said...

The blues and purples look so good with the browns - this is a fantastic page Astrid, love the textures you created. Hugs, Anne xx

Dagmar said...

A great Journal-Page with many fantastic details!

Anonymous said...

Great page - I definitely like the contrast of the white texture paste against the blue background and also the butterfly is a sweet addition.
Wishes
Lynne

rachel said...

wonderful page Astrid - really great use of stencils and paste xx

Meggymay said...

Sounds like you had fun with this page, lovely textures and details.
Yvonne

massofhair said...

You ALWAYS make such amazing journal pages Astrid. Can see how much you enjoyed yourself:-) xxx

mamablitger said...

Fabolous journal page. Astrid you always create the most stunning art. Love and admire your art so MUCH !!! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Hugs from SPAIN

maria's knutselplezier said...

Great page dear Astrid, I love teh colours and the image!!!As always a real Astrids page!!!

Greetings
Maria

maria's knutselplezier said...

Great page dear Astrid, I love teh colours and the image!!!As always a real Astrids page!!!

Greetings
Maria

Rita said...

Good Morning Astrid. What a wonderful display of textures and colours. I really should make a start on mine. Have a Good Day. Hugs Rita xxx

Paula Whittaker said...

you rock using stencils and texture paste. fab journal piece.

Anonymous said...

Fabulous page Astrid, love the stencilling and the colour palette. Sue C x

chrissie said...

A really terrific journal page-love the textures and the beautiful font for 'ART JOURNAL'

Chrissie x

Jenny Marples said...

Great colours and I love the way the stencilling guides the eye around the page here Astrid. Very clever. Jenny x

Words and Pictures said...

It's a beautiful page - the composition is fantastic with that lovely honey tag at the heart of it, and I love the depth created by all the layers in the background. Beautiful!
Alison xx

Kathy Eddy said...

Just beautiful!

Maryanne said...

Fantastic page, Astrid! I love the white texture paste on the blue background. Stencils are so much fun and offer so many options. I love the way you've used them!

S@ndy Diller said...

Astrid, you amaze me! I don't know how you keep coming up with fab projects. This page is so fantastic.

Susan said...

Beautiful work as always, Astrid! I do like the fact that you left the stencil paste white for contrast. All the stencils work so well together!

Almo said...

Great Journal page Astrid, love the purple and blue tones, a lovely example of stenciled layers and a great way of using those bits 'Flying' around your desk:) Mo x

Candy C said...

Astrid...this is so pretty! You have so many elements within this gorgeous journal page. I love your use of stencils and stamps and how you have layered them to create such a pretty background. I love how you've added the torn, distressed and layered papers and tags to the center! As always, a very pretty creation, Astrid! Thanks for sharing with us at CC3C. <3 Candy

Marjie Kemper said...

I don't like it... I love it! Such gorgeous colors and so many wonderful details. Thanks for joining us in our new CC3 challenge, Astrid!

pchickki said...

What a nice piece :)

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Gorgeous page Astrid! Love the stenciling and color! Great elements to embellish it too! Thanks so much for joining our texture challenge at CC3Challenge!!!

Stamping With Bibiana said...

this page is wonderful, so many details. the colors are so pretty and I imagine you had a blast making it. congrats on a great project
bibiana

Dorthe said...

A wonderful page, dear Astrid,
the way of building up layers with the different tags looks great, and I love the stenciled numbers and dots. Also so sweet with the paperclay butterfly!!
AND I think it is fantastic that you mostly created this page from pieces on your table !!
Hugs from me.
Dorthe

Ros Crawford said...

Wonderful page ... So very interesting!

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Another fantastic page in great color scheme.

Margaret Mifsud said...

This is awesome Astrid!! Gorgeous colour mix and fabulous background!! Love the layered tags and that little clay butterfly is so sweet!! Once again a stunning project!! ox

Dianne said...

Hello Miss Astrid WOW your playing around with things sitting around is FANTASTIC, love all the textures and beautifully combinations of colors, gorgeous journal page, thanks for sharing...

Cheryl Grigsby said...

You can always be counted on to do something brilliant. But you're not predictable, which is AWESOME. Great page.

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