Well here we go AGAIN... it's the fourth round of the Smeared and Smudged Design Team Throwdown - Leather and Lace! But first a HUGE Congrats goes out to Haunted Design House for winning Round #3 - Mini Albums. This week's challenge is right up my ally as I have been playing around with leather tooling these past few months, but STAMPING ON LEATHER... Who KNEW!! For this challenge I created my own personal Leather Art Journal... all serious and leather on the front cover and colorful and lacy on the back!
To create my journal cover image I
stamped the image onto a piece of leather using Stayzon ink and stained bits of it with
leather dyes. I then cut out the image using my Tim Holtz scissors and glued it
onto my cover using E6000 glue. It all worked like a darn!
For the back cover I gesso'ed some thick cardboard let it dry and then sprayed it with my
Dylusions sprays. I used a thick layer of mod podge and pressed the black lace right into it. I LOVE how the colors peek through the lace. Some Grungeboard letters sprayed with more Dylusions and glued down using
more E6000 and voila - My new ART JOURNAL dedicated to Doodling! And Inspired by my amazing artist friend Janet Joehlin because she doodles DAILY and shares her results - you HAVE to check out her BLOG!
Now the inside cover was pretty beat up so I decided rather than covering it up I would create a sort of Graffiti wall with sayings that mean something to me and my first page is of course more Dyan Reaveley stamping and my own version of Doodled Hair... a Great start don't you think!
Now don't forget to go check out all the entries this week at Smeared and Smudged and VOTE!... Here' s the LINK....
I just LOVE this Lynne! I think I may have to finally take the plunge and create an Art Journal myself! That tooled leather front cover and the lacey back cover are truly amazing! And I adore your first page! Love love love!
ReplyDeleteFabulous job Lynne, thinking the same as Chris, art journal might be a thought. Marvelous job on the tooling. it's not as easy as it looks. your pages are awesome.
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is all kinds of awesome Lynne!!! Fantastic for the throwdown challenge....you got leather AND lace going on there!!! Go Team Drunken Stampers!!!
ReplyDeleteWOWIE! Leather tooling and STAMPING on it! How cool is that? and the back is so feminine and beautiful. Fantastic project, Lynne! Love the interior too. You're soo creative! xxD
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ReplyDeleteLynne, I loved the journal! So glad to see it in person photos don't do it justice!
ReplyDeleteWow that leather work is very impressive x
ReplyDeleteAn amazing art journal cover, both back and front and that first page is a wonderful start. Good luck in the throwdown :)
ReplyDeleteI love you work you blog and you ideology of life hahaha how fantastic. Your piece is beautiful and fun. Good luck...
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Your journal ROCKS!!! I love the warm,lush cover in contrast to the vibrant and crazy back. The best part of cours are the beautiful pages inside...I'm in love! Your style is fabulous! Great work!
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