One Word One Technique #4

Welcome to week 4 of OWOT. I hope you have enjoyed the previous weeks examples.

January Technique - Paint

This Week's Word - Go

I used a really simple paint technique, to create my title to add a bit of whimsy. I know that a lot of people don't really like their handwriting, but as it's part of who you are, I think it's important for it to be a part of your pages. I did my title freehand, but if you're not quite that confident, you can write out the title in pencil first and paint over it. I would recommend watering down the paint especially if you want a free flow effect. If you're really not keen on using your own handwriting but like the artsy feel of a painted title, you could always try using a stencil or stamping with foam alpha's.

I hope this inspires you to get painty with your titles. Remember if you create something using this technique, please leave a comment so we can come see!

Alexa

OWOT prompt 3!

Another week has whizzed by and we're back with another prompt for our new challenge 'One, word, one technique'.

January Technique - Paint

This Week's Word - Relax

We're still on our paint technique for this month, but todays word is 'relax', something that I for one need to do more often!

I have decided to use an old A4 diary to house all my pages for this project, so whether they be scrapbook or more art journal focussed they will all be together, which is fine.

I started off by covering my page with some acrylic paint (parchment)

Next I grabbed some watercolour paints and roughly painted over the base paint in blues.

then I added some greens

To add some interest and texture I ripped some strips from an old book and stuck them down, used a lid with white paint on to add some circles and used paint on a piece of card to squish some paint patches onto the page too. I just had fun and did what I felt like to add texture to the pages.

I found a quote I wanted to use, typed it up, printed it out and stuck it the right hand page and added some journalling on a piece of notepaper. I printed out a small photo of my family and stuck this in too. I used a Jenni Bowlin paint dabber in cough syrup around the left edge and made circles across the bottom. I added an Elles studio tab to the top too. To finish off I used some Maya mist in silver and rose pink.

To add the word relax I lightly stuck down some letter stickers and then roughly painted over with white paint, then peeled the stickers off again. My finished page is below:



Hope you like what I've done and that it gives you some inspiration for your own projects too. Please do link us up with your page or project when you've done it!

Annie x

One Word, One Technique - Prompt 2

Welcome to the second week of 'One Word, One Technique' :D

For a reminder of how 'One Word, One Technique' works, click here for Maxine's introduction.

The prompt for week 2 is:

January Technique - Paint

This Week's Word - Today

Here's my finished art journal page:

I built my background up using several layers of paint. First, I used different paint dabbers through a flower mask and a paper doily. Varying the pressure as I dabbed gave a graduated effect to the colour.

I then added some painted circles using the lid of an empty deodorant.

My last layer of paint was with black dabber and a sequin waste mask. I dabbed through the mask in three places, and then turned it upside down and used the painted side of the mask as a stamp to get the reverse image.

Once I was happy with the painted background I added some doodling around the two main flowers, the stamped date in the top right corner, and the text. 'Live for' is stamped, and 'Today' was created using the waste from a sheet of chipboard alphas as a stencil. Finally I used my sewing machine to sew a border around the edge of the page.

I hope you like my finished example! I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with, so if you create something based on this week's prompt, don't forget to pop a link in the comments so we can come and have a look :D

Jules xx 

Welcome to 'One Word, One Technique'

Welcome to our new weekly project 'One Word, One Technique'. Each Sunday here on the TMC blog you will find a new project posted by one of our DT.


So how does this project work you ask?
We have assigned a different technique to each month of the year and each week has a specific word. The idea is that you create a project, be it a card, layout, art journal page etc based on that weeks word and using that month's technique.
This way you will end up with many projects (or maybe you will create a year long mini book or journal based on each word?) using a range of techniques, the challenge being trying to use the same technique in different ways throughout each month! Some words may mean a lot to you, others may spark no inspiration, so feel free to join in with ones ones that you like or challenge yourself to join in them all. The word may be the title of a layout, the word in a quote, it may spark an idea or remind you of an event. However it speaks to you, that is the fun!

So on to our first:

January Technique - Paint
This weeks Word - Resolution

Here is my finished layout.


As you can see I have used paint in several different ways on my layout.
Firstly I took a paint brush and lightly splattered my cardstock in a few different colours. Then I took a strip of bubble wrap and painted, again in several different colours. I laid this to one side of my background and stamped.

Then I layered up my patterned papers. To create the 2012 stencilled effect I printed out the numbers onto some scrap paper, I cut them out and using a removable glue adhered them to my layout. Then using a stiff brush I stippled paint around the edges of each number. Once the paint was dry I peeled the paper numbers away and was left with the following effect.

I added my title and journaling and my layout was complete!

I hope you like my example and I hope that you join us in our project. If you create anything using the prompts we would love to see so feel free to add a link below to any photos or your blog. And I hope that everyone had a great start to the new year!

Hugs & Periwinkles,
Maxine