Sunday, May 11, 2014

Be Unique - junk journal page#17

Here is the other finished page that started out with just some pieces of scrap paper on them.



Here is the process of this page:

1. randomly glued strips of scrappaper on white cardstock      (if I would have been thinking I would have used a piece     of scrap cardboard)

2. gelli printed over it with a gradient of green colors, I like the ghost print as well, it even shows the pieces of scrap.
3. I made my own stamp with a piece of cardboard, string and glue
4. used a crunched up piece of tissuepaper as a stamp with purple acrylic paint and stamped all over
5. diluted some hot pink acrylic paint with water and added as drippage
6. finishing touches: the paperpieced Julie Nutting doll, some tape and the handwritten sentiment "Be unique"
While writing this post I thought of adding my fingerprint with ink, I saw this on one of the other entries of the Q&L challenge from Twinkle's twaddle, so thank you for this idea.

junk used:
* scrap paper
* dictionary pages

So here are the 2 pages that started out almost identical but both went there own way


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35 comments:

  1. Brilliant use of junk and great page too.

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    1. Thanks Clare, I'm so glad I found your group, it has been so much fun already.

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  2. What a great page! And I so love your making of your own stamp!

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    1. Thanks, I love making my own supplies (stamps, stencils, spray ink,...)

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  3. Very unique, I loved that green page already when it was a gelli print!

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  4. like how you have used the gelli plate on this very effective with scrap papers and home made stamp too

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    1. thanks, I'm glueing every piece of scrap like a mad woman.

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  5. fab page, love the idea with the scraps for the background. :)

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    1. Thx, would like to say it was my idea, but no I got it from the gelliarts blog

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  6. Fabulous unique pages

    MaggieH

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  7. Visiting from the Craft Barn challenge....your page is beautiful and I love the idea that you made your own stamp!

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    1. Thx, I love making own supplies, saves some money and you have a something really unique

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  8. Visiting from the Craft Barn - I really love the paperpieced doll, but the whole page is, of course, fabulous, and I appreciate that you showed your process. I'm very impressed by your stamp, and would like to say a big thank you for the 'shout out' ((grins)) :o)

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    1. When I thought about the set-up for my blog that was one of the things that i certainly wanted to do, give step by steps, because when I visit blogs and see something beautiful I want to know how it as made. Also if I use an idea of someone else I try to give them credit if I remember.

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  9. Lovely background and paper pieced doll.

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    1. Thanks, the paper doll I made a while ago and fitted just perfect with this page.

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  10. Definitely unique - great choice of colours and design.

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  11. Beautiful junk journal page, love all the shapes and colours and especially your own hand created stamp! Very unique and inspired entry :-) xxx

    PLEASE can i ask you to turn off word verification, you can still view your comments before you publish them but this takes ages as i can't see the words properly. Taking time to try and crack this stops me from visiting other blogs because of the time it take. Thank you :-) xxx

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    1. I'm so sorry, I wasn't aware that I had it switched on, I just turned it off, I too find it a nuisance, you just can't read at all what is written and yet I'm human and not a machine.

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  12. Beautiful, beautiful! love the girl and the gorgeous background!

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  13. Love the all the paints layers and your idea with the home made stamp. I will be thinking about that to try and come up with my own textures!

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  14. This is fabulous and a great way to use up scraps and recycle. Love your handmade stamps too.

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    1. I can't throw anything away, but now at least I use it instead of piling up in my craftroom :-)

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  15. I've tried making my own stamp using string glued to cardboard, and found it very difficult. I give you kudos for what you did. It looks fantastic. And of course, I like that you pulled a gelli sheet from all that junk paper.

    When I hear recycle, I get all excited, and these pages spoke to me. I'm here from the Craft Barn, but I like both spreads, which, I agree, are completely different. There's a sense of both randomness and order to them.

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    1. Thanks, I must say the stamp is not exactly what I had in my mind, I wanted the circles to be neater.

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  16. great pages, love your take on Darcy's challenge

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    1. Thanks, it's totally different, but I like using elements of what I see and like.

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  17. Great layering, you created some interesting depth.

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  18. Love the way you built up this page. BJ

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