STREAM A THON

Hi everyone welcome to the New Years Stream A Thon. Here is a list of supplies and basic instructions.

PIANO HINGE BOOK

3 bamboo skewers

36 sheets of copy paper

2 sheets of thicker paper for the cover

waxed linen thread, twine, string or soft thin ribbon

glue

craft knife or scissors

ruler metal straight

This book can be made in all different sizes. Using all kinds of paper. Coleen will be making a Piano Hinge Book using 12 x 12 2 sided cardstock and you end up with a cute 6 x 6 journal.
Supplies for 6 x 6 journal
6 - 12 x 12 double sided card stock
6 - skewers
rest of supplies are same as above

36 Sheets of paper.

Fold in half and divided into 6 signatures

¼ inch in from the spin make marks one inch apart down the spine

Cut wedges an inch apart down the spine

Keep signature folded in half and push down every other tab

Or

Lay flat and weave a skewer through tabs and fold and remove the skewer reinforce with glue

Take  two signatures and put them together and slip a skewer through the tabs.

Once the skewer is through fold the page so the skewers show.

Take a piece of string waxed thread or twine and weave through top and bottom of book.

Trim off the skewers.

Add thicker paper to front and back pages for cover

Add charms.

This book is our take on the PIANO HINGE JOURNAL in the book called "Cover to Cover" by Shereen LaPlantz. We also referenced Wee Sarah her YouTube Channel name is 3 Dogs and 2 Kids you can yo access her video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgOWVyxfSA

And we also got lots of help from our good friend Eileen Lyons!!!

Gelli Print Stream

Tuesday September 3rd join me when I host Norma Wiedemeyer on my Stream Hang Out and ART.  Norma is going to share with us how she does her gelli plate magazine pulls. Join us at 10:00 AM EST on September 3rd.

https://www.youtube.com/user/kberg59



Here is a list that Norma suggests to have ready for the stream.

Gelli Plate

High contrast magazine/book images on thinner paper, black and white high glossy is best

Black acrylic paint, Liquitex "black Mars" is best/student grade

Various colors of acrylic paint, craft paint and student grade paints work best

Various papers, white card stock, copy paper Bee paper, music paper, dictionay paper (most tissue paper is to thin)

A brayer and brayer off paper or junk book

Low temp hair dryer if you have one

Baby wipes and gloves (it can get messy)



Hope to see you on tuesday.  It should be alot of fun!!!

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON

First of all I would like to congratulate Quiltea56.  She won the drawing I had for an art journal I made.  I learned how to make the art journal in a workshop hosted by Ingrid Dijkers of Running Rabbit Studio.  The journal is made from retro pressboard file folders.  I liked the journals so much I wanted to make one to share. The file was decorated after the drawing with help from everyone watching.  It was fun to decorate and I wish you could have been there. Please contact me and let me know what your address is so I can send out the journal.

I have also been working on art journal pages using prompts.  I have been watching Beth Shuler and AuntBecscreations on YouTube.

I have also been arting along with Coleen her YouTube channel is TheScrapchic.  She has a Friday night show and has been inviting guests to paint along. And we have been using Megan Wells book Acrylic Animals for guidance and inspiration. It is a very good book to help you learn color theory or just to look at. Her art is awesome.

Last Sunday I went to my LSS Scrappy Chic in Livonia, MI and made mini journals with my Art Journal Club.  These were a lot of fun and I made more on my stream.

That is what I have been up to when I get time to art. Leave a post and let me know what art streams you like to art along with.

Quiltea56 please contact me so I can mail you your journal!

NEW ALCOHOL INKS BY MARABU

Yesterday on my stream I tried out the new Marabu alcohol inks. So far I have really liked all the maribu products I've bought. And these did not disappoint.  I don't have a lot of experience with alcohol inks. The colors are bright and vibrant. They seem to move well. They seem to do what they should. Here are some pictures of the alcohol inks on Yupo paper and glacine paper.

On my stream I did the blind 3 challenge. I randomly picked inks from the box and used what I picked. Lucky for me the color combos seemed to work and I found new color combinations I would have never chosen myself. That is always fun.

Also check out my blog post from July 4th. Leave a comment. I did not do the drawing yesterday since we had so much fun with the alcohol inks we never got to it.  I will pick a winner next Tuesday, July 23 at the beginning of my stream. I will be giving a way an art journal I made at a Ingrid Dijkers workshop. heck out her blog she is an amazing artist.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNAL

Last weekend I took a journal making class with Ingrid Dijkers.  She is a mixed media artist and owner of Running Rabbit Studio. She teaches classes around the US and has been featured in "Art Journal" and "Sommerset Studio" magazines.  Check out Ingrid at www.Ingrid Dijkers.com

We made journals out of vintage press board file folders. The class was a lot of fun and I love the journal I made. Here is a journal page I started on my stream on Tuesday. It was inspired by one of Ingrid's journal pages.

So, what I would like you to do is post on my blog and tell me if you like to make your own journal or if you work in a store bought journal. If you make your journal what do you use for the cover? And what type of binding do you do and with what?  If you buy your journal what is your favorite brand and size.Post a picture of something you have done in your favorite art journal.

I will do a drawing from everyone who replies on my stream Tuesday July 16th. The winner of the drawing will win one of the vintage file folder journals I learned to make in Ingrid's class.

There will be no stream on July 9th.

I look forward to hearing from everyone and I am especially looking forward to see your journal pages!!!

INK AND WATERCOLOR

I am taking the Wanderlust 2019 Class.  It is a year long class and I just finished Week 10.  The theme for March is rivers.

Today I made ink and watercolor collage papers on various different types of paper. I used rice paper, 100% cotton water color paper, Bee tracing paper and medical paper. I used sumi inks, acrylic inks and alcohol inks. Here is a picture of my finished page.

WATER COLOR SWATCHES

When a get a new set of water color paints I like to swatch them on a big sheet of paper or in my journal just to get a feel for what they look like.  Here are the Vintage Pastels from Prima done in my art journal.

I have done this on single sheets of paper and cut them up and used them as art cards with dangles  or stamps.

This time I decided to do a journal page with the dangles. I love how this turned out.  The water color paints are Prima Decadent Pies.