Who Do You Think You Are -- A Rare Art Journal Page

Hello friends! I decided to have a little playtime with my newer Oxide Sprays for the latest challenge at A Vintage Journey -- Neutral Zone. The talented and lovely Nikki isour hostess this month, and here's how she describes it:

Time to banish colour! You can create with blacks, whites, greys, beiges, creams and browns but whatever you make, and whatever style, needs to stay in the neutral zone. And remember to create in one of our preferred styles of vintage, shabby, mixed media, art journaling, industrial, timeworn or steampunk.

 It's been a couple of years since I've played in my Robert Browning's Poetical Works art journal, and since the previous entries all had butterflies on them, I thought I would somehow include Tim Holtz Geo Butterfly. Poor thing doesn't seem to be too popular around the blogs, so I'm trying to give him some extra air time here at sarascloset. At first he was going to be wings for my Paper Doll, so I removed his antenna. I ended up letting him speak for himself on his own page.

My pages were sealed with clear gesso, and I adhered collage paper with collage medium. Even though this is Tim Holtz Halloween Collage Paper, I thought it looked like the dogwood trees that are blooming in our area now.  I sanded and inked the paper doll with vintage photo ink and adhered. I sealed pages once again with collage medium, leaving areas around the edges untouched. I sprayed with Distress Oxide sprays: Iced Spruce, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain. I wiped with paper towel after spritzing to blend the colors. You can see that the places I left free of collage medium became saturated with the spray.

I can almost hear this little girl saying, "Does this doodling make me look chubby?".

 I flicked with Picket Fence spray stain and stamped with old Tim Holtz quote stamp in archival ink. I added doodling and outlined the paper doll with gel pen, and then decided she need wings after all. I adhered Geo Springtime butterfly die cut to vellum, trimmed and adhered to the page. I blended the edges randomly with Ground Espresso ink. I love what it did to some of my doodling!

No art rules followed here, judging from my lack of white space, but I did have fun making these pages and learned a little more on how to use my new sprays. I hope you'll stop by A Vintage Journey to check out all the wonderful neutral inspiration created especially for you by my fellow Creative Guides. And then, it's over to you! I hope you'll find some time to play along this month. Happy crafting! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Country View Challenges April 2019 - Easter and/or Spring Maybe not spring colors, but most definitely spring with the Dogwoods and Butterflies!

We Love 2 Create Challenge # 4 - Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper April Creative Challenge -New Growth I used an old Tim Holtz quote stamp.

Art Journal Journey Having Fun My first time linking...I had FUN creating this page, and I always have fun in my garden!

Mix It Up MIUCB #24 - Anything Goes + Black & White Plus One Color

The following products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Geo Springtime Thinlits by Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Sprays

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Botanical

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls

Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black AIP31468