Hop along with the Artist Tribe and be inspired!

We would like you to meet our Tribe! 

Come hop along,meet the gals of the Artist Tribe and see what fabulous art they have been creating with the luscious products from Gwen's store!
The blog hop is today Thursday and tomorrow Friday
 

Thursday- Lynda Shoup 
Thursday- Gwen Lafleur

Friday-Linda EdkinsWyatt
Friday-Jill McDowell
Friday-Sandee Setliff

AND... 

 One lucky winner will receive $20 Gift Card to the Shop at Gwen Lafleur Studios! All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on any or all of the blog posts during the hop - the more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! (One comment per person per blog please.)

Yes,Open to International as well!
You have until Sunday, October 1st at 11:59pm mountain time to leave your comments. The winner will be announced on the Gwen Lafleur Studios Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/GwenLafleurStudios) on Monday, October 2nd.

now on to my post...

 My journal spread was inspired by Gwen's recent trip to India,where she took block printing classes and bought yummy new items for the store!woo hoo!

(if you follow her on Facebook you can see her awesome photos!) Can you tell I am enamored with Gwen's exotic travels?living vicariously here-teehee

okay Jackie,back on track...

 Items from Gwen's Mixed Media Supplies store:
 Peacock tissue paper 
Proud Peacock Collage Cut-outs (Peacock feathers)
Irresistible India (Peacock photo)
Gwen's Stencil~ArtDeco Sunburst Background
Gwen's Essentials~Washi tape~Blue Diamond Tiles
Gwen's Essential's~Emerald Creek Embossing Powder~
Burnt Copper Leaves 
Gwen's Essential's~Spice Market Darn Good Yarn Sampler~Warm Base

I started with white gesso on both pages and then layered vintage ephemera down with matte gel

Then I used Gwen's ArtDeco Sunburst Background Stencil with light modeling paste knifed through.
I briefly auditioned where my main pictures would go,removed them and started spritzing on the color.

At this point I remembered the Peacock Tissue Paper from my packages and tore those small feathers out and adhered these around the pages.
When this was dry,I glued in my focal images,this beautiful Peacock is from a collage of Gwen's~Irresistible India.

Did you know the Peacock is India's National bird? 

I did not till recently-thanks Gwen,😉😉

The feathers below,which were fussy cut,and distressed are also from one of Gwen's collages~Proud Peacock  just look how vivid that color is-stunning!

The gorgeous coloring here on the stencil was added almost at the last.
With embossing ink and a makeup sponge,I dabbed ever so lightly over the raised stenciled areas.Using Emerald Creek's Burnt Copper Leaves,it was brushed off lightly and heated till Spectacular!

Next up,the note which was a later thought,perhaps could have done without,but I was reminiscing of the black&white movies I watched as a child.There were two or three movies in which there always was a family who visited India,and most times a young child who the story centered around. Does anyone else remember these?
Anyway,this is how I created her diary entry...
after writing on vintage paper,I tore the edges and then soaked the areas in watered down Distress Oxide.This bled beautifully,making it look like burnt paper.

 

 I took several photos of my spread in different stages of the light coming in the window.I thought the ones like this with the curtain shadows had a slightly romantic look to them

 

 The real peacock feathers were added using Gwen's Blue Diamond Tiles washi tape,which I also used on the photos as well.

 For a finishing touch,I unraveled a bit of turquoise string from Gwen's Darn Good Yarn and added that under my young lady's photo.

There you have it!

I do hope you enjoyed my step through and hope it has inspired you to create something exotic and beautiful as well~

Gwen's shop is full of everything you need!

   thank you for visiting!

Jackie ")

One more time about the giveaway! 

Don't forget to visit the other tribe's blogs and leave some sugar!!

 One lucky winner will receive $20 Gift Card to the Shop at Gwen Lafleur Studios! All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on any or all of the blog posts during the hop - the more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win! (One comment per person per blog please.)

You have until Sunday, October 1st at 11:59pm mountain time to leave your comments. The winner will be announced on the Gwen Lafleur Studios Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/GwenLafleurStudios) on Monday, October 2nd.



Other Products used:
Vintage child photo~Paper Whimsey
Lindy's StampGang Starburst Spray~Tiffany Lou Blue
Lindy's StampGang MoonShadow Mist~Treasure Island Aqua
Distress Oxide~Vintage Photo-Funkie Junkie
Liquitex~Matte Gel
DecoArt~Decou-Page
gesso
Peacock feathers(no bird was hurt by me, these were found at a yard sale!)

I would like to include this journal spread in the following challenges:

Paper Artsy 2017 Topic 13: Metallics {Topic Intro and Challenge} 

 MMW#29: Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stamps and Stencils ~Metallics

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #40 - Vintage

Art Journal Journey ~ Colour In My World