scrapbook – Selena Stevens Art

Wise Owls for Off the Rails Scrapbooking

22 August 20

This months Off The Rails Scrapbooking moodboard challenge featured birds and feathers. I had some images of owls on my desk waiting for something to use them with and thought this was a great opportunity.

1Background

To start this art journal page in my Dina Wakley “Blue Edition” Journal I began with a quick background. Using the Kingart Tempera Paint Sticks I scribbled them on, smudged them with my finger and overplayed them on the colour next to them.

I had a stencil from The Crafters Workshop that fit the moodboard with feathers. I punched Atelier Liquid Gesso Primer through the stencil, which toned down the background and added feathers.

3InkedFeathers

To keep going with the feather theme I used an old feather stamp which I have had for years and don’t know where it came from. I stamped with Rangers Archival Ink Jet Black.

I had some images that I had from printed from The Graphics Fairy. After fussy cutting the owls and sorting out the placement, black gesso was applied under where the owls were going to help them stand out. The owls were then glued on.

Final

To finish it off I used a quote from a StencilGirl stencil which had black gesso scraped through it.

A quick, easy, colourful and fun art journal page. To see the process video of this page go here.

Detail2

If you are looking for inspiration go and have a look at the Off the Rails Scrapbooking monthly mood boards.

Selena

Guest Designer for Rita Barakat 2

26 June 19

Die Cuts.jpg

I was able to take the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for Rita Barakat. To create something for Rita I was sent seven of her die cuts to use in a project. For this project Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz called to me and I came up with the following mixed media project.

1 Background.jpg

I started by creating the background. I added texture by glueing paper doilies onto my page. Then I added colour using Tim Holtz’s Distress Stains. The hills were roughly defined with Caran D’Ache Neocolour II crayons. Of course it can’t a Wizard of Oz scene without the yellow brick road – this was made with gold washing tape.

2 Dorothy.jpg

I then concentrated on Rita Barakat Dorothy Die Cut by enhancing some of her features. I coloured her hair a little more. Added a bit of fluorescent yellow to the areas that were already yellow. And of course I had to try to make her red shoes stand out some more.

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When I started this page I envisioned Dorothy walking along the yellow brick road (which is unusual in itself because I don’t usually start with a plan). To make Dorothy “walk”, I cut a slit into my page. Glued a paddle pop stick onto the back of the page and added some ribbon. While having Dorothy on the front of the page and the paddle pop and ribbon on the back, I am able to pull the ribbon and make Dorothy “walk” along the road.

This is what the page looked like when I was finished. To see a time lapse video of the creation of this page and to watch Dorothy “walk” go to my youtube channel to watch here.

I hope you enjoyed this.

Selena

Off The Rails Scrapbooking Challenge

15 October 18

I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Off The Rails Scrapbooking for this months challenge. A mood board was provided for inspiration and I got bonus points if recycled items were used.

From the mood board I loved the teal and orange colours and the straight lines seen on the chair. I went to the shed hoping to find something recyclable with straight geometric edges but there was nothing to be found. I was going to use a pot of old putty but realised it was so old it had dried up. So for my recyclable item I used cardboard which added to the texture on this painting. The canvas I used was also an old canvas that had been started to use for another project but never got finished.

I created a painting with lots of texture and colour using those few ideas that jumped out from the mood board. Here is the video of the process of creating this painting.

The art supplies I used for this painting were:

Washi tape

Cardboard

Finnabair Art Basics 3D Matte Gel

Liquitex Modelling Paste

Liquitex Glass Beads

Colour Blast White Heavy Gesso

Atelier Interactive Acrylic Paint – Cobalt Turquoise Light

Atelier Free Flow Acrylic Paint – Arylamide Yellow Deep

Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint – Orange Soda

Golden Fluid Acrylics – Cobalt Turquois

Selena Stevens Art Stencil Big Eye

Jo Sonja’s Black Gesso

Uniball Insight Fine Black Pen

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Challenges are a good way to push your boundaries and get you out of your comfort zone. I hope you enjoyed this.

Selena

Colour Blast Art Retreat Journal Page

11 June 18

As part of the Colour Blast Design Team, it is my turn on the Colour Blast blog today.

CB Colour Paste stars.jpg

I have created an art journal page using a lot of Colour Blast goodies, chipboard, stencils and cotton. For the full blog post go here. I have also provided a time lapse process video, to watch the video click here.

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I hope you enjoy it.

Selena

May Mixed Media Challenge

2 May 18

invites you to join in and participate in the

MonthlyMixed Media Challenge

in conjuction with

The definition of mixed media is the use of more than one product. It can be completed on any surface. Each month will be a new theme.

Once your mixed media piece is completed, take a photo and upload to the corresponding photo album on the Selena Stevens Art Facebook page.

Please feel free to tag Selena Stevens Art and Two Sisters Scrapbooking & Papercraft and to use #mixedmediachallenge if posting on any social media sites.

The winner will be decided at the end of the month and a small prize will be won.

All levels are welcome and encouraged.

The Mixed Media Challenge for May will be due to be uploaded on 31^stMay.

May’s theme will be “Monochrome”.

(Image from http://blog.croftmill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/monochrome1.png)

The winner will receive:

A free 2 hour lesson with Selena Stevens at her home studio (Skype available if unable to travel).

All art supplies will be provided.

Lesson content will be at the winners discretion.

The date and time will be decided in agreeance with the winner and Selena Stevens.

I look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge.

Selena

Riding A Dinosaur

9 April 18

When I received the Paper-Arts 12 x 12 inch Scrapbooking range to use in my work, I had no idea how to incorporate it.

Paper-Arts Dinosaur 1

Paper-Arts Dinosaur 2

Paper-Arts Dinosaur 4

So after much procrastination and putting these papers to the side so that I could do other projects I finally decided it was time.

PA Dinosaur Detail 3

There is a process video available on my youtube Channel, Selena Stevens Art, that shows this page being created. Here is the link to the video.

PA Dinosaur detail

In the making of this page there was ripping, stencilling, drawing and painting involved. Not a lot needs to be done to these pages as they already have lots of lovely images on them. The Paper-Arts scrapbooking pages are great to work with and very inspiring with the images and colours that are available.

I hope you watch the video and even try it yourself.

Selena

New Product Giveaway

29 January 18

Selena Stevens Art

Presents to you a new line of art products.

This includes four designs of stencils and 3 designs of tags.

The stencils are made from a thin plastic that is easy to use to spray ink, dab acrylic paint or scrape texture paste through. They are versatile and will complement the creation of any mixed media project. The four designs are

The tags are made of a matte light cardstock in an A6 size. The images are from my original paintings. They have a blank space on the back as well as my details. They can be used as a postcard or in a mixed media project, scrapbook layout or with card making. The three designs are:

Keaton (left) Evarista (above right) Emily (below right)

These products are available for purchase from Two Sisters Scrapbooking & Papercraft

http://twosistersonline.com.au

Video

This is a video showing a discussion about these products and a bonus mixed media page using the stencils.

Giveaway

In celebration of the release of the new Selena Stevens Art products I will run a giveaway competition. The winner of this completion will receive the four designs of stencils, three designs of tags as well as an original painting by Selena Stevens. To enter this competition there is four steps:

1. Follow selenajstevens on Instagram

2. Subscribe to Selena Stevens Art on Youtube

3. Like Selena Stevens Art on Facebook

4. Comment on Selena Stevens Art Facebook page that these steps are completed.

Entries close 5th February.

Artwork

These are some mixed media art journal pages that have been completed using the Selena Stevens Art stencils.

Pic Collage 2.jpg — Above artwork completed by Selena Stevens.

Artwork above completed by Liz Platz
https://www.instagram.com/ejplatz/