Creating With Limited Art Supplies

Hi everyone, Toni here to share a quick a DT project for Art Anthology regarding making art and having limited supplies. As a crafter or artist we can spend a small fortune to have everything we want, but that is not necessary when your creative juices are flowing and you just have to get your hands messy. I find inspiration from photos that I see on the web many times and the colors in the photos inspired my project. 

I decided I wanted to rust some papers and metal stuff I had laying around the house. I gathered a bucket, distilled vinegar, hydrogen peroxide and salt. Mixed it well and then laid my items in the bucket. It took only about 10 minutes for the papers to rust and about 30 minutes to and hour for the metal to rust. I then laid everything out on paper towels in the sun for a few hours. 

Once they were done rusting I sprayed them with Mod Podge Matt Sealer just to stop the rusting process and seal my rusting metals. Adhered the rusted paper towel to the foundation of my journal page and did a small collage of some of my rusty tags, index cards and book pages. 

Did a bit of doodling and added some rusty metal pieces. Dry brushed the photo with white gesso to help blend with background and dripped some Wild Orchid Coloration spray from Art Anthology to bring out the colors that are in the photo. 

Hoping this has inspired you to not allow the amount of supplies you have to hinder your creativity. Use what you have, have fun with it. Mixed media is perfect for this because you have the freedom to create out of the box. xoxo Toni 

This page will be entered in the following inspiring challenges: 

Art Journal Journey - Art for Art's Sakes 

An Inky Mess- Anything Goes 

Creative Artiste #40 - Anything Mixed Media 

Mixed Media Place  (Inspired by the beautiful lavenders and rusts)

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Le'ts get creative with Gelli Plate

Hi everyone, it's time to get messy and have fun with a gelli plate. I was able to get three projects out of my monoprint created by the plate. Let's get started, below is a complete Snapguide tutorial on the journal page process. 

When applying the paints to the gelli plate I printed out the pattern on white cardstock, tissue paper, manila tags and kraft paper. So first up is my journal page that I used the tissue paper print. 

Randomly ripping it and then collaged to the journal page started my background. 

Next up I created a card for Father's Day. 

Using the white cardstock I was able to receive a crisp beautiful background. 

The chipboard was embossed with Gold UTEE, 

The last project was a layout for my antique album. 

I used the kraft paper for the base on this one. 

By the time I used the kraft paper on the gelli print there wasn't much left of the paint but it was just the look I was going for. 

I ripped a tag in half and used it in my layout as well. 

Hope you enjoyed this post and you will give this technique a try. No one print is the same that's the fun of it. Happy Creating xoxo Toni

These projects will be entered into the following challenges:

Creative Artiste #39-Anything Goes

Mixed Media World-Anything Goes

Sandee & Amelia-Steampunk Anything Goes

MIUC#14-Anything Goes + Smooshing

LTCC#23-Anything Goes

Check out How to Create With Gelli Plate by Toni Burks-Grijalva on Snapguide.