Celebrating the Journey
Sometimes I can't believe the creative journey I have been on and still wonder where it will lead me. Today at A Vintage Journey we are celebrating our fifth birthday - and what an amazing five years they have been both in terms of friendship and creativity. I have been so very lucky to have been on team of Creative Guides since the very first day and through their wonderful support, friendship and talent I too have grown in that five years.
Brenda is our host this month and she is asking us to Celebrate the Journey by including the word or any images that depict a journey or even something that shows a creative journey.
I was curious to see what I had made as my very first project for A Vintage Journey back in March 2014. So here is the tag I made.
For the first couple of years we were very Tim Holtz based and so the tag is heavily influenced by his products I used at the time.
It was only as messy as the Wrinkle Free Distress! I had not heard of gesso, crackle pastes and all the wonderful mixed media products I use on a daily basis now.
I decided to take a few elements from that tag and make a journal page depicting MY journey over those five years.
I have re-used the Sewing Room Mannequin, the Distress Doily Die and Tim's Wrinkle Free Distress Ink Technique. I also used the same Distress Inks Victorian Velvet and Dusty Concord but thought the Wilted Lilac way too light and substituted Seedless Preserves instead!
I started with a layer of gesso, tissue tape and crackle paste before using Distress Spray Inks to get the colour on the page - with plenty of water!
Background stamping with some of my favourite little stamps came next, along with some splattering with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Actually this is a stamp ..... after seeing my desk after a splattering session once I decided to invest in one!
I have used the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique on the dress, along with a Distress Glaze Resist. Over the years I have been an avid collector of ticket stamps. The ones on the left were a very early purchase from Crafty Individuals and still get used over and over.
Tim's spirtz and splatter techniques were used on the distressed doily but I resorted to DecoArt Weathered Wood on the mannequinn.
More collaged tickets from my huge collection. And FINALLY I am using my favourite photograph from the Photobooth Collection.
This was such an enjoyable creative play and I really love how the journal page emerged.
I do hope you will join us in our birthday challenge and I would recommend you hop on over to A Vintage Journey now to see the amazing array of fabulous projects from the wonderful team of Creative Guides.
Brenda is our host this month and she is asking us to Celebrate the Journey by including the word or any images that depict a journey or even something that shows a creative journey.
I was curious to see what I had made as my very first project for A Vintage Journey back in March 2014. So here is the tag I made.
For the first couple of years we were very Tim Holtz based and so the tag is heavily influenced by his products I used at the time.
It was only as messy as the Wrinkle Free Distress! I had not heard of gesso, crackle pastes and all the wonderful mixed media products I use on a daily basis now.
I decided to take a few elements from that tag and make a journal page depicting MY journey over those five years.
I have re-used the Sewing Room Mannequin, the Distress Doily Die and Tim's Wrinkle Free Distress Ink Technique. I also used the same Distress Inks Victorian Velvet and Dusty Concord but thought the Wilted Lilac way too light and substituted Seedless Preserves instead!
I started with a layer of gesso, tissue tape and crackle paste before using Distress Spray Inks to get the colour on the page - with plenty of water!
Background stamping with some of my favourite little stamps came next, along with some splattering with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Actually this is a stamp ..... after seeing my desk after a splattering session once I decided to invest in one!
I have used the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique on the dress, along with a Distress Glaze Resist. Over the years I have been an avid collector of ticket stamps. The ones on the left were a very early purchase from Crafty Individuals and still get used over and over.
Tim's spirtz and splatter techniques were used on the distressed doily but I resorted to DecoArt Weathered Wood on the mannequinn.
More collaged tickets from my huge collection. And FINALLY I am using my favourite photograph from the Photobooth Collection.
This was such an enjoyable creative play and I really love how the journal page emerged.
I do hope you will join us in our birthday challenge and I would recommend you hop on over to A Vintage Journey now to see the amazing array of fabulous projects from the wonderful team of Creative Guides.
As always thank you for joining me and have a lovely weekend.
Jennie x
Comments
Huge hugs
Annie xx
This has been an incredible journey and I have felt so honoured and happy to have been part of it since its conception together with our original team and all those that have joined us along the way. We have all grown in so many ways and I have loved every minute of having been part of your journey. From the early Tim Holtz inspired days to the full blown mixed media, shabby and vintage style inspired projects, it has been a real pleasure to follow you in your creative journey and to have become your friend!!! Here is to many more years to come!
Alison x
Thanks so much for sharing this walk back over time.
Hugs Tracey xx
A pleasure to know you and create alongside you. Nikki xxx
gorgeous creation. xx
Thanks you so much for being such a great teammate and lovely friend, Jennie. I feel honoured and humbled to have been able to share the AVJ journey with you since I joined the team.
Heres to many more happy creative AVJ years together .
HUgs
Apologies for my later than expected arrival - time has done nothing but elude me over the last week or so . x