Creating In Faith

Many of you now know that I recently came out with a new line called Creating In Faith. I would like to thank Prima Marketing Inc. for allowing me to release this collection with them and share my love for my faith as well for art. Many stores now have it in stock but if you haven't had the chance to see the collection, the full line will be at CHA! I am so excited to share with you all the possibilities of this collection and will be demoing during the show! I will also be doing a few periscope shows while at CHA so if you are unable to attend CHA, you too can see all of the new products coming out. I hope you can join me. For up to date information make sure to follow me on my Facebook Pages...

Jamie Dougherty Designs
Creating In Faith with Jamie Dougherty

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If you would like to join us in your walk with faith check out our Creating In Faith group as well.

Here is the Live With Prima video I did, showing you how you can recreate this look :) 

I Hope you enjoy
Jamie

Happy Birthday Frida Kahlo, Bloom Style!

Hi everybody! It's a Monday, not our regular schedule here at the Bloom Girls but it's Frida Kahlo's Birthday today so I asked permission to post on her day!  Recently I visited Mexico, what a beautiful country and of course I HAD to visit Casa Azul, her home/museum in the quaint city of Coyoacán, MX.

And being the scrapbooker that I am I had to create a journal/album to put all my photos and memorabilia. 

I thought it would be cool to do a Bloom project going back on Jamie's stamps all the way to the newest.

Jamie's stamps are so versatile they go anywhere and Boom, make it all better!

I'm also using the new Ranger's line of Dylusions acrylic paint because they match so well the vibrant palette of Mexico, I think Frida would approve... and Sandra Evertson Relics and Artifacts, because Frida would approve as well...

so come visit!

One of my favorite FK quotes

 "Feet what do I need you for, if I have wings to fly"

you are going to love what I used to create my quote banner...I should put you to the test on this one, ha!

on to the know how

I took a chipboard album and painted it Azul, if you thought it was as easy as splashing cobalt blue, think again, I used 3 blues, one violet and a white, from Liquitex and DinaWakley acrylics, you can see a bit of the museum outdoor pic to help me with the color

I had me a stamping storm, can you spot the banner I used? yup you're right! I am using Sharon's hair as my banner, it worked beautifully, who would have though you don't actually need to buy an extra stamp now!

It's all in the eye of the beholder

 

 

Frida loved butterflies that's why I used the gorgeous Monarchs on Sharon's hair.  while I was fuzzy cutting I decided to leave the eye, kinda  quirky.  That led me to using a real eye from Sandra's Relics.  And what better to decorate that eye Frida/Dali style than by using Catrina?

Also this stencil silhouette provided me with the perfect Frida and Jamie's stamps provided me with the perfect scale for her signature flowers on her hair!

my first choice for her wings were the butterflies on Sharon's stencil, as the project evolved I decided to add the Relics ones on top of the Monarchs.  It's an ongoing thing, as you know,  while you create.

I wanted colorful blooms for my book to surround Frida with all the bright colors she loved

I'm using

 

 

Sharon

Sharon stencil

Catrina

Inspire, Create, Explore

Wings

 

Girl Sophie

 

Bubble Gum pink, postbox red, squeezed orange, lemon zest, cut grass, white linen, black marble 

I decided to add Catrina's roses here along with her hairdress in the eye and wings

and can you spot her chin in "Frida's" body? I used Catrina's chin sunflower in a couple of places!

Flowers' on Frida's hair

And now a tour of what's inside!

 

I saved all of my receipts, including a permission to take photos inside the museum!

each tab has one of Frida's quotes handwritten in them

I used Jamie's wings stencil and stamp here!

the body was made stamping a Prima floral stamp

here I used the wings stencil with some gold embossing

and this one was inspired by Frida's wardrobe exhibit:

 "Appearances can be deceiving",

 that we were fortunate enough to see

this is one of the corsets she had to use and also the inspiration of one of her paintings

 

So, I hope you have enjoyed my" Bloomy" interpretation of Frida

 

and enjoyed a new way to use some of  Jamie's fab stamps!

"til next time!

 

Milagros

 

 

 

 



New Bloom Girls and Guy!!! Are coming!!

It's that time of year again. Winter CHA. That means new designs, new product, and new goodies to create with. This year I have new stamps and stencils coming your way with Prima Marketing! They are some of my favorite yet! Here are a few samples using the new designs. The Bloom Collection is so versatile and can be used in so many different applications.

Quentin is going to be our first ever guy! He's got that steampunk edge and is perfect for cards, tags, and as you can see even Mixed Media! <3 nbsp="" p="">

Home decor, and fiber art is a perfect place to use your Bloom girls stamps. Embroidery is becoming a popular pastime, why not create your own Bloom girl work of stitched art. 

The Bloom Collection is perfect for those art journals and art pieces. You can't draw? Not a problem, use bits and pieces of the stamp to help you design a finished art piece. 

Check out the word "CREATE" A new addition to the bloom collection... Thread letters! They are lightweight and three-dimensional, the perfect finishing touch to any DIY project. They come white so you can customize them to match any project!

This release is my most favorite yet! 

I hope you enjoy and can't wait to see what you all create with the new collection. 

Jamie

A Mermaid Day with Janine Koczwara

Hi everyone it's Janine Koczwara here and to say I was a little excited to receive some new Prima Bloom Girl stamps is an understatement!  It is amazing what new product can do for a girls creativity!  I set about stamping and colouring a couple of these beauties straight away!  My default method of colouring is Alcohol Markers and coloured pencils.  I like the feel of it and I find it the easiest way for me to colour images and get deeper shading results that I am pleased with.

With such a gorgeous stamp I felt the call of the mermaid art journal page!  I went straight for Teals and Blues to create this background for my pretty little Mermaid.  I started with an acrylic paint base and layered in some masking with one of the New Bloom Stencils and then some subtle stamping for additional background texture.

I wanted her to be hiding behind a rock with a tail sweeping from behind, most of it not visible.  I am a novice to drawing, so I pulled up a reference image of a rock and sketched it onto Prima Bloom Watercolour Paper, adding deeper shadows with Caran deAche Neocolours II, before applying it with matte gel to the page.  I created the tail in exactly the same way, but added Glass Bead Gel to it for a rougher shimmery surface.

Finally, I really am trying to explore using my own hand writing on my journal pages.  Learning to draw and create my own lettering is one of my goals to stretch myself creatively.  I practiced a couple of different styles on copy paper to see what style I wanted before ruling lines on my art journal page and penciling in my letting.  Once satisfied, I went over it all with Pitt Artist Pen in Black and a final touch of glitter to give it something a bit extra.

I love using Jamie's new Bloom Stamps for my art journaling.  I can work on my shading skills while also challenging myself to try drawing other elements, and practice lettering to compliment the pages, knowing it is just in my journal, a place that is safe to practice and try.  If I like it I can photograph it and share.  I really do recommend starting an art journal and having a wonderful play in it's pages.

You are all going to LOVE the new release Bloom Girl products Jamie has designed!  There are so many awesome stencils and stamps for you that will totally inspire creativity!

Products Used:

980344  Prima Bloom Stamp Sirena

980399  Prima Bloom Stencil Spark

980269  Prima Bloom Watercolor Paper Pad

961992  Prima Cling Stamp Dream On

961978  Prima Cling Stamp Net and Wire

Prima Random Circles Stencil

Alcohol Markers

Prismacolor Pencils

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Caran deAche Neocolors II

Prima Heavy Gesso

Prima Soft Matte Gel

Luminarte Polished Pigment Powders

Liquitex Glass  Bead Gel

Sharpie Black Pen

Sharpie White Paint Pen

Faber Castell Big Brush Markers

Faber Castell Pitt Pens

Ranger Stickles

Ranger Archival Ink Black

Memento Black Ink

Bloom Girl Creative Team Call

Do you love to create beautiful work? Are you a scrapbooker, art journaler, card maker, or mixed media artist? We have the perfect thing for you The Bloom Girl Creative Team call!!!

There is no need to use Bloom collection pieces to apply. Give me a couple of samples of your best work and thats it You have until 12am PDT on July 15th 2014. I will announce the new team the first week of August.

Happy Creating 

Jamie

Blog Hop Winner!!!

  

Thank you so much for joining on my happy news this week!! I have one lucky person who will win all four of my new releases!!! 


And the WINNER is.......

 Kiki Halbert said...

Jamie these are all amazing! Congrats on the release!

December 10, 2012 5:28 AM

Congrats Kiki!! Please email your information to jaylynnscraps@gmail.com

House That Love Built

It's only Tuesday? Wow this week is going to drag on isn't it LOL. Well I wanted to show you a little project I made for Prima/CHA. Prima has these great new background stamps and I used one of them to design a fun little house and mini album. They also have plain white flowers to go with these stamps so you can color and create your own designs.


I found this little house at Michaels. I used Prima's Paisley Road PP Line to cover the house. I stamped the PP with the above stamp to ad a little extra touch to it. I used copper wire to create the hearts in the chimney. And used scrap pieces to create the mini album. It would make a great house warming gift :)




Thank You for stopping by my blog, I always enjoy and are very grateful for your comments.
Hugs
Jamie