Thanks

Hello to all!

Happy Monday!

Time for another inspiration with a Thankful theme for the Cut It Up Challenge. So here I am representing.......

First I die cut a flourish edge from a burgundy color CS and one piece from a pattern paper. Laid down them together. And adhered it to my card base.

Then highlighted the cage print with leaf using an embossing powder.

The word thanks is heat embossed 3 times for the perfect chunks shown in the below pic:

Embellished it with wax seal drops for more interest and textures.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Supply List

Cardstock: Wine red (Burgundy) from crafTangles and textured coconut white CS

Pattern paper: Petite corsage from Crafter's Tree

Dies: Flourish edge from Hndmd store, thanks word die from YNS and rectangles from Tattered lace

Embossing powder: Carousel from WOW

Seal wax drops: Chocolate color from craftadda

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-2022.html

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/10/anything-goes-weeks-567-568.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/11/thankfulblessingsgrateful-challenge.html

http://kreativtanten-challenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/71-herbstgrue-autumn-greetings.html

 

Everything starts with a Dream Mixed Media Canvas Layout!

 Hello everyone!

Happy Wednesday!

I want to showcase my canvas layout in a bright spring palette to gift my daughter!

The base of the composition was a MDF cutouts in the form of a door and windows. The background is made with a stencil, and texture paste on a pattern paper with clear gesso. I then sprayed some of the mists and blended them together with a wet paintbrush.

I added a green corrugated sheet at the top of the canvas. 

Gave a coat of chalk paint at all 4 corners and using a stencil applied the texture paste.

I added a scrap pice to the window with red tacky tape to attach the window shutter.

I now continue to add more embellishments and once they are all in place I applied gesso and some more paste to the flowers, door and window.

Some close-ups:

Handmade flowers, pollens, resin embellishments and some tiny sequins completed the composition! And they gave the very atmosphere of spring flowers.

Hope you all like it!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Canvas

Pattern Paper: Roseate paper stack from Papericious

Corrugated sheet: Green and white sheet from Itsy Bitsy store

Sentiment sheets: Motivational Sentiments 1 from CrafTangles

MDF cutots: door and window

Stencil: from Peek-a-Boo Designs

Texture Paste: Clear paste from CrafTangles, white paste from Papericious

Gesso: white from Sakura

Chalk paint: soft rock, bracket green and pearl pink from Papericious

Gel medium: Faber Castell

Mist: Moon shadow from Lindy's gang

Shimmer spray: Bitter lemon from Craftyscrappers, baby pink from Papericious

Metallic wax: copper blaze from Little Birdie

Handmade flowers, Metal charms, half sparkly drops and tiny green sequins from my stash

https://mixedmediaplace.blogspot.com/2022/08/2nd-2022-quarterly-challenge-with-prizes.html- inspired by browns and pinks

Christmas Holder Gift Box

 Hello everyone!

Happy Friday!

For today's project, I made a gift box for a friend using the Index Card folder die!

The top feature is a cute snowman image using a postcard rectangle die on a belly band and watercolored it. 

Added a glittered merry sentiment with shadow in blue and some glittered snowflakes too. Embellished it with half adhesive pearls.

Inside I placed a pen and sticky notepad.

Have fun! Happy crafting!

Supply List

Cardstocks: Whisper white CS, snippets of navy blue and purple CS

Pattern Paper: Snippets of handmade snowflake print PP from my stash

Glitter sheet: Snippets of a lavender sheet from my stash

Stamp: Christmas characters set from Inkadinkado

Dies: Index card folder box die from Sizzix; Postcard rectangles from CrafTangles; snowflake die from Christmas set DMC brand; In a cutaway: Merry words from Winnie & Walter

Archival ink: Prize ribbon

Zig watercolor brushes: purple and green

Half adhesive pearls: purple

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/07/purple-blue-green.html

https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-64-show-us-your-snowfolk.html

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-433-christmas-in-july.html

https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-rudolph-days-challenge.html

https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-challenge-patterned-paper.html

https://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/abc-christmas-challenge-n-is-for-new-o.html- the index card holder box die is very old and the snowflake die is new

https://papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-84-christmas-in-july.html

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/07/christmas-in-july-2022-byshc-linky-party.html

A little Birdie told me......

Hello to all!

Happy Thursday!

I love this sweet bird from the stamp set, so adorable! And I decided to use the leftovers of my designer papers too.

I stamped the bird image on a piece of white CS and watercolored it with liquid colors.

Fussy cut the bird with branches and blooms and colored white cutting edge with blue color.

On a stitched rectangle die panel I placed my plaid stencil and applied unicorn dreams texture paste.

Look up the close up view, so gorgeous!

I placed the bird on a checkered blue boxed PP with pop up dots.

Placed the sentiment in the brown strip.

I really love and adore this plaid pattern texture, so perfect for any occasion. All I really needed to add some droplets and I have a super pretty Birthday card!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Cardstocks: Snippets of Whisper White, Khaki brown CS 

Pattern Paper: Checkered box PP in Blue from my stash

Stamp: Sweet Tweet set from Itsy Bitsy

Dies: Stitched layered circles from Memory Box and Stitched nested rectangles from Itsy Bitsy

Stencil: Plaid from Craftangles

Liquid Watercolors: lemon tart, oh fudge, moss green, evergreen, poolside from Craftangles

Texture Paste: Unicorn Dreams from Craftangles

Archival Ink: Jet black

Water droplets from my stash

Would love to join these fun challenges:

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/week-673-i-spy-something-beginning-with.html

https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-426.html

https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-212-spring.html

https://kaartjes-inspiratie-challenges-blog.blogspot.com/2022/04/kic-start-uitdaging-166-bloemen-op-je.html

https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/inspiration-station-28-april-showers.html- Inspired by yellow color boots, blue dress and April showers bring May flowers, water droplets

You will reap what you saw!

Hello everyone!

Happy Thursday!

This time I explored Art Journaling with Mixed Media.

Here I created a vintage + Nature themed spread in blue hues for this page.

This Journal page has so many things that are my favourite and it also took me out of my comfort level. I wanted to give this page such wonderful textures.

I struggle a bit with a few things. This piece also has a rich meaning and I spent a lot of time searching for the papers, elements, and stickers that I used in this because they tell the story and the meaning.

The saying "you will reap what you saw" just hung in my heart this week so I knew I needed to create with it. The saying means "if you plant seeds or do something good, you should expect to reap rewards later."

I started playing with my liquid watercolours using a vintage damask stencil.

I wanted an aged and smudged look, I didn't want it to be perfect.

I added lots of textures, and interests to reveal underlayer papers where I wanted to show my stencilling parts. I added liquid watercolours poolside and evergreen with lots of water. Then outlined the areas with a black pen using the same stencil and some old script newspaper stamping using DO.

Well I found some Khaki paper bags and grey jute bags and decided to would give it a makeover.

 I recycled them to make my own little envelope by adding an old script sticker roll inside the envelope and cutting a jute bag piece for backing the envelope. Die-cut some wildflowers, sprigs.

Whilst I left my page to dry I started to gather some ephemera and a photo for my focal element and I layered it and glued them together ready to put on the pages.

Added some dried bunch of flowers to the hand with a piece os little vintage script sticker.

Before applying all the ephemera labels I applied golden texture paste for a mysterious look.

 I added different ephemera stickers with lots of paper layers, journaling labels, washi tapes.

Gave it some distressed, faded and scratched look by adding some pearl white acrylic colour.

I just love how it turned out.

I really wanted to tell the story through papers and journaling stickers. 

I added that envelope at my focal point to pop up.  to create with my wildflower garden. I wanted some dark flowers with soft look wild flowers as well.

I really discover and practise new ideas and put down some labels with my thoughts.

I added some white splatters to bring this piece together.

Adding quotes or texts is a good way to enhance the aesthetics. So I finished it up by writing this message!

Added those journaling labels.

I wanted the unfinished look of wax seal stamping saying You make me Happy.

Then distressed all along the page using Hickory smoke ink for the faded look as well and have some contrast.

This is a really cool feeling with cool colours for me with a vintage feel what this piece is all about. So every single piece related has meaning to my saying. 

The flowers are the growth, new buds, new beginnings, new life and those ephemeras tickets are the part of travel, the hand is representing my dream, creativity, pour some tender love and watch it grow. All those washi touches and splatters are the art of this nature's creative journey. Be patient and dreaming a good life!

It's not too late........You're not too young or too old...... It's just the right time to do what you've always wanted to do.........CREATE!

I hope this project inspired you!

Happy crafting!

Supply List

Art Journal Diary

Paper pack: Wild about blue 6"x 6" from CrafTangles, Beautiful flowers paper pack from Jags

Cardstocks: Rosewood CS from CrafTangles, Black CS

Liquid watercolours: Poolside and evergreen from CrafTangles

Stamp: Old newspaper from CrafTangles

Stencil: Vintage Damask from CrafTangles

Dies: Floral Springs (set of 5) and Line art flowers (set of 4) from CrafTangles

Texture paste: Golden Dragon from CrafTangles 

Sticker Rolls: Pretty plaid 1 and Old script from CrafTangles

Journal Stickers: Traveller from CrafTangles

Creativity Sentiments 2 from CrafTangles

Dry flowers: RAWDF-2 from CrafTangles

Wax seal beads: Metallic Blue from Craftangles

Wax spoon from CrafTangles

Sealing stamp: You make me happy

Acrylic Chalk Paint: Buttermilk from Little Birdie

Acrylic colour: pearl white Camlin brand

Distress Oxides: Mermaid lagoon and Hickory smoke

Add gel soft line black pen

Handmade paper Steel grey, washi tapes from my stash

Would love to join these fun challenges:

https://www.hndmd.com/articles/craftangles-monthly-challenge-2022-april/

https://www.morethanwordschallenge.com/2022/04/april-2022-main-challenge-vintage.html