Art journal page - To the MOON

Hi and welcome :0). Today's 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything goes. 

I played a lot with the background. I chose Distress brown ink pads for my final colour and added a stencil pattern with Finnabair's clear gel. I created the moon with yellow Distress Mica stains and a white Dylusions Shimmer spray. Green and brown Distress Mica stains I used also to colour my images. I combined them with Candided apple, Aged mahogany, Antique linen and Forrest most Distress inks. 

BTW would you believe that the background was originally violet? ,0)

Thank you for stopping by, have a nice Sunday and see you next time :0)

02.12.2022 To the MOON

Art journal page - First snowflakes

Hi and welcome back :0). This is a another 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page, an entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Stencil it and also for bastel-traum.ch challenge #119 Schneeflocken | Snoflakes (#btchallenge119).

For my background I chose blue Distress Spray stains with a silver shimmer spray and stenciled a Tim Holtz's Snowflakes over it with a Stamperia Sparkling white Glamour paste. Then I cut out some snowflake dies - each of them twice from 300 gsm white paper and once from silvery sparkling cardstock very similar to the paste. The shimmer is subtle but very nice in the real life. I glued all three layers together to get a better dimension for my focal images which I coloured with ZIG Clean color brushes pens. I like a lot how detailed are brushes of these markers so I can coloured easily even small images and parts of them. And although they are very juicy, they did not destroy the Bristol paper I used. I also added a black carstock layer under the dinosaurs to make them more visible and used black acrylic pen to re-defined all the stamped lines (they always fade a bit after colouring).  

I'm so happy how this page turned out :0)

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice weekend and see you next time :0)

18.11.2022 First snowflakes

Art journal page - Thankful for the moonlight

Hi and welcome :0). This is a new 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page, an entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Thanks/Thanksgiving.

For the background I chose blue Distress Spray stains with a silver shimmer accents and embossed it with SSS Pumpkin patch embossing folder. It is a beautiful pattern. I found nice older leaves die in my stash and cut them out of the yellow-orange-brown colored paper I made. For the city I painted Dylusions black shimmer paint over the black cardstock, cut the shapes out and combine them to create nice cluster of roofs and buildings. Finally I colored the moon with antique linen and mustard seed Distress inks and white Dylusions shimmer spray. 

I love this page, especially how vibrant are the orange yellow colours against the blue background :D

Thank you for your visit and have a nice day :0)

15.11.2022 Thankful for the moonlight

Art journal page - Don't let your idea disappear

Hi and welcome. This is a new page in my 7" (ca. 17,8 cm) Arteza round art journal :0) 

This page is an entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Art Journal".

I played a lot with colours this time. Because it is a waterolour paper it holds a lot of water and I used this ability a lot before I found the colour combination I like ,0) 

I stamped Dina Wakley's tags with black archival ink and I overstamped everything with  Tim Holtz's stamp in different blue shades. Then I took a brush and coloured the tags with blue Distress Spray Stains and framed them with black Dylusions Shimmer spray. For my background I used Victorian Velvet Distress Spray Stain, but I was not satisfied with this colour combo. That's why I overpainted the tags with yellow Distress Stain to create a green shade and the background with black Shimmer spray. For the focal images - a light bulb from Katzelkraft and a bird from Prima marketing - I chose different yellow Spray Stains with a little bit of Victorian Velvet for the shadows. Finally I added some green gems and enhanced every image with a black acrylic pen. 

The page turned out a lot different than I expected, but I still like the outcome :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice weekend :0)

11.11.2022 Don't let your idea disappear

Art journal page - Pumpkin patch and BOO!

Hi and welcome :0) Today I would like to show you another page for my Canson Mix Media middle art book - 17 x 25 cm (cca 6.5" x 10").

This page is an entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Spooky".

For this Halloween performance scene I used Distress inks and Ecoline watercolour brush pens and a lot of stamps from my stash, older and new and I enjoyed the process a lot :D

Thank you for your visit, have a nice creative day and see you next time :0)

25.10. 2022 Pumpkin patch and BOO!

Tag - Travel with the autumn wind

Hi and welcome :0) Today I have another Nr. 10 manila tag (ca 21,5 x 10 cm) for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Fabulous Fall Mood Board" and also Wednesday challenge "Fall colors"

For my background I've chosen two embossing folders from Lisa Horton and Whimsy stamps and sprayed it with Broken China and Prize Ribbon Distrass Spray Stains combined with Snow Flurries Distress Mica Stain. I found nice leaves stamps from Simon Says Stamp and for my focal point Aall & Create Squirrels. All the images were coloured with Faber Castell Pitt pens, Ohuhu Water-based markers and coloured pencils. 

I like a lot the brightnes of the tag and I wish you an equally shiny and colourful autumn :0) 

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

16.10.2022 Travel with an autumn wind

Art journal page - Destiny

Hi and welcome to my blog. Today I have a bigger page - 8"x10" (ca 21 x 25 cm). 

For this page I combined Stampscapes stamps with randomly picked stamps from my stash e.g IndigoBlu unicorn (the second unicorn was created with mirror-stamping technique on the gel plate). I used Distress oxide colours for my background and Distress inks to color my images. I enhanced the details and lines with black Ohuhu Water-based marker and black and white acrylic paint pens. For my main focal points I've chosen Carabelle studio girl stamp and also texture plate with the beautiful astrological circle. 

Thank you for your visit and have a great creative time :0)

19.9.2022 Destiny

 

Art journal page - The choice

Hi and welcome. This is a new page in my 7" (ca. 17,8 cm) round art journal :0)

I was inspired by the chemistry bottle and frog stamps from Inkadinkado I have in my stash for ages and I decided to create a rainbow playful page as my entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Little critters". I gave some difficult choice to my little frog :0)

For the brown colours I used Twinklings H2O mica watercolours and for the bottles Distress Spray stains applied with a brush and Ohuhu Water-based markers in the similar shades. I die-cuted my quote with Tim Holtz tiny typewriter font.  Finally I added some highlights with white acrylic paint pen and enhanced all the lines with black acrylic paint pen. 

I'm very happy with the outcome :0)

Thank you that you've stopped by and have a very nice day :0)

15.9.2022 The choice

Art journal page - Boo and welcome

Hi and welcome :0) Today I would like to show you a new page in my Canson Mix Media middle art book - 17 x 25 cm (cca 6.5" x 10").

This page is an entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Stamp it".

This page is about an idea of one friendly night visit - a little bit interactive page. I created my background with Distress Oxide inks and a moon mask from Tim Holtz. Than I stamped a tree and a grass and stenciled the bats with very dark black Versafine Claire ink. But later I also traced all these images with black acrylic pen, so they ended up much darker. 

I used some patterned papers and dies from my stash to create a house, a path and a door (I embossed them with Tim Holtz 3D embossing folders lumber and cobblestone) and stamped my monster's friends, an eyeball and a pumpkin with Gina K. amalgam obsidian ink. I coloured them with Ohuhu water based markers and Seedless preserves distress ink applied with a brush. This ink I also used to create my wallpaper in the house - I darkened light violet paper with Seedless preserves distress ink and stamped with the same ink a damask background stamp on it. The result is very nice. 

Finally I added some lights with a white gel pen, shadows with the markers and I darkened again every stamped line and every single edge of my die cuts with the black acrylic pen so they stand out nicely against the darker background.

I'm happy with this page and I although I spent a few nights with this page I don't regret the time :0)

Thank you a lot for your visit, have a nice day and see you next time :0)

11. 9. 2022 Boo and welcome

Tag - Seas the day

Hi and welcome :0) Inspired by my last post I created a new Nr. 10 manila tag (ca 21,5 x 10 cm) for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Fun with stencils". 

I like the idea with decorative edges so I found a waves die from my stash to complete this beach scene. I used Honey Bee waves stencil in the background with Tim Holtz Distress oxide colours - Tumbled glass, Mermaid lagoon and Uncharted mariner. For the beach I've chosen Distress ink pad Vintage photo. I coloured all the images with Ohuhu Water based markers. 

I like this playful scene and I really would like to be there too... :D 

Thank you for your visit, have a nice day and see you next time :0)

19.8.2022 Seas the day

Tag - Happy Halloween

Hi and welcome back :0). This is a Nr. 10 manila tag for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Spritz and Splatter". 

I found older Ranger big manila tags in my stash and I wanted to combine one of them with Alexandra Renke's awesome border film strip die. I've chosen 3 Tim Holtz Distress Mica sprays - yellow, green and violet to create my background and enhanced the colours with 3 similar  distress inks. Than I splattered some water droplets on it and dried them with a paper towel and a heating tool.  For my focal points I used only dies today - Tim Holt'z new Otis moon with bats and older cauldron, beautiful clover leaves and some grass. Some of them I cut out from the black velvet paper and used an offset technique for them. 

I think that Otis has a very happy surprise look :D 

Thank you for your visit, have a nice day and see you next time :0)

11.8.2022 Happy Halloween

Art journal page - Own your story

Hi and welcome :0) Here is a new page in my smaller 6"x8" (cca 15x20 cm) art journal from Hahnemühle. 

I've chosen Dylusions sprays this time - Lemon zest, Funky fuchsia and London blue. I mixed them with my brush directly on the wet paper and added some water splashes. I applied Stamperia Black silver Glamour paste through an older Finnabair stencil , let it dry, made a few circles with a white gel pen and added my focal image - beautiful Audrey Hepburn. For the leafy "frame" I used Alexandra Renke dies. And final touches - white rub-ons from Tim Holtz - stars and quote. 

Thank you for your visit, have a beautiful Sunday and see you next time :0)

23.7.2022 Own your story

Tag - Classified

 Hi and welcome :0) Today I have just small 8" x 4" tag (cca 20x10 cm). 

I played with Tim Holtz Uncharted mariner Distress ink combined with Salvaged patina Distress ink. Patina is not much visible, but it definitely changes the final blue color of the background. This combination is really very nice. I used one of Tim Holtz paper doll and some ephemeras and stickers from my stash. I found also some interesting stamps from Alexandra Renke for my background and quote. I did not have any plan, just followed the flow and like the final outcome, especially the blue-red contrast :0)

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

20.7.2022 Classified

Art journal page - Good times

Hi and welcome back :0). This is a page for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Make your own background". 

After a small holiday break I was looking forward to try a new Distress colour from Tim Holtz - Uncharted mariner. This blue is a much more green-blue colour than on my photo and really very nice one. I'm happy to have it in my collection. 

I started with a simple layering background and added some rub-ons, collage elements and also my focal point and quote. I wanted to stay mostly monochromatic so the "mariner" is still the main colour of my page. As a final "gentle" touch I found some butterflies and butterfly wings :0).

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice summer day :0)

14.7.2022 Good times

Birthday card 2021

 Hi and welcome again :0) This is a birthday card created for my mum this year :0)

Art journal page - Your colours always cheer me up

Hi and welcome :0) I finished another page in my smaller 6"x8" (cca 15x20 cm) art journal from Hahnemühle. 

I played with 3 random colours of my distress spray stains - Kitsch flamingo, Squeezed lemonade and Cracked pistachio. I applied light layer with my brush, added stamping and embossing with pearl white embossing powder and put an another layer of the same colours through Tim Holtz Splatter stencil. I love the final background :0) 

I found some funny character stamps from my stash and coloured them with Ohuhu Water-based markers and Distress ink re-inkers - the 3 same colours I used already (re-inkers are more concentraded than Spray stains). I only added Crackling campfire as my red.   I used new Dylusions washi tape from Dyan Reaveley, I incorporated my quote in to the design and framed the whole page with black and white marker.

This page was created as en entry for Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge Bright & Cheerful and I think that it is really very bright (and hopefuly cheeful too) :0)

Thank you for your visit and have a very nice day :0)

13.6.2022 Your colours always cheer me up

Art journal page - Vacation is coming

Hi and welcome back :0) I continue in my smaller 6"x8" (cca 15x20 cm) art journal from Hahnemühle. 

I wanted to try another colour combination with Distress Spray stains and Distress Oxide ink pads - this time Wilted violet and Peacock feathers. I also added some stamping with white pigment ink and black archival ink. Meerkats are from Katzelkraft, post stamps from Spellbinders and big background stamp with tags from Hero arts. 

This page was created as en entry for Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge Anything goes.  

Thank you for your visit, have a very nice Sunday and don't forget that vacation is coming :0)

28.5.2022 Vacation is coming

Art journal page - Possibility

Hi and welcome :0) Today I have a smaller 6"x8" (cca 15x20 cm) art journal page from my new Hahnemühle Watercolour book. The paper is awesome, quite thick and colours stay nicely vibrant :0)

This page is an entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Not a card and I was highly inspired by the Sandra's tag. A combination of Crackling campfire and Salvaged patina Distress Spray stains and Distress Oxide ink pads is so wonderful that I wanted to create my own variation and I'm very satisfied with the outcome :0) And the benefit is that I used one of my a little bit unheeded paper dolls from Tim Holtz, beautiful background stamps from Catherine Pooler and Stampendous and text stamps from Woodware :0)

Thank you for your visit, have a very nice weekend and please let me know if you like this page too :0)

26.5.2022 Possibility

 

Art journal page - Lifetime adventure

Hi and welcome :0) Today I have a ca 8"x8" (cca 20x20 cm) art journal page dedicated to one of my favorite book series. I have read it many times (recently again) and certainly not for the last time. These books accompanied me for a large part of my life :0)

I used Lindy's Stamp Gang red spray and Heidi Swapp gold one with a die-cutted letters (I was inspired by this font) to create my background. I also applied gold wax from Finnabair to the edges. I used Tim Holtz gold cardstock with some older dies for the hourglass and a book and newer candels dies from Tim Holtz and glasses die from Altenew. 

This page is also lmy entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Layer it up. 

Thank you for your visit, have a nice creative day and see you next time :0)

23.5.2022 Lifetime adventure

Art journal page - It's raining men

Hi and welcome back :0) Today I have a big 11"x 12"  (ca. 28 x 30 cm) art journal page for SimonSaysStamps Wednesday challenge "Anything goes". 

I planned this page for a previous challenge, but I did not find enough time for it and I'm very happy that I have another chance to use this idea I like so much :0)

For a long time I wanted to use this Umbrella man die from Tim Holtz and finally this dream came through. I was inspired by the words of one famous song and here it is :0)

 

For the background I use a piece of my old jeans and applied black-blue irridescent acrylic paint through an Altenew Thunderstorm stencil on it. For the focal points I utilized some of my very old DCWV patterned papers and hand-drawn the umbrella. I found a very nice alphabet die in my stash and also covered all hearts with a Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal glaze, so they are shiny and more dimensional. 

I need to say that when I finally started with this project it was so easy going one. At the end I spent most of the time by rearranging a pleasant rainbow order of my men :D (second picture shows the page shining in the sunlight). 

 

Thank you for your visit and please leave me a comment if you like :0)

Have a very nice - sunny, if possible - spring day and see you soon :0)

28.4.2022 It's raining men

Art journal page - Discover LIGHT

Hi and welcome back again :0) Today's page has 10x6.5 inches (cca 25,5x17 cm). 

Whole idea for my today's work were the night butterflies discovering the colours of the rainbow :0) And yes, I know that the moths are not so bright ,0)

I created grean background with my Distress inks and than stamped a Stampendous  woodgrain stamp - I used VersaFine Clair Shady Lane ink pad - over it. I cut the stripes and framed them with my green alcohol marker and Shady Lane ink applied with a blending tool. I black embossed Kaisercraft's awesome lanterns and coloured them with Ecoline Brush Pens (they are basically liquid watercolour pens) so I can created a light effect in the lanterns. I put the transparen butterflies stikers on the white paper, fussy-cut them, shaped them a little bit and glued them on the possitions. Finally I cut out the letters L I G H T - twice from the black cardstock, once from the white - I colored the white ones with the same colours as my lanterns. 

I like this page a lot and if you do too, please let me know :0)

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

20.4.2022 Discover LIGHT

Art journal page - Best tea

 Hi and welcome :0) Today's page has 8x8 inches (cca 20x20 cm). 

I used one of the green-blue color backgrounds I made recently with Distress Spray Stains. I added some stenciling with water (lifting technique) and an another layer with Distress inks. My focal points are stamps from Visible image colored with the alcohol markers and some washi tapes from my stash. For the dots on the hat I used copic opaque white paint, so they stay white (marks with a gel pen always take on the colours of the background). 

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

15.4.2022 Best tea

Art journal page - Charming, timeless and free

Hi and welcome :0). This is an another 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page.

Last time I created two yellow-orange backgrounds with Distress stain sprays at once, so I wanted to use the second one in some different way than the previous. 

I covered parts of the background with a copper metal texture paste through dotted stencil and teared numerous stripes from it. Then I found a nice Tattered Lace text embossing folder as my first layer and I glued four of the stripes on it. I used older koi stamps and a girl stamp from Pink ink designs. I colored everything with my PITT artist brush pens and white Prismacolor premier colored pencil. For the details and hair of the girl I used also Arteza white gel pen and a black acrylic paint pen. Finally I choosed my quotes from Tim Holtz Big chat stickers. 

I think I fulfilled my goal - this page is totally different than the last one :D

Thank you again for your visit and have a nice spring day :0)

8.4.2022 Charming, timeless and free

Art journal page - Life is a mystery

Hi and welcome :0). This is my new 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page.

I played with some Distress stain sprays, stencil water lifting technique, older text stamp and another stencil,  stamps and washi tape from AALL & Create. For my focal point I found a great zebra stamp from my stash. I used Prismacolor premier colored pencils - white, red and blue - to enhanced my seahorses and also to color my focal image. Finally I die-cuted some tiny letters for the quote. 

I am very pleased with a final outcome, I really surprised myself :D

Thank you for your visit and have a nice day :0)

30.3.2022 Life is a mystery

Art journal page - Never too old

Hi and welcome. This is a 7" (ca. 17,8 cm) round art journal - first I ever made :0)

I was inspired by Nuneka and Lindy's magical colours - I used Martian Magenta and Galacti teal from Nuneka's Outer space set. I added some white heat embossed stamping (stamps from Alexandra Renke and AALL & Create, 3D embossing folder from Tim Holtz, die cuts from a gold mirror paper and photo from my stash. 

Have a nice day and see you next time :0)

31.1.2022 Never too old

Art journal page - Enjoy the moment

Hi and welcome. This is my second 7" (ca. 17,8 cm) round art journal page :0)

I enjoyed Lindy's magical so much last time, that I used them for this page too. Still inspired by Nuneka I used Martian Magenta  Nuneka's Outer space Magicals and Foxglove fuchsia from Mountain meadows Flat magicals set. I added some texture paste through Spellbinders stencil (I lightened the stars with silver wax paste), die cuts from a gold mirror paper and photo from my stash. 

I thought that my last page was bright, but these colours are in the real life really vibrant :D

Thank you for your visit and see you next time :0)

7.2.2022 Enjoy the moment

Art journal page - A green home magic

 Hi and welcome back. This is a last page in my 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal for 2021.

I used an embossing folder with Dylusions paints, greenery background paper from Mintay Papers with stamps from My Favorite Things. I coloured them with Brushmarkers PRO from Karin. 

I can not imagine any home without houseplants so this page is definitely my cup of tea :0)

29.12.2021 A green home magic

2021 Christmas cards and gifts

This year my Christmas cards were dominated by penguins. Small and cute :0) And we also created a small gifts - Christmas ornaments - with my daughter. And we really enjoyed the photos of the Christmas trees on which these snowmen were hanging :0)

2021 Christmas cards and gifts