Round art journal page - Lost and found on the chessboard

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

I played with layered background. I used Distress inks - Vintage photo, Rusty hinge and some others. I stamped an Aall and Create chess border stamp on the bottom of the page and chess figures all around the page (although they ended up covered with other layers). I used white gesso an applied it with a brayer and with a sponge through the Tim Holtz´s stencil. I covered the gessoed parts with Ranger´s Perfect pearls. Finally I added my focal point girl with a chess pawn and the quote :0)

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

15.1.2025 Lost and found on the chessboard

Art journal page - Ready to go

Hi and welcome :0) This is ca  6" x 8" (cca 15 x 20 cm) page. 

I love this new Honey Bee Air Mail 3D embossing folder. I wanted to use it in my journal as soon as possible and don´t cover it much and I like the outcome a lot :0) 

I used Tim Holtz´s Distress inks to make a splattered background, stamped some text and postal stamps over it and embossed it. I enhanced the raised areas with the same inks to make them darker and then applied a layer of white ink over it. It created a beautiful effect. I framed the page when I glued it on another page colored with the same inks and stamped with the same stamps I used before. My focal images are from Maremi´s small art´s beautiful collage books I bought on Amazon. 

Thank you for your visit, feel free to leave me a comment and have a very nice day :0)

28.8.2024 Ready to go

Art journal page - Life is beautiful with smile

Hi and welcome again :0) This page is ca 6" x 8" (cca 15 x 20 cm) and my background is one of the new Aall&Create Design paper. It is also a second entry for Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge Anything goes.

I muted a white color of the background paper with Tim Holtz´s Antique linen ink and embossed it with a flourish embossing folder. I collaged film strips and Laser cut elements from 49 and market and as my focal point I used again images from the Vintage photo collage collection part 5 (sepia version) from ArtHouseWhimsy on Etsy :0)

Thank you for your visit, feel free to leave me a comment and have a sunny summer day :0)

30.6.2024 Life is beautiful with smile

Art journal page - Love, Harmony, Happiness and Home

Hi and welcome :0) Today I can finally show you a bigger project. This page is ca 12.5"x10" (31x25 cm). It is an entry for Simon Says Stamps´s Monday challenge "Make your own background".

I found these beautiful kimono pictures on Etsy and instead of making four pages I combined them in one. I love the outcome and I must addmit that it was refreshing to create something bigger :0)

I started with a simply colored paper from my stash - green, yellow, blue and red. I embossed the paper with Tim Holtz´s 3D embossing folder. Than I found some Archival ink pads in darker tones than a paper and rubbed them on to enhance the embossed pattern of the quilted leather. It changed the look of the paper a lot, but beautifully :0) Then I cut the papers with AALL & Create new cutting dies for background shape and another one from black cardstock to make a frame. I painted the black shapes with black acrylic paint and rough sponge douber to create a texture on it. I glued both layers together, added the kimonos and stamped and embossed chinese characters for each word with Ranger´s Gold queen embossing powder framed with a black liner pen. I added the same words in english and cut out and glued together 3 layers of the black cardstock for the central symbol of Longevity. Top layer I embossed with the same gold embossing powder. To let the colours shine even more and protect the printed pictures I used Distress micro Glaze on top of them.

I mounted all five elements on brown wood patterned paper which I darkened with Gathered twix ink from Tim Holtz. Finally I added black frame painted again with black acrylic paint and sponge douber - the page frame are actually 6 left over pieces from an old wall callender and I´m happy that I used them this way. This page was really a pleasure to create and I enjoyed every minute of the process :0) 

So thank you for your visit, have a nice weekend and see you next time :0)

18.4.2024 Love, Harmony, Happiness and Home

Art journal page - Moment of beauty

Welcome and thank you for visiting my blog :0) This is another smaller page (20.5 cm x 14 cm / 5.5" x 8") for this year, an entry for Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Fun With Stencils", for Allsorts challenge "Week 766" and also for  Stencil Fun "February challenge". 

I started the page with a few spritz of coffe and added some brown Distress inks over it to make it darker. I embossed the background with starry 3D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp and enhanced the stars with Finnabair´s gold wax. Circle of watercolor paper was again sprayed with coffee and colored with brown Distress inks and turquoise acrylic paint. I used Tim Holtz´s Harlequin stencil for it. I added some brown stamping with text stamps from AALL & Create, gold ink through the Tim Holtz´s floral stencil and lines with Posca gold acrylic pen. I stamped the moon with gold ink, colored it a bit with very diluted Scattered straw Distress ink and added a butterfly, a quote and a gold metallic string on the edges. My focal point is from Etsy. 

Have a nice day and see you :0)

7.2.2024 Moment of beauty

Art journal page - Searching for the good life

Hi and  welcome back :0) Today's page is again in 6" x 8" (cca 15 x 20 cm) Hahnemühle journal book and it is an entry for Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge What is your favorite color?, for Allsorts challenge Week 746 and also my second entry for Stencil Fun September challenge. 

I admit that I have more than one favorite color, but one of them is definitely an orange.

I started with Lindy's orange magical powder Teenie weenie bikini applied with a brush and few layers of water droplets.Than I used Barbary stars stencil from AALL and Create together with Distress inks Spiced marmalade, Carved pumpkin and Rusted hinge and Memento dual marker (and more water). For the lower part of the page I used chess board stencil from Clarity stamps. This time I added also Vintage photo and Ground espresso Distress inks. And water droplets of course :D

I finished the page with one of the beautiful images from Etsy, Tim Holtz's and 49 and Market's rub-ons and a printed quote. And I need to say, how much I love the contrast between green and orange colors, they nicely fit together :0)

Thank you that you've stopped by, feel free to leave me a comment and have a very nice Monday :0)

P.S. I'm very happy that this page was in Simon Says Stamp "What is your favorite color?" Designer spotlight :0)

18.9.2023 Searching for the good life...

Dylusions art journal - If cats could talk

Hi and welcome :0) I have another page in my Dylusions classic ca. 8"x11" (cca 20 x 28 cm) journal and it is my entry for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything Goes.

I used Dylusions dy-cuts again, some text stamps, hibiscus stamp from Gina K., cats from AALL & Create, puzzle stencil from Ciao Bella and some puzzle die. I coloured the background with Dylusions shimmer paints and my images with black acrylic paint and Dylusions ink sprays - always in a combination of Pure sunshine, Fresh lime and Blue lagoon (with a small addition of Dirty martini and Tangerine dream). For the big circle I dry-embossed pearly white velum from my stash. 

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

25. 2. 2023 If cats could talk

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 - 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 - 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 - HOME sweet HOME

Hi and welcome back :0) Today it is a nontraditional 6.5"x 8.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 21,5 cm) and art journal page. 

I used and transformed my older turquoise left-over background. I added plaid background stamp from Tim Holtz, a lovely girl stamp from Penny Black, some greenery die from Hero Arts and a beatiful house front stamp from Graphic 45. I also used AALL & Create washi tape and I stamped plaid background stamp over the black cardstock with Versamark ink, so the subtle pattern matches my page. I colored my images with Dylusions Vibrant turquoise spray, Karin Brush Marker PRO and OHUHU alcohol brush markers (skin) and I was happy how easy it was :0) 

I love this page and maybe you can also feel those quiet vibes as I do :0) 

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

28.8.2021 HOME sweet HOME

Art journal page - Owl love

Hi and welcome again and again - for the last time today ,0) I returned to my traditional 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) and art journal page format to try "stamp and smudge" technique with Distress Oxide ink pads and this cute AALL & Create owl stamp set.

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

15.8.2021 Owl love

Art journal page - Find and express yourself

Hi and welcome again :0) This is my traditional 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page of 25. 5. 2021. 

I found some older background I made with acryclic paints and stencils. I was curious whether I can transform the paT artist brush pens and Dylusions sprays filled in brushes.

ge into something. Usually I have big troubles with it, because when I create my projects I make my bacground and focal points together so they match my vision :0) 

I used Darkroom door long butterfies and fern stamp with Dylusions calypso teal creative dyary ink and and some AALL &  Create text washi tape. I found these adorable pandas in my stash and I think that they are just perfect. A light bulb, an old typewriter and a magnifying glass complete the idea of this page. I coloured my images with PITT artist brush pens and Dylusions sprays in water brushes. 

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