Art journal page - Pleasure of art

Hi and welcome again :0). Today's page has ca 9.5"x 8.5"  (cca 24 x 21 cm).

I am enchanted with the new Lisa Horton Crafts 3D embossing folders - Visteria, Gears and Pipework. I wanted to combine them on one page and I am very satisfied with the outcome :0) I used Peacock feathers and few other blue-green Distress inks and also brown Distress inks to achieve the final colours I like. I enhanced the details with Finnabair's Gold wax. I loved the page as it was, but I decided to add three observers as a "visitors in the gallery" (Katzelkraft) :0)

Please feel free to leave me a comment, thank you for your visit, enjoy the rest of the week and see you next time :0)

11.5.2023 Pleasure of art

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 - 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 - I saw my soul in the mirror

Hi and welcome :0) This is my 6.5"x 6.5"  (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm) art journal page for SimonSaysStamps Monday challenge "Four Legged Friends".

I was inspired by the words of one song I heard recently and this is an idea that came to my mind - do you  also feel this way sometimes? :0) 

I used Peacock feathers and Salvaged patina Distress inks and Salvaged patina Distress oxide for my bacground together with Honey Bee leaves stencil. My brown colours are a combination of Wild honey, Tea dye and Black soot Distress inks and Mustard seed and Fossillized amber for my yellows. I found these funny stamps from Katzelkraft and very nice old frame die from Spellbinders. Curtain is a stamp from LaBlanche.  

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

22.5.2021 I saw my soul in the mirror

2020 Christmas cards

There was not much fun in 2020, so I wanted to create something simple but cheerful for this holiday. I used Katzelkraft and Tim Holtz stamps and Distress oxide inks with Tim Holtz Plaid stencil and also various embossing folders with winter theme for my Christmas trees. 

I especially love how easily I was able to blend the colours even on the very ordinary paper :0) For each card I've chosen two colours - I covered whole card with basic layer of the colours - lighter on the top and darker at the bottom, blended together. Than I used the darker colour again through the stencil. 

So here they are...enjoy them with me and have a great, joyful and peaceful year 2021 :0)

2020 Christmas cards

Art journal page - I am dreaming of a rainbow holiday

 Hi and welcome back :0). Here is a new art journal page - 6.5"x 6.5" (ca. 16,5 x 16,5 cm).

I want to start my creative flow again, so I decided to just pick up randomly something of my stash and create a page and do not think much about it. I started with an embossing folder with a knitting pattern and then I found some nice tags stamp with a traveling theme. And this is an outcome - rainbow holiday dream for one penguin. He lives in a quite white world so why not. And I also remember one song I've heard recently...."I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..." :0) 

I simply used some Distress inks and Black soot archival ink and this cute penguin from Katzelkraft.

 

Thank you for your visit , happy new year and see you next time :0)

21.1.2021 I am dreaming of a rainbow holiday

Art journal page - Some friendships are timeless

 Hi and welcome back :0). Today there is an another journal page in my 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

Simple stamping and coloring, but funny - at least for me - idea :0)
I used a craft paper and some older animal stamps from Katzelkraft and a new flower stamp set from BoBunny. Everything is stamped with vintage photo Distress ink and coloured with Caran d'Ache Luminance pencils.

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

12.10.2020 Some friendships are timeless

Art journal page - Simple pleasures of summer

 Hi and thank you for your visit again :0). Today it is a new art journal page from my Seawhite hardbound 7.5"x7.5" (ca. 20x20 cm) journal. 

Just a memory of how happy I was a few days ago to ride my bike again after a really long time :0)

I used Distress Oxide ink pads for this quite thin ordinary paper and I have to admit that these inks worked amazingly. An application was much easier and smoother than with Distress ink pads I used in this journal for my previous projects, because this paper is very porous and absorbs dye inks too quickly. I just regret that these Oxide colours are less vibrant than their namesakes in the classic Distress inks line - Mustard seed, Spun sugar, Twisted citron and Salty ocean.  Frames from Tim Holtz Woodgrain cardstock are coloured with Vintage photo and Black soot Distress ink pads. Focal picture is from Katzelkraft. I added some embossing (Tattered Lace) and simple stenciling for water and sun rays impression and that's it :0)

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

22.8.2020 Simple pleasures of summer

Birthday card

I don't do much birthday cards, so this is one of the exceptions, but I really enjoyed this work for a very nice little lady and I'm really glad that she like it :0). I used for the first time Tim Holtz Distress oxide inks on my serious project - in this case it was Peacock feathers and a little bit of Spiced marmalade, and I admit, that I love, how this inks work on white and - surprise, surprise - also on coloured cardstock, especially when the water droplets technique is used :0). I coloured my images - also for the first time - with Zig Clean Color real brush markers from Kuretake and I'm happy with the intensity of the colours and effect I was able to achieved with them. I can only recommend them, as well as Distress oxides :0). All the used stamps are from Katzelkraft and Hero arts. 

So here is the card, really colourful, but lovely, I think :0))

31.1.2018 Birthday card